Royals To Sign Wil Myers For $2MM

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Royals To Sign Wil Myers For $2MM

The Royals will ALWAYS have to overpay for talent. Oh well, at least he appears to have actual talent, and no shortage of leverage. I dig it.

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Game 116: Yankees @ Mariners

post from Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog on 14 August 2009 04:00:00 PM. © Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog

Regular Season Game 116
Yankees @ Mariners
Safeco Field - Seattle, WA
Game Time: 10:10 p.m.
TV: YES | Radio: WCBS

Here are the lineups:
YANKEES (72-43)
Derek Jeter SS
Johnny Damon LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Hideki Matsui DH
Jorge Posada C
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Melky Cabrera CF

Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (9-6, 4.14 ERA)

MARINERS (60-55)

Ichiro Suzuki RF
Franklin Gutierrez CF
Jose Lopez 2B
Ken Griffey Jr. DH
Russell Branyan 1B
Kenji Johjima C
Jack Hannahan 3B
Josh Wilson SS
Michael Saunders LF

Pitching: LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith (2-1, 3.86 ERA)

Yanks vs. Rowland-Smith
AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS M. Teixeira 9 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 .222 .222 .556 .778 R. Cano 6 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 H. Matsui 5 3 1 0 0 2 2 1 .600 .714 .800 1.514 J. Damon 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 X. Nady 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 A. Rodriguez 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 D. Jeter 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 E. Hinske 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 N. Swisher 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 M. Cabrera 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 S. Duncan 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 J. Hairston Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 J. Molina 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 K. Cash 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 J. Posada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Totals4210301856.238.319.381.700
Mariners vs. Pettitte
AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS K. Griffey Jr. 56 20 3 0 3 8 7 8 .357 .429 .571 1.000 I. Suzuki 33 12 1 0 0 5 0 6 .364 .364 .394 .758 M. Sweeney 31 9 1 0 0 1 4 4 .290 .371 .323 .694 J. Wilson 23 5 0 1 1 3 0 2 .217 .217 .435 .652 J. Lopez 10 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 .200 .250 .300 .550 F. Gutierrez 10 4 0 0 1 1 2 4 .400 .500 .700 1.200 A. Beltre 8 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 .375 .444 .500 .944 J. Wilson 8 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 J. Hannahan 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 E. Chavez 5 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 .600 .600 1.200 1.800 R. Branyan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 K. Johjima 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 R. Johnson 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 M. Tuiasosopo 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 Totals202661116261534.327.372.480.852
News & Notes

- In 21 starts against the Mariners, Andy Pettitte is 10-11 with a 4.58 ERA. In 9 starts in Seattle Pettitte is 2-7, with a 5.03 ERA. He faced them once this year and picked up a win. In 7 innings that day he allowed 2 runs on 6 hits, walked 1 and struck out 5.

- In five games (one start) Ryan Rowland-Smith is 1-0 with a 7.20 ERA against the Yanks. In 10 ininngs he's alllowed 8 runs on 13 hits, walked 8, and struck out 4.

- The Yanks have won 9 out of 10, 34 of their last 45, are 6.5 games ahead of Boston in the AL East, and at 70-43 they have the best record in all of baseball.

- Mariano Rivera has converted 33-of-34 save opportunities this season. He's converted 29 straight saves which is the longest such streak in the Majors.

- The Yankees have won three of the three games against the Mariners this year.

- At 31-25 the Yankees have the second best road record in the AL. The Angels are first at 32-22.

- Melky Cabrera and Alex Rodriguez each have six go-head RBI in the seventh inning or later. According to Elias, they are tied with five NL players for the most in baseball.

- Joba Chamberlain will pitch Sunday against the Mariners and then won't pitch again until the Rangers come to the Bronx the Tuesday after the Boston series.

- According to Marc Carig, Chad Gaudin will start Wednesday against the A's.

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Bedards season over, Beltre may return (AP)

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Mariners left-hander Erik Bedard's season is over. Adrian Beltre's might resume. The Mariners announced Friday that arthroscopic surgery on Bedard's pitching shoulder repaired a torn labrum and cleaned up other fraying in the joint. Dr. Lewis Yocum, who performed the surgery on Thursday in Los Angeles, estimated Bedard would be able to throw again in [...]

