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Rule 5 Statistical Preview

December 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Being a Rays fan I’ve become accustomed to - of all things - looking forward to the Rule 5 draft - even after the Josh Hamilton incident and disappointingly selling away our first pick last year. This year it appears the Rays will take Indians outfielder Brian Barton first overall, and while doing some research […]

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Tags: Baseball

BASEBALL: Lastings Out The Door

December 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

The Mets’ deal of Lastings Milledge for Brian Schneider and Ryan Church is a pretty classic example of a deal I didn’t love but didn’t hate at first glance, but quickly started hating the more I thought about it. Let’s go through the lessons of this deal:
1. There’s no such thing as a […]

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Tags: Baseball

Time For Pat Riley To Quit Miami Heat’s Front Office & Just Coach?

December 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Questioning a legend is never easy. And Pat Riley has certainly earned his stripes as a coaching legend capturing four NBA Titles over a distinguished career. However Riley s performance as an executive is fair game. Recently the man with the oiled-out dome has drafted poorly overpaid mediocre talent and then traded that mediocre talent […]

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Tags: NBA

Andrei Kirilenko Stuffs Stat-Sheet, Leads Utah Jazz Over L.A. Lakers

December 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Utah s Andrei Kirilenko polarizes hoop heads. Some basketball fans hit him with the Euro stereotype aloof overpaid and overrated. Others recognize the subtleties and love how he influences play without taking shots. Whatever your opinion AK-47 dominated Utah s 120-96 win over L.A. at EnergySolutions arena on Friday evening …

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Tags: NBA