fangraphs.com - 6/20/2009
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On the front page, over there on the right hand side, you’ll see some top five leaderboards for our win based statistics that we track on the site - WAR and WPA. If you look at the top of the list for batters in WAR, you’ll notice Joe Mauer has ascended to the top of the list, as ...
bugsandcranks.com - 6/17/2009
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bugsandcranks.com —
It’s been nearly 68 years since the Splendid
Splinter batted .406, but despite a hot start and...
two batting titles, Joe Mauer has more than history working against him. The position that he plays.
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Can Joe Mauer Bat .400?
joshqpublic.com - 6/15/2009
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joshqpublic.com —
Yesterday, Joe Mauer went 3-for-5 in the Twins‘
loss at Wrigley Field. Yesterday, Joe Mauer raised his...
batting average to .414. Yowza!
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Joe Mauer: Shades Of Rod Carew
baseballreflections.com - 6/22/2009
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baseballreflections.com —
Image via Wikipedia In my last Fantasy Focus
, I outlined three pitchers whose slow starts made...
them prime buy-low candidates. This week I’m going to nominate three players whose hot starts make them excellent sell-high targets. Keep in mind that obvious choices, such as ...
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Nick Kappel’s Fantasy Focus: Three Players To Sell High On
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Tired Bullpen Applesauce: Mets' rough June, Beltran MRI, the Satchel Paige/Cy Young Award
Amazin' Avenue —
... few series.
Marlin pitcher Scott Proctor comes clean about his alcoholism.
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Albert Pujols homered twice and collected 6 RBI to help Tony LaRussa win his 2,500th game.
In civil rights news, Hank Aaron is disheartened about the lack of blacks in baseball, Gordon Edes says the Cy Young Award should be the Satchel Paige award, and Mike Silva asks why bother?
Joe Mauer is good. Magglio, not so much anymore.
Teams have started ...
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community.foxsports.com 5/25/2009 — When you say Minnesota, I
think blizzard, Mall of America, and funny, drawn out accents. In that order.
What doesn’t necessarily
spring to the forefront of my mind is the best player in baseball, and I can’t
believe I am even uttering those words after watching that guy in St. ...
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joeposnanski.com 5/26/2009 — Funny thing about growing old. You know it’s coming, you feel it coming … and yet somehow you never see it coming. This is my life on a fairly daily basis, though I thought it especially telling the other day when someone was trying to ...
Mauer's power lifts him above the rest
mvn.com 5/25/2009 —
When you say Minnesota, I
think blizzard, Mall of America, and funny, drawn out accents. In that order.
What doesn't necessarily
spring to the forefront of my mind is the best player in baseball, and I can't
believe I am even uttering those words after watching that guy in St. ...
