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Peace in our time? “I did speak to Zack,” Quentin said. “First, I thank him for taking the time to speak to me. We were able to talk and have a good productive conversation. The details of that conversation are personal.” Well, I guess we won’t know if there is actually peace or not, but…
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Or why they should pay better attention. Not sure which: Ted Berg of USA Today has the background information on it. It’s apparently from May 2012, but it just started floating around baseball writer circles yesterday. Dates aside, it’s already timeless, no?
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The Red Sox have recalled Daniel Bard from the Double-A Portland Seadogs. Bard — who face-planted last year when the Sox attempted to make him a starter — has a 4.00 ERA with four walks and four strikeouts in nine innings so far this season. The Sox, apparently, think he’s been throwing OK, however, and…
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Note: I taped this after that most surprising team dropped both ends of a doubleheader:
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I guess it’s “meddling.” I mean, it is a situation in which the front office decided which pitcher would handle the day part of the yesterday’s doubleheader (Jose Fernandez) and which would handle the night (Ricky Nolasco). Not that it was capricious or anything. It was done in an effort to give Fernandez the start…
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Alfredo Aceves gave up eight runs in three and a third innings while walking four. So I’m sure this comment about Bartolo Colon getting calls he didn’t get and the Sox’ lack of offense was well-received by his teammates: “Maybe his strike zone is not that small, for whatever reason,” Aceves said. “Also, we got our…
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Angels 5, Rangers 4: Howie Kendrick with two homers, including the walkoff in the 11th. Kendrick after the game: “It’s a great feeling to know that you can leave the other team on the field” I hope someone brings the Rangers some food overnight. Maybe go back to their hotel, get guys a change of…
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I wish they’d reveal whether “drug of abuse” is marijuana or something actually harmful. Would totally change the way I view these things: The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced today that New York Mets Minor League right-handed pitcher Christian Montgomery has received a 50-game suspension without pay after a second violation of the…
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It was 23 degrees for the first pitch of the Braves-Rockies game. It’s the coldest game on record at Coors Field. And it’s the first of a day-night doubleheader. Guys are slaughtering tauntauns out there just to keep warm in between pitches. In the fourth inning B.J. Upton struck out on a 64 m.p.h. pitch…
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This isn’t exactly major, as Manny Mota has been only sort of a part time coach for several years, but it’s still the end of an era of sorts for the Dodgers. Bill Shaikin reports: In recent years, Mota has coached on the field before the game, then changed out of his uniform and headed…
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Via the Manny Does Taiwan blog, video of Manny Ramirez‘s third home run of the season. Complete with (a) all dirt field; (b) opposing team uniforms that look like a cross between the 1979 Pirates and some third level bad guys from a new Mario game; and (c) about the slowest home run trot you’ll…
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The Tigers bullpen continues to be a mess, so it looks like they’re going back to Plan A: using Bruce Rondon. At least if the International League transaction wire is to be believed, because it notes that he was recalled today. Rondon has pitched seven and two-thirds innings for Toledo so far this year and…
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Florida legislature to spend $3.3 million a year to try to keep spring training in Florida
Apr 23, 2013, 11:32 AM EDT
In Florida, the spring training parks are spread out from one another, making travel a drag. The Florida legislature passed a budget yesterday which provides $3.3 million a year for spring training complex upgrades and construction. Including: This incentive is aimed at helping pay for a proposed stadium that would be used by the Houston…
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In Denver, they’ve been shoveling: Shoveling. Again. Have a doubleheader to get in today. #SnowSeries2 #CoorsField twitter.com/Rockies/status… — Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) April 23, 2013 In Minneapolis, they’ve been hosing the seats off with hot water. Hosing the snow off seats behind #Marlins dugout at Target Field twitpic.com/cle60o — Joe Capozzi (@joecapMARLINS) April 23, 2013 …
