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Minnesota Bullpen: Who Wants the Ball?
Talk about a wookie on your back... In what proved a season-saving decision last winter, Twins general manager Bill Smith inked veteran slugger Jim Thome to a one-year deal, shortly before solidifying...
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Countdown to Spring Training: Rays
Innings vacated by departed relievers Rafael Soriano, Joaquin Benoit, Grant Balfour, Randy Choate and Dan Wheeler. The five combined for an ERA of 2.45 in 2010....
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Zombified: Walking Dead of 2011 (so far)
We’re about a quarter of the way home on the season, the point where things begin to seem clear as to which teams and players are for real, and those who may be in for a long summer. Once again, the...
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Setting up the Sandman
A primary goal of the offseason prior to 2011 (other than resigning Derek Jeter) for the Yankees’ ownership, was to bring in a premier set-up man to bridge the gap to the greatest closer of all-time,...
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Exit Sandman
Pictures are worth a 1,000 words? Check the reaction in the lower-right corner... Though no longer the bitter rivalry of the late ’70s and early ’80s, another chapter was added to Yankees / Royals lore...
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Berenguer Boogie: Wildcard edition
‘Tis the best part of the year. The leaves are changing colors, the air is crisp, football is on each Sunday and the baseball playoffs are upon us. This year, there’s the added drama of a one-game...
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Nats Notes: Sports are Trying to Break Your Heart
Man, the hits keep on coming, don’t they? We are 13 days away from pitchers and catchers reporting and all I keep hearing about are legends dying and players getting busted for doing drugs. Some random...
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Celebrating Mariano’s Return with the Glory of Song (VIDEO)
While the Yankees made the playoffs a year ago, and enjoyed 42 saves from Rafael Soriano, make no mistake, they missed the greatest closer the game has ever known. Who didn’t? Let’s be real, even the...
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Lessons Learned from the Cincinnati Beat-Down
The true beauty of the baseball season is in its length. Things that happen in April rarely translate into much of anything. The Washington Nationals are very lucky in that regard. If this weekend’s...
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Interim Report: Washington Nationals
It’s really not that bad. I just like this picture. “Small sample size.” Bet you’ve heard that phrase, ohhhhh, I don’t know, about 10,000 times so far this season. Buster Olney dedicated an entire...
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