seamheads.com - 8/22/2008
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BACK IN THE SHADOWS I’m home again, but another road trip is on deck, another jaunt north to the Adirondacks, with a couple excursions from there a good possibility. So this is another “tweener” issue, squeezed in while I have access to my computer and the internet. I did just a bit more research lately, though, visiting the National Baseball Library — the place where ...
Vote FredBird!
cardinalsdiaspora.com 8/22/2008 — Go vote for FredBird, but take it easy on Parrot personally. He’s never been the same since the steel mill closed.
Support Fredbird!
bugsandcranks.com 8/22/2008 — Go here and vote for Fredbird over Pirate Parrot (what kind of lame mascot doesn’t have a name?
Anyone else thrilled about the Pirates trades?
brewtownbeat.com 8/22/2008 — Remember Jason Bay Mr. Suppan? I do, because I've never witnessed a ball hit harder at Miller Park jump out over the fence farther than on July 6, 2008. 440 feet later, Bay's blast bashed off the M&I Bank sign on the scoreboard. Yikes. The good news ...
Sports | Jays obtain insurance in Bautista
thestar.com 8/22/2008 — Richard Griffin T he Jays yesterday obtained third baseman Jose Bautista from the Pirates for a player to be named later. The club claimed Bautista on waivers, then negotiated with the Bucs for a suitable minor-leaguer to be sent back later. ...
Wilson braces for end of Pirates tenure
post-gazette.com 8/22/2008 — ST. LOUIS -- Jack Wilson, the Pirates' most tenured player and one of the finest shortstops in franchise history, is worried that he will not be playing in Pittsburgh next spring. Know how to tell? Ask him a series of questions aimed at uncovering the ...
Blue Jays place OF Wilkerson on DL (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 8/22/2008
The Blue Jays placed outfielder Brad Wilkerson on the 15-day disabled list Friday with lower back spasms and added utilityman Jose Bautista to the 25-man roster. Bautista, acquired from Pittsburgh on Thursday for a player to be named, was not in the ...
Bautista arrives in Toronto —
Major League Baseball News 8/22/2008
Jose Bautista felt a sense of relief when he learned that the Pirates had traded him to the Toronto Blue Jays. An organizational change was precisely what the third baseman had hoped for after losing his job in Pittsburgh earlier this month.