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Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The second waiver claim of the Alex Anthopoulos era is second baseman Jarrett Hoffpauir from the St. Louis Cardinals . To make room on the 40-man roster, the Jays have designated left-handed reliever Bill Murphy for assignment. A sixth round pick by St. Louis in the 2004 amateur draft, the 26 year-old Hoffpauir made his big league debut with the Cardinals this season. After being named the Cardinals...
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Baseball Digest Daily (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
This is now the very definition of “fantasy baseball.” In case any new onlookers sees this for the first time, I want to clearly state that none of the following is true, factual or even remotely going to happen. This is purely a “what if”/hypothetical case study of what the birth of a new Minor League Baseball team could be like leading up to Opening Day 2010…. FOR...
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montgomeryadvertiser.com (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Former Biscuit Rashad Eldridge scored on a wild pitch with none out in the 11th to give the Durham Bulls a 5-4 win over the Memphis Redbirds in the Triple-A championship game in Oklahoma City.
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Pinch runner Rashad Eldridge raced home on a wild pitch by Oneli Perez in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Durham Bulls beat the Memphis Redbirds 5-4 Tuesday night in the Triple-A championship game. The first pitch Perez threw after entering the game skittered past catcher Brandon Yarbrough to the backstop to allow Eldridge to score the winning run for the Tampa Bay Rays' affiliate....
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Sportress of Blogitude (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
• Major League Baseball. New York Yankees at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. It’s just like the postseason, only less important. [MLB Network, 10:00 ET] • Minor League Baseball. Bricktown Showdown: Durham Bulls vs. Memphis Redbirds. They are naming minor league teams after movies now? Weird. [ESPN2, 7:00 ET] • Probably better than their original idea, Daughters [...]
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
There was no time for the River Cats to build momentum, generate excitement or even let their fans settle in and enjoy that first $1 hot dog Friday night at Raley Field. The Memphis Redbirds made sure of that, jumping on Sacramento early en route to a 6-0 victory, a sweep of the Pacific Coast League Championship Series and their first league title in nine years. An announced crowd of 12,009 watched...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
Online -- Sacramento River Cats Pitcher Michael Benacka sits dejected in the 8th inning as the Memphis Redbirds lead 6-0 in game 3 of the PLC Championship Series at Raley Field. West Sacramento, California September 18, 2009. The Memphis Redbirds jumpred on the River Cats early Friday en route to a 6-0 victory, a sweep of the Pacific Coast League Championship Series and their first league title in...
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Division of Labour (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Matt Ryan posts the first edition of The Gus Rankings, with my Alabama Crimson Tide tied for #1 with something like half a dozen other teams. I like the basic idea of the Gus Rankings: you get a point for every game won by a team you beat, and you lose a point for every game lost by a team that beat you. Matt explains it in greater detail; one thing I like is that he is eliminating games against I-AA/FCS...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The River Cats are within one loss of postseason elimination after falling to the Memphis Redbirds 3-2 Wednesday night in Game 2 of the Pacific Coast League championship series. The best-of-five series resumes Friday night at Raley Field. The River Cats, who lost the opener 1-0, finally scored in the fifth on Chris Denorfia's two-run single for a 2-1 lead. But Memphis scored...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
BRAD LUTTRELL Special to The Bee River Cats starting pitcher Chris Gissell took the loss against the Memphis Redbirds on Tuesday night. MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Chris Gissell was saddled with a bit of River Cats championship lore Tuesday night. Lore he neither wanted nor deserved. Gissell became the first Sacramento pitcher to lose two games in Pacific Coast League championship-round action, dropping...
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Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
AAA: PCL: Tacoma loses 13-6 at Sacramento and is out of the PCL playoffs . Following a season marked by comebacks, the Tacoma Rainiers’ 2009 season came to an end despite one last rally on Saturday night. The Rainiers began winning must-win games on Aug. 21, when they began their improbable rally from 71/2 games back to win the division title and head into the Pacific Coast League playoffs for...
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The Joy of Sox (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
I caught a foul ball at a Pacific Coast League playoff game in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Wednesday night. It was the first foul ball of my life! It came off the bat of Memphis Redbirds second baseman Jarrett Hoffpauir in the top of the fifth. Then, in the top of the sixth, as it began raining, we saw the home team Isotopes turn a triple play ! Eric Stults began the sixth by walking Brian Barden and...
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The Joy of Sox (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
Travel Observation #20 : Hotels, motels and casitas that proudly claim to offer their guests a high-speed wireless internet connection are quite often wholly unable to actually deliver on that promise. While in New Mexico, 95% of my Red Sox news has come in the form of a final score only. So I know that they have pissed away any chance they might have once possessed to win the East. The Yankees now...
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Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Nashville Sounds (Triple-A) - 73-67 Won 7-6 vs Memphis Redbirds (ST.) ( box / pbp ) Huntsville Stars (Double-A) - 63-71 Lost 1-0 vs Jacksonville Suns (FLO) ( box / pbp ) Brevard County Manatees (High-A) - 78-47 Won 6-4 (11 innings) at Clearwater Threshers (PHI) ( box / pbp ) Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Low-A) - 58-77 Lost 4-2 vs Cedar Rapids Kernels (LAA) ( box / pbp ) Helena Brewers (Rookie) - 28-38...
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Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Nashville Sounds (Triple-A) - 72-67 Lost 5-1 vs Memphis Redbirds (ST.) ( box / pbp ) Brevard County Manatees (High-A) - 77-47 Won 9-0 at Clearwater Threshers (PHI) ( box / pbp ) Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Low-A) - 58-76 Lost 4-3 vs Cedar Rapids Kernels (LAA) ( box / pbp ) Helena Brewers (Rookie) - 28-37 Won 2-1 vs Missoula Osprey (ARI) ( box / pbp ) Top Prospects and Curiosities: Batter Team Pos AB...
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