baseballanalysts.com - 5/13/2008
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There are two standout, surprise teams in the American League thus far in 2008 and they are not your garden variety May 13 standout clubs. The Oakland Athletics sit atop the AL West with a 23-16 record, good for second best in the junior circuit. If only we lived in a pythag world, the A's would find themselves staked to a 4.5 game lead. By just about any advanced peripheral measure of the ...
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The Wil Cordero Memorial Linkpunch, Tuesday, May 13th
Walkoff Walk —
... Forget the Marlins, Patrick Sullivan wants to know if the A's and the Rays can keep up their hot starts. Hint: yes, and unfortunately yes. Baseball Analysts. ...
Rays Defeat the Yanks 2-1 in 11; 1st Place in East & Best Record in AL.
Tampa Bay Rays —
... The Baseball Analysts pose the question, A’s and Rays here to stay? They run through the gamut of stats. Here is their conclusion ...
[THE HANGOVER] Rays Get To Mo Rivera In 11th, Take Over First Place
Rays Index —
... Baseball Analysts takes a closer look at the numbers and comes to the conclusion that the Rays are for real. [Baseball Analysts] ...
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Anatomy of a Pitcher: Dana Eveland
oakas.blogspot.com 5/13/2008 — This article takes a good look at one of the big reasons for the A's early success to the best record in the AL so far this season, pitcher Dana Eveland.
A-Rod gets some work in
yankees.lhblogs.com 5/13/2008 — Alex Rodriguez hit the field at 10:55 a.m. this morning in Tampa. There were five fans and six sportswriters there to watch.
A-Rod ran in the outfield (”90 percent,” he said later), took a bunch of grounders and then took batting ...
Could the Magowan Tenure with the Giants Be Ending?
bizofbaseball.com 5/14/2008 — There are rumblings today that Peter Magowan, managing partner of the San Francisco Giants may be stepping away from his ownership tenure with the club. While the change is unconfirmed, a staunch denial from the Giants organization has not been issued either. As reported by Ray Ratto of the San Francisco Chronicle : Neither Magowan nor his manager/cut man Larry Baer has chosen to respond ..
Wedge shakes up Indians' lineup —
Major League Baseball News 5/13/2008
It's not exactly earth-shaking news, but Eric Wedge tried out a new lineup on Tuesday night in the series opener with the A's. These moves, however, were a bit different than the changes of late. Wedge didn't promote a player with a particularly hot ...
Byrd brilliant in series opening win —
Major League Baseball News 5/14/2008
Just a little dab will do ya when it comes to backing up Indians' starters these days. Paul Byrd didn't get much offensive help from his teammates on Tuesday night, but he had no trouble keeping the Indians' sensational string of starts going in a 4-0 ...
