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As if things weren’t going badly enough already for the New York Yankees, now it’s getting even worse. The team will already be going into the season without stars Curtis Granderson, Alex Rodriguez, and Mark Teixeira. Now comes word that shortstop Derek Jeter will likely begin the season on the disabled list. Jeter was on […]
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It has been an uncharacteristically quiet offseason for the Bombers as the front office plans to cut the team’s payroll from $211 million last year to less than $190 million by 2014. To do that they allowed Nick Swisher, Rafael Soriano, Raul Ibanez, Andruw Jones, Russell Martin, Freddy Garcia, and Eric Chavez to walk away
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Dog and Pony Show, who correctly predicted last summer that Melky Cabrera would be suspended for using PEDs, have again tweeted a rumor: Anonymous Source: Cano, Granderson, A-Rod and Braun will all be suspended for failing PED test this season. — Joe Bisceglie (@joebisceglie) March 4, 2013 If Mr. Bisceglie’s source is accurate once again,
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On December 8th, 2009, the Detroit Tigers sent Curtis Granderson to New York in a three-way deal with the Diamondbacks and Yankees. The move came as a shock to Detroit fans as Granderson, in his first full seasons in a Tigers uniform, became one of the young faces of a still re-surging franchise. The 2003 Tigers lost
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This offseason was a redefining one for the Yankees. Rather than hand out massive contracts to all comers as the Yanks have done in many an offseason, they stayed put and allowed big producers like Nick Swisher, Rafael Soriano, Raul Ibanez, and Russell Martin walk away. That saddles the rest of the offense with a
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Half the fantasy world has its shovel firmly in the dirt, ready to bury that infernally regretful call to running back action, #FreeDavidWilson. The other half, of course, is prepared – giddy, even – for that hashtagged cry to the fake football deities to live on. The Giants on Wednesday afternoon released their creaky-footed longtime
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While other teams are ramping up for the 2013 season, the Mets seem to be slowly preparing for 2014. Their contract situation, a mess just a season ago, has been mostly resolved with R.A Dickey, Carlos Beltran, Jason Bay, and Mike Pelfrey all coming off the payroll. David Wright is the only player the team
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Every offseason, the New York Yankees are players for all of the biggest free agents. Even if they never get to the point at which they actually offer a player a contract, they always do their due diligence and are, at the very least, among the interested teams. That is, until this year, when the
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