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Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
[Source: AYRE Challenge] AYRE Challenge presented today in Denia its project to take part in the next three editions of the Volvo Ocean Race, all of which will start in the Spanish port of Alicante. The presentation of this 10-year-long project and milestone in Spanish yacht racing took place in Denia, a city that has strong ties with AYRE Challenge. Two years ago, the Spanish team presented its challenge...
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Macho Row (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
AP Photo Pedro Martinez caught up with some of his former Mets teammates over the weekend. Carlos Beltran demonstrates the proper grip for popping up into a rally killing fly ball as Martinez and Johan Santana point out the problems to Marc Anthony at a charity event held by Beltran for his baseball academy. Slow news day, obviously. Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer picked up the American League MVP...
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Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
More photos » by Andres Leighton - AP What's going on here? (AP Photo/Andres Leighton) Browse more photos » Caption the picture above. No cursing, please. The best caption (as chosen by us) will win a copy of the Bill James Handbook 2010 , courtesy of ACTA Sports . You can read our review of the BJH here . Contest ends at high noon tomorrow (11/24).
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The Cub Reporter (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
- Muskat blogged that the Blue Jays contacted the Cubs about Roy Halladay. ...there's a catch. He's owed $15.75 million in 2010, and the Blue Jays want some of the Cubs' top prospects. No. 1, the team can't take on Halladay's salary. The Blue Jays apparently have a wish list and Milton Bradley is not on it. A player like highly regarded shortstop Starlin Castro most likely is, and the Cubs don't want...
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Baseball Crank (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The baseball writers for once got both Cy Young Awards right. One thing that jumps out as a sign of the times: neither 15-game-winner Tim Lincecum nor 16-game-winner Zack Greinke (both of whom were "supported" by weak offensive teams) had so much as 25 decisions . Looking at Greinke's ERA+ of 205, tied for the 31st best league/park adjusted ERA of all time with Addie Joss' 1908, I was reminded...
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Wait 'til this Year (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Coaches often get too much blame when their teams struggle, but now it's gone too far. I mean, if Dick Jauron can get fired, is no one safe? Is nothing sacred? What has he ever done to deserve the axe? What's that? He had just one winning season in nine tries? He made it to just one playoff game and his team got crushed? He was just 60-82 in his coaching career? Oh. I see. By all accounts, Jauron is...
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True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
More photos » by Gus Ruelas - AP "Dude, we're so alike! Our career similarity score is 934, which is my seventh-best comparison and your tenth-best!" - Matt Kemp on discovering Similarity Scores (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas) Browse more photos » Before there were such things as CHONE, Pecota, and Bill James' annual projection for players, there was a charming little thing called Similarity...
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The Good Phight (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Thanks for your patience around here. This is truly the slowest part of the offseason. PARK, EYRE, PEDRO: STAY OR GO? - Philled In Scott Lauber breaks it down. Reports: Dodgers, Cubs stalk Martinez If people are willing to overpay for Pedro Martinez , let them. He's worth more to other teams than the Phillies at this point, probably. Park keeping options for 2010 open I know we're talking negotiations...
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Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Since 2000 - covering the last ten years - there have been 428 American League starter seasons with at least 150 innings pitched. Here's how Felix's 2009 ranks among them: ERA: #5 FIP: #17 Combined*: #8 * (2*ERA + 6*FIP)/8. A quick and dirty way of still giving starters some credit for their context pitching. This stat sucks and please never use it. Of course, neither ERA nor FIP are adjusted for park,...
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Macho Row (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Phillies add to 40 man roster from within organization Todd Zolecki reports via Twitter that the Phillies have added a couple players to the 40 an roster today. The Phillies have added OF Quintin Berry, LHP Yohan Flande and RHP Jesus Sanchez to the 40-man roster. - Todd Zolecki via Twitter Nothing to get too excited about of course. It will be interesting to see these guys in spring training, or if...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
FILE - This is an Aug. 19, 2009, file photo showing Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Zack Greinke delivering a pitch against the Chicago White Sox in the first inning during, a baseball game in Chicago. Greinke won the American League Cy Young Award, Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009, beating out Felix Hernandez after a spectacular season that was short on wins but long on domination. Zack Greinke won the...
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Bats (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Pedro Martinez is hoping another team will take a chance on him in 2010, this time for the entire season.
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ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Pedro Martinez enjoyed his time in the playoffs with the Phillies so much that he now wants to pitch all of 2010, Martinez's agent said, according to FoxSports.com.
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The FanHouse - Syracuse Basketball (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
by Knox Bardeen Filed under: Phillies , NL East Pedro Martinez couldn't find a suitable employment opportunity prior to the 2009 Major League Baseball season, so he sat out until the Phillies came knocking in July. The 38-year-old pitcher started nine games, posting a record of 5-1 with a 3.63 ERA and helped the Phillies make a championship run that fell just a little short. Through his agent, Fern...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Happy Greinke Day, last one of the year, and please, on behalf of the voting members of the Baseball Writers Association of America, trust our process.Regular readers here know that I love Kansas City, with the people and the food and the convenience and everything else, but sometimes get frustrated at the inferiority complex that often permeates the area.I've counted. In the last few days,...
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rajann4uo2 | 11/07/2009
NEW YORK – If the knock against Yankees manager Joe Girardi is that he's been overmanaging his way through his first postseason, well, let's put it this way: At least he's got plenty of help. Girardi has enough computer programs to make stat geeks envious and the best scouting department money can buy. A binder chock-full with matchups and color-coded charts is never more than an arm's reach away....
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bela13xc5 | 11/07/2009
PHILADELPHIA – A.J. Burnett started walking briskly off the mound before manager Joe Girardi even got there. The erratic right-hander already was finished — and he knew it. With a chance to pitch the New York Yankees to their first World Series championship in nine years, Burnett was a major bust in Game 5 on Monday night. He gave up a three-run homer before retiring a hitter and was chased with nobody...
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ronson7875r | 11/06/2009
NEW YORK – Yankees manager Joe Girardi benched slumping outfielder Nick Swisher for Game 2 of the World Series on Thursday night and again put Jose Molina behind the plate to catch A.J. Burnett. Philadelphia also had a different lineup. Raul Ibanez moved from designated hitter to left field and Matt Stairs was the DH. Jerry Hairston Jr. replaced Swisher in right and was batting seventh. Hairston is...
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