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Casey Blake Traded to Dodgers for Carlos Santana, Jon Meloan
Jon Meloan is the Dodgers #8 prospect, a pitcher. Santana is a top hitting prospect, a catcher.
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 Still Waiting For Johan Santana's Signature Moment
Still Waiting For Johan Santana's Signature Moment
He's been good, but not great...

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Casey Blake Dealt to Dodgers
Posted 23 minutes ago at Hot Foot
Casey Goes to Hollywood?
Posted 26 minutes ago at The DiaTribe
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 Harper: Joba everything Hank wanted
Harper: Joba everything Hank wanted
So here it was, the matchup that Hank Steinbrenner wanted from the day he was talked out of trading for Johan Santana. Boss Hank would tell anyone who would listen that Joba Chamberlain would be the Yankees' Josh Beckett.
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Are the Twins Focused on Winning; Then Where is Francisco Liriano? | On Deck Circle | FanBoom ...
The next Johan Santana had a terrible start to the 2008 season. I should know; I drafted him. When Liriano was sent down to the minors, I had to cut him because my league has no bench. I picked him up over the All-Star break expecting him to be called up, but he is still sitting down in the minors. Why?
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 Further Musings
Further Musings
With six days of baseball after the All-Star Break, the author had a lot of ideas, but none deep enough to fill an entire column. Here are some more random musings… Just saw The Dark Knight… It was one of the better movies I’ve seen in years. It totally lived up to the hype. In my opinion, it transcended the genre of “comic book movie.” It was an insanely intense crime movie, ...
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 Smith: For Santana, it's complete game or total collapse
Smith: For Santana, it's complete game or total collapse
This was the Mets' opportunity to make a statement against the Phillies. Johan Santana did his part, but when Jerry Manuel handed the game over to the Mets bullpen, what could have been the beautiful story turned ugly at Shea Stadium.  ...
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 July 23 -- ALL ABOUT MYERS
July 23 -- ALL ABOUT MYERS
NEW YORK -- The sun still hasn't come out at Shea, and The Apple continues to buzz over last night's game. During the 10-minute drive over here from the hotel, a variety of frustrated callers on WFAN were yelling about a) Johan Santana not coming ...
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 Watching The World Go By
Watching The World Go By
Watching the world go by Under a sunny sky Strolling 'round the park on a (Saturday Night) Oh how the moments fly Watching the world go by -Dean Martin This was exactly what I was afraid of. Bullpen? Yeah, it was bull-something. But with Johan ...
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 Playin' The Blame Game
Playin' The Blame Game
I didn't see any of it. I *did* see The Dark Knight at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, where you can eat and consume adult beverages while watching a moviefilm. So I watched the latest Batman installment (editor's note: it rocked), ...
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 The Mets Owe Johan Santana an Apology (or Nine)
The Mets Owe Johan Santana an Apology (or Nine)
All the money in the world doesn't make up for the fact that the Mets continue to waste first class pitching by Johan Santana.
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 inGame: Phillies 8, Mets 6
inGame: Phillies 8, Mets 6
The questions are endless. Why did Jerry Manuel lift Johan Santana? Why didn’t Endy Chavez stop at third? Why didn’t Jose Reyes throw to first? Where was Billy Wagner?
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 Dissecting Brandon Funston’s Big Board
Dissecting Brandon Funston’s Big Board
The Big Board is a moderately helpful tool that can be used as a draft kit or to help determine the validity of a trade proposal. I've used it before, but theres always a few rankings that must be there as a result of drug use...
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 Who’s Unluckier: Hamels or Santana?
Who’s Unluckier: Hamels or Santana?
Last night, the Phillies outsmarted the Mets and scored six runs in the top of the ninth inning against the New York Mets bullpen, which squandered an eight-inning, two-run performance from Johan Santana. That got me to thinking: Who is more unlucky, Cole Hamels or Johan Santana?
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Early Morning Madness: Jerry pulled a Willie edition
There are two sides to every coin. On one hand, I leave Johan Santana out there for the 9th inning to work his magic. That's why he's getting the big bucks. On the flip-side, I can see why you don't want to run your "ace" out there and run up his pitch count, especially with Pedro Martinez ailing. But, your closer is unavailable, and no one has really shone through as a viable replacement. ...
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Mets, Phillies to Flail It Out for Desperate Fans -- Daily Intel -- New York News Blog -- New ...
The Phillies and the Mets are tied for first in the NL East — with the Marlins just one game behind, but who counts the Marlins? — and begin a three-game set at Shea tonight. It s just the type of series that is perpetually overplayed — there ...
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 With the division on the line, Phillies take on Mets
With the division on the line, Phillies take on Mets
The Phillies' hold atop the NL East is in jeopardy starting tonight when they travel to New York to take on the Mets. This should be a great series filled with interesting storylines, including how Joe Blanton will do in his Phillies debut and how Brett Myers will fare in his comeback. The Mets will be sending their ace to the mound tonight in Johan Santana and he will try to show why the Mets...
