Todd Helton returning to Rockies for 1 more year

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Todd Helton dealt with health issues this past season, which kept him to just 69 games. Now he's contemplating his departure from baseball -- but not in 2013.

The veteran infielder told Troy E. Renck of the Denver Post he will return for his seventeenth season with the Colorado Rockies - and it could be his final year.

Helton underwent hip surgery last August, after being diagnosed with a torn labrum, a condition which he tried to deal with having cortisone injections. Ultimately, there was a moment in which the pain was simply unbearable. He ended up appearing in 69 games last season, with a .238 batting average and 37 RBI.

He met with new Rockies manager Walt Weiss when he expressed his intentions of playing through 2013.

Thomas Harding of MLB.com also reports that Helton has a target for now: trying to go through the season's paces but he is conscious it is most probable that he will not be the starting first baseman, a job that could go to Michael Cuddyer,Tyler Colvin or Jordan Pacheco.

This story originally appeared at Baseball Nation.

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Hall Of Fame Debate: Cast Your Vote For Fred
McGriff. YES or NO

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Hall Of Fame Debate: Cast Your Vote For Fred McGriff. YES or NO We are just 30 hours removed from one of the biggest baseball announcements in recent history. And the ‘Hall Of Fame Debate’ on ’30-Year Old Cardboard’ continues … Continue reading →

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Hotels Spa Packages

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Disagree with ZiPS Input Your Projections at
FanGraphs

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FanGraphs has opened their Fan Projections a while back. Feel free to go and vote how you think the Royals players will do an show those projection systems who is in charge.

http://www.fangraphs.com/fanprojections.aspx?teamid=7&type=0

For the Rays acquired in the trade and Santana, go to their old team's page.

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Willie McCovey And His Hall Of Fame Plaque

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Willie McCovey And His Hall Of Fame Plaque Willie McCovey was voted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame in 1986. He was elected on his first ballott and received 346/425 votes cast in his first year of eligibility. His Hall … Continue reading →

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2013 MLB Hall of Fame: The Forgotten Man

post from Beyond the Box Score - All Posts on 10 January 2013 04:03:33 PM. © Beyond the Box Score - All Posts

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Yesterday there was a lot of focus around Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens. Both should have made the Hall of Fame, and the fact that they didn't is extremely disappointing. There's one player who deserves to be talked about, but for whatever reason he is not. That player is Curt Schilling. Grant Brisbee of Baseball Nation looks at this and attempts to answer why Schilling did not make the Hall of Fame, and his chances going forward.

Schilling was the archetype of the plus-control, high-strikeout pitcher, which makes him something of a snapshot in time. If you wanted to be successful in the '90s and '00s, you pitched like Curt Schilling, missing bats and limiting walks. Few did it better. Or, rather, no one did it better. He pitched long enough to win more than 200 games, and he dominated in a high-offense era.

From 1997-2001 Schilling was about dominant as a pitcher can be. He struck out 26% of batters, and walked only 5% of batters. His 139 ERA+ was also about as dominant as it gets. Oh, and this was all done during the "steroid era". Schilling has never been suspected to have used steroids, and even volunteered to testify to Congress about them.

Next to Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling has the most wins above replacement among Hall of Fame eligible pitchers. Things won't be getting any easier for Schilling though. Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, Pedro Martinez, Mike Mussina, John Smoltz, and Randy Johnson will all be eligible for the Hall of Fame in the next few years.

Eventually Schilling's time will come, but it doesn't look like it will happen any time soon.

Question for the community:

1) When do you think Curt Schilling will get elected to the Hall of Fame.

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Press Release: MASN announces six-game spring
training TV schedule for Baltimore Orioles

post from Oriole Post - Baltimore Orioles Analysis & News; The World of Baseball and Beyond on 10 January 2013 04:01:13 PM. © Oriole Post - Baltimore Orioles Analysis & News; The World of Baseball and Beyond

MASN, the television home of the defending American League wild card champion Baltimore Orioles, will broadcast six Orioles spring training games. All will appear on MASN HD, MASN's dedicated high-definition channel, beginning with the Orioles' Feb. 25 home game against the New York Yankees from Sarasota, Fla.

The network's Grapefruit League coverage also includes five more games from Ed Smith Stadium, the team's spring training home: March 7 against the Toronto Blue Jays, March 14 against the Tampa Bay Rays, March 17 against the Minnesota Twins, March 23 against the Philadelphia Phillies and March 27 against the New York Yankees.

All afternoon games will be replayed the same day in prime time on MASN HD.

The popular team of play-by-play voice Gary Thorne and color analysts Jim Palmer, the longtime O's pitcher and a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and former Orioles shortstop Mike Bordick will again call the action during MASN's spring training broadcasts. Fans can also access all of the Orioles news from spring training by logging onto Roch Kubatko's "School of Roch" for around-the-clock reports at MASNsports.com.

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Great Promotions, Low Cost

A few weeks ago I wrote an article that gave the Marlins some ideas on how to get people to come to the games by giving away “Free Stuff”. Let?s go a little further into this. In the end, people are going to come to the game to watch the players play, right? Well during [...]

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six-game spring training TV schedule for
Baltimore Orioles

post from Oriole Post - Baltimore Orioles Analysis & News; The World of Baseball and Beyond on 10 January 2013 03:01:14 PM. © Oriole Post - Baltimore Orioles Analysis & News; The World of Baseball and Beyond

MASN, the television home of the defending American League wild card champion Baltimore Orioles, will broadcast six Orioles spring training games. All will appear on MASN HD, MASN's dedicated high-definition channel, beginning with the Orioles' Feb. 25 home game against the New York Yankees from Sarasota, Fla.

The network's Grapefruit League coverage also includes five more games from Ed Smith Stadium, the team's spring training home: March 7 against the Toronto Blue Jays, March 14 against the Tampa Bay Rays, March 17 against the Minnesota Twins, March 23 against the Philadelphia Phillies and March 27 against the New York Yankees.

All afternoon games will be replayed the same day in prime time on MASN HD.

The popular team of play-by-play voice Gary Thorne and color analysts Jim Palmer, the longtime O's pitcher and a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and former Orioles shortstop Mike Bordick will again call the action during MASN's spring training broadcasts. Fans can also access all of the Orioles news from spring training by logging onto Roch Kubatko's "School of Roch" for around-the-clock reports at MASNsports.com.

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Willie McCovey Has Statues & Bodies Of Water That
Bear His Name!!!

Willie McCovey Has Statues & Bodies Of Water That Bear His Name!!! Everyone in baseball knows about ‘McCovey Cove’. Heck, it’s the main reason that I want to go to San Francisco and take in a game. Named, for Willie … Continue reading →

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