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WasWatching.com found this 3/8/2008 on www.app.com [flag]
TAMPA, FLA. Baseball America magazine predicted that Billy Traber would be taken in the first round of the 2000 amateur draft but wasn't exactly sure why. "Aside from being left-handed, nothing really stands out,'' was the magazine's description of Traber, who was pitching for Loyola Marymount University in California. Nine years later, that remains the case. Traber is left-handed and nothing ... [link]

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Billy Traber Tales
Published 3/8/2008 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
Tyler Kepner and Peter Abraham feature stories on Billy Traber this evening. (For the record, Ken Davidoff wrote about Traber 11 days ago.) Back on February 24, 2008, I suggested that Traber had a shot to make the Yankees pen this season. The last time the Yankees had a highly effective lefty in their pen was 2001 (Mike Stanton). Granted, last season, Ron Villone and Mike Myers were not terrible for New York - but, it's not like they were stellar. (You could also say that Chris Hammond was good for the Yankees in 2003 - but, he ...

Spring Soreness and Other Stuff
Published 3/8/2008 by Eric Haskell at The Bronx Block
... and return to the field together on Monday.  Hideki Matsui, who is rehabbing a sore knee, took BP today and is tentatively scheduled to DH on Monday. In better news, Mariano Rivera absolutely dominated in his first game action of the spring, taking only eight pitches to throw a perfect inning, with two strikeouts.  The best part?  He didn’t even use his cutter, instead sticking to his four-seam fastball and a couple of sinkers. Now to some links.  Peter Abraham has an interesting little piece about potential lefty specialist Billy Traber.  He also gives ...

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