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The Caribbean World Series is over and Licey has emerged as the champion. I’ve always had a soft spot for the Caribbean World Series specifically and international baseball in general. Maybe it’s my soccer affinity or what have you, but I do find the prospect of baseball in other countries to be intriguing. The…
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According to this report federal witness par excellence, Brian McNamee, is saying he injected Roger Clemens’ wife with HGH before a Sports Illustrated swimsuit photoshoot in 2003. I’m torn as to what I believe here. The rumor is that you can judge whether people take these types of substances by the size of their…
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Came up with an idea for adjusting past stats and was wondering if and where I’m going to be tripped up. The idea is to take all non pitchers who played in MLB in consecutive seasons and then run a comparison of their stats from one year to the next to see how their…
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One would think they maybe could have waited a day or so on this one. Karma’s a bitch.
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The Chicago Tribune has a story about the White Sox new third base coach, former A’s “slugger” Jeff Cox. The White Sox want to “get back to” doing what they supposedly were doing in 2005. I find it interesting that a team that finished dead last in the Majors in On Base Percentage (despite…
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As many of you already know, February 3rd marks the biggest day of the year in sports broadcasting. I’m speaking, of course, about the upcoming documentary on NHK (Japanese Public Television) about the Boston Red Sox, Japanese players in the majors and sabermetrics. What makes it such an earth shattering moment in sports broadcasting…
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Okay so the scare quotes around ‘prospects’ is kind of rude and unfair. The Twins and Mets have apparently agreed to a trade with the Mets receiving Johan Santana and the Twins receiving four prospects from the Mets. If Santana agrees to a long term extension with the Metropolitans, the Twins will receive center…
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Well this is interesting. Other than my brief comments there, I have little to say. Let’s face facts, whatever Brian Bannister has to say on the subject is infinitely more interesting than anything I could say at this point. Interesting reading about a big leaguer who at least approaches some of his job from…
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do a column need a paycheck tribune royko FIVE HUNDRED WORDS 500? that seems like a lot though not that much of a lot a lot like steroids and magglio OH WEE OH and guilty guilty guilty its tainted its all tainted love sometimes i feel ive got to get away OH WHOA whoa…
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Chuck Knoblauch is on the lam. Click the image to help the feds locate this dangerous fugitive.