Around Baseball: January 29, 2008 — Mets Win Santana Sweepstakes; Minnesota GM Smith Concludes Brutal Week
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008The NY Mets are on the clock.
According to published reports, the Minnesota Twins have accepted the NY Mets offer of Carlos Gomez, Deolis Guerra, Kevin Mulvey and Philip Humber in exchange for the best lefty on the planet. The Mets now have something-less-than seventy-two hours to reach agreement on a contract extension with Johan [...]
Around Baseball: January 27, 2008 — Bedard Trade To Seattle Is (Finally) About To Happen… with updates
Sunday, January 27th, 2008Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times is reporting that the long-rumored deal between the Baltimore Orioles and Seattle Mariners, anchored by O’s lefty Erik Bedard and M’s outfield prospect Adam Jones, is at long last completed.
Jones has left his Venezuelan Winter League team and will fly to Baltimore tomorrow morning to take his physical… Bedard, [...]
Red Sox May Have Removed Themselves From The Johan Santana Sweepstakes… And All Other Things Santana
Sunday, January 27th, 2008According to a published report, the Red Sox have taken Jon Lester off the table in any potential deal for Minnesota Twins ace Johan Santana. If the report is true, the decision will have effectively removed themselves from the Santana Sweepstakes, leaving the Mets and Yankees (and Mariners?) in the bidding for the southpaw.
In [...]
Sox Sign Snyder, Only Youkilis Remains
Sunday, January 27th, 2008It is a remarkable fact that the Red Sox have not been a participant in an arbitration hearing since Theo Epstein took over as general manager prior to the 2003 season. In this day of free agency and escalating salaries, the Red Sox five-year run constitutes a darned good track record… but it may [...]
Fantasy Baseball, 2008: Calculating Inflation In Your League
Saturday, January 26th, 2008It is estimated that eight million sports fans (+/-) engage in fantasy sports of one kind or another here in the United States… many of whom engage in multiple fantasy leagues in the same sport (some estimates approach ten million fantasy participants nationwide). Fantasy competitions are becoming so commonplace in our daily life that [...]
Around Baseball: January 25, 2008 — Recent Signings In The American League
Friday, January 25th, 2008During the last ten days or so, the Red Sox have finalized deals with both reliever Javier Lopez and catcher Doug Mirabelli on one-year contracts.
Lopez, the lefty ’specialist’ in the bullpen, agreed to a one-year, $840,000 contract… the deal includes additional incentives that will pay him $10,000 for each of 65 and 70 appearances in [...]
Around Baseball: January 24, 2008 — A Spate Of Signings Around the National League
Thursday, January 24th, 2008The hard drive on my desk top computer crashed a couple of weeks ago. In the aftermath, I have had to fit in computer time as best I am able… where and when I am able. Sorry, folks. Anyway, as a result I have lots of catching up to do, so let’s [...]
MLB Owners Extend Selig Through 2012
Sunday, January 20th, 2008Bud Selig must have hired James Carville, Mary Matalin and a bevy of other professional political spin-meisters to manage the fallout from the Mitchell Commission Report. How else can you explain his ability to come out of Major League Baseball’s “Steroid Era” with a contract extension… especially when you consider that he compounded [...]
MLB, MLBPA Accept Responsibility For Complicity In Steroids Scandal; Congress Asks DOJ To Investigate Tejada; Potential Problem With ‘Therapeutic Use Exemptions”
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008Yesterday was the day that Congress got its second shot at the Great American Pastime. It was the day that the politicians — who have time and again proven themselves incapable of keeping their own house in order — had the chance to point an accusatory finger at Major League Baseball because league owners, [...]
Another Year Of Improvements At Fenway Park
Monday, January 14th, 2008Janet Marie Smith, the Senior Vice President of Planning and Development for the Red Sox, recently provided an overview of ongoing improvements at Fenway Park for New England Sports Network…
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