blogs.mercurynews.com - 11/11/2008
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* Programming note: I’ve got to run over to the NFL Merc Monday Night Party in just a little bit, but I’ve been mulling some things with the onset of Holliday A’s Debate.
And can you tell? Good, bad or caustic, I am LOVING baseball debate here in November after all the...
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athleticsnation.com - 11/10/2008
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athleticsnation.com —
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 ...
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The Matt Holliday Deal and Its Ramifications
sportsline.com - 11/11/2008
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sportsline.com —
The ever-unpredictable Oakland Athletics have acquired slugger Matt
Holliday from Colorado, sources with knowledge of the talks...
have confirmed to, CBSSports.com, pending the outfielder's passing a physical examination on Tuesday. The Rockies will ...
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Oakland acquires Holliday from Colorado - CBSSports.com
fangraphs.com - 11/11/2008
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fangraphs.com —
The off-season is officially underway, as thanks to
the always entertaining and somewhat unpredictable Billy Beane ,...
we’ve got our first big trade of the winter. While all the details aren’t known as of yet, pretty much every big media ...
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A’s Grab Holliday
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Tim Kawakami: A’s-Holliday notes: The home/road split reality, the flip-possibilities, gunning for t
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Tim Kawakami: A’s-Holliday notes: The home/road split reality, the flip-possibilities, gunning for t Here are Holliday’s stat lines… -Career home: 84 HRs, .357 BA, .423 OBP, .645 SLG, 1.068 OPS. -Career road: 44 HRs, .280 BA, .348 OBP, .455 SLG, .803 SLG. In 2008 he was hurt for a bit–the numbers narrowed, mostly because he brought his road numbers up (and his home numbers fell some): -2008 home: 15 HRs, .332 BA, .413 OBA, .584 SLG, .997 SLG. -2008 road: 10 HRs, .308 BA, .405 OBA, .486 SLG, .892 SLG. Those are the numbers. People are correct to be wary of ...
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Surprise Surprise! Matt Holliday Traded to Oakland
beyondtheboxscore.com 11/11/2008 — According to reports...
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denverpost.com 11/11/2008 — The Rockies agreed to ship Matt Holliday to Oakland for closer Huston Street, left-handed starter Greg Smith and highly touted outfielder Carlos Gonzalez.
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denverpost.com 11/11/2008 — When contemplating life without teammate Matt Holliday, longtime Rockies first baseman Todd Helton tried to put the situation into perspective Monday.
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Bleacher Report - MLB 11/11/2008
The Oakland A's and Colorado Rockies are close to a deal that would send All Star outfielder Matt Holliday to Oakland and A's outfielder Carlos Gonzalez to Colorado.
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