Baseball, Dominican-style. - By Bryan Curtis - Slate Magazine

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Across the Affiliates 05/07/08
Published 5/7/2008 by Brian Oliver at Nationals Farm Authority
Note 1: I’m headed off on vacation starting early tomorrow morning so NFA will be quiet from May 8 through May 13. I may have a posting or two today but the Across the Affiliates and the regular posting schedule will resume on May 14 as we close in on the MLB draft on 6/5. Note 2: I woke up this morning to see this posting from Capitol Punishment . Needless to say I was surprised. But moreso I’m sad to see Chris go. This stuff can certainly be a grind as I can personally attest. Whether or not you liked Chris’ style/opinion/snark, he provided a well-informed point of view ...

Game Recaps (5/7/08)
Published 5/8/2008 by Jay Yencich at Mariners Minors
... , Slate has an article going into some detail on the Dominican Summer League (VSL starts up next week, in case anyone’s wondering), and word out of the M’s camp is that they’ve released LHP Eric Cyr and C Julian Henson, who was never quite able to break into a full-season team. Now, on with the recaps… ...

Hump Day Reading: Pot-smoking mystery pitcher edition
Published 5/14/2008 by Sarah Green at umpbump.com
... of smoking pot” and “one drug-addled incident in which he had to carry a passed-out date up three flights of stairs.” Guesses in the comments range from the preposterous (Schilling, Pedro) to the “hmmmm…maybe” (Gagne, Zito, Pavano). Got a better guess? Let ‘em know! If you’ve got cabin fever because it’s a gorgeous May Day and you came into work today like a good doobie instead of calling in sick and going hiking like you really, really wanted to, maybe you should take a look at Slate ’s series on baseball in the Dominican Republic (with, of course, an accompanying slide ...