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The Smallest Sample Size 8/5/13: Burnett's big year
A.J. Burnett is enjoying the greatest season of his career at 36 years old and is the anchor of a surprisingly dominant pitching staff in Pittsburgh. Kenley Jansen is officially on perfect game watch...
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Monday Morning Media Mashup: Biogenesis Day
It is a holiday Monday in most parts of Canada today (sorry Quebec, Yukon, and Newfoundland and Labrador); it is called "Civic Holiday" generally, and various other names around the country, including...
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Biogenesis suspensions: Francisco Cervelli suspended 50 games, will not appeal
Francisco Cervelli has been suspended 50 games by MLB for his connection to the Biogenesis clinic under Baseball's Joint Drug Agreement. By not being named Alex Rodriguez, Cervelli has managed to fly...
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MLB suspends 13 players for Biogenesis involvement
Major League Baseball announced the suspension of 13 players on Monday for their involvement in the Biogenesis scandal.The list is headlined by New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who is...
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Seattle Mariners vs. Toronto Blue Jays Series Preview (8/5-8/7)
8/57:10 pmSafeco FieldR.A. Dickey vs. Hisashi Iwakuma8/67:10 pmSafeco FieldJosh Johnson vs. Felix Hernandez8/712:40 pmSafeco FieldTBA vs. Aaron HarangCanadian invasion. I've mentioned this before, but...
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Blue Jays 3 Mariners 1: Mark DeRosa hits game winning pinch-hit single
Blue Jays 3 Mariners 1It is so nice when Gibby does the right thing and it works. In the 8th inning, with the bases loaded, the Mariners brought in their lefty reliever Oliver Perez to face Adam Lind....
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52-60: Mariners dumped by Blue Jays
Leonard Cohen: Justin Smoak (.190 WPA)Alanis Morissette: Oliver Perez (-.332 WPA)LL: Well hi there, thank you so much for agreeing to this interview with us.Canadian guy: Of course! Let me buy you a...
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J.A. Happ activated, Michael Schwimer designated for assignment
Things have not gone schwimmingly for Michael Schwimer since he was acquired from the Philadelphia Phillies for Art Charles, a minor leaguer with raw power. Schwimer, standing at 6'8 with two partial...
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Blue Jays prospect Johnny Anderson's journey through the minors
Now I know many of you (if not all) are wondering who the hell I am. Some of you may remember my name from years ago in the low minors as a lefty that couldn't get hitters out. Well that of course...
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J.A. Happ activated from DL, will start Wednesday for Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays activated left-hander J.A. Happ from the 60-day disabled list Monday night with the expectation that the southpaw will take the hill for them on Wednesday against the Mariners,...
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Does Anyone Want This Team to Make it Interesting?
There comes a time in every Toronto sports team's regular season about 75% of the way into it, where fans debate whether the rest of the games would be more helpful if they were lost or won. That time...
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Minor League Ball Gameday, August 6
Good afternoon prospect watchers. Let's get down to business.***Yesterday's Minor League Ball Gameday thread.***As you have likely heard, the Mets promoted Wilmer Flores to the major league roster...
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Giants' deal with Ted Lilly falls through
After indications earlier in the day that left-hander Ted Lilly was close to signing a minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants, a source has confirmed to MLB Daily Dish that the deal hit a...
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Blue Jays 7 Mariners 2: Blue Jays beat Felix Hernandez
Blue Jays 7 Mariners 2I didn't get to see the game, so when I saw the score I figured 'Josh Johnson gave up 7 runs', which wouldn't surprise me. But Josh gave up 0 runs. I had to look, this is the...
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52-61: Mariners stare failure in the face, agree to night out on town
So today a bunch of Seattle baseball fans got excited because the Mariners' ace Felix Hernandez was going to pitch a baseball game. There were a couple other people who were also excited because a...
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Two Ships Passing In The Night
In what amounts to a lost season there may be some fans that stop watching the games but most fans continue to watch, at least to some extent. There are plenty of reasons to do so. The most basic one...
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Blue Jays prospect Aaron Sanchez leaves game with apparent injury
According to the Dunedin Blue Jays broadcast, Blue Jays pitching prospect Aaron Sanchez had to leave his scheduled start facing his third batter, having walked the first batter of the game, and...
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Phillies agree to extension with Chase Utley
The Philadelphia Phillies have reached an agreement on two-year, $27 million contract extension with second baseman Chase Utley, according to Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com and Jon Heyman of...
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Mark DeRosa Claimed on Waivers (Updated: Not Being Moved)
Veteran infielder Mark DeRosa was claimed on waivers today by a mystery team according to a tweet by Ken Rosenthal. DeRosa has a slash line of .231/.317/.448 this year in 61 games, but his poor defense...
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Thursday BBB Links: Avoiding a Happ Pun Edition
The word collapse does not seem strong enough. Well, today is a new day I suppose.JAYS LINKSJays fail to sweep M's after blowing early lead - Sportsnet.ca"J.A. Happ, who made his first start since May...
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