Friday, July 29th, 2011
It's Friday night and baseball's trade deadline is Sunday afternoon. That means things are getting tense and heated all around the big leagues. Here's the latest on what's happening right now.
Reds and Nationals looking at Bourn
The Cincinnati Reds and Washington Nationals are both said to be interested in adding Houston ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
This was originally going to be a rant about how the Cubs' terrible pitching managed to get even more terrible on Wednesday night.
And then Wilson Valdez and the Phillies came to our collective rescue.
With the Phils and Reds locked in an epic 6 hour, 11-minute extra-inning battle (aka 15 minutes ...
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Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Last year Aroldis Chapman caused quite a stir with his ridiculous velocity readings once he made his Major League debut. This season, the lefty reliever is still lighting up the gun, but he has struggled with location. That has prompted discussion that the Cincinnati Reds might want to send their ...
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Monday, October 4th, 2010
Bud Black did one of the most incredible jobs of managing in the history of Major League Baseball during the 2010 season. Back in March, sports books put the San Diego Padres' over-under for victories at 71. The Padres won their 72nd game on August 18.
Black took a young, inexperienced ...
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Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Fittingly, the chase for the National League MVP is a three-horse race.
While it appears neither Joey Votto, Carlos Gonzalez or Albert Pujols will pull off the rare Triple Crown, each came within a whisker of joining the likes of Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, Secretariat and Seattle Slew.
Heading into Tuesday's action ...
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Friday, July 30th, 2010
Information is coming fast and furious as we near Saturday's non-waiver trade deadline in Major League Baseball. We'll just get right into what's going on at this hour.
Berkman headed to the Bronx
Multiple reports are now saying that the New York Yankees have a deal in place to acquire Houston Astros ...
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
No, I don't remember Devan Downey - Strait Pinkie
Ozzie Guillen has a twitter now? I'm surprised it's legible - Sun Times
I'm linking solely for the headline: Nick Punto: Piranah or Rabid Chihuahua? - Star Trib
If that '99-'00 Michigan State backcourt had one more year together, basketball people would still pleasure ...
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
One of the most intriguing storylines of this baseball offseason is where Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman would end up.
Would it be one of the usual suspects like the Yankees, Red Sox or Mets?
Or how about the Cincinnati Reds?
Against all known odds, the left-hander agreed to a five-year, $30 million deal ...
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Briana Evigan is a hot chick I'd never heard of until this afternoon. After minimal research I realized that she can dance. And as I've always said, there's nothing better than a hot chick who can dance. For real. Watch this video. You'll be glad you did.
Now on to the ...
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
On Sunday, we learned that the San Diego Padres have officially given up on the Mark Prior Reclamation Project, putting a once incredibly promising career onto seemingly permanent ice.
On Monday, the Cincinnati Reds announced that promising young hurler Edinson Volquez underwent Tommy John surgery and will not be pitching for ...
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