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metsfever.blogspot.com - 76 minutes ago
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After rumors swirled about the Mets and Cubs
attempting to find a third team, so the Cubs...
could dump the volatile Bradley and the Mets could rid themselves of fan scapegoat Castillo, it appeared that the Cubs really wanted Castillo for 2B. Chicago Tribune has an article today in which it ...
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Are the Cubs out on Castillo...
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chicagotribune.com - 76 minutes ago
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But it's no secret 19-year-old shortstop is on
the fast track > If the Cubs start the...
2010 season with Starlin Castro as shortstop, it won't be without the ...
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Cubs aren't going to rush 19-year-old shortstop Castro
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notqualifiedtocomment.com - 2 hours ago
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Sammy Sosa has been popping up in the
news a lot lately, and it hasn’t been pretty....
I mean physically it definitely wasn’t pretty with his little skin-whitening stunt, but also metaphorically its been a tough run for the Dominican Dracula. (That is his new nickname in my book. ...
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Dominican Dracula Sammy Sosa Sued for $203,000
suntimes.com - 2 hours ago
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Sammy Sosa is
being sued for $203,000 by a businessman who claims...
the former Major Leaguer owes him for commission on a house sale, among other things.
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Sammy Sosa sued for $203K in Dominican court
myteamrivals.typepad.com - 5 hours ago
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In 1886 they were known as the St.
Louis Browns and played in the American Association. But,...
they were the team that would later be called the Cardinals and play in the NL. After the disputed Championship of 1885 against the Chicago White Stockings (today's Cubs ... boooo!) the 1886 St. ...
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1886 The First Cardinals World Championship
blog.cubhub.net - 7 hours ago
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Who are baseball’s best and worst baserunners? In
The Bill James Handbook 2010 we analyze a player’s...
baserunning ability. For each player, we measure his ability to move first to third, second to home, and first to home in addition to the number of outs he records on the bases and how he ...
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John Dewan’s Stat of the Week™
bleachernation.com - 15 hours ago
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The good news is the Chicago Cubs are
finally taking the development of positional prospects very seriously....
The bad news is it could prevent the Cubs from getting a player of need. Even though you’ve read suggestions that the Cubs should trade shortstop prospect Starling Castro to the ...
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OMGranderson: Starlin Castro is Absolutely Untouchable
thecubreporter.com - 21 hours ago
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There's going to be an upgrade done to
the site sometime over the weekend, so apologies if...
it's down when you try to escape your in-laws . This could last anywhere from late Thursday night through Sunday(the upgrade and avoiding your in-laws) and I'm sure it's a guarantee that the Cubs will ...
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TCR Upgrade over the Thanksgiving Break
chicagocubsonline.com - 23 hours ago
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Thanksgiving is a time for family and friends
but most importantly it is a time to give...
thanks for all of the blessings we receive on a daily basis. When you sit down with your family and friends today, take a minute to think about what in your life you are thankful for ... and just think it is ...
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Time to Give Thanks
bleedcubbieblue.com - 31 hours ago
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More photos » by Luis Alvarez - AP
Browse more photos » Yesterday, I posted an idea...
regarding a potential free agent signing for a Cubs bench position in ...
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Discussion: Marlon Byrd vs. Mike Cameron
umpbump.com - 32 hours ago
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The Cubbies entered the off-season with precious little
room for error, due to their already bloated payroll...
and long term salary commitments, and they’ve already erred by committing two-years and $7.5 million to lefty John Grabow, who walked five batters every nine innings last season. ...
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What they need: Cubs
thundermatt.com - 34 hours ago
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Happy Thanksgiving everybody! As you all settle into
your La-Z-boy and zone out watching football while the...
your in-laws bicker about which parent made your cousin Chad "gay", please remember a couple of things. 1. You will not be able to eat as much as Jim Hendry, Lou Piniella, or Geovany ...
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Happy Turkey Day, from the Saloon!
chicagotribune.com - 38 hours ago
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Cubs, White Sox prospects play well > PHOENIX
-- With the conclusion of the Arizona Fall League...
season, let's let the numbers tell the story. ...
