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476 Lots Up For Grabs at GUU Auction

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Dozens of game-worn and game-used items are on the block this week as GUU Auctions (http://www.guuauctions.com) debuts its new website and biggest auction to date.

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Rumor: Liberty Media Backing Out of Purchase of Bodybuilding.com After FDA Raid

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 21:17:43 +0000

Liberty Media, which owns the Atlanta Braves through their purchase of Time Warner, is rumored to be backing out of their purchase of Bodybuiding.com after the FDA raided the Idaho business on Sept. 24th. The FDA claims that after a two-year investigation, investigators bought products from ...

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Sunday School: History Lesson 37

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:30:00 +0000

Clay Dalrymple was a catcher with the Phillies from 1960-1968. Never a huge offensive threat, Dalrymple's defensive skills kept him behind the plate as the Phillies' everyday catcher. It was well known that his signal calling abilities and strong throwing arm were Dalrymple's strengths and ...

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Alex Anthopoulos Lays Out His Vision

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 21:12:27 +0000

Alex Anthopoulos has completed his due diligence with the players, coaches, other GM and agents and he held a conference call today to answer questions about his plans. The conference call can be heard here . The call is 35 minutes long. Here are my notes from the call: No specific ...

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White Sox Show Their Hand With Teahen Trade

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 21:12:27 +0000

More photos » by Pat Sullivan - AP Browse more photos » Two days ago, as the Yankees marched on to yet another purchased World Series title, the White Sox appeared like they could take any number of ...

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Sox decline option on Gonzalez

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:45:10 +0000

The Red Sox have declined a $6 million option on shortstop Alex Gonzalez, according to a source, but the club still may have interest in bringing the player back in 2010 on a lesser salary. News of the Sox' decision to forgo the option on Gonzalez comes just two days after the Milwaukee Brewers ...

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Sammy Sosa’s Strange New Face: “rejuvenation process for his skin”

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:23:00 +0000

Sammy Sosa’s new look was so shocking that it zipped around the internet at warp speed. The Chicago Tribune explored the situation, and spoke to a former Cubs employee who is friendly with Sosa: “He is going through a rejuvenation process for his skin, … Women have it all of ...

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Sosa doing skin rejuvenation: "I'm not trying to be Michael Jackson"

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:23:00 +0000

Maintains photo makes it look more pronounced than it is > Sammy Sosa tells friends he is comfortable in his own skin.

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Sammy Sosa Needs to Put His Face On

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:23:00 +0000

Recently in Las Vegas, former home run darling Sammy Sosa made quite a startling appearance, looking almost ghoulish under the harsh paparazzi lights. He’s not trying to be Michael Jackson ,” said former Cubs employee Rebecca Polihronis, who talks frequently with Sosa. ...

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On the Beat: Fire Up the Hot Stove by John Perrotto

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:12:00 +0000

The offseason has barely begun, but already there has been a flurry of moves. Here`s what to look forward to next.

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No Papi ‘Jinx’ at the New Yankees Stadium

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:16:39 +0000

Remember this? Surely, every Yankees fan does. Everyone knows the story, a bitter construction who was working on the new Yankees Stadium buried a David Ortiz jersey (pictured to the right) in hope that it would ‘jinx’ the Yankees. Luckily for the Yankees, the curse never took and ...

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Michael Barrett is So Rude

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:13:00 +0000

Michael Barrett wipes his hand on some asshole's jersey.

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Sammy Sosa Proves Being a Metrosexual Has Its Consequences

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:05:31 +0000

Vanity has a new address, and his name is Sammy Sosa. By now, you’ve probably heard and seen the pictures. Sosa appeared Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas for the Latin Grammys om Wednesday. As the pictures above show, Sammy is, well… a bit pale. David Brown on ...

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My Dad's Topps Triple Threads 1/1 pull

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:28:40 +0000

I'm happy for your father and family. Congrats!!! I guess I just don't like it when someone pulls an excellent card AND THEN decides to join a card site to show it off... Alot of times, it ends up on eBay within a week any way. My feelings are, if you want to show off your excellent things on a ...

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Recession? What Recession?

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:28:00 +0000

During a time when many collectors have had to quit buying new products or simply sold off their collection, Topps’ Triple Threads and Upper Deck’s Sweet Spot have provided a surprising return on investment during this recession. It all began with the heavily publicized game-used ...

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Maury Wills...one of my all-time favorites

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:28:00 +0000

You wouldn't think that a kid growing up in the 70s, 80s and 90s would come to be such a huge fan of Maury Wills, who did most of his damage in the 60s, but it's true. It certainly helps that my father, also a native Angeleno, counts Maury among his favorite players, but I can probably only ...

