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Dodgers earn split of Taiwan series
Dodgers earn split of Taiwan series...
Dodgers give Taiwan rave reviews
Dodgers give Taiwan rave reviews...
Yanks might be called in McNamee case
Yanks might be called in McNamee case...
Opinions differ on end of Boston win
Opinions differ on end of Boston win...
Barton puts another stamp on passport
Barton puts another stamp on passport...
Westmoreland to have brain surgery
Westmoreland to have brain surgery...
Milwaukee Brewers News
Parra benefits from Peterson's guidance
Parra benefits from Peterson's guidance...
Counsell sidelined by stiff neck
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Escobar continues to shine for Brewers
Escobar continues to shine for Brewers...
Bush sharp in split-squad victory
Bush sharp in split-squad victory...
Brewers lose Iribarren to Rangers
Brewers lose Iribarren to Rangers...
Edmonds nails first Brewers homer
Edmonds nails first Brewers homer...
TigerBlog
Quick Hit: Stephen Strasburg Shines In Tigers Spring Game
The Tigers are MLB.TV for the first time this year and I’m not at home to watch it. The big news was Stephen Strasburg and at least for this one game, he lived up to the hype. He put the Tigers out in order in the first, then the Tigers...
Fourteen Tigers Get Hits In Astros Beatdown
Just about everyone got in on the action yesterday as the Tigers took care of the Astros 17-7. Fourteen Tigers accounted for 16 hits and eleven walks that resulted in 17 runs. Seventeen Tigers reached base and Ryan Rabun led the way with a single, three walks and three runs....
Home Opener, Projections and the Mets
The Tigers opened up Joker Marchant stadium yesterday to a packed house and while they came back from an early 3-0 deficit, they eventually blew a 6-3 lead later in the game and lost 9-7. Rick Porcello and Dontrelle Willis looked good while Max Scherzer, Zach Miner and Armando Galarraga were...
Quick Hit: Granderson In Pinstripes
I have the Yankees/Pirates game on and it’s so weird seeing Curtis in a Yankee uniform. He grounded out to short and they had him hitting second behind Derek Jeter. Granderson is in center and Gardner is playing in left. ***UPDATE*** It’s the eighth inning and they’re interviewing Curtis. Now I’m starting to...
Tigers Up 5-0 After Three Against Florida Southern
Ryan Strieby hit a two run home run and Don Kelly is two for two with a run as the Tigers have a 5-0 lead through three innings against Florida Southern. Phil Coke struck out three in two scoreless innings and Eddie Bonine threw a perfect third inning. Baseball is...
The Tigers kick off their spring season today with their annual exhibition game against Florida Southern. Phil Coke gets the nod. I’ll be running around meeting with clients but I’m hoping to catch at least some of this game on the feed. Speaking of which, I have to renew my...
Len and Bob
Photos from Cubs/Reds Saturday
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As I watch the Cubs this spring, I get asked a lot about Alfonso Soriano and what he means to the team. I think he's very important to this team, but I don't believe the 2010 season is going to......
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One thing you quickly notice from being around the Cubs is their acceptance of the fact that last year didn't go as planned and the determination to return to winning form. You can really sense the sense of purpose when......
Spring training greetings on a mild, partly cloudy day in Mesa. Rain is expected tomorrow, but hopefully we'll get in Round 2 of Cubs-Sox from Glendale. Today at HoHoKam, it's Carlos Silva's Cubs debut as he faces Daniel Hudson. Still......
Game Note For Saturday vs. Da Sox
*The Cubs have batted .412 (28-for-68) in their first two spring training games.*Tyler Colvin is 5-for-6 with 3 doubles and a home run.*Carlos Zambrano threw two perfect innings in yesterday's game.*Carlos Silva starts against Daniel Hudson today.*Tomorrow's Cub game at......
The Joy of Sox
Ryan Westmoreland To Undergo Brain Surgery On Tuesday
Jon Heyman tweets that one of the Red Sox's top prospects, 19-year-old outfielder Ryan Westmorelandwas diagnosed with a cavernous malformation in his brain and is having surgeryThe Herald's John Tomase adds thatAccording to the team, Westmoreland departed camp on March 4. He was diagnosed the next day at Massachusetts General...
