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The Hardball Times :: Re-imagining the Big Zone Sixties, revisited:  part one

January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

What if they hadn’t ordered up a super-sized strike zone in the 1960s?

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The Hardball Times :: TUCK! sez: Cha-ching!

January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments


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Chicago Cubs Online :: Back to Business

January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

MLB front offices, like most of the business world, will return to work today after the long holiday break. Over the next month there should be more wheelin’ and dealin’, as well as free agent signings, as clubs prepare for Spring Training to begin in mid-February. Probably the biggest story to follow in the coming […]

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Cubs f/x :: Pie Projections

January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Looking ahead, it seems Felix is in line to…

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Center Field :: Mike Lowell = Derek Lowe?

January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

You might think it would be hard to confuse this guy: With this guy: But you would be wrong. Mike Lowell was at last night’s Gonzaga-Utah college basketball game as a guest of his buddy (and former Marlin) Mike Redmond,…

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Scott Proctor’s Arm :: A-Rod can’t catch a break

January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Alex Rodriguez still isn’t liked, apparently. From YouTube: I have a feeling…

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Chicago Cubs Baseball :: 2007 Chicago Cubs Reflections:Never a Dull Moment

January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Another Chicago Cubs baseball season and another year without a World Series title. That’s 99 years and counting for those of you thinking this New Year’s Day, and a very, very long time for those who aren’t.
While 2007 didn’t produce that World Series crown Cubdom has been yearning for, it wasn’t a year […]

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Tao of Stieb :: Happy Freaking Hangover! Welcome to 2008!

January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Ouch. Is it 2008 already? Maybe it was the Chicken Bone shots (Fireball and…

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River Ave. Blues :: A-Rod, Boras really not talking

January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

In what is turning into a soap opera to rival Gossip Girls, John Harper checked in with Scott Boras and A-Rod last week. The two, he writes, are still in a fight, and Scott Boras isn’t too happy about it.
Harper notes that many in the New York media believed the whole opt-out/opt-in saga was orchestrated […]

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SOX & Dawgs :: We Want Beer!!

January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

New York Jets fans chanted at half time “We want beer!!” because the team had decided to ban the sale of the frosty brew at the teams season finale against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.  The beer ban was not announced prior to the game to prevent the fans that did bother to show […]

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