It’s time for football, so sit back with your beverage and hoagie (or sub, or grinder, or whatever you may call it) and enjoy this week one fantasy preview. Miami at Pittsburgh – With quarterback Ben Roethlisberger out, the reigning champions turn to Charlie Batch as the replacement. If you’re starting Batch, I am deeply […]
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(Sung to the tune of The Itchy and Scratchy Show) They pass And score! And pass and pass and score! Pass pass pass Score score score The Malkin and Crosby Show! So it’s finally happened — Evgeni Malkin, labelled the “Best Player Not In The NHL” by umpteen hockey observers, signed his official rookie contract.
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Carlos Beltran may return for the second game of today’s double header, which gets underway in minutes. He’ll need a big September if has any chance to bagging the MVP Award the way Ryan Howard has taken control since the break. Beltran brings a better all-around game, taking into account his superb defense at a
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Last night there was an incredible total of seven shutouts in the majors, the highest number on any one day since a record eight were hurled back in 1972. In today’s Daily Dose, we focused on the moundsmen behind those gems, including a suddenly-revived Bronson Arroyo, who tossed his first career goose egg despite pitching
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Francisco Liriano felt good after a 78-pitch bullpen session Monday and he will progress to throwing BP Wednesday. The Twins think he’ll be back in the rotation on September 14, and they will need him badly if they hope to make the postseason. Anyone else going crazy trying to figure out the Tampa Bay closing
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In case you hadn’t noticed, Barry Bonds is rewarding his patient owners, who have been frustrated all season waiting for the real Bonds to show up. Well, he’s arrived, and we took a closer look in today’s Daily Dose. Other topics of the Dose include the return of Manny Ramirez and a couple of pitching
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Aaron Cook, who’s been very effective this season for the most part, ran into trouble Saturday in LA against the Dodgers. He lasted just five innings — his shortest outing since July 21 — and was hammered for six hits and seven runs — six earned. Cook coughed up two dingers for the first time
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