San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Free-agent catcher Brian Schneider and the Philadelphia Phillies agreed Tuesday to a $2.75 million, two-year contract. Schneider, who spent the last two seasons with the rival New York Mets, will be a backup to Carlos Ruiz for the NL champions. "We feel Brian... New York Mets - Philadelphia Phillies - Carlos Ruiz - Brian Schneider - New York
More Hardball...... (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Werth's baseball talents blossomed at a young age. He teamed up with three other pitchers to combine for a no-hitter in a 56–1 victory en route to a 3rd place finish at Nationals. He first gained attention while attending Glenwood High School in Chatham, Illinois, where he compiled a .652 batting average in his senior year with 15 home runs in 31 games. He initially planned on playing college...
64100 | 11/28/2009
?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Nowadays, the Milwaukee Brewers jerseys are increasing popular among the Milwaukee Brewers fans. Now, let us review the return to the postseason in 2008. The Milwaukee Brewers came out of the All-Star break with a bang as they won their first 7 games back, all of them on the road, sweeping first the Giants and
The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Last week, I mused about where Adrian Beltre, Mike Cameron and Mike Jacobs could end up. Today, I bring you two more potential fits. OMAR VIZQUEL Omar Vizquel is coming off what you could consider a career renaissance at age 42, serving as the Texas Rangers' backup infielder after rubbing shoulders with Mario Mendoza the previous year in San Francisco, where he spent four years. Vizquel saw 177 at-bats,...
Babes Love Baseball (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Ryan Zimmerman earned his first career Gold Glove on Wednesday, succeeding a buddy from his youth, New York Mets' third baseman David Wright . Back when Zimmerman was a shortstop in high school, the two were teammates on a youth team. Zim led all big league third basemen with 325 assists, becoming just the second Washington player to win the award, joining catcher Earl Battey of the Senators, who...
Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The Atlanta Braves have named Dave Wallace minor league pitching coordinator and Garey Ingram the hitting coach at Class-AA Mississippi. We already knew about the Wallace hiring from a Seattle newspaper , but here is the official announcement: Atlanta Braves Director of Player Development Kurt Kemp announced today that the Braves have hired two new staff members, as Dave Wallace has agreed to terms...
Baseball Digest Daily (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
With all due respect to the Philadelphia Phillies and grudging respect to the New York Yankees, the 2009 World Series hasn’t exactly been one for the ages. Don’t get me wrong, I commend both teams for their efforts, but the ‘09 Fall Classic had me scouring my copy of Total Baseball and navigating through baseball-reference.com for the most competitive, intriguing, historic games...
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Yes, yes, it's stupidly early for an odds-on look ahead, but the world of gambling never sleeps. According to Bodog.net, the odds for each MLB team to win the 2010 World Series are as follows ... New York Yankees: 11/4 Boston Red Sox: 13/2 Philadelphia Phillies: 9/1 Los Angeles Angels: 10/1 St. Louis Cardinals: 10/1 Los Angeles Dodgers: 11/1 Chicago Cubs: 15/1 New York Mets: 15/1 Tampa Bay Rays: 15/1...
The Sporting Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
There's always a reporter for the local newspaper of a championship team whose job it is to cover the opponent throughout the playoffs and into the World Series. For the New York Daily News , that reporter has been Roger Rubin. Rubin's main job in covering the Series – especially a team like the Phillies – is to get an opposing player quote that will drive traffic to the site, illicit...
Baseball Analysts (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
With the 2009 World Series well underway (split one game apiece between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies), let's take this opportunity to break down each club to see how, where, and when each club obtained its talent. The Yankees organization has a long-standing reputation for "buying" its talent on the free agent market... but that really started about 15 years ago. Is...
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Robert A. George, a moderate-conservative Republican journalist and blogger in New York City, discusses the correlation between the New York Yankees winning the World Series and who resides in the White House : "But if you think that's bad [that New York Mets fans are torn between hating their division rival Philadelphia Phillies and their crosstown rival Yankees , consider the plight of an even...
Eye of Polyphemus (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Game 1 of the World Series is tonight. Alex Rodriguez grabs Derek jeter’s butt for good luck. Thank goodness. I can now add “gay” to the list of insults I can apply to the New York Yankees. Woo hoo! I have not been this unenthusiastic about the World Series since the Yankees played the New York Mets in 2000’s Subway Series. My disdain for the accursed Yankees is well established,...
Power Line (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
On Wednesday night, the Philadelphia Phillies clinched their place in the World Series by defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers. In the post-game celebration, several Phillies made it clear that they hope to meet the New York Yankees in the Fall Classic. "Bring on A-Rod," said Phils reliever Soctt Eyre. "Everyone dreams of playing in Yankee Stadium in the World Series, pitcher Cole Hamels...
most watched videos (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Steve Phillips is at present an ESPN analyst and former New York Mets General Manager. He is now at the spotlight for a s3x scandal. It appears that Steve Phillips has an affair with one Brooke Hundley, a 22 year-old production assistant. Steve Phillips is not in denial of the affair. However, the relationship ended and here is now the problem. Brooke Hundley is harassing the wife of Steve Phillips....
More Hardball...... (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
It used to be that this was the week the World Series began. Alas, the times they are a changin'. Today we take a look back at significant postseason play this week in baseball's history. October 11 1899 - Ban Johnson unveils the American League (formerly the Western league) and announces the leagues plans to place clubs in Chicago and Cleveland. 1964 - All Star third baseman Ken Boyer of the St. Louis...
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64100 | 11/28/2009
?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Nowadays, the Milwaukee Brewers jerseys are increasing popular among the Milwaukee Brewers fans. Now, let us review the return to the postseason in 2008. The Milwaukee Brewers came out of the All-Star break with a bang as they won their first 7 games back, all of them on the road, sweeping first the Giants and then the Cardinals,...
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