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30 November 2006

DPD: Japanese Pitchers and American Dollars: A Match Made in Mystery

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This is one of my favorite games. It's called "Guess the Pitchers". I give you their statistics and you tell me (telepathica...
21 November 2006

DPD: 136 Million Reasons the Cubs Will Regret Soriano's Contract

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OK, so its not quite that many... Free agent OF Alfonso Soriano has reportedly signed an eight-year, $136 Million deal with the Chicago Cub...
13 November 2006

Pending Pinstripes Prospect Profile: Kevin Whelan

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Kevin Whelan, RHP Full Name: Kevin J. Whelan DOB: 8 January 1984, Kerrville,TX Ht: 6' 0" Wt: 200 Bats/Throws: R College: Texas ...
08 November 2006

DPD: American League 2006 Season Awards

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2006 AL MVP Contenders This year's AL MVP Award looks to be about as wide open a race as we have ever seen for such an award. The ...
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31 October 2006

DPD: Worst. Champion. Ever.

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Well, the regular season is over. The postseason is over, and we now officially have the Worst World Champion Ever, the 2006 St. Louis Card...
26 October 2006

DPD: Jeter Wins Hank Aaron MVP Consolation Trophy

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At the other end of the baseball players' class scale is Derek Jeter. Yankee Captain, His Clutchness, the anti-Sheff. Call him whateve...

DPD: Sheffield Needs Consolation for Earning “Only” $13M in 2007

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With another (unplanned) off-day in the 2006 playoffs, the baseball media outlets are pretty desperate for stories. The rain in St. Louis l...
24 October 2006

DPD: Kenny Rogers’ Cheating, Scuffs and Spit-balls, and LaRussa’s Mistake

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Few things can help a writer get out of a funk like a postseason controversy, especially on an off-day. After the Yankees were eliminated f...
23 October 2006

DPD: Kenny Rogers’ Thumb Not the Reason for Scoreless Streak

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Let me introduce you to two pitchers: IP H ER BB SO W L ERA Pitcher N 184.0 72 0 56 152 24 0 0...
21 October 2006

World Series Preview 2006: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Detroit Tigers

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After getting burned a bit on my previous round of postseason pics, I took a little time off to reflect, and see what I really know about ba...
03 October 2006

DPD: National League Playoff Preview

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Cardinals Lose, but Win; Astros' Star Fades See? I told you the Astros wouldn't make it this year! But man, were they darn close....
02 October 2006

DPD: Wild Finish for MLB Season; American League Playoff Preview

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It's been a long time since we had this much excitement on the last day of the regular season. The advent of the Wild Card has often me...
22 September 2006

DPD: Blame Rocket for Astros' Crash

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Two years ago, the Houston Astros sat at exactly 52-52 by the end of July, the very picture of mediocrity. They then proceeded to rattle of...
14 September 2006

DPD: Strange Choices in DHL/MLB "Hometown Heroes" Promo, National League Edition

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In my continuing series, which focuses on picking apart the choices given to you in the MLB/DHL Hometown Heroes promotion, we look today at ...
13 September 2006

DPD: Strange Choices in DHL/MLB "Hometown Heroes" Promo, American League Edition

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I know it's just a promotion, and why DHL is associated with is is beyond me, but as I looked over the ballot for the " Hometown He...
08 September 2006

Pending Pinstripes: Phul Hughes Videos from Wednesday's AA Trenton Thunder Playoff Game

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In advance, I'm just going to apologize for the shaky nature and grainy texture of the videos below. I was using a 4-year old Sony hand...

Pending Pinstripes: Hideki Matsui Videos from Wednesday's AA Trenton Thunder Playoff Game

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These are some videos I got of Hideki Matsui during Wednesday night's Game 1 of the AA Eastern League's Northern Divisional Playoffs...

Pending Pinstripes: Phil Hughes Fans 13; Matsui Upstaged in Rehab Start

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Godzilla hadn't been upstaged this badly since Mothra showed him who was boss back in 1964! On a night when a myriad of reporters (90 ...
05 September 2006

Pending Pinstripes: AA Trenton Thunder 2006 Season Summary

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Unlike the Columbus Clippers, the Trenton Thunder actually had a good year in 2006. They won the AA Eastern League's Northern Division ...
03 September 2006

Columbus Clippers 2006 Overview, 9/2/2006

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The Yankees' highest minor league affiliate has had sort of an up and down year. With all the injuries that have decimated the major le...
01 September 2006

Red Sox Deal Wells in Wake of Unforseen Collapse

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Back in January, I suggested that the 2006 Red Sox may not have been the mortal lock to make the playoffs, or even overtake the Yankees in ...
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...