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President of Freedonia
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Mauer wins AL MVP, nearly unanimous. Teixeira and Jeter finish 2nd and 3rd.
Miguel Cabrera got 1 first place vote. Probably from the same Michigan sportswriter that voted Verlander for Cy Young. |
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Chris is AWESOME
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Its unreal when you look at what Mauer has done thus far as a catcher.
26 years old and he has 2 gold gloves, 3 silver sluggers, 3 batting titles and an MVP. |
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Surprised A-Rod didn't even get a nom for MVP.
Congrats to Joe Mauer. |
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Controversial opinion: I think Joe Mauer's defense is overrated.
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Cabrera got the vote from a Seattle writer. They think he filled out his ballot 1-2 weeks before season ended and before Cabrera fell apart and hurt Detroit's hitting and scoring ability.
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Brew Crew re-sign Chris Capuano.
White Sox sign Omar Vizquel to a 1-year deal. |
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President of Freedonia
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This might be the first time I've seen an official MLB article go up regarding the contract of a broadcaster. Best news of the offseason so far:
http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/art...=.jsp&c_id=nym |
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Chris is AWESOME
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YES!!! Thank god Keith is BACK!
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1-0 TPWW Chess Master
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Apparently, The Tigers have put Miguel Cabrera on the trade block
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President of Freedonia
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Pujols wins unanimously. No surprises there.
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I could actually see maybe the Red Sox going after him if they don't trade for Adrian Gonzales or Halladay or Hernandez. I don't think they really have enough prospects for 1 of them + Miguel unless they get Miguel really cheap.
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Doubt Red Sox make 2 big name trades since they don't have that many high quality position players besides pitchers they can just give away. Before getting V-Mart, they kept refusing to trade quality catchers since they needed at least one to develop before Varitek retires or leaves.
Their bigger goal is to try to keep Bay this year and then prepare for 2 years when Beckett might leave and maybe Wakefield finally retires. |
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Albert Pujols has received the 3rd most MVP votes...........of all time
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Time to Nut Up or Shut up
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Formerly Fausto Carmona
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I've heard the Red Sox would go hard after Lackey, enabling them to trade Buchholz.
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White Sox sign Andruw Jones to a 1-year, $500K deal to warm their bench.
Yankee favroite Shelly Duncan elects free agency instead of AAA. News o' the day: Red Sox are going after Doc Halladay hard. |
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Time to Nut Up or Shut up
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I'm glad Shelley tested Free Agency. I was always hoping he'd get more playing time somewhere. You just watch some national league team will pick him up and he'll either have a full time or bench job for a year.
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Blue Jays sign Alex Gonzalez to a 1-year, $2.75 mil. deal. with a $2.5 mil. team option for 2011.
Looks like Scutaro is gone, and by far the best SS out on the market. |
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Yankees Announcer Bob "The Voice of God" Sheppard, has formally retired.
99 years old, I'd say it's been a hell of a career. |
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LAKE SHOW HOES
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Is that the guy that says THEEEEEEEEEEE YANKEEEEEEEEES WIIIIIIN
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I believe who you are thinking about is John Sterling. Bob Sheppard was the person who'd announce when a guy came up to bat, The lineup's, etc.
Last edited by Hardkore Kidd J; 11-27-2009 at 07:14 AM. |
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The Classic Dylan Staples
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Tacos!
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Tacos!
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Hall of Fame ballot is out. Pick out who you would want in this time around. Here's the complete list of who's eligible.
Roberto Alomar Kevin Appier Harold Baines Bert Blyleven Ellis Burks Andre Dawson Andres Galarraga Pat Hentgen Mike Jackson Eric Karros Ray Lankford Barry Larkin Edgar Martinez Don Mattingly Fred McGriff Mark McGwire Jack Morris Dale Murphy Dave Parker Tim Raines Shane Reynolds David Segui Lee Smith Alan Trammell Robin Ventura Todd Zeile |
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So... interesting class. Not really a huge superstar. I think Dawson and maybe Alomar get in next year. The others I put "Yes' next two will eventually get in, but they will not go in 2010. |
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I can't see a deal getting done this offseason. But ya never know. Last edited by Heros Welcome; 11-27-2009 at 07:51 PM. |
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This is probably the best chance for Dawson and Blyleven to reach the Hall this time since no big name besides Alomar taking away votes on the ballot. Probably ends up being just Alomar and Blyleven since the writers rarely ever put more than 2 in the Hall from their votes.
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Formerly Fausto Carmona
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Barry Larkin definitely is a first ballot. He had more Silver Sluggers at Shortstop than Cal Ripken.
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I'm all there is
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he wasn't even the best shortstop in his league though. He'll get in, but I'd give him a 10% chance to make it in his 1st try
Last edited by Loose Cannon; 11-28-2009 at 12:02 AM. |
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Formerly Fausto Carmona
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Who was?
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I'm all there is
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Ozzie
Edit: well to be fair, I just took a quick look at some stats and went to my always trusted Bill James Book. Bill James actually rates Larkin as the 6th greatest short of all-time and Ozzie as 7. Although it's funny, he writes a paragraph on Larkin and almost 2 pages on Ozzie, which is pretty much the story of Larkin's career right there. Ozzie was the better defensive shortstop; Larkin offensive. Ozzie got to the Series 3 times and Larkin once. It's definately going to come down to who the voters are and how they vote to see whether or not Larkin can get in on the 1st try. That's a bad job by me right there not checking the stats first though. I never remember him as a 1st tier sort of player, but hey, if Bill James has him at 6, then who am I to argue? Last edited by Loose Cannon; 11-28-2009 at 12:46 AM. |
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You know that’s right
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Don't forget Larkin won an MVP. Ozzie never did.
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You know that’s right
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I can't give an objective opinion of Larkin since he was one of my favorites of all time, but I don't think he's first ballot material. And I think the writers will agree. But I think once the more of the steroid guys become eligible, Larkin will get a ton of votes.
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Reports around the web are saying Bud Selig will step down in 2012.
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That is a pretty terrible list up there.
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You know that’s right
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Next Commissioner:
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