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3/24 Spring Training Report

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Jeremy

Today was a day for the pitchers. Pittsburgh’s Ross Ohlendorf continued his impressive spring by tossing 6 shutout innings en route to his first win, Shairon Martis and Koji Uehara locked up in a duel with Martis’ 6 scoreless innings … Continue reading →

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6/20 Spring Training Report

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Jeremy

Nelson Cruz keeps looking like a big time breakout candidate as he smacked his 4th HR today and super OF prospects Jason Heyward and Austin Jackson both hit their second bombs of the spring. On the mound, Phil Hughes threw … Continue reading →

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3/8 Spring Training Report

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Jeremy

Pitching prospects are the big story of today as several young hurlers put in some positive innings today. Justin Masterson, Daniel Bard and Junichi Tazawa combined to throw 6 innings of 3 hit, 1 run ball today, David Purcey looked … Continue reading →

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3/7 Spring Training Report

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Jeremy

I watched a little of the US vs. Canada game in the World Baseball Classic yesterday and was awe struck by the filfthy stuff that big right-hander Phillippe Aumont demonstrated. He struggled a bit with his control early, but struck … Continue reading →

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2/28 Spring Training Report

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Jeremy

There were several fine pitching prospects in action on Saturday. Neftali Feliz made his spring debut by hurling two innings and striking out four, Trevor Cahill looked strong throwing two perfect innings and Brian Matusz punched out three hitters in his … Continue reading →

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$100 Well Spent Project Update—First Purchase!

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Jeremy

Good news! I am happy to report that I have spent the first portion of my $100 on a nice little 15 count 2005 Bowman Chrome Draft refractor lot of Baltimore Orioles OF prospect Nolan Reimold (link here). Cost … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Bill Bavasi

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Jeremy

The Seattle Mariners have wriggled their way into the national spotlight again with the long overdue firing of GM Bill Bavasi. After parusing various blogs and baseball sights, it has become abundantly clear that the prevailing line of thought echoes … Continue reading →

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$100 Well Spent

Posted on June 15, 2008 by Jeremy

Whether it is in a birthday card from Grandma or the proceeds from some extra work at the office, everyone loves the sight of a crisp Benjamin. As a baseball card speculator, how would you spend your money to get … Continue reading →

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