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USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
By Sam Greenwood, Getty ImagesTexas Tech tackle Ryland Reed says the Red Raiders players enjoy away games. "It reminds me of the old Thirsty Thursday days in minor league baseball when you get beer thrown at you," Reed said. "I kind of enjoy it." By Kelly Whiteside, USA TODAY Playing a monumental game on the road is never easy — especially when a team is traveling to Memorial Stadium,...
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Baseball Analysts (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
News : The White Sox and Yankees completed a trade with Chicago sending first baseman/outfielder Nick Swisher and minor league relief pitcher Kanekoa Texeira to New York for infielder Wilson Betemit and minor league pitchers Jeff Marquez and Jhonny Nunez . Comments : I have to admit that I don't understand this trade from the vantage point of the Sox unless it is mostly about dumping salary. With...
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
... Delmon Young for Kouzmanoff. Bush, Carrillo to roster?Towers said the club probably will add minor league pitchers Matt Bush and Cesar Carrillo to the 40-man roster this week so that neither can be lost to another club in the Rule 5 draft next month. Both right-handers are former first-round draft picks who are coming back from reconstructive elbow surgery. The 22-year-old...
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Sabernomics (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
... contracts, but this one seems spot on. – Last week, the Marlins traded Kevin Gregg to the Cubs for minor-league pitcher Jose Ceda . I have Gregg valued similar to Affeldt, and Ceda had good numbers in High-A and Double-A last year. The problem for the Cubs is that Affeldt is only under their control for one more season, during which he’ll earn $1-2 million less than his value....
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SportsAgentBlog (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
In effort to beef up their defense, the New York Yankees acquired center fielder-first baseman Nick Swisher on Thursday through a trade with the Chicago White Sox. For Swisher, the Yankees traded away infielder Wilson Betemit and minor league pitchers Jeff Marquez and Jhonny Nunez. Also arriving in the Bronx with Swisher is minor league [...]
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
The Atlanta Braves are out of the Jake Peavy sweepstakes."We have moved on," Braves general manager Frank Wren told FOXSports.com on Friday. "We had our last discussion with San Diego yesterday and let them know that if the final names we were discussing wouldn't get it done, we would move on to other opportunities, other possibilities."The Braves will now pursue starting pitchers on...
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Hot Foot (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
... , Class A outfielder Gorkys Hernandez , plus a fourth player, either reliever Blaine Boyer or a minor league pitcher for Peavy. Padres general manager Kevin Towers told the San Diego Union-Tribune on Thursday that he could trade Peavy to the Yankees or Angels. Hat tip to Peter Wade for the news. ShareThis
