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The Good Phight (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
First in a series of ten (seriously!) articles on the 2009 Phillies . As recently as 2005, the Phillies farm system had the worst minor league winning percentage in all of professional baseball. Organizational winning percentage may not be the best way to judge system strength, but you get the idea. Things have turned around since then. So much so, that the organization has been able to unload six...
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Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Another 40-man opinion Tony Lastoria makes his 40-man roster predictions prior to this Friday's deadline. Tony does a lot of wonderful minor league stuff but roster construction is not something I tend to agree with him on and this is no different. His prediction: "Seven players are added: Jordan Brown, Jason Donald, Jeanmar Gomez, Chuck Lofgren, Matt McBride, Yohan Pino, and Nick Weglarz. If...
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The Good Phight (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
More photos » by Chris Carlson - AP If the Angels re-sign Figgins or sign Beltre, would they finally make Brandon Wood available? (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) Browse more photos » On Friday, we tackled the free agent possibilities at the hot corner. Ruben Amaro is said to be leaning toward signing a free agent, but due diligence dictates a look at potential trade targets as well. I've tried...
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Race With Ryan Baumann (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bahati-names-15-rider-roster Bahati to race alongside Clarke and O'Neill The Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling Team has announced a 15-rider roster for their debut season in 2010. As part of the announcement, Team principal Rahsaan Bahati has confirmed that he will race as part of his newly formed team. Yesterday he had confirmed that he was still looking for a rider contract....
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Royals Review (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
I've had over a month off from the Royals now and have been mulling over some ideas. This is my vision for the Royals in the upcoming 2010 season. Bear with me if you're bored and/or interested in one fans ideal vision for his cherished franchise. 1B- Mike Jacobs / Billy Butler Obviously Billy Butler is the man. He had a fantastic age 23 season with 50+ doubles. Its quite possible that a few of those...
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The Good Phight (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
More photos » by Matt Slocum - AP Browse more photos » Tomorrow night, Cliff Lee will face CC Sabathia in Game 1 of the 2009 World Series. It's possible that the two lefties will face each other two more times over the course of the possible seven game series, as each manager has indicated that his ace lefty could pitch Games 1, 4, and 7 (if necessary). The two aces share a lot in common...
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MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Next up in our Offseason Outlook series, the Indians. Their commitments for 2010: C - Kelly Shoppach - $1.95MM+ C - Lou Marson - $400K 1B - Matt LaPorta - $400K 2B - Luis Valbuena - $400K SS - Asdrubal Cabrera - $417K 3B - Jhonny Peralta - $4.6MM 1B/3B - Andy Marte - $400K IF - Jason Donald - $400K LF - Michael Brantley - $400K CF - Grady Sizemore - $5.6MM RF - Shin-Soo Choo - $420K OF - Trevor Crowe...
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Minor League Ball (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
by H. RUMPH JR - AP Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher J.A. Happ (AP Photo/H. Rumph Jr) View full size photo uploaded September 3, 2009 Philadelphia Phillies Top 20 PRE-SEASON Prospects in Review This list was originally published October 28, 2008 . This is a review of the PRE-SEASON list for 2009, not a revision of that list. This is a REVIEW of the old list. I'm not doing new grades or lists...
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The Good Phight (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
And so the 2009 minor league season winds down. Reading and Lakewood will participate in the Eastern League and South Atlantic League playoffs, respectively, but everyone else is done (save for a final Lehigh Valley game this evening). It's been a markedly successful campaign for the organization's prospects -- The Big Three are all Top 50 (if not Top 25) prospects in all of baseball, and we've seen...
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Blogging Sundance (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
Filed under: Comedy , Independent , Sundance , Theatrical Reviews , Roadside Attractions By Erik Davis (reprint from 2009 Sundance Film Festival) The film opens this weekend in Austin, Texas, and should it "expand" in October (like we've heard it will), then we'll probably reprint the review again! We liked the flick just that much. It's Encyclopedia Brown meets Napoleon Dynamite with a...
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WaitingForNextYear (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
Nothing better than an alliteration on a Wednesday afternoon, especially one that may help us feel a little better about the whole Cliff Lee trade situation. In due time, anyway… Anthony Castrovince reports that Carlos Carrasco (along with Lou Marson) will be in Cleveland come September. Had Jason Donald not hit the shelf with back spasms, [...]
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Around the Majors (Free subscription) | 08/22/2009
Not even a month has passed since the July 31 trading deadline. Thus, it is way too early to read too much into how any deals have worked out so far. Indeed, it will take years to truly determine the real losers and winners from a results standpoint. With the small sample size warning out of the way, though, here is part four (follow the links for part one , two and three ) of a report card series...
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Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
1. The Indians win the award for AL Central horse-trader. Here are the comings and goings since the Indians shipped out Mark DeRosa on June 27th. Cleveland Indians : Acquired -RJ Swindle, Justin Masterson , Bryan Price, Nick Hagadone, Lou Marson , Jason Donald , Carlos Carrasco , Jason Knapp, Scott Barnes , Jess Todd , Chris Perez , Connor Graham Departed - Andy Cannizaro , Carl Pavano , Victor Martinez...
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