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White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen announced Sunday that Mark Buehrle would get the nod on Opening Day for a franchise record eighth time. Buehrle, entering his 10th year as a member of the White Sox rotation, will break a tie with Billy Pierce for the most Opening Day starts in team history. He gets the…
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According to the Washington Post, Nationals manager Jim Riggleman hinted Sunday that Stephen Strasburg is likely to begin the 2010 season in the minor leagues. The 2009 No. 1 overall pick threw his first bullpen session of the spring on Sunday. He delivered 37 pitches, mostly fastballs, and apparently looked pretty sharp. But, no matter…
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MLB.com’s Matthew Leach has`some excellent news for Cardinals fans and those lucky enough to land the No. 1 pick in fantasy drafts this spring. Albert Pujols, who has dealt with a right elbow injury for much of his career, has been given a 95 percent chance of avoiding Tommy John surgery. “If I recall, that’s…
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UPDATE: The New York Times’ Tyler Kepner reports that Strasburg threw 37 pitches. Ladson even took a picture. 9:31pm: Stephen Strasburg, selected No. 1 overall in last year’s draft, is scheduled to throw his first bullpen session of the spring on Sunday. MASN has a story about it this morning, ESPN’s Baseball Tonight is stopping…
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In one of the oddest stories you’ll read this spring, MLB.com’s Mark Bowman writes that Braves outfielder Nate McLouth changed his number to 24 this offseason because of a certain television program that uses the same digits. “The only reason that I took 24,” McLouth said Saturday, “is because it’s my favorite TV show and Lost isn’t…
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When Major League Baseball decided Saturday to officially outlaw guns in clubhouses we figured the story would draw a few laughs and maybe some snarky remarks. What we didn’t expect, however, was serious, disappointed reaction from a current professional. According to the always reliable St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Cardinals closer Ryan Franklin didn’t take too kindly to…
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Posada compares CC Sabathia to David Wells. We can do it, too
Feb 21, 2010, 8:58 AM EDT
Jorge Posada made an interesting observation on Saturday evening, comparing current Yankees ace CC Sabathia to former teammate David Wells. (George King III of the New York Post gathered the quote). “He could pitch for 50 more years,” Posada of the 29-year-old Sabathia. ”He has an arm like David Wells.” It’s not hard to find…
