When Alfonso Soriano became the fourth member of the prestigious 40-40 club (40 homers and 40 steals in the same season), The Onion, perhaps the finest satirical news site on the net, had a great time zinging the previous members. I mean, think about it. Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez would make nobody’s […]
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Baltimore’s Daniel Cabrera, a maddeningly difficult fantasy player to own, was on his game last night, coming within two outs of tossing the first complete-game no-hitter by an Oriole since Jim Palmer did it in 1969. Check out Cabrera’s exploits in today’s Daily Dose. Coors Field is a pitcher’s park? Trying telling that to anyone
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Scot “panty” Shields has recovered from a tough August in which he gave up four homers to throw shutout ball in nine of his past 10 outings. He’s been slightly more hittable this season, but has compensated for that by posting the finest command (84 Ks/24 BB) of his career. Shields remains one of the
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As Don Henley so succinctly stated, “in a New York minute, everything can change.” Thanks to Pedro Martinez’s calf woes, the Mets may be forced to change their entire post-season pitching rotation. We review the situation in today’s Daily Dose. Derek Lowe has benefited greatly from having Greg Maddux around. Last night Lowe wasn’t at
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No one is going to be wowed by that .255 BA (although it is a career best), but Nick Swisher has still enjoyed a breakthrough season. With back-to-back two-run games, he now has 104 runs, and his 34th homer and 91st RBI yesterday keyed a four-run second that helped the A’s clinch the West. Swisher
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The A’s are headed back to the playoffs, earning their first AL West title since 2003. For catcher Jason Kendall, it marks his post-season debut after 11 major league seasons. We explore this topic in today’s Daily Dose. A team going in the opposite direction is St. Louis. It lost its seventh straight yesterday even
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It’s difficult to pinpoint what went wrong with the White Sox this season. Inconsistent starting pitching. Trouble setting the table at the top of the lineup. And, as good as he’s been this season, Jermaine Dye hasn’t been himself down the stretch. He’s dealing with both back and hamstring issues that have limited him to
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