baseballthinkfactory.org - 12/10/2007
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Do the collapse. Perhaps now the vultures? I certainly hope not.
The company line is that Reyes’ collapse was merely a “slump at the wrong time,” says Minaya. The shortstop says he was tired after playing 160 of 162 games, and finishing second in the NL in plate appearances. But Reyes’ exhaustion bled into a bizarre moodiness. The 24-year-old shortstop gave away enough at-bats down the ...
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Klapisch : Reyes’ Fade Tied To Head-First Slides
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
Funny, there wasn’t much hint of head-first sliding being a big issue in Ben Shpigel’s piece on Jose Reyes last week. But perhaps his sources aren’t nearly as impeccable as those of the Bergen Record/ESPN’s Bob Klapisch (link swiped from Baseball Think Factory).
Of all the players the Mets are counting on, it’s Reyes who’ll most greatly influence the franchise’s course in 2008. Not Pedro, not Beltran, not even Wright can match Reyes’ game-changing skills. The shortstop’s combination of ...
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Reports: Lo Duca, Nats agree to deal —
FOXSports.com News for MLB 12/11/2007
Paul Lo Duca and the Washington Nationals agreed to a one-year contract pending a physical, according to several reports Monday.
Lo Duca, a free-agent catcher who played for the New York Mets the past two seasons, would give the Nationals a veteran ...
Reports: Lo Duca, Nats agree to deal (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 12/11/2007
Paul Lo Duca and the Washington Nationals agreed to a one-year contract pending a physical, according to several reports Monday. Lo Duca, a free-agent catcher who played for the New York Mets the past two seasons, would give the Nationals a veteran to ...
Segui admits steroid use —
Major League Baseball News 12/11/2007
Retired first baseman David Segui admitted Monday that he used steroids and purchased shipments from former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski, The Baltimore Sun reported on its Web site Monday night.
Report: Segui admits steroid use (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 12/11/2007
Retired first baseman David Segui admitted Monday that he used steroids and purchased shipments from former New York Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski, The Sun reported on its Web site Monday night. Segui also repeated his June 2006 admission to ...
Ex-Oriole Segui admits using steroids —
FOXSports.com News for MLB 12/11/2007
Retired first baseman David Segui admitted on Monday that he used steroids and purchased shipments from former New York Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski, The Sun reported on its Web site on Monday.
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