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ESPN's Top 100 Players of the Decade (Baseball)
Lists2dayLists2day | December 24th 2009
1. Albert Pujols 2. Alex Rodriguez 3. Barry Bonds 4. Derek Jeter 5. Ichiro Suzuki 6. Carlos Beltran 7. Chipper Jones 8. Todd Helton 9. Roy Halladay 10. Johan Santana 11. Scott Rolen 12. Jim Edmonds 13. Manny Ramirez 14. Vladimir Guerrero 15. Jorge P read more
* Bits and pieces
Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf | December 24th 2009 by Ron Kaplan
Mike Silva of NY Baseball Digest recently posted this 2007 audio interview he did with former major leaguer Terry Leach. Leach, a side-arming reliever who pitched for several teams, including the Mets, wrote about his experiences in Things Happen f read more
New York Yankees All-Decade Team
The New York Yankees Blog | December 20th 2009 by Johnny
Here is The Blue Workhorse’s NYY All-Decade Team. A few of the selections are no brainers. Jorge Posada, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Bernie Williams, Andy Pettitte (left-handed starter) and Mariano Rivera absolutely belong without any sort o read more
Open Thread: Team of the Decade
River Avenue Blues | December 17th 2009 by Joe Pawlikowski
We’ve already had a bunch of “________ of the decade” talk around here, so let’s keep it going with Team of the Decade. Noted Yankee-hater Jim Caple managed to put his personal biases aside in favor of common sense, dubbing th read more
Top 100 Baseball Players Of The Decade
Sports Juke | December 17th 2009 by Sports Juke
Rob Neyer from ESPN recently posted about his choices for the top 100 baseball players of the decade. I urge our readers to take a look at it, as it is pretty interesting. There is some great information in this post, and although I do agree with man read more
Top 100 Red Sox of All-Time
Sox Tea Party - Boston Red Sox Blog | December 16th 2009
As voted on by members of the Sons of Sam Horn source: www.greaterbostonphotography.com Very cool initiative taken on by this group. I thought I would pass it along: 1. Ted Williams 2. Pedro Martinez 3. Carl Yastrzemski 4. Cy Young 5. Roger Clemens read more
Roger Goodell to Answer Fan Questions in Live Chat on NFL.com on…
Sport daily news blog | December 15th 2009 by Bumeral
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Set for "ASK THE COMMISSIONER" - at 12:00 PM (ET) Thursday December 17 on NFL.com. (PRWeb Dec 15, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Roger/Goodell/prweb3344614.htm Related read more
You call yourself a Yankees fan? Answer me this…
lenNY's Yankees - A Bronx Bombers Blog | December 14th 2009 by Lenny Neslin
I was just checking out Rob Neyer’s top 100 players of “the 0’s” and I stumbled upon an awesome Yankees trivia question. By the way, Neyer ranks Alex Rodriguez second (behind Pujols) and Derek Jeter fourth (behind Bonds). So here it is read more
Sunday Fun-Day Fun-Facts
Canada Card World - The Blog | December 13th 2009 by Tim
The Fleer Corporation was founded by Frank Fleer in 1885 and was the first company to successfully manufacture bubblegum. Fleer originally developed a bubblegum called Blibber-Blubber in 1906 but it was never marketed to the public. In 1928, Fleer read more
Peter Gammons Leaving ESPN- Thanks For the Memories
Off The Kufs | December 13th 2009 by Jason Kufs
Some of my favorite father-son memories of my childhood were our weekly drives to the old Durston's newsstand. Sometimes it was dad and mom, sometimes dad and his good friend Paulie, often just me and dad though. He would buy cigars, I would buy a read more
Brian Kelly Proves Chivalry Is Dead In College Football
period forcing atmosphere retreat concerns | December 10th 2009 by scaffeldfa
I've lost a lot of faith recently. It's been a recurring theme with my sports preferences, from Tiger Woods, to Roger Clemens, to my beloved Chicago Cubs. But faith has eluded me the most when it comes to college football; and it happens damn near ev read more
Be a Great Baseball Competitor
Youth Baseball Coaching Clinic | December 10th 2009
By John Peter Pero Learning to compete is yet another of the vital pieces to becoming a next-level player. Athletic ability alone gets very few to the top of the pyramid with the exception of names like Albert Pujols, Joe Mauer, Andrew Jones, Roger C read more
Woods Needs to Talk, Sooner Than Later
Bad Credit Car Loans - Low Car Auto Loan Rate | December 9th 2009 by Sandra Mary
Filed under: Golf Suddenly, nothing at all is funny about the office jokes, the late-night lampooning and the running tally of mistresses (are there 12, 10 or just a quadruple-bogey?). The story of Tiger Woods and his serial infidelity has become dar read more
For The Minnesota Twins, Signing Pavano Should Be Just The Beginn…
Baseball News Share | December 7th 2009
The Ace List Roger Clemens. Randy Johnson/Curt Schilling. Jarrod Washburn. Josh Beckett. Schilling again. Mark Buehrle. Chris Carpenter. Beckett again. Cole Hamels. C.C. Sabathia. The ace list. The ace list of number one starters from each World Seri read more
Here's What Roger Clemens Thought About Brushback Pitches, Hittin…
Steven Ellis' The Complete Pitcher Baseball Pitching Ti… | December 7th 2009
This blog was taken from a 1998 spring training post-game interview with Roger Clemens. During this game, Blue Jays shortstop Alex Gonzalez was hit in the head by a pitch from New York Yankees starter Hideki Irabu. As it would... read more
Enhancements
Single Black Male: Dating, Relationships, Marriage and all t… | December 4th 2009 by Single Black Male
Another Threeways Throwback. Happy Hanukkah people! 10 million strong and growing With all these pro athletes writing auto-snitchography’s recently, I’m almost expecting Slim and Seattle to start fessing up to taking part in the “ read more
Roy Halladay rumors update
lenNY's Yankees - A Bronx Bombers Blog | November 28th 2009 by Lenny Neslin
Roy Halladay would waive his no-trade clause to approve a deal to the Yankees, according to Bob Elliot. Elliot also pointed out that Halladay would be following the same path as David Cone and Roger Clemens did if traded to New York. Je read more
Roy Halladay rumors update
Bottom9 | November 28th 2009
Roy Halladay would waive his no-trade clause to approve a deal to the Yankees, according to Bob Elliot. Elliot also pointed out that Halladay would be following the same path as David Cone and Roger Clemens did if traded to New York. Je read more
Halladay would approve a trade to the Yankees
The iYankees Blog | November 28th 2009 by Chris H.
