secretsofthecity.com - 12/8/2008
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Game #18, Road Game #10: New Jersey 113, Minnesota 84
Game #19, Home Game #9: Minnesota 84, Los Angeles Clippers 107
Season Record: 4-15
1. No Identity, No Intensity, No Cohesion, No Clue
I love pro basketball. ...
hardballtimes.com - 12/12/2008
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hardballtimes.com —
Scott Boras says Oliver Perez deserves a huge
payday. Does he? Click the title to read more....
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The Perez Sweepstakes
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com - 12/15/2008
theropolitans.com - 12/8/2008
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theropolitans.com —
If anyone thought Oliver Perez would accept arbitration,
they were crazy. Perez turned down the Mets arbitration...
offer last night, and will hit the market seeking a multi-year, lucrative deal.
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As expected, Perez denies arbitration
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Wolves Updates 12-8
TWolves Blog - Minnesota Timberwolves News and Articles —
... Wyn at Canis Hoopus posts a brief review of the team's recent coaching history.
From Britt Robson/On The Ball:
By all these yardsticks, Randy Wittman is having a terrible ...
Randy Wittman’s Time in Minny Is Up; McHale (or Jesus!) to Coach
SLAM Online —
... Few things in this world are as depressing as watching the T-Wolves play ball these days. Just ask Britt Robson. A change, any kind of change, has to happen. ...
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... Britt Robson of The Rake: “I won’t spend much time dwelling upon the inactions of Glen Taylor. A self-made billionaire presumably has enough business sense to see how the brand-name of his franchise is being eroded, and, moreso than any of the rest of us, any errors in judgment he makes with respect to this team has a direct impact on his own bottom line. Put simply, nobody can punish Taylor more than he can punish himself. When Kevin McHale fired Dwane Casey two years ago, I wrote that the Wolves’ VP of Personnel had run out of scapegoats. At the time, Casey ...
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baycityball.com 12/30/2008 — I wanted to do a quick Wins Above Replacement post on Joe Crede and Pablo Sandoval. I’ve been pro Crede this offseason for a couple of reasons. He’s essentially a league average hitter with plus-defense that’s battled injuries over ...
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hardballtimes.com 12/23/2008 — At some point in their career -- many points if you work in a certain type of law firm -- every young lawyer is asked to find some legal authority to support a truly dumbass argument that the partner for whom they're working thinks is brilliant. Some precedent which stands for a proposition ...
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Coughing up a 29-point lead in the final game of a calendar year to degrade your ...
Twins moving in on Adrian Beltre —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/8/2008
The Twins and Mariners will look to hammer out a deal at the Winter Meetings
Yesterday, I mentioned a trade that I would be comfortable doing to acquire Adrian Beltre from the Seattle Mariners. The feel I got is that readers believed it's pretty ...
Tejada to Twins? Only If The Price Is Right —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/8/2008
It makes perfect sense doesn't it? A power hitting infielder out of favor with his home team looking for a new place to land.
The Astros have, apparently, gotten tired of Miguel Tejada and may be looking to cut bait with last winter's major ...
