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Thanks for the Memories, Moose!
Unless you've been living under a rock (like me) these past few weeks, you've probably known--or at least guessed--that Mike Mussina was on his way to retirement. It is now official. The signing of Mike Mussina is perhaps one of the best free agent signings that the Yankees have ever made, at ...
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Something About a Small Sample Size
So I haven't posted much of late because grad school keeps whooping my behind, and, well, there's not a whole lot that medieval history and baseball do seem to have in common. However, the other day, my professor did bring up a very interesting point: In medieval history, statistics are often ...
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Yankees Sell Rights to Rasner
The Yankees have sold the rights to pitcher Darrell Rasner to Japan. Last season, Rasner was called up when Phil Hughes went down and surprised mostly everyone when his spot start ended up with him staying in the rotation for almost the entire season. A borderline major-league American League ...
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SWISH
The Yankees have acquired Nick Swisher and a pitcher, Kanekoa Texeira from the White Sox in exchange for Wilson Betemit, Jeff Marquez and Jhonny Nuñez. Thoughts: 1) Swisher might not be a great player, but we got him cheap . 2) The funny thing is that the pitcher we acquired in the deal is ...
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Your Chance to Do Some Good
In the spirit of giving and hope and change and all of that--- Tom Kackley, the equipment manager for the Trenton Thunder, is running an auction to benefit the Domestic Violence project. You can find the auction here I won a Phil Hughes hat last year...and I have to say, it felt like the best ...
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The Winner of the Contest
The winner of the Ludicrous Trade Proposal Contest is.... Alex ! With his entry: Kei Igawa, Hideki Irabu, Randy Johnson, Carl Pavano for My precious time back that i spent watching them start games for the Yankees :( So Alex, if you would as so kind as to email me at ...
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