atbat.msnbc.msn.com - 1/19/2008
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ABOUT AT BAT MSNBC.com baseball analyst Ted Robinson gives his take on the hits and misses by players, managers, umpires and owners in Major League Baseball. Robinson has an extensive background in covering the sport. He called the play-by-play on NBC's Major League Baseball Game of the Week telecasts from 1986-89. Additionally, he has been the lead play-by-play announcer for the Minnesota ...
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MSNBC: Robinson: KNOCKS ON SELIG ARE OFF-BASE
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
MSNBC: Robinson: KNOCKS ON SELIG ARE OFF-BASE "But in this nation, the world’s greatest democracy, there is nothing they can do to prevent me from being punished for a crime they know I did not commit. Some who have called have said that I am a modern-day Job."… R. Budd Selig then returns to the podium and pulls out a .357 Magnum revolver. Some words from the Oakland Tribune jumped off the page: “During Selig’s 15-plus years on the job…MLB has...accepting, if not embracing, rampant use of performance-enhancing steroids.” Now this is one man’s opinion, albeit remarkably ...
In Defense of Selig
East Windup Chronicle —
... Kind of interesting story, or, theory anyway, written by Ted Robinson for MSNBC defending Bud Selig. He’s musing on an Oakland Tribune editorial that calls Selig the “Steroid Commissioner.” I’d link to that article but the Oakland Tribune still isn’t quite up to speed with this World Wide Web stuff. ...
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Time for Yankees, Mets to negotiate —
Newsday.com - Yankees 1/19/2008
Major League Baseball's teams and players exchanged salary
figures in the arbitration process Friday, and it's clear that the two New York clubs have significant work to do if they want to avoid taking key players to a hearing.
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NY Post: Sports 1/19/2008
MLB: Mets, Heilman reach deal The Mets and Aaron Heilman agreed on a one-year deal for the reliever at $1.2 million, and the Yankees did the same with Wilson Betemit at $1.165 million. Both players were arbitration-eligible. The Mets also finalized...
Time for Yankees, Mets to negotiate —
Newsday.com - Mets 1/19/2008
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figures in the arbitration process Friday, and it's clear that the two New York clubs have significant work to do if they want to avoid taking key players to a hearing.
