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Florida Marlins: Astros intentionally walk Nick Johnson...to face Hanley Ramirez
Cecil Cooper's postgame quote on the subject was: "I don't have a problem with that." He doesn't have a problem with Hanley Ramirez knocking in a run AFTER the Astros intentionally walked Nick Johnson with a man on second and one out in the sixth to bring up Ramirez? That RBI capped a ...
What the hell was Cecil Cooper thinking?
What the hell was Cecil Cooper thinking?
athbloggs.blogspot.com — Cecil Cooper's postgame quote on the subject was: "I don't have a problem with that." He doesn't... have a problem with Hanley Ramirez knocking in a run AFTER the Astros intentionally walked Nick Johnson with a man on second and two out in the sixth to bring up Ramirez? That RBI capped a ... (more) What the hell was Cecil Cooper thinking?
Hanley Ramirez on fire
Hanley Ramirez on fire
novafantasysports.com — Update: Hanley Ramirez went 3-5 with an RBI and 2 runs scored in Thursday's 12-8 loss to... the Nationals. Fantasy Impact: Ramirez has been on fire all season, batting an NL best .344. He's going for his first batting title and is a must play in all fantasy leagues. He's an ... (more) Hanley Ramirez on fire
Houston Astros vs Florida Marlins Game Coverage, Blog Posts, Tickets - August 11, 2009 - MLB
sbnation.com — FishStripes Blog about the Marlins FishStripes The Crawfish Boxes Blog about the Astros The Crawfish Boxes Houston... Astros (55 - 57) @ Florida Marlins (59 - 53) Tuesday, Aug 11, 2009, 7:10 PM EDT - Land Shark Stadium Pre-Game In Game Post-Game The ... (more) Houston Astros vs Florida Marlins Game Coverage, Blog ...
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Going through the Motions Applesauce - Ricco could replace Minaya, Utility players, Pedro, Mets miss on Rios
Amazin' Avenue — ... . The Marlins were helped along by Astro manager Cecil Cooper who ordered an intentional walk of Nick Johnson to get a righty-righty matchup... against Hanley Ramirez.  ...

D12: Pedro Martinez wins AARP battle for Phils' rotation spot
Big League Stew — ... performance. Also, it gave me an excuse to post this picture of Hudson bringing Dean and Annie Proffitt to a game over the weekend. [NYDN]  8. Headscratching moment of the night: Houston's Cecil Cooper ordered an intentional walk of Nick Johnson on Monday, which is all well and good, except for the fact that it brought Hanley Ramirez to the plate. Guess what happened next? [Sun-Sentinel] 9. Monday was a better day in Red Sox ...

Yardwork: Yankees Lose and Red Sox Win? Huh?
The Big Lead — ... Marlins 8, Astros 6: Chris Coughlin had his first solo-hit game in more than a week, but still scored twice. Florida scored four runs in the first and tacked on three in the 6th for their third straight win. Darin Erstad drove in three runs for Houston. That’s 33% of his season output right there. Rick VandenHurk got the W for the Fish. Oh, and the Astros intentionally walked recent pickup Nick Johnson - to get to Hanley Ramirez. ...

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