This morning, MLB Trade Rumors continued the speculation with a short piece on where Josh Hamilton might end up. Texas Rangers? Boston Red Sox? Chicago Cubs? It’s slightly surprising that anyone cares anymore. Hamilton finished the 2012 season with a slash-line of .285/.354/.577, 43 home runs and 128 RBI, but who in their right mind […]
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Here’s a handful of tweets from the tweeternet detailing news/moves that should come as a surprise to no one. Indeed, there’s nothing better for some of these teams to do than fire the losers and reduce payroll. There are sure to be many more expected moves during the MLB postseason/offseason, so we’ll divide these updates
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Errors and offensive inefficiency will kill you every time. Someone said that once at the bar I go to for occasions such as the Super Bowl, my birthday, Wednesday nights. Itโs obvious, I know. But sometimes drunken bar wisdom cannot be deniedโwisdom is wisdom. The saying was actually something more like, โthese fnโ guys are
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We’re willing to admit it. Sometimes baseball is downright boring. Between the two teams, twenty men were left on base, and hitters went 2-17 with runners in scoring position. Hardly playoff baseball. Good pitching isn’t an excuse, Gio Gonzalez and Adam Wainwright are no slouches, but leaving this many runners on base is bad for
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The Oakland Athletics tried to give the game away, but the Detroit Tigers kept trying to give it back. Today’s jerk turned hero: Don Kelly. Over the past four seasons with the Tigers, Kelly has been called up and sent down more times than he’d like to remember. This year in 118 at bats, Kelly
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Cincinnati Reds Ace Johnny Cueto was forced to leave in the first inning of game one of the NLDS on Saturday night with whatย appeared to be a serious injury. Cueto only threw eight pitches on the night. Fortunately for the Reds,ย it was later was confirmed by ESPN.comย he was suffering from routine back spasms. Either way,
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Yeah, yeah, Verlander Shmerlader. We get it. He’s lights out, but tonight’s Oakland lineup made themselves ripe for the picking. In tonight’s 3-1 win against the A’s, Justin Verlander struck out 11 over seven innings, allowing only one run on a Coco Crisp solo shot in the first inning. It should be noted the A’s
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We asked our readers in August who they thought should represent the 2012 MLB All-Jerks Team, and here are the final tallies. Not a bad team, if we do say so ourselves. If only Brandon Inge wasn’t injured… Note: team is comprised of both AL and NL players. The take away? Barely anyone voted. Maybe
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