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Archive for November 2007

November 26th, 2007

Linkage: NL West Edition

Still in desk-clearing mode. Back to regular columns soon…

Jon at Dodger Thoughts reminds us that rumors are, well, rumors.
Jim at AZ Snakepit transforms a couple Diamondbacks into South Park characters.
El Lefty Malo talks about Barry Bonds.
Mark at Bad Altitude complains that Troy Tulowitzki should have won the NL Gold Glove at shortstop over Philadelphia’s Jimmy […]

By Geoff Young -- 2 comments

November 25th, 2007

Linkage: NL Central Edition

Still catching up on old stuff…

Rob at Cub Reporter hooks us up with footage from a 1981 game between the Cubs and Reds.
Dan at Get Up, Baby laments the continued decline of Scott Rolen.
Pat at FanHouse muses on the Pirates motives behind hiring John Russell as their new skipper.
Lisa at Astros Dugout discusses the (relatively) […]

By Geoff Young -- 0 comments

November 24th, 2007

While you were stuffing your face..

By Guest Blogger, Timm Davis
I hope that everyone had a wonderful turkey day, filled with food and naps.
There was one team that wasn’t napping – the LA Angels. They’ve gone and signed Torii Hunter to a 5 year $90 Million contract. What does this do to the Angels? Well it improves their outfield defense, but […]

By guys -- 2 comments

November 24th, 2007

Linkage: NL East Edition

Catching up on some stuff that’s been sitting on the proverbial desk for awhile. Yeah, it’s a little old, but so am I. Get over it:

Chris at Capitol Punishment examines the Nationals’ least clutch plays of the 2007 season.
Speaking of the Nats, Harper at Oleander and Morning Glories explains why Manny Acta didn’t get serious […]

By Geoff Young -- 0 comments

November 22nd, 2007

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving from Knuckle Curve. Eat turkey, watch football (after you’ve read BCS Frenzy, EMQB, and Squib Kick, of course), pass out on the couch, preferably in that order. Good times…
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By Geoff Young -- 0 comments

November 21st, 2007

A Bug’s Life?

By Guest Blogger, Timm Davis
Once again the geniuses in the marketing department Of Major League Baseball have done it again. Now you can try and bid your hard earned cash on – you guessed it bug spray.
Yes, your eye’s aren’t playing tricks on you. You can bid on the bug spray that was used […]

By guys -- 0 comments

November 21st, 2007

Obligatory MVP Coverage

The voters went 50-50 this year. They got one right, the other not so much.
Your 2007 AL MVP is Alex Rodriguez, which makes sense because with all due respect to Detroit’s Magglio Ordonez, A-Rod dominated the league in every conceivable way. His was an easy choice.
In the National League, things were complicated by the Mets’ […]

By Geoff Young -- 0 comments

November 21st, 2007

When Memes Attack

I’ve been sitting on this a while because, well, I don’t know why. Miki tagged me last month, and what the heck, it’s the holidays. Here are seven things you probably don’t know about me:

I’ve broken two bones in my life, both playing softball. First was my right ankle in 1985, second was my right […]

By Geoff Young -- 1 comment

November 20th, 2007

Of Shoe sizes and pitchers

By Guest Blogger, Timm Davis 
Normally you would be expecting a post from Geoff, well he’s taking a bit of a break for the week. And I, TD have been asked to fill his enormous shoes for the time being. I guess you’d want to know a bit about me first, well as I’ve stated my […]

By guys -- 0 comments

November 20th, 2007

Three Haiku

Just time enough for haiku today…
Glavine returns home
Will one year in Atlanta
Erase his last start?
White Sox ship Garland
To Angels for Cabrera,
Have no pitching left
Three years of Lowell
Only in Red Sox Nation
Is he a bargain
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Tags: angels, baseball, braves, jon_garland, mike_lowell, mlb, orlando_cabrera, […]

By Geoff Young -- 0 comments

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