sportingnews.com - 10/20/2009
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Phillies lefthander J.A. Happ and White Sox third baseman Gordon Beckham are Sporting News' 2009 rookies of the year, as selected by a panel of 338 major league players.
Phillies pitcher J.A. Happ
Happ, who moved from Philadelphia's bullpen to its rotation in late May, went 12-4 with a 2.93 ERA in 35 games (23 starts). He struck out 119 batters in 166 innings pitched and had two shutouts. Happ pitched in relief in Game 2 of the NLDS against Colorado and started Game 3. He has pitched ...
zozone.mlblogs.com - 10/15/2009
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zozone.mlblogs.com —
It looks like Pedro Martinez could be pitching
for the Phillies in Game 2 of the NLCS....
Charlie Manuel said today that Joe Blanton and J.A. Happ will be available in the bullpen in Games 1 and 2. Cole Hamels...
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Signs Point to Pedro in Game 2
myteamrivals.typepad.com - 10/21/2009
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myteamrivals.typepad.com —
Congratulations to J.A. Happ for winning the Sporting
News Rookie of the Year Award in the National...
League in 2009. He certainly deserved it! Happ's numbers put him in rare company for a rookie . Happ went 12-4 with a 2.93 ERA in 23 starts (and 12 relief appearances). He can now be mentioned in ...
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Happ, Beckham named SN's MLB rookies of the year - Chris ...
philly.com - 10/17/2009
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philly.com —
LOS ANGELES - Joe Blanton is a low-maintenance
pitcher. Wake him up, roll him out of bed,...
and tell him what time the game starts. So, even though the veteran righthander hasn't been told he is starting Game 4 on Monday at Citizens Bank Park, he sees ...
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Phillies Notebook: Blanton sure looks like the NLCS Game ...
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Happ named Sporting News NL Rookie of the Year
Macho Row —
Congratulations to Phillies pitcher JA Happ. Today The Sporting News named Happ as the National League Rookie of the Year for 2009, which is voted on by the players. Happ went 12-4 this season with a 2.93 ERA and 119 strike outs. Of course Happ started the year in the bullpen after losing the battle for the job of fifth starter to Chan Ho Park. But as the season developed it was learned that Park would be more suitable in the bullpen and Happ stepped up to the job. In his first start of the season Happ pitched a great game in Yankee Stadium ...
Happ, Beckham named SN's MLB rookies of the year - Chris Bahr, Sporting News - MLB - Sporting News
Phightin' Phils Phorum —
... over to second or third. And that's what he
ended up having to do this year," Doug Laumann, Chicago's director of
amateur scouting, told SN. "Offensively, we thought he would be a
high-average guy with average big league power and the ability to knock
in a lot of runs. He could take the ball the other way, but if the ball
was on the inner half, he was able to turn on it and drive the ball. He
is willing to learn and wants to get better."
via www.sportingnews.com ...
Morning Prowl: Granderson the Union Man, Missing Miguel Cabrera, and Creating Trade Rumors
Bless You Boys —
... and there was a ridiculous one circulating from Bleacher Report over the weekend about Zack Greinke and the Brewers. That compelled Sam Mellinger to write about just how difficult it is to come up with a viable trade proposal, including a conversation he once had with a Royals executive on the subject.
We're behind on this (and this was mentioned in the comments of Tuesday's open thread), but The Sporting News named White Sox third baseman Gordon Beckham as its ...
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Sabathia, Kazmir face off in ALCS Game 4 today —
Examiner Sports 10/20/2009
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