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I've got some issues with hot topics in baseball
Baseball, perhaps more than any other sport, is a game of strategy. The glory is, that with 162 games, managers and coaches get the chance to tinker with things much more than football, ice hockey and basketball coaches. The downside to that is it means...
Tags: MLB Network (tv network), Ian Desmond, New York Yankees, Roy Halladay, Delmon Young
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Phil Rogers' MLB power rankings
Last week's ranking in parentheses 1. Rangers (1): Ran their top three pitchers at the Red Sox in an impressive weekend sweep started by Derek Holland and finished by Yu Darvish, with Alexi Ogando in between. Looking very smart for letting Josh Hamilton...Tags: Don Mattingly, Pittsburgh Pirates, Colorado Rockies, Aramis Ramirez, Miami Marlins
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Ruiz won't solve all the Phillies' problems
PHILADELPHIA — Charlie Manuel doesn't want Carlos Ruiz to feel like he has to be the savior when he comes back. To that, I say, "Good luck, Chooch." With the way the Phillies played in their first 23 games, how can the Phillies catcher, who...
Tags: Laynce Nix, Philadelphia Phillies, Humberto Quintero, Adderall (drug), Major League Baseball
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Dodgers flaunt status as game's new spending king
While Hyun-jin Ryu is not yet a big name in North America, losing him was a bigger blow for the Cubs than you probably think. President Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer wanted the rights to the 25-year-old South Korean left-hander because they...
Tags: Hiroki Kuroda, Josh Beckett, Yu Darvish, Jed Hoyer , San Diego Padres
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Phil Rogers' power rankings
Statistics through Sunday (last week's ranking) 1. Rangers (1): There have many issues, including a lack of production since early in the season from Michael Young and the highly regarded lineup, but a soft schedule has kept those issues from showing...
Tags: Ervin Santana, Josh Beckett, Colorado Rockies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chris Young (baseball, outfielder)
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Darvish-Suzuki matchup should make for great theater
ARLINGTON, Texas — On the other side of the globe, a nation will turn to video screens big and small at about 7:10 Monday night — or, 14 time zones away, 9:10 a.m. Tuesday in Tokyo. Yu Darvish, almost certainly the best pitcher ever in Japan,...
Tags: Yu Darvish, World Series, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, National League, Sports
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Quintana's emergence comes at right time
On a Monday night flight that originated in Barranquilla, Colombia, Abel Quintana landed in Chicago and the new world of opportunity created suddenly by his son's baseball career. Out of nowhere over the weekend, Jose Quintana arrived as a major league...
Tags: John Danks, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs
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Phillies' fear: Becoming the new Cubs
Say this for the Phillies. They got a World Series title and five consecutive playoff seasons out of their payroll escalation. But are they about to suffer Cubs-like pain? That's the question that faces general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. as he faces a...
Tags: Jarrod Dyson, Washington Nationals, Miami Marlins, Gaby Sanchez, Jim Hendry
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Royals like way they are trending
The Royals expect James Shields to be a difference maker. But were they close enough to being a playoff team before they added him? That's the question about the deal in which the Royals sent future All-Star Wil Myers to the Rays. It's too early to...
Tags: Ervin Santana, U.S. Cellular Field, Wade Davis, New York Yankees, Politics
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Phillies radio man Scott Franzke wants to be working this October
The guy on the stage last week conducting the question-and-answer session with front-office personnel, players and manager Charlie Manuel at the Phillies Winter Banquet may not have been instantly recognizable to the 1,100 people gathered at the Sands...
Tags: Indianapolis 500, Dan Marino, CBS Corp., Richie Ashburn, Open-Wheel Racing
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Cliff Lee, Phils rotation struggling since Roy Halladay's injury
It's OK to be disappointed in Cliff Lee. Even being flat-out ticked off is fair. The $120 million-dollar man has not done his part. You might be tempted to argue that the offense is to blame for him having gone this long without getting a win. That...
Tags: Washington Nationals, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball, Hospitals and Clinics, Roy Halladay
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What went wrong for the Phillies?
The Phillies went into the 2012 season expecting a sixth consecutive National League East division title. Their massive payroll, their past successes and their personnel made it hard to argue with their goals. By the end of May, they had already sunk...
Tags: Washington Nationals, Chad Qualls, Philadelphia Phillies, National League East, Major League Baseball
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Mar 30, 2013
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Jan 31, 2013
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