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Moneyball the Movie

post from Dear (Tommy) John Letters on 14 August 2009 03:18:00 PM. © Dear (Tommy) John Letters

It sounds like the production of the movie Moneyball has fallen victim to script conflicts. The screen version of the Michael Lewis book was set to star Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, and was to be directed by Steven Soderbergh. (I can't hear/read/type the name Steven Soderbergh without thinking about Matt Damon's impression of Matthew McConaughey.)
I loved the book but that shouldn't really come as a surprise. I mean, after all, it is a book that analyzes baseball using math and economics. Asking me if I liked Moneyball would be like asking Bear Grylls if he liked Into Thin Air (too obvious? I'll try again). That's like asking Michael Phelps if he liked the movie Half-Baked (still not right, one more try). It would be like asking Walt Disney if he liked Encino Man (I give up). Despite my love for the book, I can't really say it would make a good movie. Moneyball has two big problems to overcome in it's translation to the big screen. One, the book is packed with information that would need to be addressed for the movie to make. This characteristic could cause problems with the pace of the movie as it did in DaVinci Code. Two, the movie would require a great deal of actual baseball to be played on screen. The game itself as a focal point doesn't usually work very well. If we're being honest, baseball movies are pretty much at the bottom of the sports movie genre. Roger Angell of the New Yorker had this to say about the failure of baseball on the big screen:

Watching actors taking their Aunt Hattie cuts at the plate, turning the twelve-second double plays (was that slow-mo, or what?), or striking out the side with high-parabola fastballs, we smile unpleasantly in the dark, smug in the knowledge that our sport and its practitioners are beyond imitation. This tingle of superiority isn't particularly satisfying, since we fans ...more than anyone else in the audience ...want the baseball on the screen to work, to sweep us up and make us care about the story, so we can forget how badly these guys on the screen play ball.

Most sports movies aren't really about the sport itself. They're about the characters and the hardships they go through to compete. So why does the formula work so much better with sports like football and boxing? Is it really because actors like John C. Reilly are called upon to play big league catchers? I don't get it. But I'll tell you one thing, I can't wait to see Kevin Costner play Josh Hamilton in a movie.

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Eckstein still resents Cards departure (AP)

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This is David Eckstein's second trip back to the town where he was a World Series MVP in 2006. Lingering resentment remains over his departure. The Padres' second baseman wants to have a chat with Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak to clear the air about soured negotiations following the 2007 season.

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Arroyo: No word from MLB on supplements (AP)

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If Major League Baseball wants to talk with Cincinnati Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo about the supplements he takes, he doesn't know about it. Arroyo told USA Today this week that he takes supplements which haven't been approved by MLB. Baseball said it would like to talk with Arroyo and remind him which supplements are approved.

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Andre Dawson Game-Used Memorabilia Card #4

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I recently scooped up 4 more Andre Dawson Game-Used memorabilia cards at a combined price of just over $9.00 with shipping included. This is card #4 from that purchase.Check out this beauty!!!This card is from the 2004 Donruss Playoff ‘Tools of the Trade’ set. The card is numbered 200/250 and features a piece of game [...]

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Hamilton not nervous to face home crowd (AP)

Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton is ready to face the home crowd for the first time since revealing he slipped one night in January in his struggle for sobriety. Hamilton said he wasn't nervous about the reception he might receive before Friday night's game against Boston. It was the All-Star's first home game since photos of [...]

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Beltran to test knee 2 days in a row (AP)

Mets center fielder Carlos Beltran is expected to shag fly balls again on Saturday in an effort to test his bruised right knee. Beltran took fly balls on the field hours before New York hosted the San Francisco Giants on Friday night. Manager Jerry Manuel watched part of the session and says he was encouraged [...]

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BABIP and Service Time End J.J. Hardy's season

More photos » by Tom Mihalek - AP J.J. Hardy and his excellent glove won't be occupying the shortstop position for the Milwaukee Brewers[...]

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