Phillies flop despite vaunted rotation (AP)

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Four aces and still a bust. Armed with the best rotation in baseball, the Philadelphia Phillies watched their dream season end well short of a World Series with a 1-0 loss to Chris Carpenter and the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of their NL playoff Friday night. Roy Halladay did his part under pressure.

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Diamondbacks final rally falls short (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 07 October 2011 09:41:28 PM. © MLB News Blog

The Arizona Diamondbacks appeared to be on the brink of their biggest comeback yet after Willie Bloomquist’s squeeze bunt tied the game in the ninth inning. Poised to strike again, Arizona never did. Nyjer Morgan singled home the winning run with one out in the 10th and the Milwaukee Brewers eliminated Arizona 3-2 in the [...]

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Morgan walkoff hit puts Brewers in NLCS (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 07 October 2011 09:15:27 PM. © MLB News Blog

Nyjer Morgan did it again for Milwaukee, delivering an RBI single in the 10th inning to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 Friday in Game 5 and send the Brewers to the NL championship series. Morgan hit a one-out grounder up the middle and Diamondbacks closer J.J. Putz tried in vain to stop it with his [...]

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Hamilton looking for encore in ALCS (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 07 October 2011 07:39:26 PM. © MLB News Blog

A year after carrying the Texas Rangers in the AL championship series and into the World Series, Josh Hamilton wonders what he can do for an encore. Hamilton isn’t cocky enough to insinuate he could top his four-homer, eight-walk performance against the Yankees last October. What he means is that he has no idea what [...]

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Is This The End of A-Rod

post from Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog on 07 October 2011 07:01:07 PM. © Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog

For the second consecutive season, Alex Rodriguez went down swinging to end the Yankees' postseason run. Last year it was in Texas against Neftali Feliz; last night it was at home and against big mouth Jose Valverde.

What happened last night was A-Rod's season in a nutshell - he had a couple good at-bats, clawing and battling fouling off some tough pitches; but ultimately striking out three times and walking once.

Rodriguez, now 36, played just 99 games during the regular season, and while he hit for average, hovering around .290 for the majority of his games, he couldn't hit a home run if it was placed on a tee. His power dropped considerably and only hit 16 home runs. Most people will take that from a third baseman, but this is A-Rod - who still has about $150 million and 6 years left on his gigantic contract.

While everyone is talking about CC possibly opting out, or Jorge playing his final game, this is a huge problem for the Yankees. Not that A-Rod isn't playing good, but that he's still on the team.

Yeah, you heard me. A-Rod in my opinion should not be on the Yankees, and should be making a nickel of his $275 million. The Yankees did fine with Eduardo Nunez and Eric Chavez platooning in Rodriguez's absence, and they actually played better WITHOUT him, than with him.

Don't get me wrong, I still have confidence left in A-Rod. If he can drop 10-15 pounds, get back to being 100% healthy, he still can be a good threat in the Yanks' lineup and can maybe hit 20-25 home runs next season. But at the end of the day, A-Rod is an aging star well past his prime, his steroid years are catching up to him, and his contract is quickly turning into possibly, one of the worst of all-time.

A-Rod, it's time to prove that you still have something left. Because right now, you really do look like a 36-year old third baseman. Not Alex Rodriguez, the great and immortal future Hall-of-Famer.

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MLB doesnt owe Dodgers evidence (AP)

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Major League Baseball will not have to give the Los Angeles Dodgers evidence on how the league has dealt with other teams as lawyers prepare for a court showdown that will determine the Dodgers’ fate. Attorneys for the team argued they need information about the league’s treatment of other teams to show Commissioner Bud Selig [...]

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Signing Results: Big Red Machine Member, Dave
Concepcion!!!

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Signing Results: Big Red Machine Member, Dave Concepcion!!! I am very excited about this one. I found out about Concepcion doing a signing near Cincinnati through the website www.signingshotline.com. I immediately jumped at the chance to add him to my … Continue reading →

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Top 50 Statistics Blogs of 2011

post from Beyond the Box Score on 07 October 2011 06:03:15 PM. © Beyond the Box Score

Top 50 Statistics Blogs of 2011"... In deciding which ones to include in our (admittedly unscientific) list of the 50 best statistics blogs we considered a range of factors, including visual appeal/aesthetics, frequency of posts, and accessibility[...]

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Konerko says Ventura can make it work (AP)

White Sox star Paul Konerko says he was surprised when he heard Robin Ventura would be the team’s new manager. Konerko says that even though Ventura has never been a manager, he has the smarts and the credentials to overcome his lack of experience. Konerko joined the White Sox in 1999 and missed playing with [...]

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