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27 April 2010

What's Wrong With Javy Vazquez?

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There are probably fewer things more frustrating to a sports fan than watching an expensive, recently imported veteran player repeatedly fai...
23 April 2010

An Open Letter to Oakland A's Pitcher Dallas Braden

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Dear Mr. Braden, Congratulations on beating the Yankees Thursday afternoon and ending their winning streak at six games. Now shut up. You s...
19 April 2010

Yankees Winning a Team Effort

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Well, it's fun being a Yankee fan these days. The Yankees are currently 9-3, sitting atop the American League East division (albeit tied...
30 March 2010

Press Release: Meet the SWB Yankees!!

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*****START***** The Scranton-Wilkes Barre Yankees just released about 50 tickets for the Meet the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Dinner on A...
11 March 2010

Commentary on Baseball America's top 20 Prospects: #16 - #20

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#16. Starlin Castro , SS, Cubs Opening Day Age: 20 ETA: 2011 It's tempting to compare Castro to Alcides Escobar, given that they're...
10 March 2010

Commentary on Baseball America's top 20 Prospects: #11 - #15

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#11. Dustin Ackley , OF/1B/2B, Mariners Opening Day Age: 22 ETA: 2011 After hitting over .400 in each of his three years at UNC, Ackley got ...
04 March 2010

Commentary on Baseball America's top 20 Prospects: #6 - #10

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#6. Desmond Jennings , OF, Rays Opening Day Age: 23 ETA: Mid-2010 This is why the Rays are in no hurry to shell out tens of millions of doll...

Commentary on Baseball America's top 20 Prospects: #1 - #5

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A year ago I looked at the top 20 prospects from Baseball America's annual Top-100 list, so I figured that now would be a good time, wit...
28 February 2010

Book Review - Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend, by Larry Tye

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"History binds Josh [Gibson] and Satchel at the hip as the two towering figures of the Negro Leagues, but nature left them as mismatche...
12 February 2010

Big Re-Hash: Frank Thomas Retires - Now What About the Hall of Fame?

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Most of this material was penned almost four years ago, but since Frank Thomas announced his retirement today , I thought it might be worthw...
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02 February 2010

Is Ryan Howard the Greatest Slugger in Phillies History?

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Metro is a newspaper given out for free in some of the larger cities in the northeast. It's a short paper, intentionally so as it'...
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20 January 2010

San Francisco Giants get Bengie Molina for a Bargain

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Let's get this out of the way right now: Bengie Molina is not a bad baseball player. Granted, he's not great. But he is good. The ne...