1 hour ago by Landon Evanson

Jim Abbott won the Silver Spikes award as the top collegiate baseball player in the country at the University of Michigan in 1987, then helped the United States win the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea before heading directly to the major leagues with the California Angel ...

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2 hours ago by iYankees

Although I added this to my previous post regarding Chien-Ming Wang and the Nationals, I figured it deserves its own space on the blog. According to two sources – a tweet from Bill Ladson of MLB.com and a report from FOX Sports – Chien-Ming Wang is expected to sign soon and perhaps within 7-10 days. ...

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4 hours ago by iYankees

While pitching coach, Dave Eiland, noted yesterday that he is excited for the upcoming rotation battle this spring that will feature Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes, in particular, with Sergio Mitre, Alfredo Aceves, and Chad Gaudin thrown in for good measure, he did state that the amount of innings ...

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5 hours ago by iYankees

According to a source that spoke with Bill Ladson of MLB.com, the Nationals are “aggressively pursuing” former Yankee, Chien-Ming Wang, and they are one of the “finalists” to acquire his services. Although Wang is reportedly three months away from pitching in a game, he would be a nice high-reward p ...

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7 hours ago by Commish

Jonathan Papelbon will be paid $9.35 million for one year and will surpass Mariano Rivera’s salary of $7.25 million on his current contract. If you compare their 2009 statistics and salary, Mariano is by far the better closer and he also helped the Yankees win the World Series. Papelbon had a 1.85 E ...

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7 hours ago by iYankees

Desperation can be extremely embarrassing. From Scott Boras’ favorite newspaper, the Detroit Free Press: If Steve Yzerman wasn’t busy running Team Canada for the Olympics, perhaps he could help persuade free agent Johnny Damon to sign with the Tigers despite a lower offer than he’d like. Damon has r ...

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7 hours ago by Administrator

Who has the best starting rotation from 1-5 in baseball for the upcoming season? There are a ton of teams that have a great 1-2 punch, Lincecum/Cain, Halladay/Hamels, Hernandez/Lee, Carpenter/Wainwright… But that’s still only a .400 winning percentage, NOT VERY GOOD. To be a top notch team in baseba ...

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7 hours ago by Jason Kozlowski

“Salary cap” Those are two words you are unlikely to see when the 2011 collective bargaining agreement is reached, if the Yankees and other large-market baseball teams have their way. Equally unlikely, given the perennial opposition of both small-market teams and the MLBPA to it, is the likelihood t ...

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8 hours ago by Justine Credible

Gene Wojciechowski did and he paid the price for it. I will Fire Joe Morgan this shit later but let me just say... A-Rod, 2009 WS, Games 1 and 2: 0 for 8, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 6 K, .000/.000/.000/.000 A-Rod, 2009 WS, Games 3, 4, 5, and 6: 5 for 12, 1 HR, 3 2B, 6 RBI, 3 BB, 3 HBP, 2 K, 1 SB, .417/.611/.917/1 ...

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9 hours ago by iYankees

While the Yankees have implemented a strict policy regarding extensions – they do not offer them, instead, they wait until a contract expires before renegotiating – many have wondered why the club has not made at least one exception for the face of the franchise, Derek Jeter. However, George King of ...

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