baseballanalysts.com - 11/20/2008
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Manuel Aristides Ramirez was all of 15 months old on Aug. 23, 1973, when Jan Erik Olsson walked into Kreditbanken, a Stockholm bank on Normalmstorg square, shot a member of the Swedish police and took four people hostage.
The hostage crisis continued for five days as Olsson and his alleged ...
sports.espn.go.com - 11/18/2008
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At 2 p.m. today the American League Most
Valuable Player Award will be announced. To save everyone
the trouble of waiting, let's just say who it's going to be right now. Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia will be named MVP. It's not like we have ...
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Rob Neyer Blog
baseballreflections.com - 11/19/2008
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baseballreflections.com —
Rumors I have heard rumors that the Tigers
are interested in SS Julio Lugo in exchange for
either SP Dontrelle “ D-Train ” Willis or SP Nate Robertson . Theo , pull the trigger no matter which one of these guys they offer, but especially if it’s Robertson ! Are the Red ...
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This Week’s Hot Stove Red Sox Reflections
sports.espn.go.com - 11/18/2008
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sports.espn.go.com —
At 2 p.m. today the American League Most
Valuable Player Award will be announced. To save everyone
the trouble of waiting, let's just say who it's going to be right now. Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia will be named MVP. It's not like we have ...
(more)
Rob Neyer Blog
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We Interrupt This Blog (to Bring You Another Blog)
YFSF —
... A.J. Burnett, Coco Crisp, Mark Teixeira... The hot stove is indeed buzzing this week, but for closure's sake, I moonlight down the road to take one last look back at the sudden departure of Manny Ramirez, who meant so much, it shouldn't be any surprise his July departure still stings more than three months later. ...
Dodger Thoughts: Big Bucks, Some Whammies
Baseball Toaster —
... is there. The question is more about fear: fear of shelling out the big bucks vs. fear of not doing so. The key, I continue to believe, is making sure that the players you spend money on are worthy. Frankly, I might be more troubled by Mitchell's $2 million for Angel Berroa than his $120 million for Ramirez. If the team can't get the big fish, the best course might be to enter 2009 with a lower-budget team that might allow you some flexibility in July. Meanwhile, in a piece for Baseball Analysts , writer and Red Sox fan Paul Anthony compares his relationship with Ramirez to ...
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Just Do It Yankees: Sign Manny Ramirez! —
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Boston Red Sox's Top-Five Prospects for 2009 —
Bleacher Report - MLB 11/20/2008
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