Big Papi helped salvage something for the hurting Red Sox Nation yesterday when he pounded two home runs to become Boston’s single-season home run king with 52. The Daily Dose explores this and then has a closer look at John Smoltz, whose 2007 option was finally picked up by the Braves yesterday. You can read […]
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Washington at Houston – Assuming Clinton Portis plays, he is a great option against a Houston team that couldn’t stop me and I have a 6.8 40 time. (That’s just an estimate, of course.) Anyway, leave Mark Brunell on waivers and cross your fingers that Santana Moss comes up with some big plays. For those
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The bye weeks are now upon us with Kansas City, San Diego, Oakland and Dallas taking the week off, sipping cocktails, and probably licking some wounds. Let’s take pollution down to zero! Carolina at Tampa Bay – As of this writing, Steve Smith has practiced and might actually suit up for this one. Keep your
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In today’s Daily Dose, we marvel at the exploits of Dontrelle Willis, who was an absolute one-man wrecking crew against the Mets last night. Not only did he come within two outs of a complete game win, but he hammered two long balls and an RBI single. Not bad for a day’s work. We also
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It’s easy to get wrapped up in the fact that Paul Konerko won’t reach the 40-homer mark for a third straight season and assume that he’s having a down year. But nothing could be further than the truth. The numbers don’t lie: he is headed for career bests across all percentages, including a whopping .314
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The Yankees (argh) got more good news yesterday when Gary Sheffield looked good enough in a simulated game to come off the DL. Great. That’s all the Pinstripers need…more offense. In today’s Daily Dose, we covered the return of the Sheff. The Dose then looked at the Trevor Hoffman situation — is he hurt or
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Sure, Jason Giambi got his cortisone shot and returned to the Yankees lineup last week, but anyone who thinks his wrist is okay need look no further than his .171 BA and complete lack of long balls this month to know he is still hurting. The Yankees themselves have admitted that he is best served
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