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Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | yesterday
With the great majority of Cubs fans puzzled and/or angry that Kerry Wood wasn't offered arbitration yesterday, I figured it was time to open the Can and let LaTroy Hawkins out, just to remind all of you that things could be a lot worse. And though I know most of us don't have any good memories of a player some called "LaToya", let's also remember that his failures as a Cub, while monumental, in many...
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SportsJustice (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
How's that for getting the news in the headline? Berman will need three days to chase this baby down. I wouldn't be surprised if Randy had it first. OK, I would. Never mind. The Astros finished last season with a payroll of around $100 million after the acquisitions of Randy Wolf and LaTroy Hawkins. To keep that team together for 2009 will cost Drayton McLane around $120 million. That's the number...
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Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
LaTroy Hawkins signed a one-year contract with the Houston Astros. Hawkins pitched 21 outstanding innings for the Astros with lots of strikeouts and few walks. He'll try to do that over a full season for Houston....
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Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Player / MLB.com : Hawkins coming back to Houston — Astros sign veteran right-hander to one-year deal — HOUSTON — The Astros returned right-hander LaTroy Hawkins to their bullpen on Friday, signing the 35-year-old veteran to a one-year contract for $3.5 million plus incentives.
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Reliever LaTroy Hawkins became the first free agent signing of the winter when he agreed to a one-year, $3.5 million contract ...
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Mets Today (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Let’s delve through the haystack of news and rumors regarding relievers: LaTroy Hawkins is off the table Those wily Houston Astros beat everyone to the punch and signed Hawkins to a one-year, $3.75M deal. I think the Astros were the only team interested in the 35-year-old righthander, and likely bid against themselves. Though the Mets did not [...]
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
According to Jose de Jesus Ortiz, the Astros will complete and announce the signing of LaTroy Hawkins today. It'll be a one-year deal worth around $3.75MM. Hawkins, 36 in December, posted a 3.92 ERA in 62 innings with the Yankees and Astros this year. However, he was lights out after joining the Astros on July 30th - he allowed just one earned run in 21 innings.
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The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008
A lot of things broke well for the Astros in 2008: Brian Moehler, Randy Wolf, LaTroy Hawkins, Ty Wigginton, Darin Erstad and the rest of the wise men, and Wesley Wright. A few others didn't. In no particular order they were (be sure to click ahead and see the full pictorial essay before you vote): Hurricane Ike, who's wind and rain put out the Astros white hot streak? via www.sciam.com Bud Selig?...
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Was Watching (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
Please consider taking the following poll: Who Was The Yankees LEAST Valuable Player In 2008? Jose Molina Melky Cabrera Robinson Cano Ian Kennedy Sidney Ponson Darrell Rasner Phil Hughes Wilson Betemit Ivan Rodriguez LaTroy Hawkins Carl Pavano Chad Moeller Shelley Duncan Andy Pettitte Derek Jeter Jason Giambi Alex Rodriguez Bobby Abreu Jose Veras Edwar Ramirez View Results Thanks in advance. And, please...
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Ivy Chat (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Bruce Miles lays it out straight : The Cubs can make the Alou comparisons all they want, but it's just as likely Fukudome will turn out to be Todd Hundley or Jacque Jones (who outperformed Fukudome at the plate) or Mike Remlinger or LaTroy Hawkins, to name some free-agent disappointments of the last few years. This one may require a meeting of the minds this winter, among Hendry, Piniella and Fukudome....
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A Hundred Next Years (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Earlier today, I wrote sort of a goodbye-Shea-Stadium-see-you-in-hell post at The Cub Reporter . Also this evening, the Tribune's Paul Sullivan offers a short history of Cub misery at Shea Stadium, invoking names like Turk Wendell and LaTroy Hawkins. All of this grisly reminiscence was at odds with what wound up being a pretty satisfying Cub victory tonight . Carlos Zambrano (4 2/3 IP, 5 R, 4 BB, and...
