Well I survived my travels south this past week and it’s now time to get back into the swing of things. Thanks to RotoRob for picking up the slack last week while I was enjoying some quality time with my auction league mates. We had tickets for a game last Saturday in Springfield, MO., home […]
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After winning a surprising 73 games last season (when most experts predicted the Washington Nationals would be hard-pressed to even win 50), the Nats have backslid substantially this year. After getting off to a 3-0 start, the Nats have fallen apart. Following a sweep in Minny this week, Washington has fallen to 29-45 – 11
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Thanks to collapses by both Colorado and San Diego, the San Francisco Giants aren’t occupying the cellar in the NL West – their expected residence this year. The team is holding its own, going 8-9 so far in June to stay somewhat within striking distance of mediocrity, again, a modest accomplishment considering how bad we
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Face it. You got a little panicky at the end of May when Cole Hamels put up back-to-back stinkers. Well, he sure has bounced back brilliantly in June. After his seven strong innings Monday against the powerful BoSox, Hamels is now 2-0 through three starts this month, with just 13 hits, four runs and six
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The Toronto media is speculating that A.J. Burnett would welcome the idea of leaving town; in fact, he may even be trying to engineer his own demise as a Jay, Richard Griffin of the Toronto Star suggests. While he’s finally stayed healthy for Toronto, Burnett still hasn’t lived up to that overinflated contract he signed
Burnett on the Block? Read Post »
Sunday afternoon’s affair between the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Angels proved to be a good old fashioned pitching duel with the AL West-leading Angels coming out on top, 2-0. With the win, the Halos avoided a three-game sweep at home. It’s been almost a year since the last time such an event happened
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With Tim McLeod off doing some male bonding (no, that doesn’t involve face paint and animal chants – at least, I hope not), the task of compiling this week’s Wire Troll falls to your faithful editor. Not to worry, though – the ever-diligent Tim sent me some suggestions for the week to help put this
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