Cleveland’s Final Word on Jason Bay?

Fan profiles; Beam added

MY BASEBALL BIAS found this 12/16/2007 on buccoblog.mlblogs.com

In the two years I've had this blog up you rarely heard me talk about players visiting the blog because the old regime pretty much put a clamp on their communicating with the fans. Blogs are seen as generally "negative" material and the ...

Perception problems

Baseball Musings found this 12/16/2007 on whereisvanslyke.blogspot.com

To continue on the "It's too early for judgment" theme that both Charlie (if you haven't checked his "Five Principles" post out yet, I recommend you do) and I have been hitting on repeatedly this winter, I think that the next important thing to talk ...

Hot Stove: We will ... come up with a new slogan

Pittsburgh Pirates Bucco Blog found this 12/16/2007 on www.post-gazette.com

Anyone taking jabs at the Pirates in 2008 will have to find a fresher approach than poking fun at the marketing slogan. In other words: We will ... find new material. Yes, the "We will" slogan, born in early 2006 and stamped all over the team's ...

Why the Cleveland Indians are EVERYONE’S bargaining chip

POJO_Risin posted 12/18/2007 from mvn.com

Calling all GM’s and million dollar agents and looking to get top dollar! If you haven’t done so already, make sure that you give Mark Shapiro and the Cleveland Indians a phone call. Will the Tribe make you an over-the-top offer that is sure to make the rest of the Majors scratch their head? No, Shapiro won’t make deals like that. He’s not exactly frugal, but he’s not going to...

Should the Pirates trade Freddy Sanchez?

matthew544 posted 12/19/2007 from mvn.com

General Manager Neal Huntington is new to the organization, with fresh plans to rebuild the farm system. It is obvious that several starters could be on their way out in the next year or so. I would like to examine the pros and cons of dealing each of these players. Here are my thoughts on trading Xavier Nady, Jason Bay and Jack Wilson. Today we will look at Freddy Sanchez.