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Incoparable Mariano Rivera
sportsscribes.net - 30 days ago
Incoparable Mariano Rivera
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Even before this special talent became a closer, he finished third in Cy Young voting in 1996 on the strength of his extraordinary set up work, which led to the resurgence of the Yankee "dynasty" after an eighteen year drought in World Series Championships.
Interviewed during the double-dip
weretheteamtobeat.com - 30 days ago
Interviewed during the double-dip
— weretheteamtobeat.com — Everyone's favorite blogger (you didn't know it was Hyperbole Monday around here?) was interviewed between the douple-dip... yesterday and there's all kinds of good quotes in the interview. Here's some quotes from the article and there's even a video compilation to go with it. PHILADELPHIA — ... (more) Interviewed during the double-dip

Comments vote down TeamToBeatMike TeamToBeatMike posted 30 days agoposted this
After two games we are all tied up at 1-1. So who's got the advantage now?
athbaseball.com - 10/30/2009
After two games we are all tied up at 1-1. So who's got the advantage now?
— athbaseball.com — Well at this point it's the Phillies, at least from this writer's perspective. By coming away with... a split and taking a game in NY, they have given themselves the opportunity close out the series at home or come back to New York up 4-2. Without winning that game they wouldn't have those ... (more) After two games we are all tied up at 1-1. So who's got ...

Comments vote down Around The Horn Around The Horn posted 10/30/2009posted this
fangraphs.com - 10/30/2009
Defending The Jeter Bunt
— fangraphs.com — Over the last 10 years or so, one of the truisms that has been associated with statistical... analysis is that bunting is bad. And it’s mostly true – a lot of sacrifice bunting is unproductive and wasteful, and teams would be be better off ... (more) Defending The Jeter Bunt

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