How Offensive Will The Red Sox Be?
The mainstream media's opinion is that the Red Sox will have trouble scoring runs this year.I'm assuming that the idea of a weak lineup originated with the departure of Jason Bay and/or the front office's clear emphasis on pitching and fielding this past winter. Two recent examples from MLB.com: "Run...
It's time for the Red Sox W-L Contest!Correctly guess the team's 2010 regular season record and win an exciting prize that I cannot tell you about, because I have no idea what it will be, though I'll come up with something by October 4.Entries must be emailed to me --...
David Foster Wallace's private papers will be archived at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, Austin.The archive contains manuscript materials for Wallace's books, stories and essays; research materials; Wallace's college and graduate school writings; juvenilia, including poems, stories and letters; teaching materials and books.Highlights include handwritten notes...
Nomar: I Had A Recurring Dream Of Retiring In A Red Sox Uniform
Nomar Garciaparra:I think last time I was in Boston when the Oakland A's came to town [last season] ... I was talking about always having a recurring dream to be able to retire in a Red Sox uniform. ... [And] today I get to retire and fulfill that dream ...Garciaparra...
Nomar Garciaparra will announce his retirement this morning in Fort Myers.Before that, however, he will sign a one-day minor-league contract with the Red Sox, so he can retire with the team that first signed him, back in 1994.(SG has the Nomar Returns video.)CSNNE.com and NECN.com will provide live on-line coverage,...
Texas Rangers News
Rangers trying out several for utility role
Rangers trying out several for utility role...
McCarthy solid, bullpen strong vs. Indians
McCarthy solid, bullpen strong vs. Indians...
Kinsler sidelined by right ankle sprain
Kinsler sidelined by right ankle sprain...
Davis off to a torrid start early this spring
Davis off to a torrid start early this spring...
Kinsler scratched as Kirkman debuts
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Salty's shoulder leaves catching in flux
Salty's shoulder leaves catching in flux...
Philadelphia Phillies News
Lidge, Romero hope to make opener
Lidge, Romero hope to make opener...
Happ throws four shutout frames in win
Happ throws four shutout frames in win...
Phillies cut 14 from big league camp
Phillies cut 14 from big league camp...
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Zagurski trying to latch on with Phillies
Zagurski trying to latch on with Phillies...
UMPS CARE launches 2010 auction
UMPS CARE launches 2010 auction...
Houston Astros News
Split-squad Astros claim victory over Nats
Split-squad Astros claim victory over Nats...
Shelton, Locke bop, but Astros fall short
Shelton, Locke bop, but Astros fall short...
Astros make plans for Berkman-less lineup
Astros make plans for Berkman-less lineup...
All goes well in Berkman's surgery
All goes well in Berkman's surgery...
Lyon faces hitters for first time, feels good
Lyon faces hitters for first time, feels good...
Knee might keep Berkman out of opener
Knee might keep Berkman out of opener...
FantasyScope Baseball
Injury Report: SS Jose Reyes and 2B Brian Roberts
Two of our highly-rated middle infielders now have potentially significant injury concerns this week. Jose Reyes has been diagnosed with a thyroid imbalance, and has been ordered to stop major physical activities for at least a couple of weeks. It shouldn’t affect his performance too much, but Reyes will start...
If you’ve drafted closer Joe Nathan for this year, you could be out of luck. Nathan was recently diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing elbow. It being his last year under contract, the Twins want to rest it and try some rehab, but it doesn’t look...
Draft Strategy: Runs as a predictor of success?
Was recently referred to this article over at FantasyBaseballJunkie.com. They ran correlations of each of the 5 hitting categories compared to overall fantasy value for 150 hitters, and found that runs and RBI were much more consistent with total fantasy value than AVG, HR or SB. I was surprised to...
Help Me Decide: Shortstops 2010
There really are only about six shortstops worth owning in standard rotisserie fantasy baseball, and the list most definitely starts with Hanley Ramirez (2.1 ADP). However, if you are not lucky enough to land one of the first two spots, the next tier consists of Jose Reyes (23.2 ADP) and...
