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Baseball Musings :: Keeping the Upper Lip Warm

December 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Bronx Banter publishes a great story on how reverse psychology led to the Oakland A’s growing mustaches in the early 1970s….

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Baseball Musings :: Dontrelle Dollars

December 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

The Detroit Tigers signed Dontrelle Willis to a three-year deal, buying out his first year of free agency. They get him for a low price of $29 million for the term of the contract, and now control their three young…

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MLB News Blog Network :: Affidavits: Grimsley implicated Canseco, Dykstra; Radomski names four not in Mitchell Report (AP)

December 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Jose Canseco, Lenny Dykstra and Rafael Palmeiro were among nine players accused of doping by former major league pitcher Jason Grimsley in a federal agent’s affidavit. Roger Clemens wasn’t one of them, despite a published report last year that singled him out. He was, however, prominently mentioned in last week’s Mitchell Report on doping, but […]

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MLB News Blog Network :: Prospect Pulse: Sitdown with RHP Josh Wells

December 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

It was two summers ago that Josh Wells signed with the Jays out of Australia. His debut was pushed back after Tommy John Surgery last year, but the right-hander is back after rehabbing the entire 2007 and spending time in Instructs this fall. Wells sat down with InsideTheDome.com from Australia to talk about his rehab, […]

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Fenway West :: Red Sox in "The Year in Photos"

December 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Time Magazine is out with its annual Year in Images Edition with this Sox Photo as one of the 48 pictures.

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Fenway West :: Twins Reporter Rags On Coco’s Defense

December 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Tom Powers of the Pioneer Press had

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567 Miles From Home :: Happy Holidays

December 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

With the Christmas rush and everything else I haven’t had much time to post, so I am going to take a little vacation from bloggi…

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Hire Jim Essian! :: Sweet Uncle Lou?s Friday Roundup: The ?Ho! Ho! Hos!? Edition

December 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

I hope you jerks got your Christmas shopping done already, because the malls are going to be as packed as the seat of Jim Hendry’s pants this weekend. Me, I’m getting Anita the same thing I get her every year. I’m lying under the tree butt-ass naked with a bow on my junk.
Anyhow, […]

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Center Field :: Catching Up

December 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Hideki Okajima: Wanted to remind Josh, Jonathan & Clay that he kicks ass as well- and swooped in to rightfully claim his place as TYIB’s Setup Man of the Year. And if Josh and Jonathan’s wins could be considered “convincing”,…

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Ron Kaplan’s Baseball Bookshelf :: Lest we forget

December 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

J. Russel Coffey, the oldest known surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, died today at the age of 109.
Born Sept. 1, 1898, Coffey played semipro baseball in Akron, earned a doctorate in education from New York University, taught in high school and college and raised a family.
 

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