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Game Recap: Mets 8 -- Reds 3
Game Recap: Mets 8 -- Reds 3
I caught bits and pieces of this game, sneaking away from the family and the chilly weather, and dashing inside to catch a few pitches every now and then, so here's a brief recap.
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What Are The Odds: Chipper's Quest For .400
What Are The Odds: Chipper's Quest For .400
Breaking down the chances that Chipper Jones finishes out the year hitting over .400.
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Pam Anderson Throws Out First Pitch For Dodgers
Pam Anderson Throws Out First Pitch For Dodgers
After already mentioning Jose Lima today, let’s head back out to Dodger Stadium to check out another piece of talent past her prime. Former Baywatch star and rock-star bicycle Pam Anderson threw out the first pitch for the Dodgers ...
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Appreciating Greg Maddux
Appreciating Greg Maddux
As noted earlier, Maddux finally notched win #350 last night, adding another line on his Hall of Fame resume. In an era filled with outlandish offensive numbers and constant talk of steroids, Maddux has been one of the most dominant and ...
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Ten Things to Look for in the Month of May: National League
Ten Things to Look for in the Month of May: National League
April baseball is over and storylines are emerging. Among these, Florida Marlins sit atop the National League East; the Chicago Cubs, on the brink of their 100th seasons without a World Series, are looking poised to make a run; and the Colorado Rockies are looking lost despite winning the NL pennant in 2007. Here are ten things to look for in May.
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Monday Morning Links: Teixeira Plans to Get Paid, Hanley Ramirez Might Get Paid, What's Going on With Brandon Wood and More!
Monday Morning Links: Teixeira Plans to Get Paid, Hanley Ramirez Might Get Paid, What's Going on With Brandon Wood and More!
Great baseball links from around the blogosphere. 1) Mark Teixeira plans for a big pay-day. 2) Hanley Ramirez contract extension? 3) Brandon Wood hitting mechanics. 4) Odds on the #1 pick in the NBA draft. 5) UCLA sports round-up.
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Monroe's homers help Twins hang on vs. Red Sox
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The Case for Glasscock
The Case for Glasscock
The old school shortstop with the funny name has a game for the Hall of Fame. All you need to know.
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Hanley Ramirez Getting Paid by Marlins
Hanley Ramirez Getting Paid by Marlins
It’s quite ironic. I was just having a baseball conversation with my Dad and he said that there aren’t many better bargains out there than what Albert Pujols is making from St. Louis. I countered quickly by asking, “what about ...
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The Demise of Travis Hafner Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Travis Hafner will probably never again be the incredible hitter he was from 2004-2006. However, he is still far better than his current numbers would indicate. Hafner is hitting .215/.312/.347 so far this year. But when we adjust for the bad luck ...
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The Morning Word: What The Reds Need To Contend
The Morning Word: What The Reds Need To Contend
The Reds are beginning to show signs of life with three emerging young pitchers behind ace Aaron Harang. Johnny Cueto, Edinson Volquez, and Homer Bailey are all pitching well at their respective levels and will make a significant impact on the team ...
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Rollins reminds the Phils what they’ve been Misching
Team W-L R R/G NL Rank R OPS (NL) SB CS                 SF 14-21 117 3.34 T-15  ...
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The Forgotten Heroes
The Forgotten Heroes
Everyone remembers the classic home runs in baseball lore, but what about the men who got on base beforehand to make the moment possible? We honor some of the forgotten names.

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Phil Hughes - Through the Pitch F/X Looking Glass
Phil Hughes - Through the Pitch F/X Looking Glass
By Jonathan Hale...This week I’m taking a break from looking at the best performances out there to focus on a pitcher that is having serious problems. To go along with Paul Nyman’s work on why Phil Hughes has been having trouble this season, here’s what pitch f/x can tell us about what has been happening to the ball...
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In ninth, Mets-Reds get out of order
In ninth, Mets-Reds get out of order
Reds bat out of order in the ninth inning in their loss to the Mets.
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RIP, Starting Pitching
RIP, Starting Pitching
The voice on WFAN praised Mike Mussina for the ability he's demonstrated to keep the 2008 Yankees "in games." Gary Cohen commended Oliver Perez on a "quality start" against Cincinnati (he went six, gave up three runs, three hits and walked four). During that same Sunday game, a graphic scrolled across the screen which revealed that the New York Mets were averaging over three-and-a-half relief...
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Sox fan beaten with bat, but... maybe he needed it
Even as a Red Sox fan, I believe this needed to be done.

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WASHOUT A BLESSING
WASHOUT A BLESSING
DETROIT _ Mother Nature slapped the Yankees hard in the face several times during April. Today, she planted a big Mother's Day kiss on their lips when an all-day rain forced the postponement of a game against the Tigers at Comerica Park. Until the...
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Francona vs. Big Papi: Who you got?
Francona vs. Big Papi: Who you got?
It's a classic story. Manager does interview. Player clowns around in the background. Manager threatens to kick player's ass. Even better when the manager is Terry Francona and the player is David Ortiz. The magic happens at the end of the interview. ...
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Baseball - The University of Kansas Jayhawks - Official Athletic Site
May 11, 2008 Final Stats | Quotes | Photo Gallery LAWRENCE, Kan. - Robby Price's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth lifted Kansas to a 7-6 triumph over No. 14 Missouri in the first game of a doubleheader Sunday. However, Missouri scored five runs ...