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8 Cubs, 9 White Sox stand out in minor-league play
suntimes.com - 38 hours ago
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Bad luck for Horseshoe Casino. The Chicago Cubs
organization has installed new billboards that obscure the view...
of the casino's sign on a Wrigleyville roof. The Horseshoe ad, which was up at the beginning of the 2009 baseball season, had a lot of ...
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Wrigley's poker face
fangraphs.com - 38 hours ago
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One of the upsides of downtime during the
off-season is the freedom allows for one to stumble...
upon tidbits and performances they missed throughout the season. Such as this one: Derrek Lee had a .412 wOBA last season. I’m ashamed to admit I missed out ...
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Honoring Derrek Lee
thecubreporter.com - 38 hours ago
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According to Sun-Times beat reporter, Gordon Wittenmeyer ,
with the signing of John Grabow to a 2/7.5...
contract (backended as only Jim Hendry can do) and the trading of Aaron Heilman to the Snakes, the Cubs have supposedly made their final bullpen move of the offseason. The deal appears ...
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Chips Ahoy
bleachernation.com - 38 hours ago
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The market for free agent pitcher Rich Harden
is starting to take shape, which is of great...
interest to the Chicago Cubs, even if they have no intention on re-signing him. While Harden has had trouble staying on the field in recent years, he’s considered to have one of the highest ...
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The Minnesota Twins Want Rich Harden
bleachernation.com - 41 hours ago
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Derrek Lee was probably the MVP of the
Chicago Cubs this year, but apparently being the sexiest...
pregnant stripper in the club doesn’t catapult you into the upper strata of the adult entertainment industry. Lee finished ninth in the balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of ...
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Derrek Lee is the NL MVP - Other Than Those Eight Guys
bleachernation.com - 41 hours ago
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In case it needed stating explicitly, the Tampa
Bay Rays are not exactly making Milton Bradley their...
offseason priority. They’ll take him if the Cubs eat enough money, but they aren’t going to go out of their way to get the guy. And in case you didn’t already know all of ...
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Obsessive Bradley Trade Watch: Rays Not Absolutely Crazy ...
mlbnotebook.com - 43 hours ago
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After not having time to throw notes together
yesterday, here are the links I wanted to touch...
on. Daniel ranks the Orioles top 13 prospects. 13 is a strange number, but I won't question the man. The Red Sox have finalized their coaching staff , filling vacancies left open after Brad ...
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Breakfast Links: Catching Up
chicagocubsonline.com - 46 hours ago
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Monday it was the Starting Eight . Tuesday
it was Lou Piniella's Pitching Staff and the third...
and final part on the CCO's look at the early projections for 2010 ... The Reserves and Rumored Additions . The Cubs' off-season appears to be centered on where (and when) Jim Hendry will trade ...
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Chicago Cubs: Looking Forward to 2010 ... The Reserves ...
myteamrivals.typepad.com - 2 days ago
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September 4, 2009 Chicago, IL. - CUBS CLAIM
DIAMOND FROM RANGERS Thomas Diamond, a 6'3" 230 rhp...
out of the University of New Orleans and the 10th overall pick in the 2004 first-year player draft was claimed off waivers from the Texas Rangers. Diamond was named the Rangers organization's Nolan ...
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Cubs Fall Update
redstatebluestate.mlblogs.com - 2 days ago
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Preparations for the holiday season begin (for me)
in June, when my epic 180 consecutive days of...
beer consumption starts to strengthen my tolerance for... eh... other people. Crowds. Yule tide blah blah blah. But it never really feels like the holidays until my annual MLB.com ...
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Is It Christmas Yet?
blog.cubhub.net - 2 days ago
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A CubHub.net exclusive! We have intercepted Jim Hendry’s
Christmas wish list ! Yes, even the Cubs GM...
makes requests of Santa Claus and the Clark-Addison Cubs fan blog has obtained his 2009 Christmas wishes. Sources familiar with the matter indicate Mr. Hendry has petitioned Jolly ...
