Sports 4 Dorks

In 1993, Tony Pena had only 55 hits in 304 at bats. His season average was .181.

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On Tuesday, Kevin Youkilis suggested the spring training equivalent of a sunset duel, offering to play anyone at ping pong at anytime if someone would get him a table.
Comcast SportsNet brought the table, a round robin tournament was setup between Youkilis, Pedroia and Lowell, and Lowell kicked everyone’s ass.

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The Red Sox will visit the White House on Wednesday, February 27th, as part of what figures to be a long day.
It will be interesting to see who boycotts the trip this year…though it’s pretty much a given that Schilling, Timlin and Lowell will be there.

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Manny Ramirez seems to be gearing up for the possibility that the Red Sox won’t exercise their $20 million option at the end of the season.
Manny has switched agents, and is now represented by Scott Boras.

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Forget about a Roberts trade now. This is war. By the way, I feel so much better about the Cubs starting rotation, now that I know he was once selected to the All-Star Game. Clearly the Cubs just need to return him to the role where he was an All-Star, and it’ll flow!

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I agree with the sentiment, but, what the heck is a three-sided coin? “I can’t go wrong with either three,” said Piniella in his own wordspeak. “I could flip a coin right now and feel comfortable with any of them.” While you ponder that, also contemplate the state of the Cardinals, as the […]

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Earlier this week, RAB reader Justin sent me the following e-mail:
My question is …why not add Bonds? Nobody wants him. We could have him for cheap and he would GREATLY improve our offense…I think it would make ours the best in the baseball (I think we’re probably a step behind Detroit). Bonds […]

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The last weekend update before the exhibition season gets underway on Thursday. The Cubs lineup was the hot topic on Friday. Lou Piniella appeared on the Mike North show and confirmed reports from Thursday that he was considering hitting Kosuke Fukudome third in his lineup. Several reports brought up the number 125, as in the […]

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Manny ambled into the Fort Myers training compound, the sun barely tinging the horizon with light. Earlier than his teammates,…

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