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Recent Trades May Change Your Holliday Outlook
Recent Trades May Change Your Holliday Outlook
The Colorado Rockies, for some strange reason, have traded All-Star LF Matt Holliday to the Oakland A’s for SP Greg Smith, closer Huston Street and OF Carlos Gonzalez. You can see more details of this trade on ESPN . For reactions of this move, please visit Athletics Nation posts ...
Please Stop Abusing Matt Holliday's Road Stats
beyondtheboxscore.com — Over the past few days, you can't escape arguments like this one if you've read anything about... the A's-Rockies trade: Matt Holliday is a creation of Coors field.  His career line on the road is only .280/.348/.455!  That's an OPS of ... (more) Please Stop Abusing Matt Holliday's Road Stats
Hot Stove from the Capital
Hot Stove from the Capital
seamheads.com — Washington GM Jim Bowden has his own transition going on in the Capital. His ambitious trade with... the Marlins stoked a DC hot stove that had been stone cold. Change is the watchword in Washington these days and it could be washing over the baseball fortunes of the Nationals. (more) Hot Stove from the Capital
FOX Sports on MSN - MLB - Sources: Furcal meets with A's officials in Oakland
msn.foxsports.com — Furcal visited A's officials at the Oakland Coliseum, toured communities where he might live and had a... two-hour lunch with A's general manager Billy Beane. The A's have yet to make Furcal a formal offer, sources say, but the two sides expect to speak ... (more) FOX Sports on MSN - MLB - Sources: Furcal meets with A's ...
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Report: Holliday-to-A's a done deal | MLB.com: News
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Holliday traded from Rockies to A's - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
sports.yahoo.com 11/10/2008 — The Oakland A’s have agreed in principle to acquiring Colorado Rockies outfielder Matt Holliday , according to a source familiar with those discussions, the trade pending an exchange of medical records. Outfielder Carlos Gonzalez , starting pitcher ...
Rockies ship Holliday to Oakland
denverpost.com 11/11/2008 — The Rockies agreed to ship Matt Holliday to Oakland for closer Huston Street, left-handed starter Greg Smith and highly touted outfielder Carlos Gonzalez.
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larrybrownsports.com 11/11/2008 — The answer to that question should be pretty self-explanatory: the guy’s a damn good player. Matt Holliday’s an All-Star, an MVP candidate. He’s going to help any lineup in which he’s hitting. He’s going to play good ...
Extended Holliday in Oakland - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
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MLB Weekly: Matt Holliday Traded To Oakland A's & More
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