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Archive for December 6th, 2010

Happy Days Are Here Again…Except in San Diego; Big Contracts Making a Comeback, but Padres Remain on Side Lines

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, MLB, Red Sox, tagged , , , on December 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Baseball’s recession is officially over. In case you weren’t paying attention when Bud Selig announced that the sport raked in $7 billion in 2010 (an over 15% spike during an economic downturn), the Nationals sent a friendly reminder by inking Jayson Werth’s to a mega-$126mn, seven-year deal. Although many in the baseball world were left […]

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Hall of Fame Snubs Miller, Steinbrenner; Selection of Gillick Reveals Same Cracks in Committee Process

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Hall of Fame, Yankees, tagged , , on December 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeU.) Pat Gillick was an accomplished baseball executive for well over 40 years, including 27 seasons as a general manager for four different franchises. Although he isn’t a blight on the Hall of Fame, his election this afternoon by the new […]

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