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All-Aughts Team of the Decade bench IF: Alex Cora

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:07:24 +0000

Can’t have a team of the decade without a bench, right? Ever since Nomar left midway through 2004, the shortstop position has been a revolving door. Second base was inconsistent between Marty Barrett and Dustin Pedroia. And last year, even the backup infield position was in flux, ...

EvanAtMVN posted 44 hours ago from firebrandal.com

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Alex Gonzalez: Another Short Stop in Boston

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:49:29 +0000

Alex Gonzalez gave the Sox reliable defense and a little pop in his bat. If I told you that the Red Sox and A-Gon were making some headlines in the Hot Stove column, your eyes would more than likely light up, thinking that the “A-Gon” that I was referring to was Adrian ...

SportsThenandNow posted 13 days ago from boston.sportsthenandnow.com

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Link: Rubin chock full of info

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:28:00 +0000

Adam Rubin’s latest blog post is teeming with info from day one of the GM Meetings in Chicago. In brief… Matt Holliday and Jason Bay are likely too expensive. Mike Cameron is a longshot. The Mets really want to trade Luis Castillo . The free agent catching market is terrible. The ...

TheRopolitansDOTcom posted 12 days ago from theropolitans.com

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Ruben Gotay Back On the Radar

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:23:51 +0000

Anyone remember Ruben Gotay? He was in the midst of being the Mets’ version of Robinson Cano a few years back, but was curiously hated repressed by then-manager Willie Randolph (and undervalued by Marty Noble ). Willie valued defense at second base, but was generous enough to give the ...

Amazin' Avenue found this 5 days ago on metstoday.com

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MLB Exec: Moneyball is a Flop

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:00:13 +0000

In a week where war over WAR broke out at NYBD, I spoke to Vince Gennaro of Diamond Dollars , and the sabr community again doesn’t get my position on the utilization of statistics NYBD reached out to a MLB executive to see his thoughts on moneyball and advanced metrics. Mind you this is ...

msilva177 posted 9 days ago from nybaseballdigest.com

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