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Matt Holliday – He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:00:38 +0000

The Mets would love to have Matt Holliday penciled into their Opening Day lineup next season, but the question is; Does Matt Holliday want to play for the Mets? According to Ken Davidoff of Newsday , he has a source who has told him that Matt Holliday’s top two choices in free ...

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Yankees Contribute To Corporate Malfeasance [Mlb]

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:10:18 +0000

The half-ton of recycled paper delivered to businesses in lower Manhattan wasn't enough, as some offices started chucking out sensitive financial documents. If the Yankees could have won last year, there would have been no need for a bailout. [ WNYW ]

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Blame the Yanks for Identity Theft

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:10:18 +0000

Apparently ticker tape wasn’t enough for some New Yorkers to throw during Friday’s parade. Fox 5 “found paper on the street at the parade that wasn’t shredded and the documents contained very sensitive private information. Among the documents were medical records ...

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Looking Back the Offseason Trades so far:

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:57:02 +0000

It has barely been a week so far this off season and so far there have been four major trades. The first was Iwamura who was traded to Pirates. The trade wasn't so much as a surprise as Iwamura really didn't fit into the next step of plans for the Rays as they have some talent coming up and ...

eteichman posted 92 minutes ago from 213milesfromshea.metsblog.com

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Big names

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:30:00 +0000

Nancy Lieberman: The ESPN analyst has "severed her ties" with the network. Lieberman, recently hired as the head coach of the new Dallas NBA D-League team, had served as a game and studio analyst for women's pro and college basketball coverage on ESPN. (Dallas Morning News)Andre Agassi: The ...

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Put The Money In The Bank

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:26:00 +0000

The 2004 Red Sox, fresh off their first franchise title in 86 years, decided to let big names go elsewhere in the offseason following their title. Pedro Martinez, Orlando Cabrera, Derek Lowe, there are a few others. What happened, they didn't win that year, or the year after. I hate making ...

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Read: I'm Pretty Happy About the Hermida Trade

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:47:04 +0000

Over at Fan Huddle , I wrote about my reactions to the Hermida trade from the Marlins to the Red Sox and why it impacts the Mets.

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Clinton statue unveiled in Kosovo

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:52:56 +0000

Bill Clinton statue Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Former US President Bill Clinton has attended the unveiling of a statue of himself in Kosovo's capital Pristina. The 3.5m (11 ft) bronze statue was inaugurated at Bill Clinton Boulevard - to loud ...

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The Filibuster

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:02:36 +0000

A-Rod finally has his ring and the Yankee faithful are overjoyed. However, do you think there's any chance that this will make him less of a dill-hole? This is a guy who has dumped his wife, dated Madonna, admitted to being a big fat liar and had somewhat major surgery in the span of about one ...

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Will The Yanks Go After Bay Or Holliday?

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:50:00 +0000

With all the controversy surrounding weather to bring back Johnny Damon or Hideki Matsui, many fans have brought up the idea of signing outfielders Matt Holliday or Jason Bay. To me, when you win a championship, you shouldn't really try to change your team all that much, unless there's a guy ...

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Cubs Rumor Round-up: DeRosa, Harden and Johnson

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:30:59 +0000

- Buried in this Stltoday.com artcile is this nugget: DeRosa, coming off wrist surgery, figures to field an offer from the Chicago Cubs, at the least. Seems like idle speculation than anything legit, but at least the Wrigley-ites would be cheering for the right team if it did ...

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The Filibuster

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:52:56 +0000

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Meulens gets to work, minor league skippers about to shuffle, A-Rod makes history | Extra Baggs

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:06:43 +0000

New hitting coach Hensley Meulens gave up his job in the Venezuelan winter league so he could begin working with hitters right away — and we do mean right away. He will be at AT&T Park on Monday for an intensive hitting clinic with four of his most important pupils: John Bowker, Nate ...

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Most Popular Articles On Mets Police (November 8)

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:30:00 +0000

Well I'm back from vacation, did anything happen in New York baseball while I was away? Let's take a look at the most popular articles from the week, and I'll catch up on comments in a little while: New York City had a tickertape parade...no not that one... the one for the Mets in 1986 , ...

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The Walking Wounded

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:53:14 +0000

Is there a doctor in the house? Apparently, there are a few very busy doctors in the Phillies clubhouse since the season ended. It had already been disclosed that Scott Eyre was pitching the latter half of the season with bone chips in his elbow , so the fact that he will have ...

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GMs look to economical trades before free agents

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:43:26 +0000

Baseball's economics make the likes of Mark Teahen more likely to be dealt before big free-agent signings, Jon Paul Morosi says.

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What To Do With Andy Sonnanstine?

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:43:26 +0000

by Mark Duncan - AP (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) View full size photo » Nothing seems to come easily for Andy Sonnanstine . His fastball barely tops 87 and he's forced to get by on mixing ...

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Twitter Poll: Do you regret buying a certain player’s jersey?

