The Biggest Hurt (cont.) - Jon Heyman - SI.com

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 The Biggest Hurt (cont.) - Jon Heyman  - SI.com
The Sheffield Shuffle Judging by his play, one DH who appears to be closer to the end than Thomas is Gary Sheffield , whose bat has been nearly impotent since last August (he hit one home run after Aug. 10 last year). However, with the Tigers contracted to pay Sheffield $28 million for this year and next, he's in no danger of suffering the same pink-slip fate as Thomas. Thomas wasn't ... [link]

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Revisiting Kenny Lofton?
Published 4/22/2008 by neil@chicagocubsonline.com (Chicago Cubs Online) at ChicagoCubsOnline.com
... . Olney said Lofton would make sense for the Cubs with the recent injury to Alfonso Soriano . The blurb from one of the most respected baseball writers around was buried half way down in his Saturday report....and with the last line reading, " But this doesn't appear to be a part of the Cubs' plans ", it did not appear to have any legs. Jon Heyman from SI.com then mentioned Lofton and the Cubs in a report on Monday ... so are the Cubs really interested in Kenny Lofton? Both reports mentioned the fact that Lofton could play left field and be a good left-handed option off the ...

Baseball Today: Tuesday, April 22
Published 4/22/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... PUNISHMENT FITS THE CRIME: In one of the tidbits of a long notes column, SI.com's Jon Heyman says Kyle Farnsworth "deserved every bit of that three-game suspension for throwing at Manny Ramirez." Curt Schilling agrees that Farnsworth's pitch at Ramirez' head ...

Setting the Randy Johnson trade record set
Published 5/9/2008 by Ben K. at River Ave. Blues
... A few weeks earlier, Verducci’s Sports Illustrated colleague and fellow columnist Jon Heyman wrote about Micah Owings’ role in the Randy Johnson trade talki just s as well. His take, however, was completely different from that of Verducci’s: “The Yankees tried hard for Owings in Randy Johnson trade talks after the 2006 season, even offering to send Arizona a few million more if they’d include him. No go.” ...

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