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Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an update on the status of Cardinals reliever Blake Hawksworth, who was nailed in the face by a comebacker during Saturday’s game against the Cubs. Hawksworth was given 30 stitches on his mouth…
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Things are looking grim for Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman. He was diagnosed with a strained right oblique muscle earlier this week and, according to the Washington Post’s Adam Kilgore, has yet to report and kind of improvement…
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Tigers right-hander Jeremy Bonderman was lit up for seven earned runs in just four innings Saturday against the Twins and did some venting in the clubhouse afterward. Bonderman, an impending free agent, told Tom Gage of the Detroit News that “in all honestly” he probably won’t be back with the Tigers next season. Whether he…
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The Cubs weren’t kidding when they said that their search for a new manager would be a long and wide-reaching process. Several candidates have already been interviewed and others will join the party as the regular season winds down. One candidate, however, withdrew from the running on Saturday.
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The baseball world seems to have a love-hate relationship with White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen. He’s honest, and we all like honesty. Or, at least we pretend to like honesty. But he’s also loud and somewhat egotistical, and maybe even a little crazy. Guillen let loose on Saturday when asked about his future with the…
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Marlins right-hander Chris Volstad opened the 2010 season firmly entrenched in the club’s starting rotation. But a rough April and a brutal July saw to his demotion to Triple-A New Orleans before the month of August. He doesn’t look like the..
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It’s not difficult to understand why we as baseball fans root for the past-his-prime rookie. They’re underdogs. They’re like us in some ways. They’re finally getting a shot in “The Show.” All that Hollywood stuff. 33-year-old John Lindsey, an infielder for for the Dodgers, provided a Hollywood moment on…
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We’re all familiar with the scene after baseball teams clinch postseason spots. Champagne everywhere. Beer poured over heads that are guarded only by goggles. Cigars lit and puffed frequently. Laughter. Cheering. It’s all very cool and all very innocent, but not to an addict. So Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, who spent his first couple years…
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Scary moment in Detroit. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire was hit in the head by an errant warm-up throw before Saturday’s game against the Tigers and was spotted bleeding from the ear. A Twins spokesman…
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Buoyed by a solid performance from starter Derek Holland and a game-winning eighth-inning home run by first baseman Jorge Cantu, the Rangers became the second MLB team to wrap up a spot in the playoffs Saturday with a 4-3 victory over the A’s. The Twins grabbed the American League Central crown earlier this week. Congratulations…
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Let me preface this with a calming word: Josh Hamilton is not going to move from the outfield to first base, at least not this season. But it has been discussed. Hamilton told Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News on Wednesday that he would be open to — but is not requesting — a position change…
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If you’re a baseball fan and a user of the social media site “Twitter,” you probably follow the day-to-day operations of former Nationals GM Jim Bowden. He is working for XM Satellite Radio and FOX Sports Radio these days and has misfired on a host of “breaking” stories, but he also provides strong information from…
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Here we have some good news and bad news. The good? Major league teams are beginning to take concussions seriously. The bad? According to MLB.com’s Alex DiFilippo, Royals infielder Chris Getz has been shut down for…
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Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports wrote a column in early May with a frightening but eye-opening lead sentence. “Someone’s going to die at a baseball stadium soon,” he surmised, because of the splintering of newly popularized maple bats. That didn’t happen this afternoon at the Marlins’ Sun Life…
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It appears that manager Dusty Baker may be driving a hard bargain in his contract negotiations with the Reds. Baker is in the final year of a three-year contract that carries a $3.5 million annual salary. He was offered what is believed to be a multi-year extension in mid-August but is taking his time accepting. …
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Nationals outfielder Nyjer Morgan is currently serving an eight-game suspension for a string of violent and unsportsmanlike acts that culminated with a benches-clearing brawl on September 1 at the Marlins’ Sun Life Stadium. Those incidents tarnished his image somewhat in the public eye, and he’s hoping to make things right. Morgan was excused from a…
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A’s outfielder Coco Crisp missed a month earlier this season due to a fracture in his left pinkie finger. And now he’s dealing with that same injury again. According to Jane Lee of MLB.com, Crisp has been diagnosed with a re-fracture…
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Cubs catcher Geovany Soto played his final game of the 2010 season on Saturday, going 1-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts against the Marlins. He will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder on Monday and will spend the next three months in recovery mode, according to Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times. The…
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Well, the day has arrived. Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte will take the mound Sunday afternoon in Baltimore for the first time since July 18, when he suffered a groin strain during a start against the Rays…
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Tony La Russa: will he or won’t he return for another season as manager of the Cardinals? Bernie Miklasz of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is about as close to the team’s thinking as a columnist can get and passes along some insight in his Sunday edition of “Bernie’s Bytes.” First, Miklasz says that the decision to return or…
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Prepare thyself. Another “must-see” Japanese pitching prospect could be on his way to the states as soon as this offseason. FOXSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal heard from a source Saturday that right-hander Yu Darvish is likely to be “posted” this winter, meaning teams in Major League Baseball…
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Rob Bradford of Boston’s WEEI caught up with Red Sox outfielder J.D. Drew on Saturday and the two discussed his plans for the future. It sure sounds like the 34-year-old Drew, who has now played 13 seasons of Major League Baseball, might call it quits at the end of next season. His current contract with…
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If Cardinals fans disliked Johnny Cueto before, they’re going to really despise the guy now. Cardinals backup catcher Jason LaRue told Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Saturday that he is done playing professional baseball due to a concussion…
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Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton was given a rare double-dose of cortisone injections on Wednesday of this week in the area of his sore ribcage. It hasn’t helped. According to MLB.com’s T.R. Sullivan, the injured MVP candidate felt the same Saturday as he did on Wednesday and is not optimistic about his chances of returning before…
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Here comes the least shocking news you’ll hear all weekend. Brewers GM Doug Melvin told Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel this afternoon that Doug Davis’ $6.5 mutual option for 2011 will not be exercised. Melvin and Co. signed Davis…
