Ups And Downs
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I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend while pausing to reflect on
just why we have such a holiday. If you missed it, yesterday I posted the
sche...
Phillies Lacking on the Bases
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A base-stealing wizard in his playing days, Davey Lopes joined the Phillies
in 2007 as a first base coach. Due in large part to his wisdom, the
Phillies tr...
Gerald Laird’s Extraordinary Feat
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In the fifth inning at Fenway Park on Memorial Day afternoon, Detroit
Tigers backup catcher
Gerald Laird’s Extraordinary Feat - Motor City Bengals - Moto...
Name That Cub!
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He’s started 13 games.Been hit by a pitch 3 times.Has but 4 walks vs. 19
strikeouts.Knocked in 5 Go-Ahead & 4 2-out RBI.Is batting .4oo over his
last six g...
I am in here
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As you may or may not be aware, I've been traveling this weekend. I woke up
at 7:30 AM on Saturday so that I could do laundry and pack (I, uh, stayed
out...
D-Backs Inability to Get on a Roll Could End Soon
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As the D-Backs fell to the Giants 4-2 on Memorial Day, they continued their
perplexing inability to get on a winning streak. Only once since the first
f...
Back to .500
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The Bucs kept on rolling on this hot Memorial Day afternoon, cruising to a
4-1 victory over (previously) red-hot Cincinnati for their fourth victory
in a r...
Dodgers Celebrate “The Infield” on Tuesday Night
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Now this is a bobblehead I can get behind! Cey, Russell, Lopes and
Garvey. When I was growing up as a young Dodger fan, these were the first
players I re...
Ponderings and 100 Yard Stares
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There was a time when we might have taken the first post after a cruddy
weekend to scold those who were piling off the bandwagon and taunting those
who re...
The Texas Rangers Hangover
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After having 34 runs scored against them on 44 combined hits, the bullpen
racking up 15.1 innings of work over the weekend, and two of the three
starters ...
Remember Memorial Day
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Before we head out to the barbeques, beaches or ball games today, let’s
take a moment to remember what this day stands for and not just a day off
from work...
G48: Red Sox 7, Tigers 4
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Tigers - 010 010 002 - 4 7 0
Red Sox - 131 001 01x - 7 13 0
A swinging strike 3 by Mike Aviles should have ended the second inning with
the score 1-1...
Cruz'd
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Seriously, what the hell was that?
I know the Texas Rangers are good. Many say they are the best lineup up in
baseball. I don't really get the people ...
Why Does It Feel So Good To Be So Wrong?
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The seemingly rhetorical question may actually deserve an answer this
time. Why must reality dictate that what our brains believe to be “right”
be so fa...
The New Lincecum Rules
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I get it. Two-time Cy Younger, staff ace, 20-million-dollar man, he gets every last thread of rope. And Bruce Bochy and Dave Righetti certainly gave it to Ti...
Melky’s hit parade
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Here’s an interesting fact: Since 1960, the Giants have only had two
seasons in which a player collected 200 hits or more. Which Giant hitters
accomplish...
Mets 2012 Stars & Stripes hat is camouflage
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Gone are the red, white and blues of the past. This year, it's camouflage.
Looks like these hats are going from bad to worse.
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Shocking the World...Again: An Indians Checklist
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It feels very much like deja-vu around here...
A year ago, there was talks about "shocking the world" and how possible it
really was for our Cleveland Ind...
Sweep
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Some disjointed, but from the heart, thoughts on the Blue Jays and Yankees.
Watching Yan Gomes clap his hands as he left the batter’s box, and again
when h...
Well Then.....
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They lost closer Joakim Soria and catcher Salvador Perez in
spring training - Soria for the year and Perez for the first half of the
season.
The lo...
10 early-season surprising stats [Globe]
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I'm not your typical journalist. I love statistics. Databases? I eat those
for breakfast.
I compiled 10 of the most surprising statistics in the first mont...
