The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The 2009 minor league free agent lis t is littered with former top prospects and number one picks. Some of these names should sound familiar; Josh Barfield , Bobby Brownlie , Chad Cordero , Eric Duncan , Clint Everts , Ryan Harvey , Dallas McPherson , Greg Miller and several notable others are all free agents this year. As Dave Cameron over at Fangraphs pointed out, even former top catching prospect...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Interviews /Profiles Newsarama interviews Lev Grossman . Genreville TV interviews John Langan and Michael Cisco at KGB Fantastic Fiction (video). Margo Lanagan's 2009 Printz Speech (video). SF Crowsnest interviews Ron Livingston . Butterfly Book Reviews interviews Lilith Saintcrow . The IAF has a Q&A with Cecil Castellucci . Jonathan Moeller interviews Teresa Howard . Into the Wardrobe interviews...
Bibliophile Stalker (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Paul Witcover has a terrific revie w (the review's terrific, not necessarily the book) of The Secret History of Science Fiction that it shows me how far I still have to go as a reviewer. (My only consolation is that I read Gene Wolf's "The Ziggurat" the same way he did.) While we're on the subject of the inferior 4+1, Paul di Filippo's fiction " Plumage from Pegasus" is up at Fantasy...
Pursuit of Red Sox (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
The fourth and final instalment of the 2004 Topps Bazooka. Top Right Pack 1: #110 David Ortiz Red Sox #205 Damian Moss Orioles #221 Corey Koskie Twins #253 Bernie Castro Padres #265 Rickie Weeks Brewers #136 Vernon Wells Blue Jays Red Chunk #188 Jason Kendall Pirates Mini # Tim Hudson Athletics Tattoo Pack 2: #65 Garret Anderson Angels #82 Frank Catalanotto Blue Jays #184 Jeremy Bonderman Tigers #240...
GDAEman (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
American Exceptionalism Exploring "American Exceptionalism" with journalism professor Robert Jensen MUSIC: "If I had a Rocket Launcher," by Ryan Harvey Recession Vs Depression Worse than 1930s Depression? Insights from Nixon advisor Kevin Phillips Prosecuting Bush Officials: Rogue CIA Agents who went beyond the torture memos. Play GDAE Podcast Episode 18 from this page. Previous...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
Saturday's results: Colorado Springs: W 7-4 Alan Johnson's performance would have fit in well with that of the big league club recently, as he allowed a whole bunch of traffic but somehow was able to minimize the damage. Johnson worked five innings, allowing just two runs (one earned) on three hits. However, he walked five batters and threw only 42 out of 79 pitches in the strike zone. He certainly...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 08/15/2009
Colorado Springs, L 2-3 Brandon Hynick allowed one run on a solo homer and struck out five over six innings. Ryan Speier gave up a run in the eighth inning to blow the save before Scott Munter saw the winning run cross home in the ninth. Tulsa, W 8-4 in 12 innings Darin Holcomb wanted to make things dramatic during extra innings. With two outs in the bottom of the twelfth, he stepped to the plate and...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP After his first MLB start, Jhoulys Chacin walked off the Coors mound straight to AAA for the first time in his career. Browse more photos » AAA Colorado Springs, W 7-5 - (62-56, 1st) The Sky Sox held on late to snap their four game losing streak, winning 7-5 over the Memphis Redbirds ( Cardinals ). Damian Moss threw five scoreless innings in the start,...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
Colorado Springs: W 6-5 Matt Murton hit a walkoff two-run double in the bottom of the 11th to cap off a 3-for-6 evening, and the Sky Sox also got multi-hit games from Jon Herrera, Matt Miller, Christian Colonel , and Edwin Bellorin . Brandon Hynick 's sixth inning single raised his batting average to .357. On the mound, Hynick turned in a quality start, allowing 3 runs on 6 hits in 6 innings. He was...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
Colorado Springs, W 4-3 Eric Young Jr. went 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored, and Matt Murton drove in two. Adam Eaton did not start the game, but he pitched six innings, allowed two runs, and struck out four. Tulsa, L 3-4 Samuel Deduno walked six and struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings before Al Alburquerque walked two and allowed a run over the next 1 1/3 innings. Most the batters had two hits...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
Colorado Springs: L 7-8 Eric Young Jr. had three hits, including a triple, but he also had a costly error missing a catch on a sac bunt attempt in the ninth inning that led to the winning run scoring for Nasheville. Tulsa: L 6-8 Mike Paulk homered twice for the Drillers, showing this sort of extra base hit ability has been missing in his game for much of the year. He has 26 extra base hits now, which...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
Colorado Springs, W 12-10 The Sky Sox needed a four-run ninth inning to win this game. Eric Young Jr. 's two-run triple started the scoring that led to the win. Junior also walked three times. Dan Ortmeier drove in four runs, and Matt Miller and Matt Murton had two RBI each. Mike McCoy walked five times. Alan Johnson allowed eight runs (four earned) in 4 2/3 innings on eight hits and six walks. Jonathan...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 08/02/2009
Colorado Springs: L 9-5 (57-50) Esmil Rogers got hit around a little bit again, as he allowed 4 runs on 6 hits in 5 innings. His biggest problem was his inability to get the pitcher out, as D-Backs' farmhand Tony Barnette 3-for-3 with a couple of RBI's. All remaining hope the Sky Sox had of winning this game dissipated when Matt Wilhite allowed 5 runs on 4 hits and a walk in the sixth inning. Christian...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009
Colorado Springs, W 6-4 Matt Herges threw a clean 1 2/3 innings, striking out one and throwing 32 of his 45 pitches for strikes. Eric Young Jr. went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in the sixth, his sixth of the season. Matt Murton and Dan Ortmeier each had two hits and an RBI. Tulsa, L 4-12 Something tells me that if you allow nine runs in the top of the first inning, it's going to be hard to come back...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
Colorado Springs, L 3-4 Matt Wilhite was unable to hold things down in the bottom of the ninth, allowing a Joe Borchard walk-off three-run homer. Adam Eaton turned in a good start after pitching 5 2.3 innings, allowing only a run, and striking out four. Matt Belisle struck out four in two innings. Chris Frey hit a sac fly and Sal Fasano had an RBI single in the second. Matt Miller singled in a run...
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