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How Have Prices Been Affected at Yankees Stadium Since The Boss Passed Away

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Remembering George Steinbrenner: A Female Umpire’s Perspective

Here’s the abstract of the article originally titled “Remembering George” from professional umpire, Perry Barber’s website “Dishing It… and taking it, too”.

March, 1990: After twenty-eight years with the New York Mets, my friend and mentor Arthur Richman had recently matriculated to the Yankees‘ front office at his good pal George Steinbrenner’s insistence. One of the [...]

Berry Reassigned, Bagwell to Take Over as Astros Hitting Coach

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The following article was originally posted at James’ site Astros County back on July 11th!
It’s not often you get an email in church that makes you go, “Whoa!” in the middle of the Lord’s Supper. But that’s exactly what happened this morning.
Alyson Footer first broke this morning that Sean Berry has [...]

The SF Giants at the All Star Break

I think that the Giants are one of the more interesting teams at the All-Star Break. At the time of this writing they are five games above the .500 mark and only four games back of first place. With half the season to go, anything can happen. This is part of [...]

The 1% Factor: How The Brewers Can Defy The Odds And Make A Run

As the Brewers end the first “half” of play and come out on the other end of the All-Star Break, the following question popped into my mind:
Can The Brewers Defy a 40-49 Record and actually make a playoff run?
The one good thing about hope is that it cannot be killed (no [...]

Mets at the Break: Back in Contention

The Mets went into the All-Star Break 48-40, four games out of first and one game out of the wild card. What could have been devastating problems have instead resulted in pleasant surprises. Carlos Beltran, perhaps the team’s best all-around player, was originally expected back in May, but won’t make his season debut until after [...]

The Boss Has Left the Office

Here is my eulogy to George Steinbrenner
He parlayed a $167,000 investment into a business now worth over $1 billion. That was the business side of George Steinbrenner.
In 1973, when he became Managing General Partner, he vowed to take a once glorious team mired in a long stretch of mediocrity and make [...]

Baltimore Orioles Sweep The First Place Rangers: Not a Misprint

After enduring one of the most disappointing first halves to a season in franchise history, the Baltimore Orioles headed into the All-Star break with a surprising four-game sweep over the West Division leading Texas Rangers.
What makes the sweep particularly shocking is that Texas entered the series with a 31-15 home record while the Orioles were [...]

Seattle Mariners Trade Cliff Lee to Texas Rangers for Justin Smoak: Fantasy Impact

After weeks of anticipation, Seattle Mariners’ pitcher Cliff Lee finally has a new home.
Just hours after it was reported that the New York Yankees were close to acquiring Lee’s services, the Mariners dealt the 31-year-old southpaw to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Justin Smoak and minor leaguers Blake Beavan, Josh Lueke and Matt Lawson.
Mariners’ [...]

Haarlem Baseball Week Updated: 3 Games In

Good Morning, after several days of many calls and mail, has finally clarified the participation of Venezuela in the 25th Haarlem Baseball Week. Saturday revealed that the team still in the capital Caracas, and that insurmountable difficulties were about obtaining visas for Porto Rico. The Venezuelan team was in Puerto [...]

Cliff Lee NOT Traded to the Yankees, but IS now a Ranger!!!

Biggest Trade of 2010 Season Occurs With Added Drama
From the words of Texas Rangers GM Jon Daniels, the Rangers, not Yankees, are the winners of the Cliff Lee sweepstakes. They will be sending star 1B prospect Justin Smoak, and minor leaguers RHP Blake Beavin, RHP Josh Lueke, and utility man [...]

Cliff Lee (Almost) Traded to Yankees?!!!

Lee becomes 9th Yankee on AL All-Star team
Mariners receive prospect package with Jesus Montero as the centerpiece
The most talked-about sweepstakes at the trade deadline this year is coming to a close. THUH-UH-UH-UH—YANKEES WIN!

Despite missing the first month of the season with an abdominal strain, LHP Cliff Lee places 4th among pitchers [...]

Russell Branyan traded for Randy Johnson… Kind of (includes FLOW CHART)

About a week ago, on the heels of winning 6 of their last 7, a few days ago Seattle Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik was quoted “I’m not ready to throw in the towel just yet.” Now, he has absolutely no incentive to say the opposite (“Fire Sale!” shows your hand and gives [...]

Early 2011 Fantasy Baseball Value Plays

We are not even at the All-Star Break yet so you may be asking, “Why the hell are you talking about values for 2011?”  Certainly a fair question but it is never too early to start getting a feel for the next season – even in non-keeper leagues.  Here is a [...]

All-Star Shame; Prospects Flame

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I’m going to go on my annual rant about the All-Star Game albeit somewhat less harsh. This game is at a crossroads. What is it really and what has it become? Historically the All-Star Game was created to offer some excitement during the Great Depression.
No fewer than 19 future Hall [...]

The SF Giants June Swoon

I can recall one time when I was a kid, one of my sisters asked me “What about the Giants’ “June swoon?” At the time she asked I was not familiar with what the phrase “June swoon” actually meant. Now, many years later I am painfully aware of what the June [...]

Brandon Phillips: Why You Should Sell High on The Cincinnati Reds’ Second Baseman

In four and a half seasons with the Reds, Phillips has never finished with a batting average higher than .288, and his career mark is an uninspiring .269. Yet somehow, the recently-turned 29-year-old is batting .309 this season…

July 4th Baseball Facts, New and Old

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The New York Yankees: Brains Behind the Brawn?

Ah, hating the Yankees. This is a passion that even the most hated division rivals will share. If you’ve never heard someone say “All they do is buy championships,” you must not be from this continent.
Buying championships? I think that undersells the fantastic job that GM Brian Cashman has done. Since [...]

San Francisco Giants Trade Catcher Bengie Molina to Texas Rangers: Fantasy Impact

While the MLB trade deadline is more than four weeks away, the San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers swapped catcher Bengie Molina for reliever Chris Ray and a player to be named later on Thursday.
Although this deal may appear insignificant on the surface, it’s important to understand how this trade effects not only the fantasy values [...]