Now that he’s gotten off the bench, Luke Scott is playing extremely well for the Astros. (Karren Warren/Houston Chronicle) Dear RotoRob.com, I just checked my e-mail this morning and I have an offer for trade: Curt Schilling or Chien-Ming Wang and Kevin Youkilis for Ryan Braun and Matt Cain. I have A-Rod to play third […]
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An inability to hit righties will doom Chris Burke to a career as a part-time player. The Astros have spent most of the season struggling, but over the past week and change, they’ve made a mini push to get within shouting distance of an NL Central race that no one seems ready to take control
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Mike Ricci, shown here doing what he did best — distracting opponents — has retired from the NHL after 16 seasons. Today marks the end of the line for unrestricted free agent Mike Ricci, a veteran of 16 NHL campaigns. In reality, this decision just lays to rest a career that had ended quite some
Don’t throw away that autographed Reggie Abercrombie cardboard just yet; he’s earned another shot. It might be time for the Marlins to give Reggie Abercrombie another shot. After spending the season as the Fish’s fourth outfielder in 2006, Abercrombie was farmed out to Triple-A Albuquerque a couple of months ago after struggling to a 579
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Did you happen to catch J.J. Putz’s outing on Saturday? Not only did he serve up a gargantuan grand slam to Josh Fields that pulled the Sox within one, but he wasn’t fooling anyone in this outing. Even the outs were smoked. Now, there’s probably no reason to worry about Putz at all, but with
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After his huge workload last season, we’d suggest steering clear of Larry Johnson in 2007. Fast forward to draft night. You are sitting with the third pick in the first round. The lucky jerk that got the first pick went with chalk. The guy (or gal) picking second took their time. They weighed the options,
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Given Cedric Benson’s unfortunate skewering on the end of a pole, we prefer Ronnie Brown in a one-keeper league. Dear RotoRob.com, Okay, here’s a switch from basketball and baseball: a football question. I am in a 10-team, one-player keeper league. I have Ronnie Brown, Cedric Benson, Thomas Jones and DeAngelo Williams to pick from. The
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