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:46:00 +0000

When the Mets traded for J.J. Putz last off-season, a lot of people hurried out to the store to purchase a new shirt for No. 22. Not even a full year later, it’s likely that Putz is done as a member of the Mets. So I asked my Twitter followers if they regret buying a certain player’s ...

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Cause and Effect: Baseball’s Lack of Financial Regulation

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:35:41 +0000

Most teams have the capability of playing the video game on cheat-mode, but few teams choose to do so.

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Why Aren’t There More Two-Way Players?

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:47:40 +0000

I was thinking about Brooks Kieschnick the other day (don’t ask) and got to wondering why more teams don’t employ — or at least try to employ — two-way players, guys who can provide some utility on the mound as well as at the plate and in the field. Granted, it’s ...

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World Series Game 5

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:36:42 +0000

Fantastic!

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Assorted Links

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:47:40 +0000

Harry on Bard's breaking ball: "That which we call a slider, by any other name, would smell as sweet." Visual scouting reports for batters using R. Or, alternatively, Jeremy Greenhouse keeps things hot. How is slot-busting is like marijuana laws and other observations on baseball parity, by ...

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Rivera revealed that he pitched the entire Fall Classic hiding a painful rib-cage injury, leaning...

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:14:52 +0000

Rivera revealed that he pitched the entire Fall Classic hiding a painful rib-cage injury, leaning on head trainer Gene Monahan to keep his clubhouse secret. The Legend of Mo grows... We knew he was hurting late in the Series, but not that it may have started back in the ALCS ...

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Rosenthal on Holliday and Atkins...

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:47:00 +0000

Last week I recommended Garrett Atkins for a spot on our team , a possible upgrade over Fernando Tatis as the back-up corner infielder who might end up beating out Dan Murphy at 1B. Most of the people I spoke to about the idea either liked it or weren't against but were leery of his cost. That ...

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Tim Lincecum's chronic chronicles...

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:19:52 +0000

The story MAY be covered but certainly not the way these guys do it! They wrote about the Tim Lincecum legal problems but they gave me both the facts AND a good laugh or two! Pretty funny website and a great/short article.

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Pitching For The Milwaukee Brewers In 2010: Doug Davis

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:16:35 +0000

With JJ Hardy finally dealt, it's time for Brewers GM Doug Melvin to focus on fixing the starting rotation. We've already looked at Erik Bedard and Mark Mulder as possible answers, and now let's take a look at a former Brewer who is willing to come home again: Doug Davis. Davis pitched in ...

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Strife and Parity

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:31:00 +0000

It appears that the immediate aftermath of labor unrest in baseball is great parity .

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The Associated Press: Report: Lincecum has agreement on pot charge

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:45:18 +0000

(AP) 1 day ago SEATTLE San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum has an agreement with a prosecutor in his home state of Washington that could settle his misdemeanor marijuana charge, The Columbian reported Friday. The Vancouver, Wash., newspaper said Clark County prosecutors have reached a deal ...

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B-ref User Survey

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:53:11 +0000

Just thought some out there in reader-land might be interested to know that Sean Forman of Baseball-Reference.com is doing a user survey to improve his site. If you have the time and inclination, click here to take the survey . Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .

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This Week in Yankees History (11/8-11/14)

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0000

This Week in Yankees History November 8th - November 14th November 8th 1896 - Former HOF Yankees Manager Bucky Harris (1947-1948) was born (1896-1977). Bucky won the 1947 AL pennant and World Series, while managing the Yankees. Bucky was a 2nd baseman in the AL during the ...

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Lincecum Off the Hook? This Video Helped.

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:56:28 +0000

The 2008 Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum will pay $250 for possessing a pot pipe an AP report said today. The agreement must still be approved by Judge Darvin Zimmerman. Grant Hansen, the deputy prosecutor on the Lincecum case, said his office is willing to dismiss a misdemeanor charge of ...

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A “Performance Enhancing Substance” Strikes Again

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:01:40 +0000

Jose Marmolejo, a Cincinnati Reds pitching prospect has been suspended for 50 games for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. The suspension was announced by the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, who said that Marmolejo was sanctioned for the “use and ...

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The New York Yankees Top Minor League Baseball

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:59:57 +0000

Shelley Duncan has seen brief success when he has played for The New York Yankees from 2007 to 2009. It is a completely different story when he gets full time play with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the Triple-A affiliate of the 27 time World Champs. Duncan lead the International League in home ...

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Navy Sinks ND Again

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:31:00 +0000

Notre Dame saw their chance at a BCS bowl game go right out the window on Saturday as they dropped a disheartening game to Navy, 23-21. The Irish were a 12-point favorite over the Midshipmen, but Navy looked like the better team from the get-go. And they ran the ball down ND's throats, as ...

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