philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com - 11/21/2008
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PHILADELPHIA -- Greg Golson put down the paint-dipped roller and answered his phone, unsure who was on the other side of "unknown caller." Within a minute of taking the call from Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr., Golson learned that he was heading to the Rangers for John Mayberry Jr. in ...
pabaseball.blogspot.com - 11/20/2008
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pabaseball.blogspot.com —
Kicking off the offseason interview series is former
Phillies 1st round pick Eric Valent , who was
nice enough to do a Q&A; session via email with WSBGM's. Valent was selected with the 42nd pick of 1998 amateur draft out of UCLA (Pat Burrell was ...
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Q&A- Eric Valent
3guysandasportspage.com - 11/21/2008
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3guysandasportspage.com —
With all the attention on big name free
agents and speculating where they will end up most
of us missed this little transaction: Philadelphia Phillies acquired outfielder John Mayberry Jr from the Texas Rangers for outfielder Greg Golson. In my opinion This could turn out to be a minor steal for TEX
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Texas Probably Just Got a Steal in Golson
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Phils and Rangers With a Minor Deal
The Outsiders Look at the Insides of Baseball —
Today, the Texas Rangers and Philadelphia Phillies completed a trade swapping ex-first round picks. This deal hardly skimmed the surface of Major League Baseball headlines, despite the fact that there really wasn't anything else to report today. That aside, neither piece swapped is going to make or break the futures of either of the teams involved. However, there still has to be a winner, right? The Phillies picked up John Mayberry who turns 25 on a historic day in December. The monstrous corner outfielder hit 65 extra base hits in 519 at bats. While he is a free swinger by nature, there really isn't a better location for him to hack away then in Philadelphia. Mayberry was rated as ...
Open Thread: Making A Splash
River Avenue Blues —
So how about that crazy first week of free agency, huh? Blockbuster trade after blockbuster trade and megahuge free agent deals were handed out like free samples of The Jacoby Ellsbury Eyebrow Wax Kit at Penney’s.
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Okay, that was lame.
The hot stove is chock full o’ rumors but a little light on the action right now. Hell, the biggest trade action of the week came from the Knickerbockers, who completed Phase I of Operation Get LeBron by chopping like, $30M bucks off their future payroll. Not exactly what we all had in mind, but that’s just the way it goes.
Just to wrap up the action in Yankeeland, here’s a review of the ...
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lonestarball.com 11/24/2008 — Jeff Wilson says the Rangers may have made a strong offer for 22 year old RHP Junichi Tazawa, who is a free agent over in Japan:
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Adding Perspective to the Jacobs Deal
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bizofbaseball.com 10/23/2008 — The Texas Rangers today announced the appointment of John Blake as Executive Vice President, Communications. In that role, Blake will oversee all of the club’s communications efforts, including the areas of media and community/player relations, broadcasting, and publications. He is expected to ...
