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29 January 2005

Play It Again, Sammy

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Didn't see that one coming. The Baltimore Orioles have reportedly agreed to a trade that will bring erstwhile Cubs rightfielder Sam...
24 January 2005

Oh, the Places You'll Go...Like Second Place

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Travis Nelson's 2005 Philadelphia Phillies Preview Maybe it's a little early for this, but what the heck. I live on the edge . ...
14 January 2005

Random Notes...

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Hey, it's January. There's not a lot of baseball being played for a fella to write about. New Steroid Policy The Major League Base...
09 January 2005

Carlos the Great

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Erstwhile Houston Astros centerfielder Carlos Beltran has reportedly agreed to a seven-year, $119 million deal with the New York Mets this w...
03 January 2005

National Baseball Hall of Feign

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The 2005 Baseball Hall of Fame voting results will be announced today. Stark Bias Numerous writers have constructed arguments and reasoning...
20 December 2004

I Love It When a Plan Comes Together

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I'm 30 today. 30. There arrives with the advent of any such milestone a unique opportunity for retrospect upon one's life. Ot...
14 December 2004

Bonds-Giambian Steroid Blues

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Travis Nelson's take on the steroid controversy, Bob Dylan style... Trainer’s in the basement Mixing up my medicine I’m in the on-deck T...
10 December 2004

Travis Nelson Owns the Expos?

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Some time ago, I submitted an essay to a baseball website called Mudville Magazine, which was sponsoring a "You Own the Expos" con...
08 December 2004

TONY WOMACK??!!?

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What the hell is happening here? The Yankees signed free agent secondbaseman Tony Womack to a two-year, $4 million deal yesterday, the ...
03 December 2004

So Much For Fiscal Responsibility

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We're less than a month into the 2004-05 free agent season, with barely a dozen players signed to American teams, and already I'm ir...
12 November 2004

Curse of the AL Cy Young

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Minnesota Twins' left-hander Johan Santana won the American League Cy Young Award for 2004. Should the Twins be worried? Spe...
10 November 2004

Boy of Summer 2004 AL Cy Young Award

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In 2003, Johan Santana finally escaped the Twins' bullpen and showed the baseball world what he could do. An off-season elbow cleanup ...
09 November 2004

Boy of Summer 2004 NL Cy Young Award

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This race is easily the toughest to call. Roger Clemens came out of retirement, granted, a retirement that lasted only slightly longer than...
08 November 2004

Boy of Summer 2004 NL MVP

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With all due respect to Albert Pujols and Adrian Beltre, is there really any serious argument to be made for an NL MVP other than the San F...
06 November 2004

Boy of Summer 2004 AL MVP

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Let me tell you a little about my pick for the American League Most Valuable Player of 2004: * He did not win a batting title. Ichiro S...
27 October 2004

Curses! Foiled Again!

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What in the wide, wide world of sports is a-goin' on around here!? Some curse. The only curses I can detect emanate from the lips of...