1. Baseball's Worst: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Left Fielders

    As we continue across the diamond to find baseball’s worst positions by team, it’s time to head to the outfield...

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  2. Mark Grace: Arizona Diamondbacks Analyst Arrested for DUI

    According to TMZ.com , current Arizona Diamondbacks TV analyst and former Chicago Cub Mark Grace was arrested for driving under the influence in Scottsdale, AZ over Memorial Day weekend...

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  3. Anthony Rizzo: Do the San Diego Padres Call Up the Prospect?

    Update: According to the San Diego Union Tribune , the Padres will add Anthony Rizzo to the 25-man roster today and he will make his major league debut against the Washington Nationals...

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  4. Joel Hanrahan: What's His Trade Market?

    Despite their unpredictability (see Joakim Soria ), closers are always a hot commodity come the trade deadline. This year’s crop of potential trade candidates range from studs like Heath Bell to suspect closers like Matt Capps ...

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  5. Oakland Athletics To Promote Jemile Weeks

    .211/.243/.289 Those aren’t three different batting averages above. That is the combined batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage for the Oakland A’s starting second basemen this season...

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  6. Arizona Diamondbacks: The Chase Field Experience and Overview

    Fresh off his trip to Arizona, my friend and resident Cardinal fan, Tom, reviews his experience at Chase Field, home of the suddenly scorching Arizona Diamondbacks...

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  7. Daisuke Matsuzaka: Sayonara, Boston Red Sox, Dice-K to Undergo Tommy John

    Earlier this week, the Boston Red Sox confirmed that RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka will undergo Tommy John surgery and will miss the remainder of the 2011 season. The surgery is expected to take place next week...

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  8. Atlanta Braves' Dan Uggla: A Simple Case of Trying Too Hard

    Back in April, we talked about the first-year struggles of $100 million free agents with their new team...

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  9. Jordan Lyles Solid In Debut For Houston Astros

    Believe it or not, the Houston Astros are starting to put together the pieces of a young, talented pitching staff. Bud Norris has stepped up his game in 2011 and Wandy Rodriguez has been his usual solid self...

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  10. Major League Baseball Expands The World Baseball Classic

    How about some World Baseball Classic news for the first time in a while? Sadly, some people reading this right now are even wondering what the WBC is...

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  11. Seattle Mariners Third Basemen Are Baseball's Worst

    I think it’s about time we give the Minnesota Twins a break. The Twins were the proud owners of baseball’s worst second basemen and shortstops, but as we take a ...

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  12. Avril Lavigne Lets The Expletives Fly During Tampa Bay Rays Postgame Concert

    If you read The Extra 2% by Jonah Keri, you would have learned that one of things the Tampa Bay Rays organization has done to make their games more fan-friendly is adding a series of concerts to be played after home games...

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  13. Minnesota Twins: It's Only Getting Worse

    There are years when nothing seems to go right for a team. They are riddled with injuries, every call goes against them and things go from bad to worse with each passing game...

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  14. Minnesota Twins Shortstops Are Baseball's Worst

    Different movie, same ending. Last week we took a look at which team has produced baseball’s worst second basemen, and that team was the Minnesota Twins ...

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  15. San Francisco Giants Will Survive Without Buster Posey

    The San Francisco Giants suffered a devastating loss when catcher Buster Posey broke his leg and tore ligaments in his ankle when Scott Cousins collided with the catcher last Wednesday night...

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  16. Oakland A's Manager Bob Geren Is Having A Rough Week

    Oakland A’s manager Bob Geren is having a week I am sure he would rather soon forget. Not only has his team lost seven out of nine, but now his managing skills are coming into question...

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  17. Zach Greinke the Hitter, Wilson Valdez the Pitcher: Baseball Is a Strange Game

    There are a lot of reasons why we love baseball. For me, one of the reasons I love baseball is because of the unpredictability of the sport. Everyday and every game, we as fans could see something we wouldn’t have seen coming on our best day...

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  18. Florida Marlins: Why Are There No Books About the Marlins' Success?

    I was thinking about something last night that I wanted your opinion on. Over the past decade, we have seen two books reach national best-seller status that focused on two small-market ...

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  19. Colorado Rockies Lose Jorge De la Rosa For The Season

    The Colorado Rockies starting rotation has been doing much better than I thought they would this season. Their starters had a 4.00 ERA, 3.92 xFIP, a solid 50 percent ground-ball percentage, a 6...

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  20. Cincinnati Reds Demote Edinson Volquez to Triple-A

    I am going to have to admit that when I was doing my National League Cy Young prediction post, I pretty darn close to predicting that Cincinnati Reds RHP Edinson Volquez would win the award...

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  21. Baseball's Worst: Minnesota Twins' Second Basemen

    Next up in our Baseball’s Worst series is baseball’s worst second basemen. There are a lot of teams have that have underperforming two-baggers, but there’s one team that has had a really rough go of it at the position...

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  22. Jeff Francis: What's His Trade Market?

    There were a lot of really good low-risk, high-reward pitcher signings this offseason. Jason Isringhausen , who we talked about earlier today comes to mind, so do Brandon McCarthy , Bartolo Colon and Philip Humber ...

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  23. Cincinnati Reds Promote Todd Frazier

    The Cincinnati Reds will call up prospect Todd Frazier before tonight’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies , according to his agents over at CAA Sports. It’s about time, as Frazier is hitting 294/...

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  24. Jason Isringhausen Continues To Amaze For The New York Mets

    During the offseason, New York Mets GM Sandy Alderson was criticized for not signing any major free agents to improve the team...

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  25. Randy Savage The Baseball Player

    The other day, we talked about Randy “Macho Man” Savage the wrestler. Today, I want to briefly talk about Randy Poffo the baseball player...

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