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Yanks Ace First Offseason Test as Sabathia Opts In for Two More Years

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Baseball, Business and Finance, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees, tagged on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

CC Sabathia surprised all of baseball by doing exactly what everyone suspected he would: sign an extension to remain with the New York Yankees. Although there was little doubt Sabathia would remain in pinstripes, conventional wisdom suggested the big left hander would first opt out of his current deal before returning to the Bronx. Instead […]

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Time for MLB to Play by Its Rules

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Umpires, World Series on October 29, 2011 | 8 Comments »

Lost in the excitement, and chaos, of Thursday’s game six were two plays that major league baseball needs to seriously address in the offseason. The first involved a hard takeout slide by Matt Holliday, while the second featured the left fielder as the victim when Adrian Beltre blocked his retreat to the bag during a […]

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A Memorable Night to Forget: Historic Game Six Was a Different Tale for Two Cities

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Post Season, World Series, Yankees, tagged , , , on October 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Last night’s epic game six was so compelling, that tonight’s game seven almost seems anti-climatic. As is sometimes the case when the World Series goes the distance, it is the sixth game that proves to be the most memorable (see 1975, 1985, 1986, and 2002 for a handful of examples). So, before settling in to […]

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Good Things Come to Those Wait? Rangers Seeking to Get Off World Series Schneid

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Post Season, World Series, Yankees, tagged , on October 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Last year’s World Series matchup ensured that a long championship drought would be broken. The Giants entered the 2010 Fall Classic without a title in 56 seasons, while the Rangers had never won a World Series. The two teams’ combined 105 years chasing the trophy ranked as the third longest of all time, but after the […]

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Discarded by the Angels, Napoli Proves Most Valuable in Texas

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Post Season, World Series, tagged , , , on October 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Mike Napoli is on the verge of completing a season long journey that has taken him from the outhouse in Anaheim to the penthouse in Arlington. With one more Rangers’ victory, Napoli is almost assured of becoming the World Series MVP, which wouldn’t be as remarkable if the defensively maligned catcher hadn’t been traded twice […]

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Déjà Vu All Over Again; Craig’s Pinch Hitting Heroics Make Double Impact

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Post Season, Red Sox, World Series, Yankees, tagged , , , on October 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Allen Craig, who spent most of the season being a utility-type bench player, has become a central figure in the 2011 World Series. In game 1, with David Freese on third and Nick Punto on first, he came off the bench to face Alexi Ogando and drove home the go-ahead run with a single to […]

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Pujols Flies the Coup, but Media’s Reaction Is Foul

Posted in Baseball, Media, World Series, tagged , , on October 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Albert Pujols, one of the greatest players in the history of the game and most revered figures in the city of St. Louis, is a coward who lacks leadership skills, at least according to the headline writers at Yahoo! Sports. Judging by the solemn photo of Pujols, crouching low after allowing a relay throw to […]

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