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Bud Selig expects expanded playoffs to begin this season - We’re just a little over two months away from the start of the 2012 season, but we still have no confirmation on when the new playoff format will take effe...
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MLBTradeRumors.com

Quick Hits: Playoffs, Dodgers Owners, Padres, Floyd - It was on this day in 1982 that the Cubs acquired Ryne Sandberg and Larry Bowa from the Phillies in a trade for Ivan DeJesus. The Bowa-for-DeJesus component ...
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ESPN.com - MLB

Oswalt still mulling offers from Red Sox, others - Free agent Roy Oswalt will not be choosing a new team Friday, a major league source said, even as reports surfaced that the veteran hurler is leaning towar...
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SI.com - MLB

Oswalt, Cardinals reportedly close to agreement -
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Baseball Think Factory

Red Sox tickets go digital to foil scalping - Keep Adding… The Boston Red Sox are going to a new digital ticketing system for the cheapest seats at Fenway Park to keep them out of the hands of scalpers...
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baseballmusings.com

No Cigar for Cuban - Mark Cuban is out of the running for the Los Angeles Dodgers: Cuban told The Times in November that he did not believe the Dodgers were worth $1.2 billion....
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Major League Baseball News

On the mend, Morneau starts baseball activities -
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sportsnet.ca - MLB

Morneau 'hopeful' for comeback in 2012 - Justin Morneau says he's "hopeful" he'll be strong enough to start the season at first base for the Minnesota Twins.
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FOXSports.com: MLB

MLB GM feels son's pain after choke - White Sox general manager Ken Williams is still feeling his son's pain. Kyle Williams of the San Francisco 49ers muffed one punt and fumbled another in las...
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CBSSports.com: MLB

Giants' Lincecum aces physical, signs $40 million extension - San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum has passed his physical and officially signed his $40.5 million, two-year contract. [image: Email this Article] [imag...
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Sporting News: MLB

Report: Brad Penny drawing interest from Japanese team -
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Yahoo! Sports - MLB News

Selig to decide Epstein compensation (AP) - Commissioner Bud Selig will decide what compensation the Boston Red Sox will receive for Theo Epstein's move to the Chicago Cubs. Epstein left as Boston's ...
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paullebowitz.com

Note from Paul Lebowitz - Believe it or not, Google has the Malware warning on my site again. I’m going to look for a different host and server once this is fixed, but until then I ...
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Baseball America

Dodgers Give Minor Leagues A Sneak Peek - Don Mattingly, entering his second year as Dodgers manager, likes the team's tradition of holding a weeklong development program for top minor leaguers at ...
7 hours ago
ESPN.com : Sweet Spot

Links: Mets' decline, prospects, Kershaw - Some weekend reading for you. What, are you going to watch the Pro Bowl instead? Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork has a terrific two-part series on how the Mets g...
7 hours ago
MLB.com Fantasy 411

2012 List of 12 - When is the List of 12 not really 12 guys? When it’s 28 names, like this year! For those of you unfamiliar with the List of 12, the concept is pretty simpl...
7 hours ago
FanGraphs

Phillies Procure Pierre - Taking a look at Juan Pierre, who signed a Minor League deal with the Phillies, and what it means for Domonic Brown.
8 hours ago
Cooperstown Chatter

Baseball hits the mat - By Freddy Berowski On Sunday, World Wrestling Entertainment will air the 25th annual Royal Rumble on pay-per-view. Millions of fans all over the world are ...
11 hours ago
The Hardball Times

Price’s backdoor cutter - David Price’s pitching repertoire has gone through quite a transformation over his big league career, as Mike Fast explained after the 2010 season. In 2011...
11 hours ago
Seamheads.com

Glory Days of the 50s and 60s: Offseason Transactions - Transactions make the offseason fun. Until free agency came along, we watched for trades and waited for the blockbuster variety. Of course, those deals sti...
13 hours ago
ESPN.com - Buster Olney Blog

Detroit's defensive dilemma - Prince Fielder will give the Tigers plenty of offense, writes Buster Olney, but their defense will be an issue.
13 hours ago
The Flagrant Fan

The Ichiro Lead Off Debate - Eric Wedge is talking tough about *Ichiro Suzuki* according to an Associated Press piece reported on ESPN.com. Wedge is quoted in the report as saying, "Ul...
13 hours ago
Beyond the Box Score

How Much Do Park Factors Affect Team Success? - [image: Photo] We are all familiar with the idea that across major league baseball some parks favor hitters while some favor pitchers. The dimensions of t...
13 hours ago
Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

‘Hold me, Slider’: Manny Acta’s tender mascot hug - The first instinct is to make fun of Cleveland Indians manager Manny Acta and his way-too-sincere embrace of Slider, the team's *whatizit* mascot. But af...
14 hours ago
Baseball Reflections

Stealth Mode: With Mike Ilitch’s Money Dave Dombrowski Snatches Prince Fielder - The Detroit Tigers were silent long enough. An offseason that had so far peaked with the weak uneventful signing of reliever Octavio Dotel and plummeted wi...
18 hours ago
BR Bullpen Today in Baseball History

- 1951 - Mike Overy, pitcher
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SULLY BASEBALL

Phillies pitchers who clinched a post season Series: From Ruthven to Hamels - With Brad Lidge leaving Philadelphia for the Nationals today, I realized that exactly 1/2 of the pitchers who have clinched a World Series...
20 hours ago
Baseball-Intellect

