In just 24 days baseball will give us the 77th Midsummer Classic. That's right, the MLB All-Star game is less than a month away. I for one am looking forward to watching the best players in the game come together and do battle. However, as it stands right now, there will be some dominant players   more...
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"NEW YORK -- A total of 106 players filed for salary arbitration Jan. 12 (x-free agent who accepted arbitration). Players and teams exchanged proposed salaries Tuesday if they couldn't come to agreement on a 2007 contract."For those who care...It's actually an interesting list if not just to see   more...
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What did you get for YED? I always get the same thing: a simple moment of relief and peace as I realize that the rats with cocaine-like nature of Yankee Fan is being slowly but surely weaned into something more like, well, the rest of MLB fandom. Did you know that there are people who can use a   more...
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I had to give a shout out to one of my favorite baseball players of all time, Wally Joyner. The sweet swinging left hander was just named the new hitting coach for the San Diego Padres the other day. After having the kind of year that the Padres are at the plate, I think this was a solid move.   more...
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Morgan Ensberg rode the pine in yesterday's game against the Tigers, in order to "try to get his head right," according to Phil Garner. He's been slumping after getting off to a scorching start, hitting .329 in April. Ensberg hit .216 in May and is hitting .151 in June.He's had shoulder problems,   more...
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The last player that Houston went to arbitration with was Daryl Kile in 1997. Linked are the 2007 salaries for the entire Astros lineup. They are weighing in at a hefty $93.257 Million heading into the upcoming season.
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- Tom Verducci of cnnsi.com is reporting that a deal bringing Andy Pettitte back to the Bronx could be done by the end of the week.- The White Sox figure to move a starter to make a rotation spot available for Brandon McCarthy. This has led to speculation that they'll move an arm to Philly for   more...
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A few words come to mind when I think of the San Diego Padres offense. Punchless, anemic, hapless, weak, maybe even effete or feminine. But as I was sitting here watching Joel Pineiro - Joel "FREAKING" Pineiro - toss seven shutout innings while only allowing four hits in a 5-0 Cardinals win, I   more...
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Just yesterday, George King wrote in the New York Post that the Yanks appeared on the verge of acquiring Wigginton in exchange for Scott Proctor, whom the Devils Rays were reportedly interested in converting to a starter. We can only assume therefore that the Yankees had second thoughts about   more...
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As a result of yesterday's MLB Trade Deadline, some things got shook up in fantasy baseball. FIO staff writer Lou Poulas discusses some of the trades that went down - those with fantasy implications and the ones that really didn't mean anything.
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by signing Morgan Ensberg. I'm obviously kidding, but I think this is a good signing for the Yanks. Ensberg is very much a wild card, but could hit 25 homeruns and end up the starting first baseman with Giambi transitioning back to the DH and Cabrera being traded for pitching help or being a 4th OF.
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With Chien-Ming Wang out until September, do you think the Yankees will go out and trade some players for a big-time starter like C.C Sabathia, or will they possibly bring someone up from the Minors, not including Kei Igawa?
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Easily an upgrade over the platoon of Geoff Blum and Vinny Castilla...even if he's on the DL. No word on who the Astros would look for in return.
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Evidently it's premature to put away your outrage, Yankee fans. Diehards of the Bombers were indignant this spring when non-roster invitee Morgan Ensberg was granted the No. 21 during spring training. No Yankee had donned the number since Paul O'Neill, and it had widely been assumed that the   more...
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When Morgan Ensberg was informed by Astros general manager Tim Purpura last month he had been traded to the San Diego Padres, Ensberg didn't know what to do first: call his wife or scream.Saying that Ensberg was thrilled to be playing near the city where he and his wife, Christi, own a house and   more...
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