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Jim Hendry’s Christmas Wish List
bases.nbcsports.com - 2 days ago
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You know how those buildings over the left
field bleachers at Wrigley have ads and stuff on...
them? Well, the Cubs don't like it all that much. At least when the ads are for casinos: The Cubs have fired the opening...
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The Cubs move to block rooftop advertising
talkingchicagobaseball.com - 2 days ago
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I have some serious questions about how long
it will take Tom Ricketts to actually put a...
lot of money into making the Cubs contenders. I think he knows he can get away with holding serve for a few years while he pays off some debt, and that certain non-baseball things require more financial ...
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New Ownership Has Some Balls
bleachernation.com - 2 days ago
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Despite the best efforts of every man, woman,
and child in Mesa, Arizona, the Chicago Cubs are...
still considering their Spring Training options. Chicago Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts is planning to visit Naples, Florida, next month, according to a report in a Naples newspaper. The team may be ...
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Chicago Cubs Still Considering Summering in Naples
thundermatt.com - 2 days ago
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Being sandwiched between Halloween and Christmas, Thanksgiving never
gets its due. Even with all the great traditions...
associated with it (like tofurkey, Detroit Lions football, and arguing with your siblings while drunk), Thanksgiving is regarded as a mere halfway point between two more ...
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For Your Consideration: Blood Freak
chicagocubsonline.com - 2 days ago
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Monday it was the Starting Eight , next
up on the CCO's look at the early projections...
for 2010 ... Lou Piniella's pitching staff . Not only will the starting rotation for the 2010 version of the Chicago Cubs have a couple of changes, the Cubs' pen appears to be headed for another off-season ...
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Chicago Cubs: Looking Forward to 2010 ... The Pitching Staff
bleachernation.com - 2 days ago
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Or so says the Chicago Tribune’s Rick Morrissey
: The Tigers center fielder is a wonderful baseball...
player, and the Cubs should pursue a trade for him with the relentlessness of a Justice Department probe. His career numbers will tell you he’s a good performer — .272 ...
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OMGranderson Watch: Granderson is a Perfect Fit for the Cubs
424tales.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
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I was wondering why I haven't received the
annual letter from the Cubs that carefully explains why...
I should be happy with the team that excels at tearing the hearts out of its fans' chests and that I should hurry up and write them a check right f---ing now. But they have apparently ...
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Cubs Hire Someone Else to Convince Us to Give Them More ...
bringingheat.com - 3 days ago
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Tony’s take: Before the 2009 season, there was
much ado about nothing in Cubland. After getting swept...
out of the ’08 playoffs by the Dodgers using a predominantly right-handed hitting lineup, everybody was calling for Jim Hendry’s head if he did not acquire a lefty bat in the offseason. ...
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Brett and Tony’s Lefty vs Righty battle
thecubreporter.com - 3 days ago
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I've gotten a bit addicted to Sporcle since
someone posted that quiz of Cubs Opening Day Lineups...
in the quiz. Since not a damn thing is happening, I created one on all the players to grace Cubbie uniforms or been associated with the team that have been inducted into the Hall of Fame . Good ...
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Cubs Hall of Fame Players Quiz
bugsandcranks.com - 3 days ago
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A blogger's look at where he would like
to see Milton Bradley suit up in 2010....
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Where I’d Like To See Milton Bradley In 2010
talkingchicagobaseball.com - 3 days ago
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We've talked about it here before, but I
think this subject bears repeating especially since it could...
potentially impact a number of teams. While Jim Hendry has been busy handing out long contracts that keep players in Cubs uniforms a bit too long with no way to trade them. For some reason ...
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The Annoying Aramis Ramirez Situation
bluejays.gearupforsports.com - 3 days ago
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In July of the 2009 Major League Baseball
season the name flying around the rumor mill as...
the one leaving his team via trade was that of Toronto Blue Jays ace pitcher Roy Halladay. The speculation began when than general manager J.P Ricciardi let the baseball media know that he was ...
