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Barry Larkin Elected To Cooperstown
The BBWAA has made their decision about the next wave of Hall of Fame inductees, and once again just a single player has earned a spot in Cooperstown. Barry Larkin, shortstop and 19-year Cincinnati Red, will be inducted this summer as the newest member of the baseball Hall of Fame after receiving...
Angels or Twins Cap? Torii Hunter on Cooperstown
Bert Blyleven pitched for the Angels and Twins and is wearing a Minnesota cap on his newly installed plaque in Cooperstown. He threw out the first pitch before the Halo-Twinkie contest Tuesday night in Anaheim. Earlier that day, reporter Dave Mayorga, aka Blast21Dave, got two minutes with Torii...
Rifle Muskets and Coors Field: A Revisionist Approach to the Colorado Rockies and Cooperstown
SBN Baseball recently decided to do its own Hall of Fame balloting, "inductees" announced 4 January 2010. Allowed ten votes, I placed only six on mine: Roberto Alomar, Barry Larkin, Andre Dawson, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, and Bert Blyleven. (Waits for someone to accuse him of being a Yankees fan...
Are the Diamond Dogs Running On Empty?
It’s not that I’m looking past this afternoon’s game against Jacksonville State, particularly after what happened last week, but I’m thinking about this weekend’s series with Florida, in light of this assessment by Quinton McDawg: Given the performances turned in when the Dawgs have played top...
Rickey Henderson Coming Back to Oakland A's in Non-Player Role?
Yes, folks, I sat down for a two-hour or so interview with A's owner Lewis Wolff today at his Los Angeles office and he confirmed to me that he's in negotiations to bring Rickey Henderson back to the Oakland Athletics, where the greatest player in Oakland history will be when he is eligible for the...
Angels Have a Big Weekend Ahead
The Angels will have a cool and overcast weekend in the Emerald City as they take on the division rival Seattle Mariners for 3 games. Many preseason predictions called Seattle the favorite, many called us the obvious choice.We're both without our stud relievers. We are both scrambling to assemble...
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