Dusty Baker now manages two teams. (Seattle Times)11 original season ticket holders will throw out the first pitch for game 1 of the ALCS in Tampa tonight. (Miami Herald)Will the Rays' running game be a huge factor in the series? If they are on base a lot it will be. (L.A. Times)With Mike Lowell   more...
Original Story: http://www.thesportspoint.net/2008/10/ml....

The 2008 season has officially come and gone, and we've moved on. The Twins kicked off the off-season by making a move we all knew was coming. Today, the club announced that they would pick up backup catcher Mike Redmond's team option for the '09 season.The option is worth $950,000, and everybody   more...
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Wow!!! After posting the idea of winning a $25 Gift Card to Best Buy for the first entry that lists all 30 players and ranks them correctly yesterday, my e-mail was flooded by you guys. So good news/bad news out of that. The bad news is, instead of you ranking the Short Stops, you'll be ranking   more...
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It’s always fun to make predictions on how the players will perform each season. About six months ago we did community projections for both the hitters and pitchers, and asked readers to give their predictions. We thought it’d be a good way to end the season by looking back and seeing   more...
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Joe Mauer broke a record shared by greats Ruth, Bonds and 2 others. Read on........In an entertaining game today, the Baltimore Orioles beat the Minnesota Twins 9-7 to even the series. Daniel Cabrera pitched 6 nose-butter innings and managed to keep the Twins on base. For the Twins, Carlos Silva   more...

Here's your fantasy draft list of catchers who play in the American League Central Division.
Original Story: http://www.crookedpitch.com/174/2008-ame....

Joe Mauer is the best catcher in the game and while it's certainly debatable, Mike Redmond sure seems to look a lot like the best back-up backstop in baseball. So while the Twins have undergone serious change this winter one thing remains the same -- no team in the majors has better receivers than   more...
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You know what? The Twins were down 4-3 before plating three in the 8th yesterday to take a lead that they would not relinquish, but with the way things went at Safeco Field this year, I wouldn't be surprised to find that the Twins just stormed into the clubhouse, skipped showering, grabbed their   more...
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The Twins have been bested in four consecutive games, including twoA moreA by those pesky Mariners,A and now find themselves two games back in the AL Central.A Which raises the question a€" what can be done to remedy this slump?You give the best catcher in the game and man who will eventually   more...
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