Sports 4 Dorks

Any Questions?
I hosted a “live chat” on Rotoworld yesterday afternoon that lasted over two hours, which reminded me that every few months it’s a good idea to open the floor for reader-submitted questions here. If you have something to ask me on any (somewhat reasonable) topic, please post it in the comments section or […]

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Link-O-Rama

Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo recently invited media members covering his team to participate in a full practice that he hoped would help them “recognize the rigors of our respective jobs.” Twenty-one of them took Izzo up on his offer and went through a film session, two-hour practice, print-versus-television scrimmage, and post-practice interviews […]

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Top 40 Twins Prospects of 2007: Review (Part 2)
Last winter I ranked my top 40 Twins prospects for 2007 and profiled each player. My prospect rankings for 2008 will be coming in a few months, but before then let’s take a look back at how the players from the 2007 version fared this season. […]

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Top 40 Twins Prospects of 2007: Review (Part 1)
Last winter I ranked my top 40 Twins prospects for 2007 and profiled each player. My prospect rankings for 2008 will be coming in a few months, but before then let’s take a look back at how the players from the 2007 version fared this season. […]

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Gone: Ford, Rodriguez, Rabe, Watkins
It’s often been overlooked because it’s much easier and more interesting to focus on the big-picture issues, but one of the Twins’ main problems recently has been their lack of position-player depth in both the majors and high minors. When the Triple-A team’s best hitter for much of the season […]

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With Alex Rodriguez almost certainly heading back to the Yankees, where does that leave the Marlins’ Miguel Cabrera? Cabrera, who is likely to be traded as Florida looks to cut its payroll, was considered a candidate to replace A-Rod at third base.
It looks like Los Angeles could be a possible destination for Cabrera, 24, […]

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Assitant Sports editor Jay Schreiber discusses the Mitchell investigation steroid report with reporters Duff Wilson and Michael S. Schmidt. (mp3)
Former senator George Mitchell, asked by baseball to investigate the use of performance-enhancing drugs by Major League players, is expected to issue his report before the end of the year. The indictment Thursday of Barry […]

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How times have changed for the Yankees: as important as Joe Torre was to the success of the major league team, he was not involved in the larger aspects of the organization. New manager Joe Girardi, meanwhile, has spent the week at the team’s academy in the Dominican Republic.
Here’s what the Yankees said about it […]

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Many people in baseball are privately delighted that the agent Scott Boras will get less than he wanted for Alex Rodriguez. The Yankees will soon make official a 10-year contract with Rodriguez for about $275 million, with the chance to make at least $300 million. Boras had contended that Rodriguez deserved more than $32 million […]

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The Mets are on the verge of signing Yorvit Torrealba, their top catching target, to a three-year contract, according to a team official who did not want his name used because he was not authorized to speak publicly about a deal that was not finalized.
The financial terms of the contract were not disclosed but […]

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