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Greetings from Gate A-70
Greetings from Gate A-70
Yankees-Tigers: 1:05 p.m. Flight from Detroit from Tampa: 9:24 p.m. Game called: 1:17 p.m. Stories finished: 2 p.m. Time to kill: 7:24. Ah, the exciting world of sportswriting. As I write this, I’m sitting on the floor at the gate, ...
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Padres Win For Mom Behind Chris Young
Padres Win For Mom Behind Chris Young
The San Diego Padres came out on Mother’s Day with another new addition to their roster and won a series for the first time in weeks, with new catcher Luke Carlin getting a double for his first major league hit and former Red Sox Bryan Corey ...
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Caray & Darling Comments (Yankees/Tigers Rainout)
Caray & Darling Comments (Yankees/Tigers Rainout)
This afternoon’s “Sunday MLB on TBS” was postponed due to rain. During the delay, Chip Caray and Ron Darling discussed some developing storylines in MLB. ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers ( Postponed due to rain ) Game announcers: Chip Caray and Ron Darling Darling on the Yankees attempt at a ...
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Alright Already - Where's The Beef?
Alright Already - Where's The Beef?
If you've been reading In-Between Hops since spring training, you know I've had this somewhat morbid obsession with Prince Fielder's eating habits and more importantly the effect that those eating habits have on his hitting statistics. As tempted as ...
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Bondo's peripherals going south
Watching Jeremy Bonderman, from 2004 through the first half of 2007, you got the feeling that, while maddeningly inconsistent, he was very close to developing into a top pitcher. He had two good fastballs (four seamer and two seamer) and one of the ...
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Castillo regardless of knees a good 2B
Castillo regardless of knees a good 2B
Found this over at Mets Fever.
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ESPN err-oops!
ESPN err-oops!
At first I thought this headline on the Astros’ game — fourth down below — was a play on words. Ya know, perhaps the game had been undone by errors, and thus things err-upted? But no. The WWL simply doesn’t hire editors who can spell.
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Toiling Away
Toiling Away
Off the Tracks steps away from football fora moment to talk about its visit to Purdue baseball for the weekend.

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A New Mock Database Added, a Trifecta
A New Mock Database Added, a Trifecta
DC Pro Sports Report now has you completely covered for your mock draft needs. Today we added our new Major League Baseball Mock Database to our arsenal. The MLB Mock Database joins our other two Database, the NBA Mock Database and the NHL Mock Database.

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The Associated Press: Brewers pull Gagne from closer's role after another meltdown
Brewers pull Gagne from closer's role after another meltdown By COLIN FLY 4 hours ago MILWAUKEE (AP) The Brewers yanked Eric Gagne from the closer's role on Sunday after the reliever called his latest performance embarrassing and said he didn't feel ...
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Sunday fantasy wrap
BY ADAM RONIS Corey Patterson's batting average has been dipping at a rapid pace recently, but you can't blame the 0-for-1 to him today. The Red batted out of order in the top of the ninth against the Mets when David Ross hit instead of Patterson. ...

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Waiver Wire: National League (Week 6)
Sunday, May 11, 2008 Waiver Wire: National League (Week 6) Posted by Derek Carty at 4:12pm Happy Mothers Day to all you celebrating out there. Lots of National League closer action this weekend, but not a lot of great options emerging. Let's take a look at the guys worth picking up this week. National League Ryan Franklin | STL | CL - Franklin will close in St. Louis while Izzy gets ...

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Better than a Mother’s Day Card
Better than a Mother’s Day Card
When I was a kid, my dad was my coach. He showed me how to hit and play football. But my dad hated crowds and traffic, and so he didn’t take me to games very often. That was where my mom stepped up to the plate. My first Cavs game at the Richfield Colosseum? Mom....
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Indians Bats Waking Up?
Indians Bats Waking Up?
The Tribe and Jays were rained out Sunday, forcing a doubleheader on Monday. It’s the first ‘traditional’ doubleheader in Cleveland since 1997. The Indians offense roared to life when Toronto pulled into town. As Scott detailed previously, the Tribe backed C.C. Sabathia in a 6-1 win on Friday, then routed the Blue Jays 12-0 on...
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Sox talks with Rockies on Tavarez still alive
MINNEAPOLIS - The Red Sox are still talking with the Colorado Rockies about a deal for reliever Julian Tavarez. News of the talks, first reported in the Denver Post last week, have not died out, but remain active accordiing to a major league source ...
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Lynda Barnes is 2008 United States Bowling Congress Queens Champion
Lynda Barnes is 2008 United States Bowling Congress Queens Champion
Meet Lynda Barnes who won the biggest and most prestigious title in women’s bowling. She won her second United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Queens title. Read her biography and see photos and a video of her below. Lynda Barnes Lynda Barnes and her husband Chris Barnes are both champion bowlers. Chris Barnes is the PBA Player of [...]

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The Associated Press: Reds bat out of order in 9th inning during 8-3 loss to Mets
5 hours ago NEW YORK (AP) The Cincinnati Reds batted out of order in the ninth inning of Sunday's 8-3 loss to the New York Mets, resulting in a 10-minute delay as umpires and managers sorted out the confusion. Backup catcher David Ross came to the ...
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Mets Minors: Week In Review
Mets Minors: Week In Review
Courtesy of Mets Inside Pitch at Scout.com