Thursday, January 5th, 2012
Without question, the most underplayed story from this week in sports is the one where Roy Halladay rescues a guy in the Amazon who had just been attacked by an anaconda. No, seriously.
Halladay was on a fishing expedition with former teammates Chris Carpenter and B.J. Ryan and pro angler Skeet Reese (do ...
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Thursday, November 17th, 2011
One of the key baseball free agents this winter is Japanese starting pitcher Yu Darvish. The 25-year-old right-hander has spent the last few seasons pitching for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and is supposed to be posted for bidding at some point this offseason. When he is, a bunch of ...
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Meet Jake Eliopoulous. And pay close attention, because you'll probably never see him again.
A year ago, young Jake was picked by the Toronto Blue Jays in the second round of the MLB Draft with the 68th overall pick. It was a feel-good story. Born in Ukraine, Jake was adopted by ...
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
If you ask me, it's been a terribly annoying week in baseball. And I'm not just saying that to sound like Andy Rooney. (I am, however, grooming my eyebrows in an effort to look like Andy Rooney).
Something has happened every day so far this week that has raised my ire. ...
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Friday, April 9th, 2010
Last year we I ripped Vernon Wells and his contract pretty mercilessly. In fact, most baseball experts ripped Wells and his contract for both being horrible. That single contract (seven years, $126 million signed in 2007) is probably the reason J.P. Ricciardi is manning a desk on Baseball Tonight and ...
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