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More photos » by Morry Gash - AP What's Balester Doing Down There? VOTE ZIM!!! (AP Photo/Morry Gash) Browse more photos » You have until December 11, 2009 to vote for Washington Nationals ' third baseman/Face of the Franchise™, who's up for This Year In Baseball's Defensive Player of the Year after an '09 season that's seen Ryan Zimmerman win the ESPN Web Gem title; take home Bill...
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SportsJustice (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The Astros are going to give 3B Chris Johnson and C Jason Castro every chance to be in the Opening Day starting lineup. But they're prepared to send one or both of them to AAA if they have tough springs. At the moment, the Astros are set at just four of eight positions: LF Carlos Lee, CF Michael Bourn, RF Hunter Pence and 1B Lance Berkman. Every other position is open. Some are less open than others....
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FishStripes (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
This might seem like a far-fetched idea, but I'm sure there were at least a few people who were disappointed when The Bonifacio Experiment ™ finally ended last season. You know, like... maybe some of the members of Emilio's immediate family. If you were one of those three people, our friend JCR at the Sun Sentinel has dug deep into the Bill James Handbook to find a reason for you to be filled...
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The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
by David Zalubowski - AP That's no whiffle bat Bourn is swinging... View full size photo » Let's open with a rather long note from Buster Olney's column on Michael Bourn . Since it's protected by the ESPN Insider firewall and I don't know how many of you subscribe, I'll reprint the high points: Before joining Aguilas in winter ball, in the Dominican Republic, he started to unravel the puzzle...
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
In today's blog post at ESPN.com, Buster Olney writes about Michael Bourn, and how he went from hitting .218 with a .273 OBP in the first half of 2008 to hitting .285 with a .354 OBP in 2009 thanks to a suggestion from Astros' coach Dave Clark. Here's a roundup of Olney's rumors... The Angels last offer to John Lackey was a $72MM package, made earlier this year. Olney's educated guess is that the Mariners...
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The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
More photos » by Charles Rex Arbogast - AP Some people can't leave well enough alone, Michael. Browse more photos » Astros fans probably aren't going to have all that much to cheer about in the coming seasons. We've come to accept that. Accept the losing, accept the fact that Drayton McLane, Jr. is still pulling the strings. It comes with the territory. This week's announcement that our...
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Hair Balls (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Congratulations are in order for Michael Bourn. Yesterday, he became the first Astros outfielder since Cesar Cedeno in 1976 to win the Gold Glove. And anybody who has seen Bourn roam the vast Mi...
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The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
More photos » by David J. Phillip - AP This was the coolest picture of Bourn I could find. Browse more photos » That's right ladies and gents, an Astros player took him some awards season hardware. I have to admit, I was a little suprised when my phone lit up with a text from HLP informing me that Michael Bourn had won himself a gold glove. Why? I don't know. It makes sense, but I guess...
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Stan Musial's Stance (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Straight from MLB , here are the players acknowledged as the best defenders in the NL in 2009: 1B - Adrian Gonzalez (SD) 2B - Orlando Hudson (LA) 3B - Ryan Zimmerman (WASH) SS - Jimmy Rollins (PHI) C - Yadier Molina (STL) OF - Shane Victorino (PHI) OF - Michael Bourn (HOU) OF - Matt Kemp (LA) P - Adam Wainwright (STL) Congratulations to Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright for winning this season. For...
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Beyond the Boxscore (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
More photos » by Manuel Balce Ceneta - AP Philadelphia Phillies' Chase Utley (26) is congratulated by bench coach Pete Mackanin after scoring during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Mackanin later voted for Orlando Hudson (not seen lacking range in this photo) for the Gold Glove at second base. The latter sentence may or may not be true. Thursday, Sept. 10,...
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Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
We Astros fans have enjoyed watching Michael Bourn devour the enormous center field in the Box for these past 2 years. He gets excellent jumps, seldom misjudges a ball, catches almost anything and even though he doesn’t have a bullet arm, seldom misses the cutoff man. We all know that no matter how good a fielder [...]
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The Good Phight (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
More photos » by Tom Mihalek - AP I want some Graham Slam! (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek, File) Browse more photos » It's a joke of an award, and I pretty much hate it, but here we go anyway. Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino were named National League Gold Glove Award winners today. It's Rollins' third straight, and Victorino's second. The rest of the National League winners: Pos Player Team GG...
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