Arizona Diamondbacks Top-15 Prospects of 2012 - I'm not as high as on Arizona's hitting prospects as others are, but I love the arms this organization is accumulating. The 2011 draft was tremendous not j...
21 hours ago
Baseball Prospectus

BP Unfiltered: Marking My Debut by Max Marchi - Introducing our newest analyst and author, and our first regular contributor from across the pond.
21 hours ago
Dugout Central

NL East Trade Candidates - By Bob Owens
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The Biz of Baseball

Combined Salaries for A-Rod, Pujols, and Fielder More Than GDP of 12 Countries - [image: Biz of Baseball] It’s often said that players in MLB “make too much money.” In relationship to some professions (teachers often get cited), the r...
1 day ago
MLB.com Hot Stove blog

Reds add Jeff Francis - Looking to supplement their rotation with extra depth, the Reds reached a Minor League deal late Wednesday with left-handed pitcher Jeff Francis according ...
2 days ago
Baseball Daily Digest

Blog Eat Blog: Irrational Radicals - As a person who spends considerable time outside the box, I was intrigued when I came across yesterday’s ESPN headline for “Five radical game-changing prop...
2 days ago
Baseball Crank

POLITICS: Establishments and Our Money: A Response To Avik Roy - Following my essay on the nature of the Establishment vs Tea Party or Outsider divide on the Right as driven primarily by a divide over whether and how w...
2 days ago
Only Baseball Matters

…. I like - Lincecum gets what he wants, and I guess the Giants do as well. ….The two-year, $40.5 million deal, which was completed Tuesday but will not be official un...
2 days ago
More Hardball

Best Minor League Contract Signing? - Every offseason general managers rummage through the free agent market in hopes of striking it rich with a minor league contract signing. Last year Freddy ...
2 days ago
Babes Love Baseball

Li'l Timmy Gets Paid - If you're a faithful reader, you know we love us some Li'l Timmy Lincecum. And it appears that the Giants organization still does, too. They've just agree...
2 days ago
Bull Pennings

Pena, Scott smart moves for Tampa Bay Rays - Carlos Pena to Tampa Bay is cute in a homecoming sort of way, sure. But could it be more than that? You bet. Ever so quietly -- as usual -- the Rays are wo...
2 days ago
Futility Infielder Blog

Farewell, Hip Hip Jorge - Jorge Posada officially announced his retirement today, in an emotional ceremony at Yankee Stadium, the second member of the so-called “Core Four” — Andy P...
3 days ago
Baseball In-Depth

Players to Watch: 2012 - *.900+ OPS, 75-150 PA (Post All Star Break, 2011)* 1.114 Adrian Beltre (Rangers) 1.061 Nick Hundley (Padres) 1.035 Chris Parmelee (Twins) 1.028 Andruw Jone...
3 days ago
ESPN: Baseball Today

Baseball Today: 1/23 - Eric Karabell and Keith Law discuss the pros and cons of some proposed radical changes for baseball.
4 days ago
UmpBump.com

Give This Man an Invite - Before last season I wrote a pair of columns (which I would link to but the site is down) looking at the more interesting non-roster invitees in every team...
2 weeks ago
Blogging From The Bleachers

What would you like to see from BFTB? - While BFTB is a major source of pride – considering I’ve built the site into what it is entirely on my own, entirely from scratch, and nearly entirely with...
2 weeks ago
Bloomberg Sports

Jim Thome Returns to Phillies - After spending last season with the Twins and Indians, Jim Thomes will return to the National League in a backup role with the Phillies. Thome, who boast...
2 months ago
BaseballHappenings.com

2011 World Series: Rangers vs. Cardinals - It’s World Series time in baseball. For many baseball fans, this means that your best friends for the next week straight are your high definition televisio...
3 months ago
The Baseball Zealot

Illini Hudson called up - For those who missed it, local favorite Kyle Hudson has just been called to the majors. Hudson was a University of Illinois player who was drafted by th...
4 months ago
USA Today: Daily Pitch

Baseball games or mind games? Tony La Russa losing right now - This week's Brewers-Cardinals series has created plenty of debate about mind games but the Milwaukee players are leaving little doubt about the baseball ga...
5 months ago
MLB Live Wire

Werth Revisiting: The Biggest Free Agent Bust of 2011 - At the beginning of the season I wrote a post, Dubious Honor: Biggest Free Agent Bust of 2011. My Adrian Beltre prediction was: As a matter of fact Beltr...
5 months ago
FanSided

Sizemore Back to DL - Less than a month after his season debut, Cleveland Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore is back on the team’s disabled list with a bruised right knee. Si...
8 months ago
Blue Collar Baseball

John Thorn Named Official Baseball Historian - Bud Selig has named John Thorn the Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball. Thorn's books are too numerous to list but include the Total Base...
10 months ago
Fanhouse: MLB

Bryce Harper Strikes Out Twice in Debut - Filed under: Mets, Nationals, Prospects, Spring Training PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) -- Bryce Harper has made his much-anticipated spring training debut wit...
10 months ago
Citizens Bank Broads

Phillies vs. Yankees – Spring Training Game #1 Highlights - A potential World Series matchup was the featured spring training game today between the Phillies and the Yankees. Ã‚Â The score aside, we can make some re...
11 months ago
Touching Base

Lincecum tries to wrap up title against Lee - GIANTS AT RANGERS GAME 5, 7:30 P.M. San Francisco RHP Tim Lincecum (16-10, 3.43; 3-1, 2.79 in playoffs) Lincecum is trying to become the first Giants pitch...
1 year ago

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