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Amazin' Avenue: Valdez Applesauce - Mets meet with Chapman, minor leaguer heart attack, Valdez cut
We Should Be GM's: Wedding Crashing Howard & Little Red Machine
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Smackdown: Big Machine vs. Little: Before I depart for Aruba Saturday and a week's fun on the beach and at .. http://bit.ly/gphcE 10/24/2009 |
Valdez Applesauce - Mets meet with Chapman, minor leaguer heart attack, Valdez cut
Amazin' Avenue —
... attack. Castro was 18 years old.
The Mets apparently met with Andorran citizen/Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman yesterday.
Around the NL East
Every now and then there is a link that I consider to be a must share. This is one of them.
Tim Hudson has begun negotiations with the Braves to stay in Atlanta.
The latest from the deification of Charlie Manuel front.
I hate the Phillies, but I do like the "Little Red Machine" nickname.
Around MLB ...
Wedding Crashing Howard & Little Red Machine
We Should Be GM's —
... With the recent run of success by this Phillies team (3 straight NL East division titles, a World Series championship, and another World Series berth this season), Jimmy Rollins has dubbed them "The Little Red Machine" , a mini version of the powerhouse Cincinnati Reds team of the mid-70's nicknamed "The Big Red Machine". Some baseball analysts feel this is a bit premature and unwarranted. ESPN's Rob Neyer points out- "In 2008 and 2009, the Phillies outscored their opponents by 230 runs. That's an impressive figure, no doubt. In 1975 and 1976, the Reds outscored their opponents ...