Catcher may be the hardest position to plan for in fantasy baseball. There is one elite option, Joe Mauer (7.6 ADP), who is being drafted in the first round. That’s understandable, given his MVP .369-94-28-96-4 performance last season. But please, please keep in mind his lines from the previous two...
Sleepers: Minor league hitters by PA/XBH
One of the hallmarks of Major League readiness is when a player starts collecting extra base hits by the bushel. It’s not just dominating young pitchers, but a sign of strike zone and bat control. Before he was called up to the Show, Albert Pujols was smacking almost 44% of...
Minor League Baseball News - MLN - The Raw Feed
Lineup for Baseball America Home Run Derby Announced
MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com- CORPUS CHRISTI - Matt Holland and Caleb Marx will compete for Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the 2010 Baseball America Home Run Derby Thursday night at Whataburger Field ......
New Hampshire Fisher Cats Announce Spring Training Schedule
MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -Manchester, NH- The New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, will hold their first full squad workout......
Reading Phillies Announce All-Decade Team
MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com- Reading, PA – The Reading Phillies announced their All-Decade Team earlier today – a squad comprised of former Eastern League Rookie of the Year Award winners, Eastern League MVP Award winners, Eastern League All-Stars ......
California League Adds One More to Baseball Hall of Fame With Umpire Doug Harvey
MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com ... Port Hueneme, CA – With the addition of umpire, Doug Harvey, the this year’s Hall of Fame class, the Cal League has produced 12 Hall of Famers over the course of its 65 year history. Modesto leads the way with 5 players, followed by...
Reno Aces v. University fo Nevada in Benefit Game Tuesday, April 6th
MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com ... RENO, Nev. — The Reno Aces Baseball Club and the University of Nevada baseball team will play an exhibition game at 6:05 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6 at Aces Ballpark, with a portion of the proceeds to benefit the University of Nevada Dugout Club,...
Texas Rangers Spring Taining Notes
MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com ... A team managed by Jackie Moore beat the team managed by Bobby Jones in today’s Rangers intrasquad game in Surprise, Arizona. In the contest, Julio Borbon went 2-for-3 with a triple, run scored, and 2 stolen bases. Mitch Moreland, the Rangers 2009 Minor League Player...
St. Louis Cardinals News
Pujols easily pops back into form
Pujols easily pops back into form...
Big bats come out for Cards in victory
Big bats come out for Cards in victory...
Schumaker fine-tuning second-base style
Schumaker fine-tuning second-base style...
Hill relishes chance with Cardinals
Hill relishes chance with Cardinals...
UMPS CARE launches 2010 auction
UMPS CARE launches 2010 auction...
Rain washes out Red Sox-Cards tilt
Rain washes out Red Sox-Cards tilt...
Pittsburgh Pirates News
Opinions differ on end of Boston win
Opinions differ on end of Boston win...
Adjustment helps Maholm handle Boston
Adjustment helps Maholm handle Boston...
Maholm sharp, Jakubauskas not in loss
Maholm sharp, Jakubauskas not in loss...
Kratz not giving up on big league dream
Kratz not giving up on big league dream...
Inbox: Should Alvarez start year in Minors?
Inbox: Should Alvarez start in Minors?...
Pirates, Braves halted early...
The Chuck Knoblog
Well, it's started. What's started you ask? The complaining and the doom and gloomers that call themselves Yankee fans, that is what has started. The Yankees are 1-3 in Spring Training and, when you read some the message boards, you'd think they were 10 games out with...
Derek Jeter held his only press conference today talking about his Yankee career. Jeter says he wants to stay with the Yankees for his whole career. Wow, there's news! Do we expect anything different from this guy? Do you realize as a Yankee fan how lucky we are...
One of the new Yankees, OF Curtis Granderson, was a topic on Sirius/XM radio this morning on the GM show starring Jim Bowden and Jim Duquette. Let me first emphasize ex-GMs because that is what they are. Both with NY baseball backgrounds they started the show by talking about the...
