Thinking Ahead

post from Baseball Musings on 31 March 2008 03:02:00 PM. © Baseball Musings

Derek Jeter recorded Bob Shepard last season: "One of the things I had him do was record him introducing me," Jeter said a few minutes ago, "so I'll always come to the plate with Bob Sheppard."...

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Cubs honor Ernie Banks with statue outside
Wrigley Field (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 31 March 2008 02:59:40 PM. © MLB News Blog

Ernie Banks couldn’t believe what he saw when he yanked away the blue tarp. “Is that me?” he kept asking. “Is that me?” There was No. 14 in his batting stance, clutching a Louisville Slugger and wearing a grin similar to the one on the face of the real Mr. Cub during the ceremony. The [...]

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All Guillen

post from Baseball Musings on 31 March 2008 02:59:00 PM. © Baseball Musings

Carlos Guillen picks up his second hit of the game, but Jose Guillen guns out Magglio Ordonez trying to score after a double. Both Tigers stars from last year each have a double and a single. It's still 1-0 Tigers...

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Don't Want to See C.C.

post from Baseball Musings on 31 March 2008 02:57:00 PM. © Baseball Musings

Ozzie Guillen wants to play a different team on opening day: "I'm kind of sick and tired of seeing C.C. on Opening Day," said Guillen, as his team went through a Sunday workout at Progressive Field. "Ev ery time before...

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Blue Jays Near Deal with OF Alex Rios

post from MLB Fleece Factor on 31 March 2008 02:55:07 PM. © MLB Fleece Factor

UPDATE: (3/31) 2:55pm (EST) - As per the Toronto Globe and Mail, Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi told reporters that he is extending the team’s self-imposed deadline by a few days so that the team can complete their deal with Rios. Ricciardi said the two sides are extremely close right now.Mar 25, 9:28am (EST) - According to [...]

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Michaels Batting 2nd Against Lefties

post from The Tribe Time Report on 31 March 2008 02:54:00 PM. © The Tribe Time Report

Since today's first game is against a left handed pitcher, we get a peak at Jason Michaels before we do David Dellucci.

And an interesting decision has come to light with that.

It turns out Eric Wedge will be going with Michaels in the 2 hole rather than Asdrubal Cabrera, who will bat in the 7th spot.

However Cabrera will still bat 2nd against right handed pitchers.

This could be because of 1 of 2 things.

They don't want to put that much pressure on the young Cabrera.

Or the Indians just like Michaels. I know I do in terms of a left handed hitting role player. Michaels is a scrappy guy and will make those small plays, a guy that will take some pitches and lay down a bunt.

Or it could be a little bit of both.

Opening Pitch is about 5 minutes away, let's go Tribe!

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Tigers on Top

post from Baseball Musings on 31 March 2008 02:43:00 PM. © Baseball Musings

Edgar Renteria pays early dividends as he drives in Carlos Guillen from second with a two out single. Guillen doubled leading off the inning. Detroit leads 1-0 after two. Update: DeJesus is out of the with what looks like an...

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Dodgers DFA Eric Hull

post from 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog on 31 March 2008 02:42:00 PM. © 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog

The Dodgers DFA'd Eric Hull so they could keep Jason Schmidt on the 40-man roster instead of moving him to the 60-day DL, a futile move. Jon reported some boos when Schmidt was introduced today, so I think a few Dodger fans are ticked about his injury. "At worst," opines Rotoworld, "[Hull is] very nice Triple-A depth." I'd have to agree. Good luck, Eric.

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New Blog

Tom Elia starts a new blog on the Cubs, 1908 World Champions. His first post predicts a pretty good season for Chicago: The 2008 season is upon us, and after strenuous evaluation of the empirical data, we project the Cubs'...

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First of Many

Miguel Cabrera hit his first homer as a Tiger. Tigers lead 3-0 and Justin Verlander has looked very sharp. I like our chances in this one.***UPDATE***Ooops, hope I didn’t speak too soon. Alex Gordon just went yard with a two run shot.

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