Coming off a big season with the Padres, reliever Doug Brocail will try to settle down a young Houston bullpen. The Astros added some much-needed veteran leadership in the bullpen Tuesday, penning reliever Doug Brocail to a one-year, $2.5 million deal. This will be the 40-year-old righty’s third tour of duty with Houston, having also […]
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Todd Jones is back as the Tigers’ closer. Will he be saving games for Kenny Rogers? The Gambler is betting on himself. Kenny Rogers has ditched agent Scott Boras and has decided to represent himself in negotiations with the Detroit Tigers ” the only team he says he’ll play for if he returns for the
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The system autopicked Hanley Ramirez at No. 3 for Tim, but we doubt it blows up his face. It’s been a while since I checked in, but the vacation’s over and it’s time to get back to the business that is always at hand — baseball. First off, let me pass on my congratulations to
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Jacque Jones takes his declining power to Detroit for a fresh start. Jacque Jones, long rumoured on his way out of Chicago, has finally been dealt by the Cubs, heading to Detroit yesterday for utility man Omar Infante. You may recall that Jones was almost dealt to the Marlins at the deadline last season, but
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If Mike Lowell, left, leaves Boston, might he be replaced by A-Rod? In his column today, FoxSports’s Ken Rosenthal offered up some interesting scenarios, including: If Mike Lowell, expected to get a four- or even five-year offer from the Yanks, Dodgers or Phillies, leaves the Sox, Boston may open the coffers and try to outbid
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In the first two games of the World Series, held in Boston, DH David Ortiz was 3-for-8 with three runs and two RBI. Ryan Spilborghs, inserted as the counterpart for the Rockies as the DH, was hitless in five at-bats, fanning three times. See the problem here? By winning the All-Star Game for the fifth
Mike Timlin enjoyed a very strong postseason, but he may have pitched his last game for the World Champion Red Sox. I suppose it would be remiss of me not to acknowledge the second World Series Championship by my beloved Red Sox in the past four years, captured on Sunday evening. True, as anticlimactic as
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