11th March 2009
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The Cincinnati Reds are beginning to look like a familiar story. Great young pitching as well as a trio of outstanding young players that can do it all have the Reds and their fans thinking major turnaround in 2009. Th[...]
Tags: brandon phillips, bronson arroyo, cincinnati reds, jerry hairston jr, joey votto, johnny cueto, ramon hernandez, tampa bay rays, young pitcher
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11th March 2009
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The Red Sox have always been dramatic. Whether it be waiting four thousand years between World Series Wins, or the latest argument with Yankee fans, it has always been dramatic. Still, the last season in Boston was lar[...]
Tags: boston red sox, david ortiz, john smoltz, manny ramirez, new york yankees, phillies, starting pitcher, starting pitchers, world champion, yankee, yankee fans
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10th March 2009
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The Cardinals are almost giddy with excitement over the healthy status of their MVP Albert Pujols, and with good reason. He is looking fantastic thus far in his return from last seasons injury. In spite of the injury, [...]
Tags: albert pujols, chris carpenter, home runs, joel pineiro, khalil greene, kyle lohse, outfield, rick ankiel, ryan ludwick, todd wellemeyer
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10th March 2009
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The Braves are not used to losing. Though it has been a couple of seasons since the Braves run ended as the dominant National League team, the Atlanta Braves still have that same attitude of winning about them. As long[...]
Tags: atlanta braves, bitter disappointments, brian mccann, casey kotchman, chipper jones, derek lowe, free agent, free agent acquisition, garret anderson, jair jurrjens, javier vazquez, kawakami, tom glavine
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9th March 2009
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The Tampa Bay Rays are heading into the 2009 in a very weird place. They are coming off a season in which they dethroned not only the powerful Yankees and Red Sox, but the entire American League in the process of going [...]
Tags: baltimore orioles, baseball, baseball world, boston red sox, home runs, new york yankees, phillies, rookie seasons, tampa bay rays, toronto blue jays, yankee
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9th March 2009
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The surgery to fix Alex Rodriguez’s torn cartilage in his right hip went well, and seemed like a big success. That is the good news for Rodriguez and the New York Yankees. The bad news? They now have to replace n[...]
Tags: alex rodriguez, free agent, mark teixiera, new york yankees, power hitter, spring training, third baseman, yankee
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8th March 2009
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Alex Rodriguez has had a really crummy year, and the season has not even started yet. The year started well enough. Alex Rodriguez got a new back up batter in slugger Mark Teixiera. The Yankees signed about 999 millio[...]
Tags: alex rodriguez, alex rodriguez arod, baseball, mark teixiera, million dollars, world series championship, yankee, yankee fans, yankees
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8th March 2009
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The World Baseball Classic was a bit of a downer for Team USA three years ago, and the team has talked about it ever since. They were embarrassed by being ousted early from a tournament they were largely expected to win[...]
Tags: adam dunn, baseball, brian mccann, cincinnati reds, jake peavy, joey votto, justin morneau, world baseball classic
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7th March 2009
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Raul Ibanez has spent what seems like forever playing under the radar. Nobody really knew of his strong fielding and consistent batting while he played in the confines of one anemic offense after another throughout his [...]
Tags: baseball, baseball world, outfield, power numbers, raul ibanez, straight seasons
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5th March 2009
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The Los Angeles Dodgers must be letting out a heavy sigh after finally getting Manny Ramirez back in Dodger blue on Wednesday. The slugger signed a two year deal for 45 million, much like the deal that was turned down b[...]
Tags: agent scott boras, base percentage, dodgers, free agent, free agent market, home run hitter, home runs, los angeles dodgers, manny ramirez, offseason, yankee, yankees
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