Posted on July 17, 2008 by Jonathan Chik
If this were a typical Tampa Bay season, we’d be right at the point when the Rays get labeled as “sellers,” trade away what little established veteran talent they have, and try to build for the future. Likewise, this is also the time when they would call up their blue chip prospects in an attempt [...]
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Posted on July 17, 2008 by Dustin Hockensmith
Seems Boston Red Sox outfielder Manny Ramirez has torn a page out of Brett Favre’s book on self-entitlement. Ramirez told the Boston Herald this week that he had “earned that respect, for a team to sit down with me and tell me this is what we want.”
Manny wants to know what his future is with [...]
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Posted on July 15, 2008 by Dustin Hockensmith
When we look back at the 2008 season, Josh Hamilton’s incredible career turnaround will be considered more than a fairy tale. His exploits will be re-told and exaggerated, his feats will become super human, and his every hit will be dripping with dramatics.
Hamilton is becoming a real-life, modern-day Bill Brasky. One day, we’ll be gathered [...]
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Posted on July 13, 2008 by Dave DeIuliis
The Tampa Bay Rays are still the story of the 2008 Major League Baseball season, but their young, raw hitters are having a devil of a time in the week before the All-Star break. During their current losing streak, which reached seven after Sunday’s 5-2 loss in Cleveland and caused them to fall out of [...]
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Posted on July 4, 2008 by Dave DeIuliis
When he’s hitting the ball well and spraying line drives around Wrigley Field, the unorthodox swing of Kosuke Fukudome is, well, unoffensive. But, when he is impatient and slumping it is downright ugly. The latter has been the case for much of the Cubs current road trip, causing Lou Piniella and Cubs Nation to strive [...]
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Posted on July 2, 2008 by Dustin Hockensmith
We should all be over the initial shock of seeing the Tampa Bay Rays with the best record in baseball, but each day they continue their stellar play only compounds our surprise. With wins in the first two games of a series against the Boston Red Sox, the Rays have taken a 2.5-game lead in [...]
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Posted on June 29, 2008 by mikefratto
Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano has been one of the biggest disappointments in fantasy baseball this season. He has drawn comparisons to Hall of Famer Rod Carew after hitting .342 in 2006 and following that up with a fantasy-friendly .306-19-97-93 campaign last year.
The Yankees rewarded him in the offseason with a long-term contract that guarantees [...]
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Posted on June 26, 2008 by Dustin Hockensmith
Insubordination doesn’t quite capture what Shawn Chacon did to Houston Astros general manager Ed Wade on Wednesday. That was the organization’s documented reason for suspending the 30-year old pitcher, I guess because the employee manual doesn’t have policies that address choke slams and physical assaults.
No, Chacon broke the mold with his reaction to Wade’s stern [...]
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Posted on June 24, 2008 by Dustin Hockensmith
Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez’s rare grand slam-early exit combination did nothing to help fantasy owners on Monday night. He staked himself to a second-inning lead, off Johan Santana no less, then left in the fifth inning after spraining his ankle covering home plate. In most cases, owners got nothing for the slam and were [...]
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Posted on June 23, 2008 by mikefratto
It’s about that time of the season when this year’s surprises are all gobbled up and the waiver wire looks like a collection of has-beens and big-time busts. But that doesn’t stop injuries or terrible performances from happening. So if you own Carlos Zambrano or are growing tired of Randy Johnson’s bloated ERA, chances are [...]
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