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December 7th, 2007

Guillen and Gibbons Suspended

Recently signed Kansas City outfielder Jose Guillen and Baltimore outfielder Jay Gibbons have been suspended for the first 15 days of the 2008 season for “violating baseball’s drug policy.” The issue is human growth hormone. Others accused of such violations but not suspended include Rick Ankiel, Troy Glaus, Gary Matthews Jr., and Scott Schoeneweis.
Guillen is […]

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September 30th, 2007

Preseason Picks Revisited: NL Central

Preseason Picks Revisited
The story so far:

AL West
AL Central
AL East
NL West

Ladies and gentlemen, the least interesting division in Major League Baseball:

Cubs – Somebody had to win the division; it might as well be the team that spent $300 million on free agents.
Astros – Why did I like this team so much? Perhaps their recent track record […]

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September 8th, 2007

Ankiel and HGH

Yeah, so one of the “feel-good stories of the year” maybe isn’t. At least, that’s what some people think. Rick Ankiel, for his part, claims that he was acting under doctor’s orders when he took human growth hormone.
What do we believe? I don’t know. I’m pretty sure we’ll hear a bunch of stuff about Barry […]

By Geoff Young -- 0 comments

September 6th, 2007

Nine Baseball Surprises from 2007

With the season winding down, I thought it might be fun to look back at some of the bigger surprises this year. In no particular order, here are nine things that have blown my mind:
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September 5th, 2007

Wladimir, Radhames, Sonnanstine, Gesundheit

I made that last one up. There are no big leaguers I’m aware of named Gesundheit. But I could be wrong…
American League

Mariners at Yankees, 4:05 p.m. PT — I’m contractually obligated to pimp the Yankees game, because no-one else will. Philip Hughes gets the start for New York. He’s coughed up five runs in each […]

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September 2nd, 2007

Who Told Pena He Could Hit?

There are a lot of fun stories this year in baseball: Josh Hamilton, Jack Cust, Rick Ankiel. How about YALHH (yet another left-handed hitter), Carlos Pena?
Pena, in case you missed it, ranks second in the American League with 33 homers through September 1. This is a guy who hit 23 home runs all last year […]

By Geoff Young -- 1 comment

August 24th, 2007

Clemens, Maddux, Moyer: Oldies, but Goodies

Super lightning quick, here are your games for Friday:

Yankees at Tigers, 4:05 p.m. PT — It seems like these two teams are always playing each other. Anyway, Roger Clemens and Andrew Miller makes for an interesting matchup. Aside from the fact that Clemens is twice as old as Miller, it’s also worth noting that lefties […]

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