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Entries in Major League Baseball (8)

Tuesday
Jul312012

Jimmy Rollins' Hall of Fame Future: More Bling With A Bust

AuthorB. Traven | DateTuesday, July 31, 2012 at 9:45PM | Comment4 Comments

Many forget the one guy who will be in the Hall when it is all said and done: Jimmy Rollins.

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Saturday
Mar032012

The New Baseball Playoff Format: Losing the Meaning of the Season

AuthorJames Dugan | DateSaturday, March 3, 2012 at 8:53PM | Comment1 Comment

Instead of being a leader in the world of sports in trying to retain the integrity of a six-month grueling season, the league has decided to try a New Baseball Playoff Format that rewards mediocrity and late season streaks.

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Oct082011

The Phillies Demise: On an Almost Perfect Autumn Night for Baseball

AuthorJames Dugan | DateSaturday, October 8, 2011 at 11:11PM | Comment3 Comments

The team that would do anything to win, did. The team that could win everything, lost.

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Friday
Sep302011

Jimmy Rollins’ Moral Dilemma: Win or Stay

AuthorJames Dugan | DateFriday, September 30, 2011 at 9:54PM | Comment4 Comments

Jimmy Rollins could suffer the same fate as Pat Burrell of the 2008 championship team.Jimmy’s moral dilemma is if he wins the World Series, he will to lose his position on the most desired team in baseball.

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Thursday
Jul282011

The Phillies' Trade Deadline Dilemma: Stand Pat or Sell the Farm? 

AuthorNicholas Wordsmith | DateThursday, July 28, 2011 at 12:23AM | Comment5 Comments

Over the past decade, the Phillies have gone from being sellers, unloading an ace pitcher Curt Schilling for four lower priced prospects, to buyers, giving up their own highly regarded yet unproven talent for top of the rotation pitchers Cliff Lee and Roy Oswalt.

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Sunday
Jul102011

The All Star Game: Give Us a Break

AuthorJames Dugan | DateSunday, July 10, 2011 at 8:48PM | Comment2 Comments

Let us sit back and think about some of the good Baseball stories so far, and why the All Star needs a kick to the curb.

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Thursday
Oct282010

World Series Politics: Pelosi’s Giants vs. Bush’s Rangers

AuthorJames Dugan | DateThursday, October 28, 2010 at 10:31PM | Comment1 Comment

We have the traditional Democratic liberal homestead of California arguing with the Republican stronghold of Texas, and whether you like politics or baseball, the coincidences can not be ignored.

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Tuesday
Jun082010

National Recognition

AuthorB. Traven | DateTuesday, June 8, 2010 at 9:20PM | Comment2 Comments

With roughly a little more than a third of the 2010 baseball season in the books, and with the second coming of Cy Young about to make his major league debut as I write this, I thought now would be a good time to re-visit my previous post “National Forecast”.

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