With MLB’s trade deadline rapidly approaching, the line between buyers and sellers have become clearly defined and the need to add a piece to the puzzle for a playoff push or the decision to pack it in for the season and look towards the future becomes the ultimate goal. With most of the real marquee [...]
MLB Trade Deadline Approaches
July 30th, 2008 · No Comments
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Yankees, Pirates Make Six Player Trade
July 26th, 2008 · No Comments
In a six player deal that was finalized on Saturday the Yankees acquired outfielder Xavier Nady and lefty reliever Damaso Marte in return the Pirates received top outfield prospect Jose Tabata and minor league right-handers Dan McCutchen, Jeff Karstens and Ross Ohlendorf.
The Yankees seemed to have gotten the best end of this deal considering [...]
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Chacon on Waiver Wire After Altercation with GM
June 27th, 2008 · No Comments
(Former Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon looking disgruntled on the mound)
We’ve all heard of players fighting players in the clubhouse or sometimes even in the dugout, but a player taking on a general manager? Now that is something I bet most of us have never in our wildest dreams thought would happen. Well, leave it up [...]
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MLB Wants Instant Replay by August
June 15th, 2008 · No Comments
After a year in which Carlos Delgado and Alex Rodriguez were both robbed of home runs and umpires have continued to make questionable call on boundary plays the MLB has finally decided to implement instant replay into the game.
( A-Rod attempt to show the umpires where his “home run” landed.)
Baseball wants to implement the new [...]
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Fantasy Update: Top 5 Fantasy Pitchers
May 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Fantasy Top 5 Starting Pitchers:
By Matt Valentine
Just so you know, I base these rankings off of past and current production, like the everyday players I feel that it’s in a fantasy player’s best interest to have pitchers who have a long track record of success, rather than just going with potential or rising stars. Therefore, [...]
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2008’s Best Japanese Imports
April 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments
This season will mark a record for the most Japanese baseball players in the Major Leagues. Some imports to keep a close eye on this season are Kosuku Fukudome, Chicago Cubs. Fukudome made an immediate impact in his first game at Wrigley Field, going 3-3 with a 3 run home run to tie the game [...]
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Better Than Sushi…The Best Japanese Imports in MLB
April 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Baseball is no doubt America’s game. It is our countries national pastime, a time honored tradition that has provided us all with moments of joy and moments of agony. And while baseball remains one of our countries favorite sports, it has also gained popularity worldwide, with talent coming from all over the globe. South America [...]
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