Odes To Andy Pettitte
ltsports.net 24 days ago — Joey Salvia on ESPN Radio, made a few songs for Andy Pettitte during the World Series. He presented the songs on the ”Michael Kay Show,” and I actually caught the last one yesterday. I thought it was funny and catchy as well. Give them a listen, and you’ll be humming the ...

Mets To Let J.J. Putz Go
duelingcouches.blogspot.com 24 days ago — "The New York Mets are prepared to part ways with reliever J.J. Putz. Ben Shpigel of the New York Times reports that the Mets do not plan to exercise their $9.1 million option on Putz and will pay him a $1 million buyout. While Putz will be free to sign with any team, Shpigel writes "it would ...

Lackey To Yankees?
duelingcouches.blogspot.com 24 days ago — "The free agency period officially opened for business Thursday and Angels right-hander John Lackey was among the 79 players to file. ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney writes in today's blog that if the Yankees want Lackey, the best free-agent pitcher available, then they will get him, "because ...

MLB postseason numbers game
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 24 days ago — .nobrtable br { display: none }Ratings and viewership for the entire 2009 MLB postseason.30 MLB postseason games on FOX and TBS averaged 9 million viewers, up 30% from 6.9 million for last year's postseason, and the most-viewed MLB postseason since ...

Great Moments in Plagiarization
hardballtimes.com 24 days ago — ESPN plagiarised -- and then un-plagiarised and apologized for plagiarising -- a story on my NBC colleague Mike Florio's Pro Football Talk blog. Best part of it is the first comment on ESPN's article after the correction was made: Jesus... at least plagiarize a legitimate site... you're now ...

Mariners will likely avoid non-tender madness — The Seattle Times: Sports 24 days ago
Buster Olney of ESPN wrote recently of the likelihood that the free-agent market this winter will be flooded in December with "non-tenders"; that is to say, arbitration-eligible players deemed too expensive by their team will not be offered, or ...

DuPuy: MLB's competitive balance works — Major League Baseball News 21 days ago
Bob DuPuy, Major League Baseball's president and chief operating officer, spoke about the sport's "enormous competitive balance" on an ESPN radio appearance Monday morning.