1897 DMB World Series-Game #2

post from DMB Historic World Series Replay on 03 November 2009 06:55:48 PM. © DMB Historic World Series Replay

10/4/1897, @, South End Grounds IIIBill Hoffer vs Fred Klobedanz HAMILTON WINS IT FOR BEANEATERS IN THE 9THBilly Hamilton had a lifetime .344 average with 912 stolen bases, and was not elected to the Hall of Fame until 1961.With the score tied at 3 in the bottom of the 9th Chick Stahl led off the inning [...]

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11/3 Winter Ball Report

post from Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog on 03 November 2009 06:50:00 PM. © Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog

The Surprise Rafters beat the Phoenix Desert Dogs 6-5 tonight to improve their record to 9-10: Box Score - Recap

Pitching:
Zack Kroenke (W, 1-0): 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, pitches-strikes: 23-13, 5.40 ERA
Grant Duff (S, 2): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, pitches-strikes: 12-7, 4.26 ERA
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Cubs, Grabow talk-multi-year deal; Wait, you want
to do what

post from Cubbie Nation - Notes from the Front Office on 03 November 2009 06:16:00 PM. © Cubbie Nation - Notes from the Front Office

Filed:November 3rd, 2009Cubs reliever John Grabow (Cubbie Nation/file)Bruce Levine of ESPN 1000 is reporting that the Cubs and reliever John Grabow are in the mist of heavy talks for a multi-year deal. Levine reports that the offer is reportedly to be a[...]

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Rays Send Aki Iwamura to Pirates for Random
Prospect

post from Royals Review on 03 November 2009 06:12:00 PM. © Royals Review

Initially I really liked this deal for the Pirates, who during this season earned the benefit of the doubt in my mind. After learning that Iwamura was only under contract through 2010 however, I was less excited. As often gets said with deals like this, "well, the Pirates will probably trade him later," however, as Royals fans, we know that sometimes that doesn't happen.

Looks like Charlie at Bucs Dugout picked a bad day to get sick.

What's your take? (Relevant links after the jump.)

Cameron at Fangraphs takes a sorta anti-stathead position on this trade:

While rebuilding teams have to look towards the future, they also have to avoid the death spiral that can occur when a small revenue team fails to put a good product on the field, drives away the fan base, and in the process lowers future revenues. There is a financial cost to losing that is magnified when teams are uniformly awful, and that cost can inhibit a team’s growth potential in the long run. Developing a fan base is in many ways like developing a farm system – it requires a present term investment that theoretically returns greater future value.
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The key is to be smart about what kinds of investments you make. Russ Branyan’s signing by the Mariners last year is a perfect example of the kind of short-term, low-cost, quality acquisition that rebuilding teams should be looking to make. What the Royals did in throwing money at Kyle Farnsworth, Mike Jacobs, and Willie Bloomquist is an example of this kind of thinking gone badly wrong.

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The Pittsburgh Pirates acquire Akinori Iwamura
from the Rays

post from Pittsburgh Pirates on 03 November 2009 06:03:15 PM. © Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired 30-year old lefty swinging 2B Akinori Iwamura from the Rays for 26-year old righty reliever Jesus Chavez. Iwamura played in 69 games for the Rays last season and he was 67 for 231 (.290 avg, .745 OPS) with 28 runs scored, 1 homer, 22 RBIs and 9 stolen bases. [...]

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World Series, Game 5 Powered By Utley!!

post from 30-Year Old Cardboard on 03 November 2009 06:02:46 PM. © 30-Year Old Cardboard

It took 5 games, but this was the one where good hitting beat good pitching. Finally!! The Phillies offense got off to an early start and their relief pitching held off a furious attack by the Yankees late in the game to earn an 8-6 victory. Luckily for the Phils, Brad Lidge did not make [...]

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Still Feeling Confident

post from Bronx Baseball Daily on 03 November 2009 04:52:09 PM. © Bronx Baseball Daily

Yes, it would have been nice to get the series over with in Philadelphia. Yes, it stinks that A.J.[...]

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Spahn, Sain, and the Other Guys

Part of baseball is that received wisdom is built up from decades of experience and observation. Often this wisdom is transferred by sayings and aphorism. This feature contributes to baseball's art and lore, but frequently the reasons for the sayings are[...]

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Phils Victorino questionable for Game 6 (AP)

Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino was examined by doctors Tuesday and manager Charlie Manuel said he isn't sure if he'll be able to play in Game 6 of the World Series on Wednesday night. Victorino was struck on his right index finger by an A.J. Burnett fastball in the first inning of Philadelphia's 8-6 victory [...]

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Trade talking about Hermida

post from Marlin Maniac | A Florida Marlins Blog on 03 November 2009 04:16:10 PM. © Marlin Maniac | A Florida Marlins Blog

Marlins fans everywhere are fairly assured that Jeremy Hermida, once a young prospect with a bright future in the organization, is likely on his way out of Florida. Barring some unforeseen change of heart from the Marlins front office, Hermida exit was[...]

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