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Senior editor of Minor League News publications including SZ (MLN Sports Zone), MLN - The Raw Feed, our national minor and indy sports newswire, and The MAJOR BLOGS of Minor League News, where I write sports criticism focused on the minors. Web Site: MLN Sports Zone Claimed Blogs: Minor League Baseball News - MLN - The Raw Feed, Brian Ross at The MAJOR BLOGS of Minor League News (MLN Sports), MAJOR BLOGS at Minor League News (MLN) - Dan Hickling - The Guerilla Stringer, Minor League Hockey News - MLN - The Raw Feed BallHype Member since Aug. 3, 2007 |
mlnsports.com - 5 days ago
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The start-up Nationals win their first title in
their first year in part with a phalanx of
players from the now defunct champion Rochester club of 2008 and in part because of the fast-paced Canadian box game they bring to pro lacrosse. The full story in a feature on SZ.
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Toronto Nationals 2009 MLL Champions Take Lacrosse Out ...
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mlnsports.com - 23 days ago
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MLN Sports, celebrating its 10th year publishing SZ,
the first digital Internet sports magazine, announced today that
Sam Amico will write "Behind the Bench," a weekly section with tips on minor league trades, and behind-the-scenes stories about the game on and off the court. Click on the BTB link!
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MLN Sports Debuts Minor League Hoops Weekly Tip Section
mlnsports.com - 23 days ago
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The Continental Basketball Association (CBA), the oldest professional
basketball league in North America, is no more, or
at least, no more for a long while.
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CBA R.I.P.
mlnsports.com - 28 days ago
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Some players cover both sides of the plate.
Wes Whisler can cover the mound or the plate
well. Is all that stands between him and the big leagues a trade?
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Wes Whisler - Chicago White Sox - "Switch Pitcher" on SZ
mlnsports.com - 30 days ago
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The story that you didn't hear about John
Henry Williams, son of Ted. He was no ghoul,
no opportunist. How SI and his sister manipulated the public perception, and the stirring reason why JHW was playing baseball for no money in Schaumburg Illinois. - An MLN Sports SZ Classic Story Revisited
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John Henry Williams - The Kid's Kid
mlnsports.com - 30 days ago
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Matt Joyce Jr. got the call, then made
a call home to Florida. Could his bed-ridden father
make it to Detroit before his first major league cup of coffee finished?
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Matt Joyce, Jr. - Good to the Last Drop on SZ - MLN ...
mlnsports.com - 10/3/2009
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MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - The Gate Keeper
of the Los Angeles Angels Rookie farm team, the
Orem Owlz, for most of the last decade, Tom Kotchman is skipper and surrogate parent to the boys of summer who aspire to be men in MLB.
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Kotch - Tom Kotchman Puts Halos on Rookie Los Angeles Angels
mlnsports.com - 9/20/2009
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There is no rule against taking steroids in
baseball. Period. How did Manny Ramirez, and others draw
50 games? Why were they playing in the minors, which is major league service, while suspended? Bud Selig bent and broke the rules of baseball to protect a labor relations deal. Full story at SZ.
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Bud Selig Allows Steroid Suspension-Shaving, Breaks ...
mlnsports.com - 9/9/2009
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Is Louisville Bats hurler Matt Maloney the final
piece in the Cincinnati Reds pitching prospect puzzle that
can rebuild the Big Red Machine?
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Matt Maloney - Cincinnati Reds Prospect - 4th Cylinder on SZ
mlnsports.com - 8/30/2009
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With the parent Arena Football League (AFL) on
the ropes, arenafootball2 (af2) crowns an ArenaCup X champion
for 2009 and ponders its future.
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ArenaCup X - arenafootball2 - Good to the Last CUP
ballhype.com - 8/26/2009
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See the full-sized cartoon at SZ ( www.mlnsports.com
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King of the Minors August 2009 - on SZ - Jerry King
mlnsports.com - 8/18/2009
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Giants prospect Madison Bumgarner was selected as the
No. 1 player in the MLN Ones2Watch Baseball 2009.
The MLN O2W picks 25 faces from the lower tiers of Minor League Baseball (MiLB) and some of the top Draft Picks to bring you the next generation shaping the minors and their major league clubs!
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Madison Bumgarner No. 1 in MLN Ones2Watch Ranking of ...
minorleaguenews.com - 7/23/2009
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Atlanta Braves prospect Tommy Hanson topped the selections
of the editors of Minor League News in the
MLN FAB50 Baseball 2009 rankings. Led by MLN the No. 2 nod, catcher Matt Wieters, the Baltimore Orioles were tapped as the MLN Baseball Farm System of the Year (Really!). Who are the other 48?
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Tommy Hanson No. 1 in MLN FAB50 Baseball 2009 - 8th Year ...
minorleaguenews.com - 7/23/2009
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Do not rub your eyes in disbelief, or
adjust your computer monitor: The Baltimore Orioles are the
well-deserving winners of the MLN Baseball Farm System of the Year 2009.
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Baltimore Orioles Top Player Development System in MLB ...
ballhype.com - 7/12/2009
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Jerry King in the "King of the Minors"
section of the digital magazine SZ took a good
shot at Manny, who violated the gentleman's rule on rehab stints where the superstar takes his minor teammates out to dinner on him. Didn't do it in Albuquerque. Didn't do it in San Bernardino. ...
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Manny Ramirez K.O.'d by King
majorblogs.net - 7/5/2009
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Minor league fans have just affirmed what the
owners of baseball know: You run your mouths about
steroids, but the minute that a fallen major league superstar shows up in your town, your principles go out the window, the ticket window to be exact, in the form of a loud "Ka-CHING" of cash registers.
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Manny Ramirez 'Rehab' Road Reeks of Rotting ...
minorleaguenews.com - 6/20/2009
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They did it again. Convincingly. For the second
year in a row fans have picked Whataburger Field
in Corpus Christi, Texas as the best minor league or alternative pro sports ballpark or arena in North America. MLN's venue expert, Joe Mock of Baseballparks.com, crunches the numbers to tell us what you
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Whataburger Field No. 1 Minor League Sports Venue in ...
minorleaguenews.com - 6/7/2009
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He's two, two TWO players in one! Boston
Red Sox prospect Casey Kelly would love to platoon
at the two toughest positions to land on a major league roster. He is good enough to play both. Will the Red Sox 2008 first-rounder fill in at the cursed shortstop position or join the bullpen?
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Is Casey Kelly, Red Sox Prospect, a Pitcher or Future ...
surveymonkey.com - 5/31/2009
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Who has the best minor league ballpark or
arena in North America? The best food, amenities? The
most FUN!? Take a short survey and help pick the winner of the June Cover story at MLN Sports Zone (SZ).
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The Best Minor League Ballpark or Arena for 2009? Vote Now
majorblogs.net - 5/25/2009
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Nick Adenhart's passing, and Mike Coolbaugh's untimely death
remind us of the broken nature of the system
and the 40 Man Roster. Should players who gave years of great service to the game in Triple-A be covered by the PA? Should there even be a 40 man roster? Brian Ross gives us his shiny two.
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A Prayer for the Living in Baseball
