Clint Barmes made his long-awaited debut as the Houston Astros' shortstop on Friday. In calendar time, Barmes was in the lineup a month and four days after he broke his left hand in an exhibition game. On the unofficial Barmes clock, it took a little — OK, a lot — longer than…
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The Colorado Rockies got back to their normal 13 position players and 12 pitchers when they purchased the contract of utility man Alfred Amezega from Class AAA Colorado Springs and optioned right-hander Clayton Mortensen there.
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USA Today columnist Christine Brennan raised a few eyebrows in an open letter to MLBs commissioner Bud Selig. In her tunnel visioned rant, she declared that Selig should strike Bonds' "embarrassing home run records." I joined the list of eyebrows as I considered the…
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The Atlanta Braves were usually pretty good about making trades in the nineties. It was long believed that if the Braves were offering you pitching, hang up the phone. That being said, several former Braves have had great careers after leaving Atlanta.
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Rockies’ star Carlos Gonzalez is off to a slow start, but he’s got plenty of company all over the MLB landscape.
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Growing up here in San Francisco, the Giants have always been in my family's blood. When he was living, my grandfather, my mother's father, was great friends with Mike Murphy, the Giants' longtime equipment manager.
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The series finale scheduled between the Colorado Rockies and the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday was postponed because of rain. The game will be made up June 27 at 1:20 p.m. at Wrigley Field. Colorado was making its only scheduled trip to Chicago this week. Wednesday's game was delayed before either team's pitchers began warmups.
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Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy had one left-handed hitter in his lineup Tuesday against Chicago Cubs lefty James Russell, and it wasn't slumping left fielder Carlos Gonzalez, who led the National League in hitting with a .336 average last year.
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When it rains, it pours. That's an unofficial mantra we all seem to live by. Not surprisingly, the Chicago Cubs are no different, as evidenced by shortstop Starlin Castro's disastrous defensive inning Monday night at an uncomfortable Wrigley Field. With … Continue reading →
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It's tough for the Cubs to enjoy a home-field advantage at Wrigley Field during the awful weather Chicago has experienced in April, but manager Mike Quade wants his team to try. The Cubs committed four errors, including three by shortstop Starlin Castro, in a sloppy 5-3 loss to…
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