Dom Juan: Ou Le Festin De Pierre (Petits Classiques Larousse) (French Edition)
McCovey Chronicles (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
To no one's surprise ... -Q: Holliday and Bay are the big names… Have you gauged their possible interest? Do you think either of those guys would have genuine interest in coming to the Giants? -SABEAN: We have not. I don’t think that they would have genuine interest based on the field that they’re going to be involved in. Why would they? I think Sabean's a little cheektender from...
Memories Of Kevin Malone (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The 2009 Opening Day payroll was approximately 100 million dollars, and given all the recent divorce news, I find it hard to believe that number would be increased going into 2010. Therefore, my plan is based on a operating budget of about 100 million dollars with perhaps a bit of flexibility. Just to clarify, this is what I would do if I were the GM. Projected 2010 Payroll-100 Million Dollars As I...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Readers continue to weigh in on the McCourts. Mark Cuban says he wants to buy the Dodgers but, oh yeah, they're not for sale. Jamie McCourt, the "baseball girl," has her own plan to buy the team -- good news for Little League presidents throughout the city. The mediocre left fielder announces that he will indeed come back to suck up $20 million of the payroll, thus insuring that Juan Pierre...
Mets Today (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
One of the rumors floating around is that the Mets and Dodgers are talking about swapping Luis Castillo and Juan Pierre. But how can that help the Mets, who need a slugger? There’s at least one scenario where it can make sense … As MetsToday reader isuzudude points out, we discussed a Castillo – Pierre trade [...]
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
by Pat Sullivan - AP about 1 month ago: Cincinnati Reds' Joey Votto (19) welcomes teammate Brandon Phillips (4) at home plate in the third inning against the Houston Astros in a baseball game Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, in Houston. Phillips scored from second base on a bases-loaded Juan Francisco two-run double. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) View full size photo » It appears the recession has really...
The Good Phight (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Just a few links for you today. Enjoy your weekend. Phillies’ Utley wins fourth straight Silver Slugger Award Yay. Bowa didn't change, so Phillies did Bowa "shaped" Jimmy Rollins ? I only remember that he wanted to turn him into a Junior Juan Pierre . Phillies apparently looking at 3 for third base Polanco at third base, about four years too late? And when was the last time he played...
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
In a post to Twitter today, Buster Olney of ESPN.com said, “The Dodgers aggressively seeking a second baseman.” Meanwhile, Jon Heyman of SI.com believes the Dodgers have contacted the Mets about 2B Luis Castillo, as have other teams. Heyman thinks the Mets should consider sending Castillo to the Dodgers for OF Juan Pierre. The 32–year-old Pierre will earn $10 [...]
Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
It seems like the first order of business is to move Louis Castillo and unlike last year when he appeared buried under a bloated contract as an injury prone player on the decline, this year he appears to have value. On Monday it looked like the Cubs were interested, today Jon Heyman is now hearing the Dodgers could be looking. It doesn't seem like Castillo will be our second baseman next year, Heyman...
FishStripes (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
And the final SB Nation baseball awards was released, this one being the NL MVP. Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pts 1 Albert Pujols St. Louis Cardinals 31 - - - - - - - - - 434 2 Hanley Ramirez Florida Marlins - 6 8 11 2 1 2 - - - 220 3 Chase Utley Philadelphia Phillies - 7 11 2 3 1 - 1 - 1 192 4 Prince Fielder Milwaukee Brewers - 5 4 4 7 7 1 - - - 186 5 Troy Tulowitzki Colorado...
SimonOnSports (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Blogging the Offseason is a 30 team series in which I ask a blogging representative from each MLB team a series of ten questions about their desires and thoughts surrounding the offseason. Check out all of them here . Today's NL team is the Los Angeles Dodgers and our guest is MSTI from the Dodgers Blog, Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness . 1. In all likelihood Manny is going to pick up his player option,...
Memories Of Kevin Malone (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
This post isn't analysis based at all, it's just a list of players that are either under contract or under team control for 2010. It's basically the final step before I release the offseason plan. Hiroki Kuroda|13 Million Juan Pierre|10 Million Rafael Furcal|8.5 Million Casey Blake|6 Million Blake DeWitt|0.41 Million (Estimate) Clayton Kershaw|0.405 Million (Estimate) Ramon Troncoso|0.405 Million (Estimate)...
Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
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. No Braves finished very high in the voting. Surprisingly, Javier Vazquez was the Braves player who ranked the highest. Of course, Pujols won unanimously, as he should have, but it was a real scrum for second place votes. Here is the voting breakdown: Rk Player...
Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
More photos » by Tom Gannam - AP St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols connects for a two-run home run in the in the third inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates in a game on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 in St. Louis.(AP Photo/Tom Gannam) Browse more photos » No surprise there. Here are the full results (again, after the jump, because the charts don't fit): Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
by Mark J. Terrill - AP "So Joe, you aren't really going to walk me every time a runner is in scoring position, right? Right?" View full size photo » Albert Pujols unanimously won the 2009 SB Nation National League MVP award, easily defeating Hanley Ramirez of the Marlins. Dodgers who received votes were Matt Kemp (11th), Andre Ethier (15th) and Juan Pierre (24th). Here are the results:...
We Should Be GM's (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Baseball America recently released their Top 10 prospects in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. The top 3 should come as no surprise (Brown, Drabek, and Taylor), as their names have been popping up on here and across other Phillies blogs all summer long. Lets take a look at the crop of youngsters expected to keep the recent winning ways of the Phils going... 1. Domonic Brown, OF - he's still developing...
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