What the Beastie Boys Teach Us About Baseball
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*Just a reminder: posts are still going up regularly at Baseball Prospectus,
with recents posts looking at the sad execution of a Negro Leaguer, a fantast...
The Websoulsurfer Predictions for the NL West
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My Predictions for the NL West in 2012
Opening Day for the Padres is less than 18 hours away and here is my first
post of the new season. Over the next...
The Sacrifice Power Rankings: April
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Here’s another idea I’ll probably drop real quick: Every month, I’m going
to go over which players are giving the owner-less Padres the most bang for
their...
Second exhibition game at Marlins Park
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I have now visited my 21st major league stadium, Marlins Park in Miami. For
the second game in a row, we made our way to the park, this time by public
tran...
Well Represented
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As the top 100 lists are making their rounds, I can’t help but feel proud
to be a Padres fan at this time. The Padres find themselves well
represented. Pad...
Braves third baseman Chipper Jones to retire
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Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones announced Thursday he was
retiring at the end of the 2012 season. Shortly thereafter, came the news
Chipper had ...
A new home
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I started this one-room crap-shack of a blog all the way back in 2006 out
of boredom and in need of a baseball outlet. The original intend was not to...
Baseball Revisited still alive
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Please check out the new improved Baseball Revisited here. It’s bigger,
it’s better, it will solve world hunger. Please update to the new address,
and if I...
A New Challenge Awaits...
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I started what eventually became Nats News Network on March 14, 2007. It was originally titled Bottomfeeder Baseball Blog, and I attempted to write about th...
If I Were GM…
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The Angels seem to be treading water right now, and I don’t think anyone
would argue that they don’t need a change. So, in my dream world where I am
Angels...
"I'm Shutting Down the Studio" - ITM Edition
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The time has come. It's time to make official something I've known for
well over a year. It's time to bring ITM to a close. Simply put; between
work, wor...
Downtime
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Sorry for the lack of posting recently, but Camden Crazies is in the
process of moving. Hopefully things will be done soon. In the meantime, (1)
no way the...
I’m Beyond Disgrunted
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I just plain hate the Mets… Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share
this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on Diigo Share this on Facebook
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A high five for MASN
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Sometimes I don’t send thank you notes out timely. My friends and family
are generous and kind, and yet I’m not as dependable as I should be about
writing ...
NationalsPride is becoming Nationals Daily News
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We're going to roll out some major changes this weekend, but none more
obvious or significant than the name of the site. NationalsPride.com will
become Nat...
Not Your Father’s Twins
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From 2001-09 with an average payroll of only $54 million, the Minnesota
Twins somehow managed to win 88 games per season on average. In those nine
seasons,...
The New Bernie's Crew
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Hi folks,
The exact pathway to the new blog may still be under construction, but here
is where you can find the new blog.
A new entry is up. I hope yo...
Blame it on the Yanks
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It's been debated in plenty of places whether new stadiums actually are a
boon for the surrounding communities or not. Do they help the people and
small...
Braves avoid Arbitration with newly acquired Cabrera
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The Braves and outfielder Melky Cabrera have agreed to a one year, $3.1
million contract, avoiding arbitration. Cabrera was acquired in a deal with
the New...
Perhaps, the End of the Beginning
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With the New Year come resolutions and a chance for new beginnings. I'm not
the resolution type, because it's the rare resolution I'm able to follow
throug...
The Goodbye Post
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Well, it looks like this is goodbye. www.fireericbruntlett.wordpress.com is
no longer. You should have seen it coming. Without Bruntlett on the
Phillies, w...
Cubs inch closer to resigning Grabow
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John Grabow was brought in from Pittsburgh mid-season last year to fill the
role that Neal Cotts failed at - lefty setup man - and had an all-around
good...
Ian Kennedy Pitch F/X: 2008 Vs. 2009
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I don't know what to do right now, as we still have two more days until
Yankee baseball, so this should help you kill some time(it certainly helped
me kill...
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