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Crispy Fried
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 8 days ago
Crispy Fried
— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — [[Switching to first person]] By my count, I've written 600 or so posts here since the middle... or late in Spring Training. By tagging a few posts, I believe my average word count is around 500 words. That comes out to about 300,000 words. I averaged about 20 posts every seven days for four ... (more) Crispy Fried

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AL Cy Young Award - Zack Greinke
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 10 days ago
AL Cy Young Award - Zack Greinke
— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — The voters for the Cy Young Award in the American League got it right. Zack Greinke was... baseball's best pitcher last year. He didn't win 20. He didn't win 19 or 18 or even 17. He won 16. And the big fear in this corner was that his win total would keep Greinke out of the running for the only ... (more) AL Cy Young Award - Zack Greinke

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Another Award Gone Bad
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 11 days ago
Another Award Gone Bad
— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — A while back in this space, this writer did a complete analysis of the rookie candidates for... Rookie of the year. After looking over that piece, this writer is still convinced the conclusions were correct. But those choices were not the players who won the Rookie of the Year honors: Chris Coghlan ... (more) Another Award Gone Bad

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Dan Uggla - The New Soriano?
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 14 days ago
Dan Uggla - The New Soriano?
— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — Tim Brown wrote a piece for Yahoo Sports concerning Dan Uggla's agent stating Dan Uggla wants to... stay at second base. The agent is quoted as saying: "...he’s performed remarkably over these four years at second base and there should be no reason to consider a position change at this time.” In ... (more) Dan Uggla - The New Soriano?

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Gold Gloves Not the Only Flawed Award
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 15 days ago
Gold Gloves Not the Only Flawed Award
— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — Anyone who has been reading the major sites and the most popular baseball writers knows the current... outcry of scorn concerning the Rawlings Gold Glove Award. And while that award's results this year are again severely flawed, it isn't the only flawed award out there. This week we also had the ... (more) Gold Gloves Not the Only Flawed Award

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Ugh. They Should Have Retired
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 16 days ago
Ugh. They Should Have Retired
— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — Ken Griffey Jr. has always been a Fan favorite. And it was fine for him to have... a swan song season in Seattle. But it should have ended there. Instead, the Kid has signed on for another year and once again, all an admiring and thankful Fan can do is hope that the latest off-season surgery will ... (more) Ugh. They Should Have Retired

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Washington Nationals - 2009 Debrief
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 16 days ago
Washington Nationals - 2009 Debrief
— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — Our nation's capital hasn't seen a good team in a good long while. Going back and including... the Washington Senators who left for Minnesota in 1961, Washington baseball teams have come in last place seven out of nine seasons and one of those seasons was a next-to-last-place team. Not only were ... (more) Washington Nationals - 2009 Debrief

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Bouncing off of Posnanski
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 17 days ago
Bouncing off of Posnanski
— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — Many of you know that Joe Posnanski is a favorite writer of this blog. His excellence is... beyond pretty much anything out there. He is consistently entertaining and consistently on point. As a result, he has earned his new gig as a senior writer for Sports Illustrated.One of the things that good ... (more) Bouncing off of Posnanski

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Flordia Marlins - 2009 Debrief
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 18 days ago
Flordia Marlins - 2009 Debrief
— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — The Marlins came in second place in the National League East, six games behind the Phillies and... a game ahead of the Braves. Here is a quick quiz: The Marlins won 87 games and came in second because: A) Great young pitching or B) Batting. Most people would answer "A." But really, the answer is ... (more) Flordia Marlins - 2009 Debrief

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New York Mets - 2009 Debrief
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 21 days ago
New York Mets - 2009 Debrief
— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — The New York Mets and their fans have to be gnashing their teeth. Not only did they... have their arch rival Phillies in the World Series, but also their cross town rivals, the Yankees. All that occurred while the Mets had one of the highest payrolls, the highest of expectations and it all ... (more) New York Mets - 2009 Debrief

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Philadelphia Phillies - 2009 Debrief
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 22 days ago
Philadelphia Phillies - 2009 Debrief
— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — Right after the regular season ended, a series of posts began to debrief all the major league... teams to look at the 2009 season and to look ahead to 2010. The series has already concluded the National League West and one post covered the Atlanta Braves for the National League East before the ... (more) Philadelphia Phillies - 2009 Debrief

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The Yankees Are Champions
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 23 days ago
The Yankees Are Champions
— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — The old guys did it. Derek Jeter had three hits. Pettitte did what he always does by... keeping his team in the game. Jorge didn't have a great game but he's had a good season and some big hits this post season and Mariano Rivera...what is there to say? There has never been anyone like him. He is ... (more) The Yankees Are Champions

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Two Non-World Series Stories
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 24 days ago
Two Non-World Series Stories
— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — While the baseball world waits for tonight's Game 6 between the Yankees and the Phillies, other teams... are not standing around doing nothing. The Rays made a trade with the Pirates and a Blue Jay had a surgery that will hopefully help him start earning his pay.The Tampa Bay Rays seem to be run by ... (more) Two Non-World Series Stories

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The Phillies Hang On
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 25 days ago
The Phillies Hang On
— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — Cliff Lee was okay, which is what he's always been. A. J. Burnett was atrocious. And that... was the difference. That the Phillies built a big lead and then watched the Yankees chip away at it despite missing a third of their regular lineup for at least part of the game should be of concern. But ... (more) The Phillies Hang On

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Yankees Surge to a 3-1 Lead
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 26 days ago
Yankees Surge to a 3-1 Lead
— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — It was a game of moments and fortunately for the Yankees and their fans, the Yankees had... more of them than the Phillies did. Thanks to three runs in the top of the ninth inning off of Brad Lidge (more on that later), the Yankees broke open a 4-4 tie and handed the ball to Mariano Rivera in the ... (more) Yankees Surge to a 3-1 Lead

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Yankees Take a 2 to 1 Lead
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 27 days ago
Yankees Take a 2 to 1 Lead
— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — The game turned on a ball four count to Mark Teixeira. Up until that point in the... fourth inning, Cole Hamels looked in complete control. The Yankees hadn't even gotten a hit to that point. Meanwhile, Andy Pettitte looked off and the Yankees were quickly down 3-0. Then Teixeira came up and with a ... (more) Yankees Take a 2 to 1 Lead

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The End of an Era in Baltimore
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 28 days ago
The End of an Era in Baltimore
— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — It wasn't hard to see this day coming as the Baltimore Orioles have declined to pick up... Melvin Mora's contract making him a free agent. It seems all but clear that Mora's tenth season with the Orioles was his last. Mora, from Venezuela, will turn 38 in 2010 and will hope to catch on with a ... (more) The End of an Era in Baltimore

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Yankees Even It Up
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 29 days ago
Yankees Even It Up
— passion4baseball.blogspot.com — Now that was a great, nail-biter of a game. Game 2 of the World Series pitted Pedro... Martinez for the Phillies against A. J. Burnett of the Yankees. After the Phillies took care of Sabathia and Game 1, the Phillies had to look in good shape going into this one, especially after Pedro's press ... (more) Yankees Even It Up

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