Category: Baseball
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Is it too late for Ben Gay to buy naming rights for the stadium?
Interesting post over at MLB Trade Rumors. Check out the names in the projected Giants lineup this year: Roberts, Vizquel, Aurilia, Bonds, Durham, Molina, Feliz, Winn. That\’s a pretty impressive lineup… ten years ago! The average (average!) age there is just a shade under thirty-five! Maybe Barry Zito can fill in as a utility player…
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no word on whether they split a pizza at cosetta\’s before the show
from the \”i\’m sure mickey mantle and roger maris did this sort of thing all the time\” department: Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer attended the Justin Timberlake concert at Xcel Energy Center. Mauer, impressed that Timberlake plays multiple instruments, gave the performance a thumbs up. (courtesy LEN-III)
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A game and a show
As part of their promotions schedule for this year, the Pittsburgh Pirates are going to offer live concerts after some of their games this year. I would have to ponder that concept as a serious contender for my ideal date. I\’m just saying. It\’s kind of tucked away in the article, but I urge you…
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Gout!
Awww Foot, man! Twins sign LeCroy. Again. \”We\’re looking for some depth in the catching ranks,\’\’ general manager Terry Ryan said. Wait. What? Did he not see Frank Robinson crying after one of LeCroy\’s most recent catching \”performances\”? Either way, good to have ya back, Matty.
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you may run like mays but you hit like…
i just got done watching the last hour of major league, a surprise find on the HDNet channel. trying to estimate, i\’d say that i\’ve seen the movie no less than.. wow.. 40 times in my life. it was one of those movies that i recorded off of network TV in or around ninth grade,…
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PCP: Should Mark McGwire be in the baseball Hall of Fame?
There\’s very little counter in this week\’s Point-Counterpoint, as Alex and Wade discuss Big Mac\’s HoF candidacy. Click here to read, and then c\’mon back and leave a comment with your own opinion.
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adios, brad
unless something catastrophic happens in the next two hours (like johan santana, carlos silva, and boof bonser get hit my a meteor), brad radke will be announcing his retirement from baseball today. it\’s been a pretty good run for brad. consider:
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Twins sign former All Star!
Well, ok, they signed this guy. Thankfully, it was only to a minor-league deal, as would befit a guy with less than a thousand plate appearances in the bigs. Other things that stand out from his Baseball Reference page: One of his similar batters is Scott Stahoviak. One of his most similar by age is…
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do you like orel?
This article caught my intention. if you\’re click-challenged, espn.com is reporting that former cy young winner orel hershiser is interviewing for the oakland a\’s manager gig. while this isn\’t necessarily earth-shattering news (hershiser spent a couple of seasons as the rangers\’ pitching coach), it does have the following impact: i feel old. of the 30…
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well, that answers that
in case you haven\’t read it yet, the twins have picked up torii hunter\’s $12MM option for 2006. this pains me, and yet i think it was the right move. i had wanted to compare torii\’s \’06 stats to the stats of this offseason\’s crop of free agent centerfielders (because, face it, we weren\’t going…