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Indians Focus on a Closer for 2009 and Beyond

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 9 hours ago from baseballreflections.com

After experiencing a closer by committee position last season, the Indians seem to be attempting to solidify that spot on their team with a former All Star during the off season. The Indians have surprisingly become one of the teams that are vying for some of the major free agent closers ...

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RIP Former Indians Player and Broadcaster Herb Score

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 7 days ago from baseballreflections.com

One of the greatest personalities in baseball history, Herb Score, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 75. Most casual baseball fans outside of Cleveland probably never heard of Score, especially if they were born after the 1950s. If Score would have been able to play the length of a ...

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Game 5 To Resume on Wednesday Night

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 7 days ago from baseballreflections.com

I just read an article on SI.com by Joe Sheehan also of Baseball Prospectus entitled, “ Unconventional Thinking: MLB makes right decision to cancel ” that states that game 5 will not resume tonight as was originally planned. Instead, it will be played Wednesday night at ...

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Baseball News

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 7 days ago from baseballreflections.com

Management The Brewers have a new manager, former Oakland A’s skipper Ken Macha . To read what the Brewers blog: In-Between Hops thinks of this selection, just follow the link provided. He has a good track record from his days in Oakland , but was that just a by product of GM Billy ...

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Upper Deck Yankee Stadium Legacy Set for Charity

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 7 days ago from baseballreflections.com

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Book Review of The Baseball Economist: The Real Game Exposed

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 7 days ago from baseballreflections.com

Book Review of The Baseball Economist: The Real Game Exposed by J.C. Bradbury A Review By: Bill Jordan The Hardcover The Paperback Bradbury’s research in this work could no doubt be considered innovating, not only does he statistically prove many aspects of the game of baseball that ...

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Book Review of Dropping the Ball by Dave Winfield

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 14 days ago from baseballreflections.com

Dropping the Ball: Baseball’s Troubles and How We Can and Must Solve Them by Dave Winfield According to former all star Dave Winfield, if baseball keeps on the path that it is going right now, it will one day, in the not to distant future, reach a point where there are no longer any African ...

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National League Gold Glove Winners

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 20 days ago from baseballreflections.com

Bill’s NL Gold Glove Predictions The National League was actually harder to chose than the other league because there were not as many incumbents who were deemed so much better than their counterparts this year. (Note: these awards were given out to the best player at each single ...

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Verizon FiOS TV to Offer NHL Center Ice and NHL Network

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 21 days ago from www.bizofhockey.com

Hockey fans now have more to root for. Verizon announced today that NHL Center Ice is being add to the FiOS TV lineup. Also, Verizon will launch the NHL Network in the coming days. NHL Center Ice is a subscription sports package that includes up to 40 out-of-market NHL games per week and select ...

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American League Gold Glove Winners

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 21 days ago from baseballreflections.com

Bill’s AL Gold Glove Winners Some positions in the American League are easy to pick for the Gold Glove Awards, but others are considerably harder. While some positions have their popular players who have won the awards in the past, others have fluctuated in recent history. (Note: these ...

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National League Cy Young Award Nominations

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 22 days ago from baseballreflections.com

Bill’s Excellent Analysis This has to be one of the hardest awards to pick this season as no one has really distinguished themselves from the field. The fact that a player who was traded to the league halfway through the season is in the discussion speaks volumes on how close this race ...

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The American League Rookie of the Year Prediction

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 22 days ago from baseballreflections.com

The American League Rookie of the Year Award has some big names in the hunt. One played two months in the league before receiving a big contract extension, one was well known for his post season appearance last year and one even flew under the radar for most of the season even though he put up ...

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Recent MLB News

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 9/17/2008 from baseballreflections.com

A Cubs No-No Cubs Ace Carlos Zambrano returned from time off due to a tired arm on Sunday and threw the first no-hitter of his career (and the first by a Cubs pitcher in something like 36 years) against the Astros in Milwaukee due to the Hurricane Ike scare. His performance may have been just ...

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Bill’s AL MVP Analysis

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 9/16/2008 from baseballreflections.com

Viewers of Major League Baseball can easily tell that there isn’t a clear American League MVP this year, especially since a five foot-seven inch second baseman is in the conversation. It is with much deliberation and research that I present you, my reader, with my pick for the AL MVP: 1. ...

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Baseball Links Exchange

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 9/13/2008 from baseballreflections.com

This week’s edition of the link exchange brings you a blog out of the NL East. A blog that covers the Braves of Atlanta, many years after they departed Boston as the Boston Braves. I bring to you, The Launching Pad. This blog was founded by JB in Atlanta out a passion for baseball, the Braves, ...

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Olympic Baseball/Softball Beyond 2008

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 9/13/2008 from baseballreflections.com

Last night (August 18th, 2008), Bob Costas reported from the NBC studios in Beijing, the IOC’s (International Olympic Committee) reasoning behind the removal of the sports of Baseball and softball from future Olympics (a minimum of the 2012 games in London). Here is what he reported: Baseball ...

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More Thoughts on the State of the Game

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 8/31/2008 from baseballreflections.com

No Yanks in the Playoffs With the Yankees finished like a Thanksgiving turkey, the major networks have to be shaking in their boots. One can’t imagine that a series that pits the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim against the Tampa Bay Rays is going to draw great ratings (even if it is great ...

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Thoughts on the State of the Game: Pt. 1

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 6/5/2008 from baseballreflections.com

Editor’s note: I have broken this up into a three part series by Bill Jordan The Draft While everyone schedules their respective days around the NFL and NBA drafts, even some die hard sports fans are unaware when the MLB draft even takes place. There are always going to be problems of getting people to pay [...]

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ESPN, TNT Continue Ratings Increase During Conference Finals

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 5/31/2008 from www.bizofbasketball.com

ESPN and TNT have both seen a significant increase in viewership during their coverage of the NBA Playoffs this season, specifically in the Conference Finals. As reported by Sports Media Watch : Eight of the ten most watched programs on cable for the month of May (April 28-May 25) were NBA Playoff games. The most watched program of the month was Game 7 of the Spurs/Hornets series, which ...

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MLB Trivia

BillJordaniv BillJordaniv posted 5/31/2008 from baseballreflections.com

The answer to last week’s question: What was the original name of Wrigley Field? The correct answer is Weeghman Field

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