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30 June 2006

DPD: Golden Age for the Hot Corner

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Certain times throughout the history of baseball have featured a plethora of talent at a particular position. Center Field became the cente...
29 June 2006

DPD: Brett Myers' Absence Punishes Struggling Phils, Not Him

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Three months ago, I predicted that the 2006 Phillies would choke. I know, I know: That's almost as gutsy a pick as when I predicted tha...
23 June 2006

DPD: Roger Clemens First Game of 2006: A Running Blog Commentary

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Roger Clemens returned to Major League Baseball tonight. The Houston Astros, and really, the rest of the baseball-loving world, will once ...
15 June 2006

DPD: Johnson/Torre, Guillen/Tracey Situations Very Different

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Big Unit 's Big Mistake Last night, I checked the box scores and saw that the Yankees had won, and better yet, that Randy Johnson had a...
13 June 2006

Pending Pinstripes: Charleston Riverdogs Team Report, 6/13/2006

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The Yankees' Low-A affiliate currently sports a 34-30 record, in fourth place in the Southern Division of the Sally League, 6.5 games be...
12 June 2006

Book Review: The Only Game in Town, by Fay Vincent

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The Only Game in Town: Baseball Stars of the 1930s and 1940s Talk About the Game They Loved by Fay Vincent In an era in which it seems lik...

Pending Pinstripes: Trenton Thunder Team Report, 6/12/2006

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Since my last report on the AA Trenton team, they have "thundered" from last place into second, but that's not really as good ...
08 June 2006

DPD: I Am Shocked, Shocked to Find That Jason Grimsley Used Steroids!

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No, really. Easily the biggest sports story of 7 June 2006 was the revelation that journeyman relief pitcher Jason Grimsley 's house wa...
26 May 2006

Pending Pinstripes: Potential Replacements for Posada

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The Yankees announced yesterday that Jorge Posada will be sidelined for a while with a " torn hamstring tendon ". Not that I don...

DPD: Tigers to be Tested; Hernandez Not the El Duque of Old

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My job is much too easy. In today's sports world, there are always well-known personalities saying something on TV or talk radio, or wr...
24 May 2006

Pending Pinstripes: AAA Columbus Team Report, 5/24/06

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It's been a game of musical chairs for much of the Clippers roster for the last month. Injuries in New York's outfield corps have l...
23 May 2006

Interleague Play Still Interesting after Ten Years

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A decade ago, Major League Baseball was still struggling to regain its fan-base. The Great Strike of 1994-95 had devastated attendance acro...
17 May 2006

Book Review: Burying the Black Sox, by Gene Carney

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Burying the Black Sox : How Baseball's Cover-Up of the 1919 World Series Fix Almost Succeeded by Gene Carney c. 2006 Potomac Books Inc....
12 May 2006

DPD: An Open Letter to Roger Clemens

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Dear Mr. Clemens, You don't know me. I'm only a fan. Mostly I'm a fan of baseball, but in particular, I've been a fan of t...
11 May 2006

Pending Pinstripes: Melky Cabrera, International League Player of the Week, Called up by Yankees

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Yankees outfield prospect Melky Cabrera was named the International League Player of the Week for the first week of May. He hit .458 for th...
10 May 2006

DPD: Who Are You and What Have You Done With the Colorado Rockies' Pitching Staff??!!

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It's not supposed to work this way. There are supposed to be a few things you can count on in baseball: 1) Barry Bonds is a jerk. A j...
05 May 2006

Pending Pinstripes Prospect of the Week: Justin Christian

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I mentioned Justin Christian in my Trenton Thunder Team Report last week, but as I looked at him, it seemed like maybe he'd be a good c...

Double Play Depth: Camden Riversharks Opening Night

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Last week, I had the privilege of attending Opening Night for the Camden Riversharks, an independent Atlantic League team based in Camden, N...
02 May 2006

Double Play Depth: Everything's Coming Up Red Sox; Beat Yankees, 7-3

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This was not the column I had hoped to write today. With the Yankees facing the Red Sox for the first time this season, I hadn't planne...
01 May 2006

Pending Pinstripes: AA Trenton Team Report 04/30/2006

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The Trenton Thunder currently sit in last place in the AA Eastern League Northern division, with a 6-14 record. Of course, when you consider...
27 April 2006

All-Baseball.com: A Song for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays: Your Pitchers are Made for Walkin’

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Cue Nancy Sinatra... You keep saying you've got something for us, Some winning base-ball? ...but confess. You keep throwin' balls ou...
25 April 2006

Double Play Depth: Cincinnati Reds the Flakiest Team in Baseball

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The Cincinnati Reds are kind of a flaky team. For one thing, they play in one of the more pronounced hitters' parks in baseball. The t...
23 April 2006

Pending Pinstripes - 4/22 Team Report: Charleston Riverdogs

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The Yankees' Low-A farm team is currently 6-8 for the season, which is "good" for second to last place in the Sally (South Atl...
20 April 2006

Pending Pinstripes: GCL Yankees’ Manager, Another Official Killed in Dominican Republic Car Crash

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Oscar Acosta, field manager of the Yankees' Gulf Coast (Rookie) League team, and Humberto Trejo, another official in the Yankees' mi...
19 April 2006

Double Play Depth: Information Overload - Greg Maddux

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Greg Maddux turned 40 last week, the day after he won his 320th career game. There has been no shortage of accolades for the Smartest Pitc...
15 April 2006

Pending Pinstripes: Columbus Clippers Organizational Report 14 April 2006

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A not-so-Good Friday if you happen to be a Columbus Clipper. The Yankees' AAA affiliate lost badly, 9-1, to the Buffalo Bisons, the Cle...
11 April 2006

Book Review: The Last Nine Innings, by Charles Euchner

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The Last Nine Innings : Inside the Real Game Fans Never See by Charles Euchner $22.95, 2006, Sourcebooks, Inc. Charles Euchner is not a bas...
10 April 2006

Double Play Depth: No Relief In Sight

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You know the scene well: Bottom of the ninth inning. A rival for the AL playoffs in a bitter contest with the Yankees. The game is on the ...
05 April 2006

Pending Pinstripes: Last of the Spring Demotions

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On Saturday, the Yankees released IF Luis A. Garcia and sent LHP Matt Smith, RHP Matt Childers, RHP Jose Veras, RHP Ramiro Mendoza, C Omir S...
03 April 2006

New All-Baseball.com Blog: Double Play Depth

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Welcome to the latest of my baseball writing ventures, Double Play Depth . Ben Kabak and I, both expatriates of 360thePitch.com 's writ...