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nybaseballdigest.com - 11 hours ago
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Rob Kowal who runs the sports department at
WGBB, as well as hosts his own show NY
Hockey Talk, has put together a pretty cool animation intro to the Sunday rotation. You can see NYBD in animation by watching the short video below. Good job by Rob, but not sure if it’s an exact replica. ...
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Watch: NYBD Animation
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nybaseballdigest.com - 12 hours ago
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The Yankees have announced that the NY Knicks
will honor Joe Girardi with the November “City Spirit”
Award on 11/22 at MSG for aiding a car accident victim after Game 6 of the World Series. It’s good to be Joe Girardi these days. Long gone are the questions about job ...
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Girardi to Receive Award for Heroism
nybaseballdigest.com - 13 hours ago
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You all have heard, ad nauseam, the Kars4Kids
theme on WFAN. The amount of run this commercial
receives has caused this site to speculate that advertising dollars are not easy to come by at the station. Today it is revealed by Mitch Lipka at Consumer Alley that Kars4Kids has been steering (no ...
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WFAN Sponsor in Hot Water
nybaseballdigest.com - 16 hours ago
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From the folks that brought you Dewey Defeats
Truman comes a report that will hopefully turn out
truer: a three-way deal is being discussed that would land Kevin Millwood with the Mets, Luis Castillo with the Cubs and Milton Bradley with the Rangers, says Phil Rogers. Let’s analyze what ...
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Chicago Tribune: Three Way Deal Would Land Millwood in ...
nybaseballdigest.com - 20 hours ago
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I hope Mets fans had a chance to
either watch or DVR the latest “Yearbook” on SNY.
Yesterday they aired the 1984 Mets which is a great way for fans to see how a championship team was born. Since it appeared the film was more internal propaganda than a hard hitting look at the ...
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Catch the Rising Stars & Learn From It
nybaseballdigest.com - 22 hours ago
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Let the free agent frenzy begin! It’s going
to be a long and cold winter for the
Players Association. As unemployment numbers continue to rise across the nation I predict teams will look to trim payroll. After all dwindling consumer confidence has lead to less spending on non essential ...
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Big Dollar Contracts Are Not a Birthright
nybaseballdigest.com - 34 hours ago
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Benjamin Kabek has an interesting post at RAB
entitled “What it means to make a player available.”
Essentially Kabek discusses the need for fans to read behind the rumor and analyze the situation. He specifically is talking about Bob Nightingale’s “tweet” regarding the Yankees ...
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Media & Rumor Mill: Can the Fans Handle It?
nybaseballdigest.com - 41 hours ago
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Roy Halladay in the Yankees rotation. That sounds
scary to just about everyone outside of the Bronx.
Since the World Series NYBD has been adamant about the Yanks looking more towards pitching than offense this shopping season. Roy Halladay was someone they pursued at the trade deadline, but ...
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Don’t Let Joba or Hughes Stand in the Way of Halladay
nybaseballdigest.com - 43 hours ago
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Last night Toby Hyde of Mets Minor League
Blog joined me to discuss the state of the
Mets farm system. He updated us on his impressions of the organization in the Arizona Fall League, gave his thoughts on the hire of Wally Backman, Marty Noble’s mailbag about the winning attitude of ...
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Toby Hyde on AFL, Backman, Top 10
nybaseballdigest.com - 46 hours ago
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Jon Heyman reported on Wednesday that Brian Cashman
has contacted Toronto GM Alex Anthopoulos in regards to
the availability of one Roy Halladay. If Heyman’s report is true, and we have no reason not to believe it, then this is great news for Yankees fans. When Cashman originally ...
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It’s Halladay Season For Yanks
nybaseballdigest.com - 2 days ago
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Butch Wynegar was runner up to the late
Mark “The Bird” Fidrych for Rookie of the Year
in 1976. Later on he would catch Dave Righetti’s no hitter as well as Phil Niekro’s 300th win and 3,000 strikeout. Today he helps mentor the top Yankees prospects as the hitting coach ...
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Watch: Butch Wynegar on 1240 AM WGBB
nybaseballdigest.com - 2 days ago
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Great hour of radio tonight. Author Larry Tye
joins me to discuss his recent book “Satchel: The
Life and Times of an American Legend.” We will discuss the great career of Satchel Paige who was estimated to have won 2,000 games and pitch 50 no hitters. In 1948 he joined the ...
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Satchel, Toby Hyde, Mets Minors Tonight @ 7pm
nybaseballdigest.com - 2 days ago
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In announcing Wally Backman would manage Short Season
Class A Brooklyn and Tim Teufel Double-A Binghamton, the
Mets simply confirmed what was known Tuesday. Yet, in putting these two into place, the club took steps toward strengthening a farm system that has fallen below par. “I thank the ...
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Backman, Teufel, and Thole
nybaseballdigest.com - 2 days ago
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OK, this article isn’t to say that John
Lackey isn’t a good pitcher. He is. And this
isn’t to say I wouldn’t want the Lackey on the Yankees. I sure would. This is to say when the terms “Zito-money” get thrown around regarding John Lackey’s free agency, it’s time to pull back on the reins a ...
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Yanks and Lackey Not a Fit
nybaseballdigest.com - 2 days ago
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I won’t deny it; I like a bargain.
And to be clear, that doesn’t mean buying the
cheapest possible item. It means getting the same value that an expensive item provides for a much lower price. In other words, it doesn’t mean getting Karim Garcia and Shane Spencer instead of ...
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Marquis and Figueroa: Who’s the Perfect Fit?
nybaseballdigest.com - 2 days ago
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During the same day the Mets announced Wally
Backman as the next Brooklyn Cyclones manager his former
platoon mate, Tim Teufel, was tabbed to skipper the Binghamton Mets. Besides this being the organizations worst kept secret it reminded me of how both Teufel and Backman use to be the center of ...
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Former 86′ers Might Battle it Out Again
nybaseballdigest.com - 2 days ago
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A theme that may become part of the
Yankees decision making process is the revenue stream that
Hideki Matsui’s creates. After much thought I think off the field financial considerations are just as important as his homers, RBI’s, and batting average. NYBD contributor Frank Russo wrote ...
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More on the Matsui Revenue Factor
nybaseballdigest.com - 3 days ago
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There is some thought the local teams may
eschew the free agent market and look to improve
via the trade route. If this quote by San Francisco GM Brian Sabean is any indication about that market it won’t be an easy task: “We’re not close to anything and I don’t know ...
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Trading Won’t Be Easy
nybaseballdigest.com - 3 days ago
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Hearing the Mets may be interested in free
agent Joel Pineiro makes me very leery. After all
doesn’t life for a Cardinals pitcher end post Duncan? The most recent example would be Jeff Suppan, a name that sends chills down every Mets fans spine. Suppan probably got his 4 year/$42 ...
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Caveat Emptor
nybaseballdigest.com - 3 days ago
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Today the Mets will finally announce that Wally
Backman will be the manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones.
This marks a new beginning for the former Mets second baseman that saw him get hired, fired, land in obscurity, and then spend three years managing independent baseball. Some in the media will ...
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Backman is Managerial Version of #1 Draft Pick
