10th March 2009
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Baseball News
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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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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5th March 2009
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Baseball News
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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3rd March 2009
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The feeling is a bit different for the Team USA baseball team this time around. The last time the WBC was played, team USA got pretty much whipped. Exiting early in the second round was an embarassment for the guys of [...]
Tags: baseball, baseball superstar, baseball superstars, home runs, spring training, world baseball classic
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27th February 2009
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Fantasy Baseball
The shortstop position is not what it used to be in the American League. It used to be that you could find the cornerstone of your team at this position, but now you are lucky to find someone to put up even good numbers[...]
Tags: baseball, derek jeter, Fantasy Baseball, fantasy baseball team, home runs, jhonny peralta, league leaders, power numbers, yankee, yankees
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26th February 2009
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Fantasy Baseball
Second base has become one of the areas of every fantasy baseball team where you can win your league with a smart draft pick. The position is so thin that you have just a handful of second basemen that will truly contri[...]
Tags: baseball, batting average, Fantasy Baseball, fantasy baseball stats, fantasy baseball team, home runs, second baseman, yankee
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26th February 2009
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Fantasy Baseball
The catcher position is among the most difficult positions to draft in fantasy baseball, and in the American League it is particularly true. There are a very limited number of catchers that will give you real impact in [...]
Tags: aj pierzynski, baseball, Fantasy Baseball, fantasy baseball team, fantasy baseball teams, home runs, joe mauer
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23rd February 2009
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Fantasy Baseball
Every single year, someone ends up overpaying for that hottest free agent, or the next big thing. Sometimes it is a player that came from nowhere to have that one huge season. Sometimes it is a player that they think wi[...]
Tags: baseball, batting average, Fantasy Baseball, free agent, home runs, power numbers
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22nd February 2009
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Fantasy Baseball
Every season, baseball has a number of players that have breakout years. Sometimes it is because they moved to a new ballclub, and sometimes they just find their swing. There are a number of factors that can lead to a [...]
Tags: baseball, Fantasy Baseball, home runs, johnny cueto, Major League, outfield
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22nd February 2009
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The National League had a number of big offseason moves this year, even though the biggest news came out of the American League with the Yankees signing 500 billion dollars worth of players. That said, the National Leag[...]
Tags: baseball, batting average, francisco rodriguez, home runs, offseason, offseason moves, ryan howard, yankees
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