Tag Archive: Rodriguez

Apr
20

Series Preview: New York Yankees

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This article is courtesy of our friends at Over The Monster Written by: Marc Normandin In a normal year, maybe you are excited for the Red Sox and Yankees to play each other the first time around. By year’s end, though, you’re a bit tired of the whole thing. You aren’t allowed to be that way this …

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Jan
27

Color By Numbers: Show Me the Money

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This article is courtesy of our friends at Alex Belth’s Bronx Banter Written by:  William Juliano                 Alex Rodriguez stood alone as baseball’s only $200 million man for a decade, but now he has company. In the last six weeks, the fraternity has tripled with the addition of …

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Jan
16

All-Time MLB Draft: Introduction and Round 1 (Picks 1-50)

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This article is courtesy of our friends at Bus Leagues Baseball Written by: Brian At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history, pick the best player for each one, and create sort of an Ultimate Draft? (NFL.com did …

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Jan
12

The Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow

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This article is courtesy of our friends at River Avenue Blues Written by: Stephen Rhoads On Tuesday Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com reported that the Phillies and Cole Hamels were not likely to reach a long-term extension before the start of the season and were more focused on inking Hamels to a one-year deal in 2012, …

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Jan
08

Jorge Posada Has a Chance at the Hall of Fame

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This article is courtesy of our friends at Mike Silva’s NY Baseball Digest Written by: Mike Silva   Reports last night indicate that Jorge Posada will finally hang up his spikes this season. Five years from now we will be debating his Hall of Fame merits, something that already started the last couple of years. …

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Jan
03

Harper on A-Rod’s Terrible Terrible Contract

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This article is courtesy of our friends at Sliding Into Home Written by: Greg Cohen, quote from John Harper Harper: In case you’d forgotten, Alex Rodriguez still has six years remaining on his contract, which means he’ll turn 42 in July of the final year of his deal, 2017, at which point he’ll still earn …

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Jan
25

Why Do The Rangers Hate Michael Young?

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It seems as if the Texas Rangers are doing anything and everything that they can to run Michael Young out of town. Young has a career .300 batting clip and has averaged 17 HRs and 87 RBIs a season in his eleven years with the Rangers. In those eleven years, Young has ranked in the …

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Jan
24

MVVP: Most Valuable Valuable Player

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The other day I was looking to see who won the MVP awards for certain years, and I made a typo into Google.  I typed “MVVP”.  I chuckled at the thought of searching for the Most Valuable Valuable Player, and continued what I was doing.  It got me thinking, however, who is the Most Valuable …

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