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lenNY's Yankees - A Yankees Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
I completely mispredicted 2009. Yes, Wiktionary calls “mispredicted” a word, so it is. Anyway, if you are a frequent visitor of this blog, you probably noticed my preseason predictions at the top of the page. I thought it would be fun to see if my predictions were close to correct, but they weren’t. Here’s a review: (Correct answer) Yankees Stats: Yankees victories: over 96...
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The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
We're back after a week away from the table (or was it two?), and everyone's rested and ready to go. Thanksgiving is pretty much here, so we'll start to see some real wheeling and dealing very soon. But until then, a simple roundtable will have to do... Question #1: Which of the 2009 season awards did you disagree with most, and why? Jeremy Greenhouse: Adam Jones over Franklin Gutierrez for Gold Glove...
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Nick Sloan's Official Web Site (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Chris Getz was named to the Topps All-Rookie Team. Kansas City Royals infielder Chris Getz, acquired from the Chicago White Sox with infielder Josh Fields on November 6, has been named to the Topps Company's 51st annual Major League Rookie All-Star Team for 2009. Getz, a second baseman, was joined on the team by Giants' first baseman Travis Ishikawa, White Sox' third baseman Gordon Beckham, Rangers'...
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kerbye711q | 11/26/2009
NEW YORK – Andrew Bailey was driving along, talking to his agent on a handsfree cell phone, when another call came in. Figuring it was probably his mom, the Oakland Athletics closer finished one conversation and clicked over. Good news, kid: You're the Rookie of the Year in the American League. "At first I thought it was a prank call. Which one of my friends is playing a prank on me?"
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parnikamg6f7 | 11/26/2009
NEW YORK – Andrew Bailey was driving along, talking to his agent on a handsfree cell phone, when another call came in. Figuring it was probably his mom, the Oakland Athletics closer finished one conversation and clicked over. Good news, kid: You're the Rookie of the Year in the American League. "At first I thought it was a prank call. Which one of my friends is playing a prank on me?"
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Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
More photos » by John Bazemore - AP Tommy Hanson was 11-4 with a 2.89 ERA after joining Atlanta in June. Browse more photos » Braves rookie Tommy Hanson , who finished third in the voting for the National League Rookie of the Year Award, was named to Topps' 51st Rookie All-Star team, along with the two players who finished ahead of him in the award voting, Florida outfielder Chris Coghlan...
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South Side Sox (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
I held off on commenting on the long-rumored Omar Vizquel signing for two reasons; one, it's pretty tough to get excited about the signing of a back-up shortstop, even if he happens to be one of the best defenders in the history of the game; and two, I wasn't going to waste the energy on a deal that wasn't official. Well now the deal is official. It seems the only hangup was getting Omar hooked up...
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runeqlxge | 11/24/2009
NEW YORK – Andrew Bailey was driving along, talking to his agent on a handsfree cell phone, when another call came in. Figuring it was probably his mom, the Oakland Athletics closer finished one conversation and clicked over. Good news, kid: You're the Rookie of the Year in the American League. "At first I thought it was a prank call. Which one of my friends is playing a prank on me?"
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Baseball Time in Arlington (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd. The Sopranos, Seinfeld, The Simpsons, and The Wire. Cobb, Ruth, Williams, and Mantle. Feliz, Perez, Scheppers, and Smoak. How you rank each list is based more on personal taste than upon clear differences in worth. We expect that you will likely have an opinion that differs from our consensus for the Rangers' Big Four. And five years from now, we might...
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Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
More photos » by Chris Carlson - AP 4 months ago: Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus gets the force out at second of Los Angeles Angels' Kendry Morales after Howie Kendrick hit into a double play during the second inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, July 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) Browse more photos » One of the things we've talked about is how Elvis Andrus...
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Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
photo by Samara Pearlstein A TRAVESTY! FredFred finished third in the RoY voting, behind the winner, Andrew Bailey of the A’s, and Elvis Andrus of the Rangers. Sure, Bailey had a sub-2 ERA, and Elvis Andrus is wicked cute, but did either of them come straight up from single-A because they were desperately needed by the [...]
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The Bay Area Sports Journal (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The A's, who've had as many ROY winners as anyone over the last 15 years, have produced yet another bright youngster who won the honor on Monday, edging out Texas' Elvis Andrus and Detroits ' Rick Porcello for the award. This has to be especially rewarding for Bailey, because unlike the other top candidates, he wasn't handed a clear-cut role out of spring. He came into the year as a middle reliever,...
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Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
There's a writer in Chicago who is throwing a tantrum over Gordon Beckham not getting more support for the Rookie of the Year Award. Some key excerpts: Granted, the writers got it right by electing Oakland Athletics closer Andrew Bailey the 2009 AL Rookie of the Year. Bailey had a phenomenal year, start to finish and deserved the honor. But they flubbed by giving Beckham zero first-place votes and...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
01:25 PM CST on Monday, November 16, 2009The wait goes on for the . Shortstop finished second to Oakland reliever Andrew Bailey in the AL Rookie of the Year voting, which was announced at 1 p.m. CST. Andrus received eight of the 28 first place votes and finished with 65 total points. Bailey had 13 first place votes and 88 total points. Detroit RHP finished third with 64 total points and seven first-place...
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The Sporting Blog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
MLB's merry awards season carried on its campaign to give a bunch of virtually meaningless baubles to players by awarding the AL Rookie of the Year award to Oakland's Andrew Bailey and the NL award to Florida's Chris Coghlan. Using some of the same metrics that Dan Levy trotted out for his looks at the Silver Slugger and Gold Gloves , I examined the picks to determine whether Bailey and Coghlan were...
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kerbye711q | 11/26/2009
NEW YORK – Andrew Bailey was driving along, talking to his agent on a handsfree cell phone, when another call came in. Figuring it was probably his mom, the Oakland Athletics closer finished one conversation and clicked over. Good news, kid: You're the Rookie of the Year in the American League. "At first I thought it was a prank call. Which one of my friends is playing a prank on me?" Bailey said....
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parnikamg6f7 | 11/26/2009
NEW YORK – Andrew Bailey was driving along, talking to his agent on a handsfree cell phone, when another call came in. Figuring it was probably his mom, the Oakland Athletics closer finished one conversation and clicked over. Good news, kid: You're the Rookie of the Year in the American League. "At first I thought it was a prank call. Which one of my friends is playing a prank on me?" Bailey said....
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runeqlxge | 11/24/2009
NEW YORK – Andrew Bailey was driving along, talking to his agent on a handsfree cell phone, when another call came in. Figuring it was probably his mom, the Oakland Athletics closer finished one conversation and clicked over. Good news, kid: You're the Rookie of the Year in the American League. "At first I thought it was a prank call. Which one of my friends is playing a prank on me?" Bailey said....
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