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athbaseball.com - 30 days ago

There has to be a better way to do this....

— athbaseball.com — The best team in Major League Baseball won the 2009 World Series. I guess that's the way... it should be right? Anything can happen in a short series, all your need is a starting pitcher to get hot (like Beckett did with the Marlins) and a hitter to 'do a Matsui' and go bonkers hitting the ball ... (more) There has to be a better way to do this....

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subtraction.com - 26 days ago

Watching Yankees Spending

— subtraction.com — Last Wednesday The New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies to win their twenty-seventh World Series. After... a nine year title drought, the victory predictably thrilled Yankees fans like myself while also re-igniting the old complaint that the ... (more) Watching Yankees Spending

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sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 29 days ago

The best team money could buy

— sportsillustrated.cnn.com — The following is a screed about the Yankees' payroll. If you are a Yankees fan uninterested in... a screed about the payroll, don't read it. You won't enjoy it. Go out, buy a championship T-shirt, reminisce about this great team, enjoy the victory. I'm ... (more) The best team money could buy

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New York Yankees

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Blame the system, not the Yankees
It's About The Money - A New York Yankees Blog — ... A very good article today from Bill Baer (also from Crashburn Alley), laying out many of the reasons why those decrying the Yanks title because "they bought it" need to refocus their disdain on "the MLB system" rather than the team who exploits it most obviously: ...

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Beyond the Box Score — Harry on Bard's breaking ball: "That which we call a slider, by any other name, would smell as sweet." Visual scouting reports for batters using R. Or, alternatively, Jeremy Greenhouse keeps things hot. How is slot-busting is like marijuana laws and other observations on baseball parity, by Bill Baer. J.C. Bradbury's hot stove myths, or GMs are smarter than you think. The metaphysics of Yankee hating. Geoff Young found himself thinking about Brooks Kieschnick. I sympathize. ...