startribune.com - 7/4/2009
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Matt Wallace is a citizen journalist covering the Detroit Tigers minor leagues in the blog "Take 75 North.'' In December, the Tigers traded outfielder Matt Joyce to Tampa Bay for starting pitcher Edwin Jackson. Wallace had monitored Joyce's progress through the Tigers system and was not pleased ...
twins-territory.com - 7/3/2009
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twins-territory.com —
After surviving a tumultuous June schedule that consisted
of two long roadtrips and 19 of a total...
27 games on the road, the Twins have finally returned to their comfort zone in Minneapolis. For the next ten days, the Twins will remain indoors and continue the countdown of games until outdoor ...
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Homestand Highlights: Tigers, Yankees, and Sox
baseballreflections.com - 7/3/2009
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baseballreflections.com —
Image by mwlguide via Flickr As the All-Star
break draws near, many teams around the league are...
looking for upgrades. Your Motor City Kitties are no exception. The Tigers need for a another bat has been well chronicled, and many names have been tossed around the blogosphere. ...
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Tigers Still looking for Bats
raysallday.com - 7/4/2009
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raysallday.com —
The headline on the column is “Twins’ failure
to rip off Rays alters Central”. The column printed...
today in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune by Patrick Reusse looks back at the Edwin Jackson for Matt Joyce trade and today concludes that the Rays were ripped off and that the Tigers ...
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The Great Rays Rip Off?
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The Great Rays Rip Off?
Rays All Day —
The headline on the column is “Twins’ failure to rip off Rays alters Central”. The column printed today in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune by Patrick Reusse looks back at the Edwin Jackson for Matt Joyce trade and today concludes that the Rays were ripped off and that the Tigers are four games up in the AL East because Edwin’s 6-4 record has put them there.
After reading this column, I can only conclude that this columnist is a pin head. I know, there are many people in the Tampa Bay area that are saying the same things. Hindsight is what it is…perfect. It’s easy to sit back today and say that we all ...
Morning Prowl: Mid-Season Grades, Clumsy Attacks on Bloggers, and a Call For Clete
Bless You Boys —
... What does it look like when a cranky old sports columnist uses his forum to take a clumsy shot at bloggers, thus making his entire article look unfocused and perplexing? The Star-Tribune's Patrick Reusse provides just such an example, with a baffling swing (along with painfully forced joke) at Take 75 North's Matt Wallace over the ...
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SP Slowey (wrist) placed on DL —
SI.com - MLB 7/4/2009
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