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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No, we’re not even done the playoffs yet, but for teams who are now on the sidelines, the Hotstove Lounge season has already begun. Today, we’ll examine a few potential moves that are gaining momentum in Philadelphia. Word is spreading like wildfire that Curt Schilling will return to the Phillies this offseason on a one-year
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Pop quiz: name the only general manager in baseball history to lead both an American League team and a National League team to a World Series title. Yes, it’s the same man who decided a few days ago to end his Hall of Fame-worthy GM career ” John Schuerholz. Universally regarded by fans, the media
Add Willy Taveras to the list of names that have haunted Arizona in the playoffs. The D-Backs find themselves in a precarious 2-0 hole in the NLCS and headed to Coors where doing any worse than taking two out of three games will end Arizona’s post-season run. Taveras helped extend the Snakes’ history of extra-inning
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