With the trade deadline looming and injuries to several players, bullpen situations remain in flux throughout baseball. Jonathan Lee takes a look at recent moves and ranks all of MLB's closers.
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Yesterday, Major League Baseball announced its rosters for the 2008 All-Star Game to be played on July 15 at Yankee Stadium. Now, we take a look at the National League roster, to see who doesn't deserve to go and who got shafted. We don't have quite as many problems with the NL Roster as we did   more...
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Instead of recapping what happened last night (The AL won, they now have home field advantage in the World Series, again. End of recap.), I am going to take this opportunity to rant about the absurdness of the game.Well, maybe I'll do a little recapping. First of all, it actually was not a bad   more...
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Back from my vacation to discuss the Phillies news of the past week a bit browner, heavier, and tired. First on the agenda...1. The All-Star Game: Brad Lidge's unnecessary pitchers, Chase Utley's performance, and Pat Burrell and Cole Hamels snubs.2. The Joe Blanton Deal: will he help?3. Ryan   more...
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The Phillies acquired Brad Lidge in one of the best trades in their history this past off-season, and now they have him locked up until at least 2011. Lidge, who would have been a free agent at the end of the season, signed a three year deal worth 37.5 million dollars. The deal also includes a team   more...
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Although Jon Atwood made some good points in Strike While the Iron is Hot. Trade Howard Now, I am of a different mindset. Trading Ryan Howard might be one of the worst things the Phillies can do.Howard is the premier power hitter in all of Major League Baseball. Players like him come once in a   more...
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The young Marlin line-up simply can't figure out what Jamie Moyer is throwing. Moyer once again baffled the Marlins in a 4-2 Phillies win on Friday night to move his career record against Florida to 10-0. Moyer went 6 innings and gave up 2 runs before turning it over to the Phillies bullpen, who   more...
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There is a new look to the Closer Report this week with expanded coverage of bullpen situations around baseball and rankings for the top fantasy closers and middle relievers. This week AccuScore analyst looks at the All-Star relievers, and has a problem with the selection of one player in   more...
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The game lasted 15 innings, but the result was the same. The AL came out on top for the 10th time in 11 tries, and the game was well worth watching as compelling theater.
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The Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame analyzes the fantasy history of strikeouts in the 8th installment of a series investigating statistical trends over the past 3 decades. There have been ten 300 strikeout seasons since 1980 and six of them occurred in the 6 year period of 1997-2002.
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This one came out of nowhere. The Phillies rewarded closer Brad Lidge's monster (read: perfect) first half by signing him to a $37.5 million, 3-year contract extension this morning. Nice.
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UPDATE!: Lidge singing confimed by MLB.com>According to Rob Ellis of 610 WIP, the Phillies are holding a press conference at 1 this afternoon. Ellis says the press conference is reportedly to announce the signing of closer Brad Lidge to a contract extension.Lidge has earned this extension by   more...
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UPDATE!: Lidge singing confimed by MLB.com>According to Rob Ellis of 610 WIP, the Phillies are holding a press conference at 1 this afternoon. Ellis says the press conference is reportedly to announce the signing of closer Brad Lidge to a contract extension.Lidge has earned this extension by   more...
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The 15-inning All-Star Game nearly gave us a nightmare scenario -- no more pitchers. Ken Rosenthal has a plan to avoid a repeat
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The All-Star teams were announced today, and two Phillies are going to New York: Chase Utley and the man with the new contract, Brad Lidge. Utley was voted in by the fans to start at second base and Lidge was selected by NL manager Clint Hurdle. Both are very deserving all stars who are at the top   more...
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