Griffin: Preview of Yankee-Angels series
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Star baseball writer Richard Griffin preview the two teams battling for the American League Championship Series.
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Poll: Long-term deal to get Roy Halladay
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Richard Griffin of the Toronto Star believes the Mets are among 10 teams that come close to matching up with the Blue Jays, in a deal for Roy Halladay …i wrote the following in early October, and i still feel the same… …much like with the Johan Santana situation with the Twins a [...]
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Odds & Ends: Gonzalez, Halladay, Rangers
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Here's some links to kick off the week... Bill Center of The San Diego Union Tribune reports that the Padres haven't contacted John Boggs (Adrian Gonzalez's agent) to discuss a contract extension yet, mentioning that Gonzalez could be an $18-20MM player. FanGraphs valued Adrian's 2009 performance at $28.4MM, tenth best among position players. The Toronto Star's Richard Griffin looks at...
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What He Said
Baseball Prospectus: Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... the Rangers would like to do . There’s no chance Alex Anthopolous is going to get “fleeced ” as Richard Griffin suggests. It’s not like he wasn’t there for all the previous discussions of trading Roy Halladay . AGM’s talk to GM’s, so this is hardly a “new guy” thing. Brian Cuban can’t be happy about this . He spends most of his time on his show kvetching about the Pirates ownership....
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The Impact of the Rainout
The Yankee Universe (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
... it allows them to start Lackey in Game 7, a notion which Peter Abraham also agrees with, here . Richard Griffin (thestar.com) feels that pushing Sabathia back a day could throw off his rhythm. CC is a guy who seems to thrive on short rest, so there could be something to that. Arguing the other side of things is Joe Lemire for CNNSI, who says that the rainout could help the Yankee...
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Would You Fire Cito Gaston?
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
More photos » by Rob Carr - AP How can you tell this picture was taken before the game started? Notice the smile? That's how. (AP Photo/Rob Carr) Browse more photos » Last week in his ' Mail Bag ' Richard Griffin suggested that Alex Anthopoulos should fire Cito. I ignored it at the time because he suggested Buck Showalter as the replacement on the fairly flimsy evidence that...
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This is News?
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... writer speaking to our new GM and we get 'we like both players'. It really is a sin that guys like Richard Griffin (and, well, me) get to ramble on and on and a superior writer like Bob Elliot gets a handful of words between the ads for strip clubs and tire sales. Oh well, you can read more from Bob at the Canadian Baseball Network and he has several books out. And what's even a bigger...
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Phillies’ bats on fire
Philly Sports Fan Blog (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... allowed just three hits, with no walks and 10 strikeouts. Click here to read the full article – By Richard Griffin of thestar.com Philadelphia Phillies Sports Memorabilia and other Philadelphia Phillies Gifts and Collectibles
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Odds & Ends: Thome, Blue Jays
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
... don't know if Cito Gaston will be back to manage the Blue Jays next year, but The Toronto Star's Richard Griffin provides some circumstantial evidence that Buck Showalter could end up replacing Gaston if he and the team part ways. MLBTR is on Facebook and Twitter , so make sure you hit us up that way if you haven't already.