From the ever popular blog River Ave Blues, Mike Axisa makes his annual preseason top 30 prospect list. A lot of interesting names are on the list. The catcher first of all such as Jesus Montero, Austin Romine, and JR Murphy. There's some pretty good arms in...
Baseball is like, I suppose, life in that it's usually the squeaky wheel that gets the oil. You know the type. The guy you work with who craves attention, makes the "funny" comment at a meeting and gets the pat on the back for just doing his job. Gene Monahan...
Yankees Are "Serious Bidders" for Top Cuban SS Prospect
According to Geroge King, the Yankees are looking heavily at shortstop prospect Adeinis Hechavarria. Rob from BBD explains this well in his post here. Apparently the Yanks like him more than Miguel Sano, another top IFA shortstop prospect. There's not much info but he's older than Miguel...
LADYBATTING.COM
Torii Hunter: Bad Choice of Words, Right Idea
The Angels' Torii Hunter is under fire for comments he made to USA Today recently, in which he called dark-skinned Latino players "imposters." I couldn't believe it when I heard about it. I don't know Torii Hunter but I can't see him saying something like that.Well, let's take a look...
Post On The Run: It Doesn't Matter What Alex Does
I'm in a hurry so I'll make this quick: When this latest chapter in the saga that is the life of Alex Rodriguez first unfolded, I yawned and turned the proverbial page.I'm still yawning.Whatever it turns out that Alex did or did not do, it won't matter in the long...
Are We Ready For The Hughes Rules?
Joba Chamberlain was on an innings limit last year to preserve his young arm. This year, assuming he wins the 5th starter's job, he'll have no innings limit.What if he doesn't win the job?I was all for the way they treated Joba last season. I had no problem with them...
That Japanese schoolgirl I wrote about last year finally met her idol. Isn't that nice? Watch:...
Goodbye Lady At the Bat, hello LADYBATTING.COM. I have decided to use the blog URL as the title. No specific reason, other than I think it sounds better. So please update your blogrolls, bookmarks, etc. The URL and title are one-in-the-same....
Jeter Will Play Wherever The Yankees Want Him To
The contract will get done. If anyone thinks it won't, they're not a real baseball fan. Derek Jeter will be a Yankee until he decides to retire. The big question seems to be this: Will he remain a shortstop until the day he retires?I read the article John Harper wrote...
Scouting Book
Update: MIN -- As feared, closer Joe Nathan has a torn elbow ligament and will miss significant time, likely the entire 2010 season. He will first try rest and rehab in the hope of avoiding surgery, but he seems a longshot to return the mound before he first revisits the...
These prospects have moved up in our composite rankings recently: Dayan Viciedo (#86)... Dan Hudson (#91)... Reid Brignac (#100)... Chris Withrow (#103)... Chad James (#105)... Arodys Vizcaino (#122)... Adam Moore (#183)... Scott Sizemore (#188)... Carlos Gutierrez (#192)... Edward Salcedo (#205)... Leslie Anderson (#225)... Scott Cousins (#271)... Jhan Martinez (#292)......
These prospects have moved down in our composite rankings recently: None. See our detailed prospect rankings for more info. (3/14/2010)...
Boston Red Sox: Top 2010 Prospects: Every Year, the Red Sox Get a Little More Local
(TOP STORY) Theo Epstein's reinvention of the Red Sox isn't news anymore, but it's still impressive to see how deeply his approach has changed the once-sluggish franchise. The team moves quickly to sign big free agents while keeping a Steve Jobsian veil of secrecy over its negotiations. They sign the...
Disaster in Minnesota?: Five Backups to Nathan, Plus One Sleeper Candidate
On Tuesday, the worst possible news for Twins fans of all ages came down the pipe: superstar closer Joe Nathan has a torn elbow ligament, and will miss significant time. As a 35 year old with few years remaining in pro ball, he may try to pitch with the tear...
New York Yankees: Top 2010 Prospects: No Mercy: The World Champions Just Keep Getting Better
The 'New' New York Yankees might still spend money like it's on fire, but they've also begun taking scouting and player development very seriously indeed, and that should scare the pants off the rest of the American League. In the unlikely event that YankeeNetsLLC runs out of free agent money...