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2009 SBNation Awards: Cy Young Award

Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 58 minutes ago

by Jeff Chiu - AP Someday, Tim Lincecum will look older than 15. For now, he has to settle for Cy Young Awards. View full size photo » For the Cy Young Award, Mike & I agreed on our ballots right down the line -- and neither of us voted for the SBN winner, Tim Lincecum , who got 18 first-place votes. Carpenter and Wainwright appeared to split the Cardinal vote down the middle, so neither...

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SBN Awards: NL Cy Young

Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Every year the bloggers and members of the SBN baseball blog community get together and do our own BWAA-style voting for all of the major awards. This year two Braves placed in the NL Cy Young voting, Javier Vazquez and Jair Jurrjens. Here is the voting breakdown: Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Tim Lincecum San Francisco Giants 18 13 - 129 2 Chris Carpenter St. Louis Cardinals 9 4 7 64 3 Adam Wainwright...

News: Oliver Perez will be Working Hard

MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Ken Davidoff of Newsday says Oliver Perez is in Arizona at the Athletes Performance Institute, “and he’ll receive visitors this winter in Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen and trainer Ray Ramirez.” According to MLB.com, “The Athletes Performance Institute is a high-tech fitness boot camp for professionals,” with a focus on nutrition, metabolic testing, cardiovascular work,...

Note: Matt Holliday has Magic Powers

MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, Omar Minaya met last night with Scott Boras, who represents free agent outfielders Matt Holliday and Rick Ankiel, pitcher Jarrod Washburn and infielder Alex Cora. …from what i can gather, the two sides will likely meet again today at some point, before the GM Meetings officially end… Though [...]

Shanoff's WUC: KU, UK, ManBrees, Wade, Jeter

The Sporting Blog (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Today's Calls : Kentucky vs. Kansas, Northwestern vs. History, Drew Brees vs. Peyton Manning, Rich Rodriguez vs. Charlie Weis, Zach Collaros vs. Tony Pike, Dwyane Wade vs. Gilbert Arenas, Joakim Noah vs. Hasheem Thabeet, J.R. Smith vs. Earl Smith, Derek Jeter vs. Sabermetrics, Matt Holliday vs. Mark Teixeira, Harrison Barnes vs. Tobacco Road, UNLV 1990 vs. Anyone and More. The Opening Pitch: College...

Phillies Breakfast Links, November 11, 2009: Park Wants to Start, No Deal Hamels

The Good Phight (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

MLB's Park Chan-ho Visits Korea After World Series Again with the "starting role." Korean pitcher Park demands lead role for next season YOU ARE NOT A STARTING PITCHER ANYMORE! YOU CAN BE A DOMINANT RELIEVER! Jeezus... Bill Conlin: It's time for DH in the NL I agree with Bill! I wish jonk were here to read this... Phils need to change voices I don't envy Tom McCarthy, he had a nearly impossible...

Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 11/11

SOX (Free subscription) | 44 minutes ago

UConn Football links Big East stock report [Big East Blog - ESPN.com] Coaching salaries in the Big East [Big East Blog - ESPN.com] Details of Jazz’s death revealed [Neill Ostrout - Connecticut Post] No Heroes In Jasper Howard Story [Hartford Courant] Witnesses: Howard Took A Swing At Suspect [Hartford Courant] UConn Football Player’s Killing Puts Sibling Solos in National Spotlight [Law.com]...

Golden Nuggets: Transition all you want, just win a game!

Niners Nation (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

So after a full day of playing my new video game until it hurts to keep my eyes open, I'm ready to do some thinking about my Niners. They're troubling thoughts, this season honestly felt different from seasons past. It however, isn't looking so good. Still, I'm not going to give up. I'll be leaving very early for the game tomorrow and I'll be rooting just as hard as everyone else in that stadium. Also,...

Is Orlando Hudson The Answer At Secondbase?

Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

More photos » by Lenny Ignelzi - AP about 1 month ago: Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Orlando Hudson fires a throw across his body after fielding a slow roller off the bat of San Diego Padres' Everth Cabrera in the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, in San Diego. Hudson got the out at first. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi) Browse more photos » Some things never change:...

[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Burrell To The Cubs, Burrell To The Mets And The New Jenn Sterger

Rays Index (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

There might still be life to that Pat Burrell-for-Milton Bradley deal after all. Cubs general manager Jim Hendry has rekindled talks with several clubs over the past 24 hours. Of these meetings Hendry’s had, he met with Tampa (sic) general manager Andrew Friedman and special assistant Gerry Hunsicker for more than an hour Monday night talking [...]

The devil and idle hands

The Soxaholix (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Doug: Nah, nobody here is talking about the Red Sox right now. It's the fallow period. Doug: Yep. Doug: Oh, you know me. Doug: I'm staying busy by bogahting the dank and fantasizing about Carrie Prajean. Doug: Yeah, that's right......

Davidoff: Mets Had Discussions About Pat Burrell

DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

by Tom Mihalek - AP View full size photo » --The Mets held internal dicussions [sic] about acquiring former Met-killer Pat Burrell from Tampa Bay, which would love to unload Burrell. But they're not inclined to make such a deal, because of Burrell's weak defensive skills. Newsday If Omar Minaya is reading this, and boy do I hope he is, that assertion could not be further from the truth. Last...

HOUSE: Known Unknowns

Give Me My Remote (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

House returned to Fox’s primetime lineup this week after a baseball-induced hiatus, a delay that grew even more tiresome as the New York Yankees celebrated their 27th world championship. (Go Red Sox!) Despite my enthusiasm for new adventures in the world of Princeton Plainsboro, I spent the first half of the episode wondering if [...]

Testing Moneyball

Sabernomics (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Pizza Cutter posts an interesting bit of analysis on shifts in the labor market chronicled in Moneyball at The Hardball Times. Did Moneyball really have an effect »»

Poster for Sébastien Lifshitz's latest Plein sud

Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

French distribution company Ad Vitam just released the official poster for the latest from Sébastien Lifshitz, entitled Plein sud , or in English literally Due South . The film opens nationally on 30 December, after being pushed from August, and will likely make an appearance at the Berlinale in February; Lifshitz's previous film Wild Side won the Teddy for Best Narrative Feature in 2004. The...

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trade0593 | 11/09/2009

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Secrets to finding valuable metal with your detector.

ttigggreen | 11/08/2009

would you love to find valuables more often, but don't know where to hunt! You basically need to follow a treasure map with a big red X, because you are lost! If any of the above applies to you, then rest assured, you are in the right place. My name is Cody Smith. I've been metal detecting now for over 10 years, and have consistently produced amazing finds, had awesome adventures, and made the entire...

Utley ties Jackson's record for homers in a Series

ayushmatia30xz | 11/08/2009

PHILADELPHIA – Chase Utley ripped a no-doubt-about-it shot to right, put his head down and ran around the bases so quickly he nearly passed Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino. Even in the World Series, Utley doesn't pause to admire his homers. He's had plenty of opportunities, too, connecting five times to tie Reggie Jackson's record set in 1977 with the Yankees. "Obviously it's great company," Utley...