Benitez Balks

post from Baseball Musings on 29 May 2007 11:57:00 PM. © Baseball Musings

The Giants score in the top of the 12th on a very close play at the plate to take a 4-3 lead over the Mets. In the bottom of the innings, Reyes walks, and Benitez balks him to second. Chavez...

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Elijah Dukes: Saying Sorry Cures All

post from Oriole Post - The World of Baseball and Beyond on 29 May 2007 11:52:00 PM. © Oriole Post - The World of Baseball and Beyond

Well, athletes certainly have more rights and are given more chances than pretty much everyone in society.

From ESPN: Troubled Tampa Bay outfielder Elijah Dukes apologized Tuesday for allegations contained in a published report revealing his estranged wife sought a restraining order after being threatened by the 22-year-old rookie.

Dukes spoke briefly before Tuesday night's game against the Detroit Tigers and initially bungled remarks that were not prepared in advance when he mistakenly apologized "to the organization for sticking with me in a situation like this."

The Devil Rays issued a clarification in which Dukes said he misspoke because he was nervous.

"I would like to apologize to my family, teammates, the fans and the organization for the distraction that this situation has caused," Dukes said in the prepared clarification. "I would like to thank them for standing by me and hope that my family and I can move on and put this behind us."

Of courser, he was kept out a few games last week after the St. Petersburg Times reported that his wife needed protection from him due to a text message with gun attached to it and a threatening voice mail. As well, he threatened his wife at the school she teaches.

Ok, he's 22 with FIVE kids.

He threatened to MURDER his wife of two of his children. He's a thug who had a hard life, but obviously hasn't learned a thing.

I swear to frigging God if it were any one of us, we'd be looking at 5 to 10. Even more tragic, if this was the 25th man on the roster, he'd be gone so quickly that he would not have time to collect his belongings.

Ah, talent - how it does pay! If your hands are dirty, as long as you can run, hit and throw the ball, the dirt just comes right off...

I'm sorry solves problems, especially if you're languishing on the bench...

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Like He Never Left

post from Baseball Musings on 29 May 2007 11:39:00 PM. © Baseball Musings

Josh Beckett picked up where he left off before his skin tear, pitching seven innings against the Indians tonight, allowing just two runs. He kept Cleveland swinging and missing as Josh struck out seven and walked just one, earning a...

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Its Official Slowey to Start on Friday

post from SBG Nation, Home of The World's Greatest Online Magazine on 29 May 2007 11:32:27 PM. © SBG Nation, Home of The World's Greatest Online Magazine

The Twins will make a roster move after tomorrow’s game, but they announced that Slowey coming up.

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Strange Distribution

post from Baseball Musings on 29 May 2007 11:16:00 PM. © Baseball Musings

The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Yankees tonight 3-2. Toronto maintains their 11 1/2 game gap with Boston, while New York falls 14 1/2 games out of first. Jeter and A-Rod take home responsibility for this loss, as their errors...

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Rose investigator: Selig should suspend players
who dont cooperate (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 29 May 2007 11:05:46 PM. © MLB News Blog

The lawyer who headed baseball’s investigation of Pete Rose wants commissioner Bud Selig to suspend players who don’t cooperate with the steroids probe spearheaded by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell. John Dowd said Selig should try to overturn the 1980 arbitration decision in a case involving Ferguson Jenkins.Read the full story.

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Johnson not sure when hell be back (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 29 May 2007 10:57:44 PM. © MLB News Blog

Nick Johnson’s comeback is going to take a little longer than he expected in spring training. The Washington first baseman said in the spring that he would complete his rehabilitation from a broken right leg and rejoin the Nationals by June 1. With that self-imposed deadline looming later this week, Johnson backed off before Tuesday’s [...]

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Sonnanstine wins again, Devil Rays fall

Andy Sonnanstine won his sixth game of the season for the Durham Bulls this afternoon. Sonnastine now has twice as many wins in 2007 as Jae Seo does in his entire Tampa Bay Devil Rays career since being traded from the Los Angeles Dodgers last summer. Sonnastine scattered three hits and only allowed three earned [...]

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3B Troy Glaus scratched with tight hamstring

Blue Jays third baseman Troy Glaus was a late scratch from Tuesday’s game against the New York Yankees because of a tight hamstring.Glaus landed on the disabled list in April because of a sore left heel caused by a bone spur, then sat out again for a few days earlier this month with a recurrence [...]

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TigsTown Power Rankings: 7th Edition

Chris Cody owned the power rankings for the first month of the season, but after a few weeks of falling from the top slot, is he ready to re-claim his territory, or did someone like Mike Hessman come from nowhere to emerge?Read the full story.

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