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mvn.com - 10/14/2009
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For the past few years, New York Yankees
fans furiously debated how the team should use Joba
Chamberlain. The Joba relief camp desired a dominant eighth-ninth inning combo that would make each game a seven-inning affair when the Yankees had the lead. Plus, according to that logic, Chamberlain ...
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Hughes/Rivera Combo Dominant For Yankees
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mvn.com - 10/13/2009
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The Colorado Rockies were the final team to
get eliminated from Division Series play last night after
falling to the reigning World Series Champion Philadelphia Phillies. Now that the Rockies are out, the team can focus on what it needs to do in order to return to the postseason in 2010. Troy ...
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What The Rockies Should Do With Betancourt, Hawpe and ...
mvn.com - 10/13/2009
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I was going through the list of the
first crop of minor league free agents at MLB
Trade Rumors tonight when I came across the name Wilson Betemit. Betemit is not a player who I followed particularly closely this season, but reading that name immediately reminded me of the trade that sent Nick ...
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Cashman Deserves Some Love For Swisher Trade
mvn.com - 10/12/2009
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Unless you have been living under a rock
the past few days, you are probably aware that
Alex Rodriguez is having a fine postseason. Rodriguez, whose perceived by the casual baseball fan as someone who cannot perform under pressure and hits "meaningless" home runs, absolutely raked in the New ...
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Over Larger Sample Size, A-Rod Sheds Choker Label
mvn.com - 10/12/2009
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Myth : The definition of valuable is subjective.
Debunking : I firmly believe the biggest issue with
the MVP voting is that the instruction tell voters "there is no clear-cut definition of what Most Valuable means." If Most Valuable has no clear-cut definition, there is no reason to have ...
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Debunking MVP Myths
mvn.com - 10/12/2009
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It took one hit to validate everything that
we knew nights ago. It took one pitch to
cripple something that was born years ago. Vladimir Guerrero dumped a first-pitch fastball from Jonathan Papelbon into centerfield with two outs in the top of the ninth inning, knocking in two runs to ...
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Angels Take Swagger, Then Series From Red Sox
mvn.com - 10/8/2009
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Tonight on my Facebook news feed, several baseball
fans on my friend list made posts bashing TBS
broadcaster Chip Caray. Perhaps because I had these critical posts on the brain, I began to really listen closely to some of the analysis provided by Caray during the early innings. I ...
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Chip Caray Is Wrong; Young Deal Got Worse For Minny In ...
mvn.com - 10/7/2009
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The Big Lead is onto something, it seems.
Yesterday afternoon, the site featured a post suggesting that
the New York Jets should inquire about embattled Cleveland Browns wide receiver Braylon Edwards. I thought the logic was sound but, like many of the commenters on the post, did not think ...
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Giving Credit To The Big Lead On Braylon Edwards Trade
mvn.com - 10/7/2009
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Back in April, I wrote an article about
the Tampa Bay Rays' decision to part ways with
right-hander Jason Hammel. Hammel was out of options, making him expendable in pitching-rich Tampa Bay. The club decided to keep Jeff Niemann, also out of options, around instead, so dealing him for any ...
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Hammel Deal Works Out For Rockies In Year One
mvn.com - 10/7/2009
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Anyone who has read this site in the
past year knows how much I love doing awards
columns. And, as I sit here and watch the end of this epic one-game playoff between the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins to decide the American League Central, it dawned on me that the end of the season yet ...
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MLB Awards
mvn.com - 10/6/2009
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Joe Posnanski heard Theo Epstein say on the
radio last week that the Red Sox front office
ignores RBIs: [Epstein:] "Sometimes you get stuck in the world of evaluating players through home runs and RBIs. And it's not the way that I think most clubs do it these days. And if you look at ...
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Red Sox Ignore RBIs, You Should Too!
mvn.com - 10/4/2009
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As we wait for the Detroit Tigers and
Minnesota Twins to play a 163rd regular season game
to decide the American League Central and football fills your weekend afternoons, I wanted to pass along this little nugget from Joe Posnanski over at sportsillustrated.com. Posnanski heard Theo Epstein, ...
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Theo Epstein and constructing an offense
mvn.com - 9/24/2009
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The second half has not been kind to
Chicago White Sox outfielder Jermaine Dye. Dye has posted
a putrid line of .168/.276/.260 with just eight extra-base hits in 196 post All-Star break at-bats. Since he got off to a great start, his overall rate stats, .248/.335/.444 and 99 OPS+, are not too ...
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It Could Be A Long, Cold Winter For Dye
mvn.com - 9/24/2009
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So, last time that you heard from me,
Scott Kazmir had just been traded to the Angels.
Needless to say, a lot of time has passed since then. I personally apologize for the lack of activity on the site this month. The lazy excuse would be to blame it on the utter lack of any real pennant ...
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A Post, Finally; Greinke A No-Brain Choice For Cy Young
mvn.com - 9/22/2009
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The Most Valuable Player Award is clearly not
about literally the most valuable player , unless one
changes the meaning of most valuable to something besides the player worth more in terms of helping his team win games. Shouldn't the voters ask something like, "If I were running a team, ...
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More MVP Discussion: Revisiting 2002 AL MVP
