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December 12th, 2007

Orioles Ship Tejada to Houston

The Baltimore Orioles have traded shortstop Miguel Tejada to the Houston Astros for outfielder Luke Scott, pitchers Matt Albers, Troy Patton and Dennis Sarfate, and third baseman Michael Costanzo.
Headed to Houston
Tejada is coming off a .296/.357/.442 campaign, which is low by his standards but still pretty darned good. The downside is that he turns 32 […]

By Geoff Young -- 0 comments

November 16th, 2007

AFL Prospects

Hard to find stuff that isn’t about A-Rod or Barry Bonds these days (I just realized that “indicted” and “inducted” share all but one letter — yeah, I’m real quick that way), but here’s something kind of fun: Baseball America has released its list of Top 20 prospects from the Arizona Fall League in ‘07.
Cameron […]

By Geoff Young -- 2 comments

June 11th, 2007

Did You Learn Anything at College?

Meet the NCAA. They’re a very large and powerful organization evidently in search of some bad PR.
Hey, they’ve found some. Woo-hoo!
Brian Bennett, a reporter for the Louisville Courier-Journal, was ejected from the press box in the fifth inning of the University of Louisville’s game on Sunday for liveblogging the event (hat tips to reader Didi […]

By Geoff Young -- 0 comments

June 7th, 2007

MLB Draft 2007: Day One Recap

Maybe I bit off more than I could chew in my attempt to liveblog the first round of the draft — I’m willing to concede that possibility. But you know what? I gave an honest effort and I would do it again in a heartbeat.
First off, props to ESPN2 for some fine draft coverage. After […]

By Geoff Young -- 2 comments

June 7th, 2007

MLB Draft 2007: Anticipation

Ah, the draft is almost here. We’ll get the liveblogging started right around 11 a.m. PT. Meanwhile, here are some places I’ll be checking throughout the day:
Television

ESPN2

Radio

XM 189

Web

Baseball America
Baseball America Draft Blog
Minor League Ball
MLB.com

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May 29th, 2007

2007 MLB Draft Roundtable at Baseball Analysts

Wow, Rich Lederer at Baseball Analysts has brought together three of Baseball America’s finest to discuss the upcoming draft in a roundtable forum. If you need to get up to speed in a hurry, this is a great place to start. Rich talks with Jim Callis, John Manuel, and Alan Matthews — together they look […]

By Geoff Young -- 3 comments

May 28th, 2007

2007 NCAA Baseball Brackets Announced

No, they don’t pack the same punch as the hoops brackets, but baseball brackets have arrived! Here’s USD’s bracket:

University of San Diego
Cal State Fullerton
Minnesota
Fresno State

California schools are well represented:

Long Beach State
UCLA
Pepperdine
Illinois-Chicago

Arizona State
UC Riverside
Nebraska
Monmouth

Texas
UC Irvine
Wake Forest
Brown

Aaron Fitt at Baseball America is blogging about the selections, and I’m sure he’ll be on top of the games as […]

By Geoff Young -- 4 comments

May 27th, 2007

MLB Draft 2007: Who’s Hot, Who’s Not

We’re liveblogging the draft!
Start here

Ready for the draft? Of course you are. You and your buddies will be hunkering down with some chips, beverages, and a big-screen TV. You’ll be livin’ large on draft day.
Wait, that’s football.
Still, as we’ve noted before, the ‘07 draft will be televised. With that in mind, it’s good to know […]

By Geoff Young -- 8 comments

March 29th, 2007

Jeff Luhnow Interview at BA

Who is Jeff Luhnow? He is the St. Louis Cardinals’ vice president of amateur scouting and player development, and Baseball America’s Chris Kline has done a fantastic interview with him:
I’ve had scouts come in and participate in our player-development discussions about who’s going to make a certain team and who’s not. I’ve had player development […]

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