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6/21 Player of the Day: Wilson Ramos

It grinds my guts to give this award to the guy that capped off tonight’s ugly loss by my Seattle Mariners.  Ramos hit a game-winning three-run homer off of M’s reliever David Pauley to cap a five run ninth inning comeback … Continue reading

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6/20 Rookie of the Day: Ivan Nova

Yankees sinker balling rookie Ivan Nova twirled a marvelous eight inning gem against the mighty Cincinnati Reds lineup last night allowing just one run on four hits while striking out seven.  Even more impressive is the fact that Nova did … Continue reading

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Rookie of the Day: Cord Phelps

Hey everyone! I’ve been busy this weekend having a garage sale in the rain and preparing for a four-legged addition to our family.  Regrettably, I haven’t found much chance to sit down and tap out any more baseball stuff to … Continue reading

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Carlos Carrasco Turning the Corner in Cleveland

  I watched a bit of the Yankees/Indians game the Monday night on ESPN when Carlos Carrasco pitched seven shutout innings in Yankee Stadium against the Bronx Bombers. Carrasco loaded the bases in the first and allowed a couple of runners … Continue reading

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Editor’s Note: Strike McAllister, Add Mesoraco

Hey, even often I make mistakes. Those of you who have been reading my Coming Soon series over the past couple weeks please take note, as I would like to make a change.  For those of you who haven’t read … Continue reading

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Coming Soon #1: Brett Lawrie

Before we get started, thank you for your patience as I continue to tinker with the site to make it more clean looking and user-friendly.  I may continue to experiement with several themes and plug-ins over the next week or so … Continue reading

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Dustin Ackley To Be Promoted?

I was taking my daily stroll through the minor league box scores when I happened upon the results of the Tacoma Rainiers and Sacramento River Cats game.  Immediately I became aware of the change. Michael Saunders batted leadoff and Sean … Continue reading

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What I Bought 6/10/11

After not having cable television in my house for a long time, I finally convinced my wife that taking the plunge and purchasing a basic cable package would enhance our lives significantly and save us a few bucks on our … Continue reading

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Coming Soon #2: Dustin Ackley

I am a devout reader of Ron Shandler’s annual Baseball Forcaster, and the statistiacl analysis that he and the rest of the Baseball HQ staff does is, in my mind, second to none.  However, I literally laughed out loud at … Continue reading

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Coming Soon #4: Jesus Montero

Today, Charlie Blackmon (#8 on our Coming Soon list) made his major league debut with the Rockies.  Unfortunately, Blackmon was hitless in three at bats as Padres starter Tim Stauffer was too much for him and the rest of Colorado’s … Continue reading

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