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30 June 2004

Freddy Garcia to Tilt the Balance in AL Central

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The Freddy Garcia trade has the potential to mean even more in the division races and playoff than the Carlos Beltran trade did. For on...
25 June 2004

Carlos Beltran Trade Analysis

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I don't pretend to know everything about baseball. OK, yes I do, but nobody really believes it, including me, so often times I have to...
21 June 2004

Generational Gap

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On Sunday, Cincinatti Reds centerfielder Ken Griffey Jr. finally hit the 500th home run of his career, ending a quest that sometimes felt li...
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16 June 2004

Quien Es Mas Catcher-o?

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Not too long ago, Mike Piazza broke the all-time record for career home runs by a catcher, when he hit #352 in May. That homer surpassed Car...
15 June 2004

Are the Reds for Real?

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How the heck are the Reds doing it? The team is currently 14th in the majors in runs scored, 5th in the National League. The team’s OPS ...
14 June 2004

Jocks for Justice?

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I received an email from Peter Dreier, a professor of political science at Occidental College in L.A. on Friday. Professor Dreier alerted m...
09 June 2004

Book Review - New York City Baseball: The Last Golden Age, 1947-1957

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The Perfect Game. The Tape Measure Home Run. The Catch. Integration. The Shot Heard ‘Round the World. You know the events. Now rea...
07 June 2004

Should the Yanks regret the A-Rod-for-Soriano trade?

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Like the Run Down question I do approximately every week, this is a conversation I had over email with Brandon Rosage, who runs Baseball Out...
04 June 2004

Storybook Ending

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Let me ask you something. If you could have your choice of the end result of a particular baseball game, what would it be? If the gods...
02 June 2004

Which player's injury has been the most devastating to his team?

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The most devastating injury thus far has not been the loss of Nomar Garciaparra. Despite Boston shortstops’ cumulative .604 OPS this season,...
21 May 2004

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Congratulations to my lovely (and smart!) wife, Sunny, who graduated from Moravian College last weekend. (And congratulations to all of us ...

RUN DOWN: Which team has the best fans?

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Darn. It’s too bad this question isn’t which club has the worst fans in baseball. That one’s easy: the Phillies. Say what you want a...
19 May 2004

the Big Perfect Unit

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Who says modern baseball favors hitters too much? Sunday, with all 30 MLB teams playing, 14 of them, nearly half, scored two runs or fewer, ...
14 May 2004

Selig Responds to Challenges (no, not really)

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Tongue-In-Cheek, Neb. (BS) -- MLB Commissioner Bud Selig's spoke at a sports banquet on Tuesday and miraculously managed not to mention...
11 May 2004

Who is the best sleeper of 2004 thus far?

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The baseball statistical leader boards , in April and May, are often filled with the names of relative unknowns. Who would have guessed that...