sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 11/1/2009
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PHILADELPHIA -- It wasn't more than one week ago that one NL scout claimed it looked like Yankees manager Joe Girardi was "managing scared, like he's afraid to lose his job'' and accusations of overmanaging were coming from all quarters (including this one). But Girardi looks Northwestern smart ...
espn.go.com - 11/2/2009
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espn.go.com —
Today's links were wrestled to the ground while
I wondered if it would be poor form to...
revisit what I've been writing about Brad Lidge since late August: * According to Cliff Lee , he was willing to start Game 4 on short rest. Apparently Lee told ...
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Monday Mendozas
northjersey.com - 10/31/2009
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northjersey.com —
PHILADELPHIA Mariano Rivera was not moving with that
familiar athletic grace. At his locker, following a workout...
at Citizens Bank Park, Rivera projected the body language of the middle-aged accountant who had just emerged from his weekly full-court ...
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O'Connor: Mo racing against time
insidethebook.com - 11/2/2009
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insidethebook.com —
Sunday, November 01, 2009 Many mistakes in Game
4 1) Bottom of the 4th, Phillies have a...
runner on 2nd and 2 outs. Yankees IBB Ruiz to pitch to Blanton. Typical manager mistake walking the #8 hitter to get to the pitcher. As we point out in The Book ...
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THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball
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Odds & Ends: Giants, Bay, Rockies, Padres
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... SI.com's Jon Heyman discusses Bay and Matt Holliday in his latest column. Heyman points out that although Bay's agent, Joe Urbon, ...
Buzz: Holliday vs. Bay
MetsBlog.com —
Jon Heyman of SI.com is reporting that in a phone interview, Joe Urbon, the agent for Jason Bay, is calling his client “the most complete player on the market”.
According to Heyman, Matt Holliday’s agent, Scott Boras was shocked by Urbon’s claim, calling Holliday “the only young complete free agent player available.”
Regarding Holliday, Boras drew statistical comparisons to Mark Teixeira who signed an eight year, $180 million contract last ...
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PHILADELPHIA -- It wasn't more than one week ago that one NL scout claimed it looked like Yankees manager Joe Girardi was "managing scared, like he's afraid to lose his job'' and accusations of overmanaging were coming from all quarters (including ...
