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24 August 2006

The Team That Changed Baseball: by Bruce Markusen

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The Team That Changed Baseball: Roberto Clemente and the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates By Bruce Markusen c. 2006 Westholme Publishing Inc. 240 pgs...
11 August 2006

DPD: Stark, Stats, and South-Side Starters' Struggles

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ESPN's Jayson Stark appeared on Mike & Mike in the Morning on Wednesday, his weekly radio appearance in which he frequently makes ...
07 August 2006

DPD: Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders

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Mr. Wrigley [...] announced [...] the College of Coaches. The idea was that eight top coaches would rotate through the organization, from C...
31 July 2006

Pending Pinstripes:Abreu and Lidle for…These are Prospects???

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As dawn broke this morning, a stream of desperate electrons came coursing through the InterWeb, crying out for some understanding, a bit of ...
29 July 2006

DPD: MLB Trading Deadline Stuff, American League

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The MLB Trading Deadline looms large for several teams today, both buyers and sellers. A quick run-down of the greatest needs for each team...
28 July 2006

DPD: How a Love so Wright Can Turn Out To Be So Wrong

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I was watching the Yankee game Wednesday night, but unfortunately for me, I got home a little later than I had planned, and tuned in during ...
25 July 2006

DPD: Hillenbrand-ed a Trouble-Maker

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Shea Hillenbrand played his first game for the San Francisco Giants on Saturday, getting a hit in four at-bats and scoring a run to help the...
24 July 2006

Pending Pinstripes: AA Trenton Thunder Team Report, 7/24/2006

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Thirdbaseman Eric Duncan hit his third home run in two days tonight, so I guess he's finding his stroke. Duncan, the New York Yankees...
17 July 2006

DPD: Sweep Smell of Victory; Yanks Take Three From ChiSox

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The New York Yankees sent a resounding message this weekend as they swept the defending World Champion Chicago White Sox in a three game ser...
14 July 2006

Press Release and Yankees DVD Give-Away!!!

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A&E Home Video has asked me to announce the impending release of a series of vintage World Series DVD sets, and as part of their promoti...

DPD: It’s Official: Dusty’s Getting the Ax!

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On Wednesday, Chicago Cubs' General Manager Jim Hendry was asked about the status of his field manager, Dusty Baker, for the 4,237th tim...
07 July 2006

DPD: All-Star Game's Pleasant Surprises, National League Edition

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Yesterday, after getting briefly off-track, I gave you a few of the more uplifting stories surrounding the 2006 MLB All-Star Game. I had in...
06 July 2006

DPD: All-Star Game’s Pleasant Surprises, American League Edition

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My colleague took an opportunity Tuesday to point out the silliness of the MLB rule that requires the annual "All-Star" rosters to...
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...