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Gregg Zaun on Blue Jays fans: “They’re getting drunker, and drunker and drunker”
Apr 23, 2013, 10:30 AM EDT
Former Jay and current Jays analyst Gregg Zaun is quoted in the Toronto Star about the increasingly boorish behavior of Jays fans at Rogers Centre: Gregg Zaun has also chimed in, suggesting some Jays’ fans are engaging in boorish, obnoxious behaviour that he finds appalling … “It’s very, very prevalent at the Rogers Centre, especially in…
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The Dallas media is still not over the Josh Hamilton “Dallas is not a baseball town” thing
Apr 23, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT
If they were, I doubt they’d write a thing about the attendance in Anaheim on a random Monday night, complete with video and snarky headlines and stuff. Never mind that the Rangers’ only home Monday night game of the season drew 9,000 or so fewer fans than Anaheim’s did last night in terms of paid-for-tickets.…
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Padres CEO Tom Garfinkel: “I feel terrible and I am truly very sorry”
Apr 23, 2013, 9:41 AM EDT
Last week Padres CEO Tom Garfinkel ruffled more than a few feathers when a recording of him comparing Zack Greinke to “Rain Man” surfaced. It showed insensitivity to both those with social anxiety disorder, like Greinke. It also showed insensitivity to those with and those caring for people with autism, who have to deal with…
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Brewers starter Kyle Lohse dislocated his left pinkie last night after he smacked it into Jedd Gyorko as he was running to first base. I’m more squeamish than ten pig-tailed elementary school girls so as far as I’m concerned it should land him on the 60 day disabled list, but luckily for all involved I’m not…
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The Braves’ right fielder is gonna take some time off after having an emergency appendectomy last night in Denver. No other details apart from the fact of the surgery were released by the team. A couple of players have had in-season appendectomies relatively recently: Matt Holliday and Adam Dunn. Holliday missed about ten games, Dunn…
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Frank McCourt turned a $1.278 billion profit on the sale of the Dodgers
Apr 23, 2013, 8:23 AM EDT
That’s free and clear, after paying taxes and taking an offset for the debt assumed by the Dodgers’ new owners, reports Bill Shaikin of the L.A. Times. We know this because he’s in court right now, trying to fight off a challenge from Jamie McCourt. Jamie is now trying to get a better deal than…
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Red Sox 9, Athletics 6: Just yesterday Mike Napoli was named player of the week for last week. He’s making a bid for a repeat now, hitting a grand slam and driving in five runs here. Overall he has 25 RBI in 19 games. Orioles 2, Blue Jays 1: Chris Tillman had a one hitter…
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Or else he’s just bored and is messing around on Twitter: Dear baseball,It’s late, i miss u. Been thinkin’ bout u & me,1 more shot? We can make it work! Would a submarine delivery spice things up? — Dallas Braden (@DALLASBRADEN209) April 22, 2013 Braden hasn’t pitched in two years and since then has…
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Curtis Granderson hitting off a tee, Johnny Cueto playing catch
Apr 22, 2013, 4:56 PM EDT
I feel like I should leave that just as-is, without any context. Makes Granderson and Cueto sound like cute little kids getting ready to have fun! But we know better. Granderson started tee and toss today. Also making throws from 90 feet. Still not sure of his timetable for a return to games. — Lohud…
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T.J. Quinn and Mike Fish of ESPN.com report that the spokeswoman for Robinson Cano‘s charitable foundation was named in the documents of Biogenesis, the now defunct Miami anti-aging clinic which has launched an investigation by Major League Baseball into players’ alleged use of performance enhancing drugs: The spokeswoman for Robinson Cano’s foundation is listed as having…
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It’s almost May, but apparently someone forgot to tell that to Minneapolis and Denver. Tonight’s game between the Twins and Marlins has been postponed due to a Minnesota snowstorm. They’re going to try to do a doubleheader tomorrow, but there’s more cold and snow in the forecast. At the moment there is supposed to be a…