Steve over at TYU points out this noteworthy item. From Bob Elliot (Slam! Sports): Will Roy Halladay leave Toronto via the same route as ex-Blue Jays aces David Cone and Roger Clemens? Headed for the Bronx and the New York Yankees? It has always bee read more
Saturday's Links
The Evil Empire | November 21st 2009 by Iris
Yuri Sucart is the guy that A-Rod said helped him get the steroids and persuaded him to use them. It turns out that while A-Rod has successfully turned his career in the right direction, Sucart has hit rock bottom. Here's more from Michael O'Keeffe:B read more
Saturday Night Open Thread: Remember A-Rod's "Cousin"?
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog. | November 21st 2009 by Greg C.
Remember Yuri Sucart? He's the guy that A-Rod said helped him get the steroids and persuaded him to use them. It turns out that while A-Rod has successfully turned his career in the right direction, Sucart has hit rock bottom. Here's more from Michae read more
Yankees’ Best Moments of the Decade (My Take)
This Purist Bleeds Pinstripes | November 19th 2009 by Rebecca
Is it too early for this? I think not. Here are my top ten Yankee moments from 2000-2010–feel free to leave a comment with any you think I missed! 10. Subway Series A lot of you might argue that this is too far down on the list, but the 2000 read more
With Second Cy, is Timmy destined for the Hall?
The Dodger Hater: A San Francisco Giants Blog | November 19th 2009 by Dan
Wooohooooo!It's not exactly a deep, unthinkable playoff run, but this sort of thing gives us all the fist-pumping warm and fuzzies inside, doesn't it?Timmy's our boy, and now, perhaps the world is truly put on notice. This guy is on track for not onl read more
DVD Contest: Blogging the Bombers 3rd Annual Pinstriped Prognosti…
Dennis Rodman OPEN Sports Blog | November 19th 2009 by Don Silvestri
It's time for the third annual 'Pinstriped Prognosticator Challenge' here at Blogging the Bombers, where you folks try to predict where six notable free agents will land this winter. This year's prize? The Major League Baseball All-Century Team DVD! read more
YouTube Tuesday: Fear and Loathing in the Major Leagues
Three O'Clock in the Morning | November 17th 2009
No real theme to today's edition of YouTube Tuesday. It's just that I ran across this amazingly entertaining story of the role of LSD in a major league pitcher's no-hitter back in the '70s.Here's what the YouTube description has to say:In celebration read more
Drilling down on Roy Halladay
River Avenue Blues | November 17th 2009 by Joe Pawlikowski
When it comes to pitchers on the block, the Yankees are always a likely destination simply because, for the last 15 years, landing pitchers has been the team’s modus operandi. They acquired David Cone in 1995, David Wells after the 1996 season read more
Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No
Stupefaction | November 13th 2009 by Tim
A true story brought to you by the good folks at No Mas:"In celebration of the greatest athletic achievement by a man on a psychedelic journey, No Mas and artist James Blagden proudly present the animated tale of Dock Ellis’ legendary LSD no-hitter read more
UPDATE: Clemens Moves to Pickoff McNamee Libel Suit
The Unruly of Law | November 13th 2009
Image via WikipediaLawyers for seven-time Cy Young Award-winner Roger Clemens this week filed a motion to dismiss the defamation claim of his former trainer Brian McNamee in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (McNamee v. Cle read more
Sammy Sosa Bullpen Brian Bleach Skin
Bullpen Brian | November 12th 2009 by Brian Corbin
Chicago Cubs blogger Bullpen Brian says he’s surprised at the attention he’s received this week over a photo taken of him during baseball’s GM meetings at the O’Hare Hilton. The recent photos revealed Brian’s skin color read more
Report: Clemens files to dismiss McNamee suit
Behind the Foul Pole | November 12th 2009 by Mike
Report: Clemens files to dismiss McNamee suit This is the stuff that cracks me up. Clemens basically said that McNamee was criminally insane so McNamee decided to sue him. So then Roger says that he really didnt mean it, that he was just saying it read more
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