There are some odds and ends to clean up before we get to the first Big Ten Bloggers' roundtable of the regular season, so here we go, in mini-Boilermakings style:A· The week 1 Blogpoll is out, and Purdue didn't even make the Others Receiving Votes category. Even if we beat Northern Colorado by--5   more...
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It looks like I'm four months late on this, but it appears that Rookie of the Month honors in the MLB is voted by the fans. The Cubs have two nominees, Geovany Soto and Jeff Samardzija and they'll go up against Cardinals reliever Chris Perez and Rockies third basemen Ian Stewart. Soto is looking   more...
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It looks like I'm four months late on this, but it appears that Rookie of the Month honors in the MLB is voted by the fans. The Cubs have two nominees, Geovany Soto and Jeff Samardzija and they'll go up against Cardinals reliever Chris Perez and Rockies third basemen Ian Stewart. Soto is looking   more...
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I posted something regarding the Cubs post-season roster options here at TCR last month, but here is the updatedA Cubs 2008 post-season roster eligibility list. The 29 players on this list are automatically eligible to be included onA any of theA Cubs three post-season 25-man rostersA   more...
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Game Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview SP *Ted Lilly SP Bronson Arroyo 13-8, 4.23, 160 K, 57 BB,   more...
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Who were the top three fantasy performers at each position this past week? Beginning with the catchers, the Screaming Sports team hand out gold, silver and bronze medals to the top three statistical players at every position.Navigational links appear at the bottom of each article.
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Who were the top three fantasy performers at each position this past week? Beginning with the catchers, the Screaming Sports team hand out gold, silver and bronze medals to the top three statistical players at every position.Navigational links appear at the bottom of each article.
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Game Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview SP Brandon Backe SP Carlos Zambrano 9-12, 5.42, 122 K, 72 BB, 159.1 IP   more...
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Victor Martinez is one of the prize pieces of the Indians puzzle. Most teams would love to have a switch-hitting, multi-time All-Star catcher that can bat in the heart of the order and produce numbers that have garnered MVP consideration several time during his career. Sure, he may not have the   more...
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Game Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview SP *Randy Wolf SP Ryan Dempster 8-11, 4.73, 134 K, 64 BB, 158 IP   more...
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Each season, some youngster seems to come out of nowhere and leave a huge mark on Major League Baseball and fantasy baseball, as well. FIO co-founder & editor Matt Hinzpeter gives you some of the names you should know for the upcoming 2008 season - since nabbing one of these youngsters late in the   more...
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A look at this year's crop of MLB rookies and how they are performing from a fantasy standpoint. Find out whose stock is still rising, who's falling off, and possible ROY candidates.
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August 31st is an important date for contending MLB teams, because that's the date that determines eligibility for post-season rosters. To be eligible to play in the MLB post-season, a player must be on the club's 25-man roster or 15-day or 60-day DL as of 8/31. However, any player   more...
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Game Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview SP *Odalis Perez SP Ryan Dempster 5-9, 4.06, 83 K, 44 BB, 124 IP 14-5, 2.92,--9 K, 64 BB, 163.1 IP 2B   more...
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Just a few things that have been lying in my "in" box...- Updating the August Player of the Month race, DeRosa and Ramirez didn't do much to help themselves this weekend. Ramirez did end up with the most RBI's in August, but his .975 OPS for the month is good for only 16th out of players   more...
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