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Boos leave Burrell feeling at home
MARC LANCASTER | The Tampa Tribune Published: June 20, 2009 Updated: NEW YORK - The Mets have a beautiful new home, but Pat Burrell was glad to see - or, rather, hear - Friday that their fans haven't changed a bit. Burrell was roundly booed when he came to the plate as a pinch-hitter in the ...
Links For Thursday; Burrell, Smoltz, Wright
Links For Thursday; Burrell, Smoltz, Wright
mvn.com — Here are your links for the office this morning... Jerrod Morris, the infamous Raul Ibanez blogger, makes... a great point  here  about what appears to be a fairly obvious double standard when it comes to journalists speculating the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Drunk Jays ... (more) Links For Thursday; Burrell, Smoltz, Wright
No one said you had to be smart to be a Pat Burrell fan
No one said you had to be smart to be a Pat Burrell fan
thefightins.com — If you’re gonna go through the trouble of drawing up a sign for your favorite player on... poster board, and then take that sign to the game in hopes of getting on TV, wouldn’t you at least make sure you spelled that player’s name ... (more) No one said you had to be smart to be a Pat Burrell fan
What Hustle Will Do
What Hustle Will Do
passion4baseball.blogspot.com — As someone affected by the current economy, this writer is appalled by the lack of hustle the... lucky few who play in the major leagues display on a nightly basis. A few posts ago here in the FanDome, the topic was Craig Monroe, a fringe player in the majors who hustled his way out of a job in MLB ... (more) What Hustle Will Do
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The Hot Corner, 6/21 edition
The Hot Corner — ... runs have been scored and that’s very encouraging for me." Pirates top pick Tony Sanchez drove in the game-winning run in his first minor league game. The Angels signed Randal Grichuk, their top pick. Albert Pujols has lots of opinions, but he says his "job is to shut up and play." Nolan Ryan is worried about the Rangers' offense and Josh Hamilton took 20-30 swings in a batting cage yesterday. Rays OF Pat Burrell said he "loved" being booed at CitiField on Friday night. James Shields got his first road win ...

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