Archive for October, 2007
David Ortiz earns seventh perfect score in Elias rankings (AP)
Big Papi got a big score in baseball’s annual player rankings. Boston designated hitter David Ortiz became the seventh player to earn a perfect 100 in the annual statistical compilation issued Wednesday by the Elias Sports Bureau, which uses a formula players and owners negotiated in 1981. Ortiz, who helped the Red Sox sweep Colorado […]
Posted: October 31st, 2007.
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Prospects can help in more ways than one (SportingNews.com)
Prospects are the key to the Tigers success, but not in the way many would think.
Posted: October 31st, 2007.
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Baseball’s top labor lawyer defends drug test methods (AP)
Baseball’s top labor lawyer defended the way that drug testing is conducted, saying that players aren’t given notice of tests. Teams regularly receive up to nearly two days’ notice before drug testing of players, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Officials of home teams are notified in advance to leave stadium and parking passes for […]
Posted: October 31st, 2007.
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Boras: Yankees could talk to A-Rod if they want to (AP)
Scott Boras says the New York Yankees could still negotiate with Alex Rodriguez if they wanted to. Boras maintained Wednesday that the Yankees should treat A-Rod the same way they deal with reliever Mariano Rivera and catcher Jorge Posada, who also are free agents. “Why is it that Alex is the only Yankee who can’t […]
Posted: October 31st, 2007.
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Eight years, $216 million should suffice for A-Rod (SportingNews.com)
What’s A-Rod really worth? We stick our resident mathematician on the case, who takes into account Rodriguez’s age, production and salary of his contemporaries to come up with a dollar value per year.
Posted: October 31st, 2007.
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Andy Pettitte: Will Either Play One More Year for Yankees or Retire (RotoWire)
Posted: October 31st, 2007.
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Kerry Wood should get interest as a free agent (Yahoo! Sports)
Kerry Wood’s fastball hit 98 mph toward the end of the season, and he was unscored on in 18 of 22…
Posted: October 31st, 2007.
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Torre would give Dodgers star power as manager (Yahoo! Sports)
If the Los Angeles Dodger hire Joe Torre, they will be getting a manager with star power the city hasn’t seen…
Posted: October 31st, 2007.
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Top 10 A-Rod destinations (Yahoo! Sports)
The carnival known as Alex Rodriguez’s free agency begins and Jeff Passan lists the top 10 likely contenders.
Posted: October 30th, 2007.
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Cashman: At 9:32 voice mail, at 9:42 text message, and A-Rod was gone (AP)
Brian Cashman fell asleep Sunday night reading a story to his son, Teddy. His cell phone, in another room, kept ringing, mostly calls from reporters trying to reach the New York Yankees general manager for his reaction to Alex Rodriguez opting out of his contract. Cashman’s wife woke him up at about 10:30 and he […]
Posted: October 30th, 2007.
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