Monday, June 20th, 2011
One of the most underrated elements of free agency in baseball is the involvement of a player's agent. Obviously agents negotiate the deals, but they also use their influence to steer players towards certain teams. If an agent has a solid prior relationship with a team, the likelihood that he ...
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Apparently it's "bring up your top prospect" season. The San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals have done it over the past week, and now the Seattle Mariners appear ready to join the mix, as it looks like they will call-up second baseman Dustin Ackley early next week.
Ackley was the ...
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Saturday, August 21st, 2010
If there were any Washington Nationals fans out there, I'm sure they would be utterly terrified by Stephen Strasburg's wrist/arm injury tonight. He hurt his shoulder earlier this year and now he could be headed that way again just three starts after his first stint.
None of this matters, of course, ...
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Diplomatic trash talk heading into USA v. England. No, I mean these are real diplomats - Deadspin
Rex Ryan: motivating the US soccer team. Go, F-cking Overlords of Death! - Kissing Suzy Kolber
Your fantasy football defense rankings for 2010 - Fantasy Knuckleheads
Did Strasburg hit 103 last night? - DC Sports Bog
Apparently ...
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
I don't know what I love about Stephen Strasburg's first start more: that he was nasty and essentially only threw one bad pitch or that he earnestly answered "60 feet, six inches" when Nationals manager Jim Riggelman asked him how far it was from the mound to the plate in ...
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
It would seem that Nats fans are pretty jacked up for Tuesday's major league debut of Stephen Strasburg. The team, which generally can't draw gnats, is expecting to sell standing room only seats for the game against the Pirates.
Certainly, the excitement is warranted. Strasburg zoomed through the minors, going 7-2 ...
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Sure every baseball fan is fixated on the arrival of baseball's Next Big Thing, Stephen Strasburg. But there’s another behemoth on the horizon, and he just might have a bigger impact than the Nationals’ golden boy.
Florida outfield prospect Mike Stanton is an absolute beast. And no, we're obviously not talking about ...
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