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On Ruben
Ruben Amaro Jr.’s promotion to General Manager was not the most popular news in the blogosphere, though it was expected by many for a long time. Any time he had been interviewed, many of us—myself included—feared that he was too smug. However, how he interacts with the media is...
Interview with Jonah Keri - Biff Pocoroba, Bip Roberts, Pat the Bat and You
Jonah Keri has covered baseball, college basketball and other sports for a number of publications, including ESPN.com, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Penthouse, and Baseball Prospectus. He also writes the flagship stock market column for Investor's Business Daily, called "The Big...
Pat Burrell v. Raul Ibanez - By the Offensive Numbers
It's clear that Pat Burrell and Raul Ibanez are awful left fielders. By John Dewan's metrics, they were the two worst left fielders in baseball for the last two years. So let's compare them where any difference might show up - in their offensive stats: ...
Pat Burrell and the San Francisco Giants
Wow. So I asked the kid next door -- nice kid, good family -- to watch the rumor mill when I was gone. It was just for one day. All he needed to do was let the rumor mill out a few times. When I came back, there were rumors everywhere. On the linoleum, on the carpet...on the curtains? How in...
The A's '09 Starting First Baseman Will Be...
The arbitration deadline has passed, and there were a few interesting A's-related developments: a.) The team declined to offer arbitration to Frank Thomas and Alan Embree. b.) The Diamondbacks and Phillies decided against offering Adam Dunn and Pat Burrell arbitration. Although both players...
San Francisco Giants Rumors, both Real and Invented
Sometime in January, when all of the free agents have been signed, I’ll sit down to write a post and start crying. I won’t want to write about Atlee Hammaker memories. I won’t want to write about how cool Donruss Diamond Kings were. I won’t want to write a 14,000-word Lord...
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