Second Guessing

post from Love My Team on 04 November 2009 10:20:05 AM. © Love My Team

John Shea writes a great piece about all the second-guessing going on. Its a product of the[...]

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A.J. Available For Games 6 & 7 (if necessary)

post from Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog on 04 November 2009 09:56:00 AM. © Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog

According to Mark Feinsand, A.J. Burnett is ready if the Yankees call on him for some emergency relief work. He also said that Girardi told him it was doubtful that he'd call on Burnett to pitch tonight unless their was an emergency.

"I just want the ball again," Burnett said. "Hopefully they won't need me, but I'll do whatever they need. If I get the ball again, that would be great. Whatever they need, I'm ready."

I just hope they don't need him.
After his game 5 I don't know how much I trust him anyway.

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A.J. Available For Games 6 & 7

post from Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog on 04 November 2009 09:56:00 AM. © Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog

According to Mark Feinsand, A.J. Burnett is ready if the Yankees call on him for some emergency relief work. He also said that Girardi told him it was doubtful that he'd call on Burnett to pitch tonight unless their was an emergency.

"I just want the ball again," Burnett said. "Hopefully they won't need me, but I'll do whatever they need. If I get the ball again, that would be great. Whatever they need, I'm ready."

I just hope they don't need him.
After his game 5 I don't know how much I trust him anyway.

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The McCourts, The Dodgers, And 6-4-2

post from 6-4-2 ? an Angels/Dodgers double play blog on 04 November 2009 09:41:00 AM. © 6-4-2 ? an Angels/Dodgers double play blog

I have been taking a bit of a break from the blog of late, but I wanted to return briefly and review the situation with the McCourt divorce, and how it's affecting the Dodgers. Jon today links to a Bill Shaikin piece in the Times that ultimately shows what's perilously wrong with the Dodgers, and in particular, the McCourts' stewardship of that team: they're busy accumulating mansions while the Dodgers' talent pipeline languishes.

The Dodgers have paid $8.5 million in signing bonuses for draft picks over the last two years -- the lowest figure among all major league teams, according to Baseball America.
The Dodgers, so proud of their heritage in Asia and Latin America, today are a non-factor in bidding for top amateur players abroad. In 2008, according to Baseball America, major league clubs combined to sign 115 such players for bonuses of more than $100,000. The Dodgers did not sign one.
"They're definitely not the pioneering team they were," Baseball America editor John Manuel said. "They've squandered that advantage."

When I started this blog in 2004, the question before the house was whether the McCourts would prove sufficiently solvent to put a good team on the field. The results there have been surprisingly strong to date, but the direction they're headed now appears to be a huge question mark. With the Moores divorce in San Diego wrecking the Padres franchise for the past season and the immediate future, the results there can only serve as a warning. Part of me feels like saying "told you so" about the McCourts, who have, in the end, proven as selfish, vain, and brittle as they appeared in their first press conference. But the story has proven to take a different turn than I forecast, and I expect this next episode will do the same.

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Fish Bites

post from Marlin Maniac | A Florida Marlins Blog on 04 November 2009 09:20:50 AM. © Marlin Maniac | A Florida Marlins Blog

Good morning and welcome to Marlin Maniac once again. Here are your Bites for this nice and chilly Wednesday (it’s special that it’s chilly because I’m in Gainesville, FL).- First off, we have Game 6 of the World Series tonight. On the[...]

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Plenty of closing jobs up for grabs in 2010

post from Hardball Cooperative on 04 November 2009 09:19:20 AM. © Hardball Cooperative

By James BaileyNo position is subject to more turnover each season than closer. Every year new stars emerge while others fade into oblivion. This season we saw five men save 30 games for the first time in their careers. History says no more than three of them will repeat this accomplishment. Most clubs look to [...]

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Rays Trade Akinori Iwamura To Pirates

post from The Ghost of Moonlight Graham on 04 November 2009 09:19:09 AM. © The Ghost of Moonlight Graham

The Tampa Bay Rays and the Pittsburgh Pirates got together and made a trade yesterday.The Tampa Bay Rays sent 2B Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates for RHP Jesse Chavez. The Pirates will assume all of the $4.85 million on Iwamura’s contract for 2010.For the Rays, they save the $650,000 buyout on Iwamura’s contract–which they [...]

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Keys to the Game

Jesse Spector has written a 6 keys to the game for the Yankees, because, well, what else do you[...]

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Trade Bait: Iwamura for Chavez

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WGOM Caucus

How about a caucus next Wednesday, November 11 at Chatterbox in S. Minneapolis? I can be there about 5:30 or so and we can eat and drink for a couple of hours, while we discuss all that needs to be discussed. Who's in?

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