Baseball Insider: October 25, 2009 - October 31, 2009
Off-day notes [UPDATE: Blanton in Game 4]
Greetings from the press box at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, where we will have many plagues to look forward to this weekend -- rain on Saturday night, a transit strike on Sunday night and -- something, perhaps locusts or more bad umpiring, on Monday night. Both the Phillies and...
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Dave Sheinin
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October 30, 2009; 2:10 PM ET |
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Return of the Big Mac
With the hiring of Mark McGwire as St. Louis' new hitting coach, MLB is, for the first time, truly opening its arms to its steroid-infused past
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CJ Holley
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October 30, 2009; 1:31 PM ET |
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Cardinals
| Tags: mark mcgwire, st. louis cardinals, steroids
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Are Yanks in trouble, or just down a game?
It's never a good idea to read too much into Game 1 of the World Series. The classic example from recent history is 1996, when the Atlanta Braves -- the defending champs, no less -- romped to a 12-1 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 1 at Yankee...
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Dave Sheinin
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October 29, 2009; 12:20 PM ET |
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Red Sox defections leave leadership void
After three consecutive seasons with nearly no turnover, the Red Sox are hemorrhaging members of their front office and managerial staff. That's two key departures in one week.
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Cameron Smith
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October 28, 2009; 10:05 AM ET |
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| Tags: Astros, Brad Mills, Jed Hoyer, Padres, Red Sox, Theo Epstein
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The Yankees' World Series rotation problem
So many reasons why this World Series is going to be fascinating: *A matchup of ace lefties, CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee, in Game 1. That's the 2007 and 2008 American League Cy Young Award winners, mind you. I'll have a story on the Web site shortly, and in the...
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Dave Sheinin
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October 26, 2009; 3:00 PM ET |
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Biggest winner in rainout: the Phillies
So, let's try this again, shall we? After persistent rain forced the postponement of Game 6 of the ALCS on Saturday night, the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels will reconvene Sunday night at Yankee Stadium, with lefties Andy Pettitte (whom Boz wrote about here) and Joe Saunders (a...
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Dave Sheinin
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October 25, 2009; 2:36 PM ET |
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