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30 July 2004

Random Trading Deadline Notes...

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Sorry for the long layoff.  I was on a mission trip with my church  last week and was catching up on stuff this week.  A few random thou...
15 July 2004

Astros Rearrange Cargo on Titanic, Dump Dead Wood, Pick up Scrap Iron

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Yesterday the Houston Astros, currently in fifth place in the 6-team NL Central, 10.5 games out of first place and 4.5 off the Wild-Card lea...
14 July 2004

Observations and Thoughts on the 2004 All-Star Game

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Once a year, the best baseball players in the world get together and stage an exhibition to demonstrate the talent and skill and determinati...
08 July 2004

Free at Last! Free at Last! Thank Ron Gardenhire, I'm Free at Last!

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Through most of last season, everybody's favorite ridiculously prolific baseball blogger, Aaron Gleeman , had a sidebar on his website, ...
06 July 2004

Observations and Projections from the (Approximate) Halfway Mark...

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As most of the teams in the majors are currently right around 80 or 81 games played, this seems as good a time as any to take stock in the s...
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...