azsnakepit.com - 2/11/2009
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Continued from Part 1 .
AZ: The team signed Garland, and traded for Davis and Haren, all among the most reliable of starters the past few seasons, as well as Qualls and Rauch, bullpen workhorses. Is 'innings eating' a market inefficiency that you can take advantage of?
JB: I don't think ...
azsnakepit.com - 2/9/2009
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I am delighted to present to you, part
one of the AZ SnakePit interview with Arizona Diamondbacks...
General Manager, Josh Byrnes. Since joining the franchise in October 2005, he has been instrumental in shaping and building the team, resulting in an appearance for us in the 2007 ...
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The D-backs GM speaks: Josh Byrnes Interview, Part 1
hardballtimes.com - 2/9/2009
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AZ Snakepit has the first installment of a
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hardballtimes.com - 2/11/2009
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AZ Snakepit has posted the second part of
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AZ Snakepit has posted the second part of his interview with Diamondbacks GM Josh Byrnes. Order the Hardball Times 2009 Season Preview today!
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AZSnakePit: Josh Byrnes Interview, Part 2
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AZSnakePit: Josh Byrnes Interview, Part 2 Josh discussed the lineup, the upcoming draft, the farm system, and the nitpicking of the Dbacks faithful. AZ: It sometimes seems like there is unrest among a certain section of the D Backs fan base. What would you say to them regarding the future direction of the franchise? JB: I would say, again, the last ten years, if we take a look in the rear-view mirror; seven winning teams, four playoff teams. The last two years, a very young team, an identifiable young team, most of them coming from within, that does play hard and has been in ...
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... to Roch Kubatko of MASN Sports. Kubatko writes "it's pretty clear that he wants a fourth year."
Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News profiles Jesus Montero, the 19-year-old catcher who could succeed Jorge Posada as the Yankees' next catcher.
MLB.com's Corey Brock reports that Tigers' pitching prospect Rick Porcello isn't changing his approach as he approaches the majors.
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Part 2 of the Josh Byrnes interview with a blog. AZ Snakepit
Ten minutes of awkwardness between Joaquin Phoenix and David ...
Open Thread: Friday Randomness
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... awesome it is to have CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira.
Dan Turkenkopf at THT took a look at which pitchers allowed the most quality contact against based on some fancy math. He uses AJ Burnett as an example.
Here’s another list of the worst contracts in baseball, except this list isn’t retarded. (h/t Neyer)
AZ Snakepit sat down to a chat with Diamondbacks GM Josh Byrnes; here’s parts one and two. Hopefully one day we’ll get to do something cool like that.
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The Week In Quotes: February 9-15 by Alex Carnevale
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... I think even in May and June, when our season sort of got off-track, something which should be more of a constant for us, our defense and baserunning, wasn't as good as I think it could be. That carried us largely through '07 and the first part of 08, and I think we gave away some games because of it." Byrnes , on the D'backs problem scoring runs in 2008. "I don't know if I could see a five-year-old kid swing a bat without having some kind of comment." Byrnes (Jim McLennan, AZ Snakepit ) THIS MAY WELL LEAD TO A PETER GAMMONS INTERVIEW WE CAN ALL ENJOY "I was in the ...
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blogs.dailyherald.com 1/29/2009 — Some leftover notes from Kenny Williams' press conference on Wednesday:
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