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Source: Yankees likely to make trades and 'make a run' Posted on 07-22-2008 With the trade deadline looming a week from Thursday, the Yankees' brain trust will gather Thursday in Tampa to discuss potential moves. Lupica: For one more night, he was ...
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 Don Majkowski Demands to be Reinstated as Packers Quarterback
Don Majkowski Demands to be Reinstated as Packers Quarterback
Former Green Bay Packers starting quarterback Don Majkowski has entered in a bitter dispute with his former organization, admitting he is "guilty of retiring too early" 12 years ago, while demanding he be reinstated as the team's starter or given the ...

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 Don Mattingly Is A Miracle Worker But The Kids Still Suck
Don Mattingly Is A Miracle Worker But The Kids Still Suck
Last night, the Dodgers' hitters were so inspired by Don Mattingly's mere presense that they decided to stop sucking. God only knows what he said to all of them before the game, but he should do it before every game. I would imagine his speech to the guys was something along the lines of, "STOP BEING A BUNCH OF SINGLE HITTING PRISSES AND HIT THE...
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 Don Mattingly Set to Return to Dodgers After All-Star Break
Don Mattingly Set to Return to Dodgers After All-Star Break
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced yesterday that hitting coach Don Mattingly will return to the team after the All-Star Break and Mike Easler, who had filled the role on an interim basis, will remain in the organization as planned. The announcement was made by Dodger General Manager Ned Colletti . “We’re glad Don can return to the staff,” said Colletti. “We’re ...
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Ranking the Greatest Clutch Hitters
Great article on clutch hitting! Don weighted several catgories and concluded that ... Rusty Staub ... was the greatest clutch hitter in the modern era. Jim Rice and ARod don't fare well.
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Yankee great Murcer dies of brain cancer
Although he never lived up to the billing of the next Mickey Mantle, he touched the lives of just as many Yankees fans in his playing and broadcasting career. My favorite "Did you know" part of the article was that he was the only person to play with Mantle and Don Mattingly, which means he bridged several generations of Yankees fans.
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 Bobby Murcer, link to Yankee greats, dies at 62
Bobby Murcer, link to Yankee greats, dies at 62
Bobby Murcer, the New York Yankees outfielder who played with both Mickey Mantle and Don Mattingly died on Saturday at the age ...
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Sports: Matthews unhappy with benching | matthews, scioscia, know, don, escobar
Gary Matthews Jr. sits for his second consecutive game but admits "my numbers should be better." > ARLINGTON, Texas -- Angels outfielder Gary Matthews Jr. was on the bench in favor of Juan Rivera for the second consecutive game Thursday, and he wasn't ...
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 T.J. Simers Blames Torre And (Surprise, Surprise) The Kids For Dodgers' Failures
T.J. Simers Blames Torre And (Surprise, Surprise) The Kids For Dodgers' Failures
I was just about to give up on finding something interesting to rant about when I stumbled upon a magnificent piece of journalism by T.J. Simers. "Dodgers kids still not buying in Perhaps they need some babying since Joe Torre's presence alone doesn't seem to be enough. Bringing in Don Mattingly as hitting coach might do the trick." Oh boy, I can tell this one is going to be good...
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 Expanding the Greatest Ever Conversation
Expanding the Greatest Ever Conversation
Using the eye of fantasy baseball, one can look back in history and get a feel for who the fans thought were the best players of each generation. The Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame expands their list of greats by opening the door to the 1970s. Ryne Sandberg and Mike Piazza get bumped off the "best ever" list for their positions.
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 Fantasy History RBI
Fantasy History RBI
In the fourth installment of a series investigating statistical trends over the past 3 decades, the Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame reviews RBI. In an interesting side note, 1998 saw three 150 RBI-men, but this was nowhere close to the all time mark.
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 It's Time for Donnie Baseball (Take Two)
It's Time for Donnie Baseball (Take Two)
Don Mattingly will be removed from his carbon-freeze stasis and will replace Mike Easler as hitting coach at the All-Star Break. LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers have decided to replace hitting coach Mike Easler with Don Mattingly at the All-Star Break, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. Mattingly originally was hired by manager Joe Torre to be the Dodgers' hitting coach after ...
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Short Hops: Bonds, Belle and Dodgers get new hitting coach
...When the Los Angeles Dodgers return from the All-Star break they will have a new hitting coach. It's no surprise that it will be Don Mattingly who turned the position down at the start of the season to devote time to family as he was in the middle of a divorce. But he has since told the Dodgers he's ready to join in a full time capacity. He will be replacing Mike Easler.
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 Don Mattingly Is Finally Coming To Los Angeles
Don Mattingly Is Finally Coming To Los Angeles
While I think he could still probably hit better than Andruw Jones, he's actually coming back to be the Dodgers' hitting coach. "With the Dodgers' offense ranking among the worst in the league, the club is expected to change hitting coaches at the All-Star break by replacing Mike Easler with Don Mattingly, according to sources close to the situation who requested anonymity because the move...