Sports 4 Dorks

Bill Kirwin, the founding editor of Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture, passed away on December 11, succumbing to the brain cancer he had battled for a year. A native of Boston and a lifelong Red Sox fan, Kirwin was Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of Calgary, in […]

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Wednesday night was baseballs deadline for tendering contracts to arbitration eligible players. The Padres have decided to non tender two of their mid season Astros’ acquisitions, in 3rd baseman Morgan Ensberg and OF Jason Lane. The Friars also cut ties with pitchers Jack

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Want to lose 6 pounds in 3 days for free? Recycle. This is one of the nuggets of information I picked up on a tour of Waste Management ’s single-stream recycling facility and education center in north Denver last week. YourHub.com’s Eric Lubbers and I wanted to convert what […]

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Players without a home.

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From Peter Abraham:Brian Bruney can afford another tattoo, the Yankees decided to keep him. Bruney, Wilson Betemit, Robinson Cano and Chien-Ming Wang were all offered arbitration tonight. The Yankees did not offer deals to RHPs T.J. Beam, M…

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I have red typed some interesting non-Tenders below.  Leave some comments in the forum or in the comments field.   From ESPN news wire: NEW YORK — The 43 players who became free agents when their teams failed to offer 2008 contracts Wednesday:< ^AMERICAN LEAGUE= BALTIMORE (2) — Cory Doyne, rhp; Robert…

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The Giants just signed Aaron Rowand to be their centerfielder for the next five years, at a cost of $60M. As I type this, I am giggling.
Rowand agreed to a $60 million, five-year contract with the Giants on Wednesday, giving the club a Gold Glove winner without having to trade either of its […]

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TAMPA, FL: The Hillsborough School Board made a decision Tuesday night to christen in his honor the George Steinbrenner High School in the town of Lutz. Steinbrenner was on their minds after the rece…

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It’s inconclusive, hampered by lack of cooperation and tainted by its author being a member of the Red Sox board of directors. Yet, it will shed some light upon the dark era of baseball of rampant steroid use without ramifications. 60-80 names is no joke. Although if there’s several Yankees and no Red Sox […]

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Looks like Aaron Rowand has signed with the Giants for 5 years and $60. So after all it was about the money and the years for Rowand. Too bad, but we wish him luck. Now at least the Phillies aren’t left hanging to find out what Rowand will do. The organization […]

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