seamheads.com - 11/30/2008
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For the second season in a row, the AL West became a one-team division. Though the first half of the season was close between the Angels and the Athletics, it was the Rangers that made a surprising run to inch closer to competitiveness. All the while, the Seattle Mariners had promise with their ...
MLB Crystal Ball: AL West
mvn.com 3/4/2009 — In last week's Crystal Ball, we took a quick look at the National League West, picking the Dodgers to win that division (assuming Manny Ramirez gets into a uniform by Opening Day). This week, it's the AL West's turn. Background: The Angels have dominated the West lately, winning four ...
Spring Training Primer - Early Edition: The AL West
mvn.com 2/26/2009 —
Today's edition focuses on the ever-exciting and wild AL West. It's a dychotme of baseball out there. Will the team built on math beat the team built on money? How will the team with a now long history of rampant steroid abuse fare in a league since cleansed? And where do the Mariners fall ...
Seamheads American League West Season Preview
seamheads.com 4/5/2009 — The off season was a busy one for AL West teams. While some teams exercised reckless abandon by taking advantage of the non-existent salary cap, others went with the quiet approach and will rely on players in the minor league system. With the season upon us only time will tell which of the AL ...
Angels Farm System, A’s Additions, Will Determine the West
imwritingsports.com 1/20/2009 — F or years we’ve been hearing about the Angels fantastic farm system, how they are loaded with the talent to gloss over any departure without a hitch. We’ve been told how they have major league talent at nearly every stop, but when ...
Oakland Athletics off Season Report
baseballreflections.com 12/12/2008 — Season Wrap Up It seems that general manager Billy Beane has no problem finding pitching for his team and even when he trades away his best pitchers, he always has some waiting in the wings. The problem for Beane is finding proven hitting that can produce on a daily basis without needing ...
A Major League Leap
seamheads.com 12/14/2008 — In the 1970s’, three players (all pitchers) made the jump straight from high school to the major leagues. Here are brief recaps of how their careers transpired.
A’s Inch Closer on Environmental Impact Report for Ballpark Development
bizofbaseball.com 11/20/2008 — Over a year and a half in the making, the A's have finally seen some movement on the long-awaited Environmental Impact Report process for the proposed 32,000 seat facility located on 226-acres of land in the Pacific Commons area in Fremont. (see details and computer renderings of Cisco Field)
The Matt Holliday Deal and Its Ramifications
athleticsnation.com 11/10/2008 — So the A's have acquired a big bat in the Rockies Matt Holliday . And he's right-handed. And he's young. The A's haven't acquired someone like this since they landed Jermaine Dye and they had Giambi and Dye powering them towards ...
Will the Athletics Compete With Jason Giambi?
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 1/7/2009 — Yesterday, multiple sources reported that the Athletics were close to signing Jason Giambi to a 1 year deal to hit behind Matt Holliday. Giambi is expected to DH for the Athletics, who are coming off a terrible season in which they finished 11 games under .500. So will the Athletics be ...
Economy to Stall Fremont A’s Plans?
baseballprospectus.com 11/24/2008 — Matt Holliday had better love Mount Davis : The San Jose Mercury News reports this morning that the ongoing economic cataclysm could put the kibosh on the Oakland A’s plans for a new stadium in Fremont, at least for now.
As I reported for ...
Boston Red Sox: 2009 Preview —
Bleacher Report - MLB 11/29/2008
2008 saw a bitter end for the defending champion Boston Red Sox.
After falling down 3-1 in the American League Championship Series, the Red Sox staged an incredible comeback in game five, ultimately winning the game 8-7, and winning a tight game in ...
Sharing Is Caring —
Bleacher Report - MLB 11/30/2008
That's what I was taught since I was but a little tyke and, dammit, my mother raised me right.
With that life lesson in mind, I urge you, all my fellow baseball, Toronto Blue Jays, and Roy Halladay fans, to go and check out A Day in the Life ...
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