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Halladay Trade Talk…Again
chicagotribune.com - 3 days ago
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The Cubs have fired the opening salvo in
a dispute against a local casino, erecting two signboards...
in the back of the left-field bleachers, which would obscure a prominent casino ad in most television shots during game telecasts. ...
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Cubs make bold move -- to block rooftop casino ad
thundermatt.com - 3 days ago
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Jay Cutler..................................or..................................Jay Cutler Nobody cares how great of
an arm you have if you keep throwing your...
perfect spiral 15 yards ahead of your receiver!
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You Make the Call: Jay Cutler
bleachernation.com - 3 days ago
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Many pundits would have been surprised weeks ago
if you’d told them then that Milton Bradley would...
still be a Cub now. But so it is. And unfortunately, so much of what the Cubs hope to accomplish this offseason is tied to what happens with Bradley - if they can’t cut some of his ...
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Obsessive Bradley Trade Watch: Four to Six Teams Interested
hirejimessian.com - 3 days ago
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I and the rest of the crack staff
at HJE need a little bit of a break...
to get over the swine writer’s block that’s going around the offices of HJE Enterprises, Inc. Since this is a short week, anyhow, we’re going to take the whole week off, recharge our batteries, and come ...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
suntimes.com - 3 days ago
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The Cubs will announce today that Wally Hayward
has been named executive vice president and chief sales...
and marketing officer, a new position within the baseball organization and one of the team's first major hires since the Ricketts family took ...
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Top 2016 adviser Hayward named Cubs marketing chief
chicagotribune.com - 3 days ago
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Wally Hayward said to know both sides of
business > Sports marketing and sponsorship guru Wally Hayward's...
schedule was more or less booked for the next 6 ...
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Cubs' next major hire: marketing guru
bleachernation.com - 3 days ago
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Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg will
be back in Tennessee this year to manage the...
AA Smokies, but he’s hoping that after this year, he’ll make it to the big show. He’s working his way up just like a prospect. “I hope to be a candidate for that job whenever ...
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Ryne Sandberg hopes his time will come to be manager of ...
bleachernation.com - 3 days ago
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It’s award season in MLB, and the disappointing
Chicago Cubs didn’t figure to get much recognition. Except...
the bad kind. Milton Bradley was named the Least Valuable Player in the NL by Sports Illustrated. Anyway, put it all together, and including those all-important ...
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Milton Bradley Wins Dubious Distinction
bringingheat.com - 3 days ago
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With the winter meetings just around the corner,
I’m going to be releasing my top ten stories...
to follow throughout the best weekend of the entire winter for a baseball fan. This is obviously the place where the rumors fly, the GM’s get together to talk trade, and free agent talks ...
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Brett’s Top 10 Plots of the Winter Meetings (10-8)
chicagocubsonline.com - 3 days ago
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With two weeks to go before the winter
meetings in Indianapolis there are more rumors surrounding the...
Chicago Cubs than actual news, which is to be expected. With the 2010 payroll reportedly set very close to the amount that was paid to field the disappointing 2009 squad ( between $140 and $150 ...
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Chicago Cubs: Looking Forward to 2010
metsfever.blogspot.com - 4 days ago
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I believe where there's smoke there's fire and
it appears that Luis Castillo will end up a...
Chicago Cub. Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reported today that the Mets and Cubs are still looking for a third team for the Castillo/Bradley deal. This is the third time a rumor has involved these two ...
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Will Castillo end up in Chicago...
chicagobreakingsports.com - 4 days ago
baseballmusings.com - 4 days ago
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Jeff Baker plays the infield for the Chicago
Cubs in a reserve capacity. He spent his first...
four seasons and part of 2009 with the Colorado Rockies. Due to that affiliation, his career stats need to be taken with a big grain of salt. If you look at his home/road split with the Rockies , ...
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Players A to Z, Jeff Baker
nleastchatter.com - 4 days ago
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As I am sitting here listening to the
Giants / Falcons game, I admit that I am...
still basking in the glow of yesterdays Mets announcement that the Mets will transform Wilpons folly - er I meant Citi Field into a more Metscentric sanctuary that us Mets fans can finally call home . So to celebrate ...
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