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Five reasons the Mets WILL make the playoffs
Yesterday, I brought you five of the reasons the Mets wouldn't make the postseason in 2008. Here, now, are the five reasons I think the Mets will make it to the playoffs and contend for the World Series in '08. Johan Santana and Aaron Heilman are...
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 On Deck: Hello, Mr. Blanton
On Deck: Hello, Mr. Blanton
On Deck is FanHouse's look at the day's most intriguing baseball matchups Dear Joe Blanton , Hello there and welcome to your new home, the city of Philadelphia. It's a wonderful place to live, and I can't tell you how excited we are to have you ...
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 SANTANA MUST ACE THIS TEST
SANTANA MUST ACE THIS TEST
THIS is all the Mets could have asked for, could have hoped for, back in Game No. 46 when they were gasping (having lost a fifth straight game) or Game No. 63 when they were drowning (another five-game losing streak, a season-high 7½ games...
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Johan Santana's "big game"
Tonight, Johan Santana faces newly acquired Phillie, Joe Blanton in the first of a three game series at Shea Stadium. Since it's the second half, against the Phillies, and both teams tied for first, it's already being outlined that this is the biggest start of Santana's Mets career. It seems to me that if he doesn't take a no-hitter into the seventh and finish with a three hit, complete game, i
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Bill Conlin: Tonight, it's Hamels vs. Santana - oh, never mind | Philadelphia Daily News | ...
OK, THIS IS not as good as it gets. It ain't love, but it ain't bad, as the song says. It's not as good as the final weekend of the 1980 regular season, when the Phillies went into Montreal tied for first with the Expos and had to win two of three ...
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 FJM takes on two Mets related subjects
FJM takes on two Mets related subjects
You know when Ken Tremendous goes out and writes : Let's imagine I am part of a 25-man team that makes frozen 4-cheese ravioli dinners. And every time I'm on a shift, I take my syringe and I expertly inject the pasta with goat cheese (my task) and I have like a 99.4% success rate of successful goat cheese injection, and when my raviolis go on to the next man on my team, ready for edam ...
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Awards Are Important
I go to New York for five days and Murray Chass starts a blog ? What the hell is going on here? Let's cleanse our collective palate with a lime sorbet known as: Phil Rogers's Mid-Season Awards . Quick review: awards are meaningless, the criteria are ...
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Every Given Sunday: Beating Expectations by John Perrotto
The Twins and Cardinals surprise the experts, the latest example that Manny being Manny may not be all fun and games, plus news and rumors from around the game.
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 Under my microscope: Delgado picks it up
Under my microscope: Delgado picks it up
Trade rumors are swirling around Brian Fuentes, but he's pitching impressively in the meantime, says Mike Harmon. Also, fantasy news on the Mets and latest injury updates.
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Liriano: Why am I still in the minors?
Featured comment Close comment And More to Say... Hunter and Santana were offered lucrative contracts-the timing wasn't good, but none of us are in Pohlad's wheelhouse, counting out his read more money. Remember, Kirby Puckett signed the biggest pro ...
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Yankee writers must always find a way to beat down the Mets
Usually, I love stuff Peter Abraham writes. It's usually well thought out and supported by facts. Usually. The facts your provide tell your story for you, but it's really the facts that he leaves out that show the true argument.
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Cashman made the right move with Santana
There is no question, none whatsoever, that Johan Santana would have helped the Yankees this season. There is little question that Melky Cabrera and Ian Kennedy were probably overvalued during the winter. Maybe Phil Hughes, too. But does anybody ...
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 Mets Hope to Continue Hot Streak After Break
Mets Hope to Continue Hot Streak After Break
The New York Mets went into the All-Star break riding one of the longest winning streaks in team history. If the veteran club hopes to play in October, the recent hot streak is going to have to continue, and then some. Winning nine straight before the break has put the Mets a half-game behind the first-place Philadelphia Phillies. The Mets have an 11-2 record in July, and they ...
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Welcome to first place, Mets fans; Mets win 10-8
Johna Santana has his worst start in blue and orange, lasting a mere four innings and allowing five runs to score before getting chased. The Mets didn't seem to care. The bullpen faltered, for the first time in 22 innings. The Mets didn't seem to care. Billy Wagner blew the save in the All Star game. The Mets didn't seem to care.
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The Mets are streaking on both sides of the ball
The Mets have been the team that we thought they could be, finally. Mike Pelfrey has blossomed into a wonderful pitcher, Johan Santana has plugged away at his consistently wonderful pace, and Olvier Perez has switched his mechanics and seen great results. The bats are back too, as Carlos Delgado is getting on track (maybe), Jose Reyes is on an absolute tear after getting off to a slow start, an
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Mark Lerner - baseball savant
Ok so it’s pretty clear that at least Mark Lerner doesn’t understand baseball. Which is perfectly ok for a real estate magnate, but it might just be a little problem for a guy who, you know, owns a baseball team. For instance:  ...
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 Roy Halladay: Best Pitcher in Baseball
Roy Halladay: Best Pitcher in Baseball
Go ahead, try and argue. Doc threw his 7th Complete Game of the season last night in shutting out the Yankees and looks poised to add a second Cy Young award to his mantle at the end of the year.