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• Starting Five: Ian Kinsler Goes Nuts
• By Jeff Fletcher 4/16/2009 9:00 AM ET
• Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a nod to what's ahead. You Oughta Know ... That Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler had a pretty good night, rolling all sorts of ... More »
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• The Dugout: Unable to Sleep in Seattle
• By Jon Bois 2/19/2009 9:20 PM ET
• This photo was taken Wednesday. Upon signing with the Mariners, Ken Griffey, Jr. instantly manifested as his twenty-year-old self, grew his old "Carlton from Fresh Prince" moustache, and donned a ... More »
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• Willie Mays Talked Junior Into Seattle
• By Tom Fornelli 2/19/2009 10:40 AM ET
• Over the last seven days there seemed to be a lot of back and forth between the Atlanta Braves and Seattle Mariners for the services of one Ken Griffey Jr. Last Thursday the word was that Junior was ... More »
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• Tom Glavine and the Nationals?
• By Andrew Johnson 1/25/2009 9:00 PM ET
• Tom Glavine's rehab from a season-ending elbow injury has progressed so well this winter that the legendary left-hander is on track to be ready for Opening Day. The question now is just what uniform ... More »
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• Josh Hamilton Says The Say Hey Kid Did Not Snub Him
• By Tom Fornelli 7/26/2008 6:33 PM ET
• While the 2008 All Star Game may be a thing of the past, people have still been talking about things they saw at Yankee Stadium those three days, and most of them have to do with Josh Hamilton. While ...
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• Curtis Granderson Makes History
• By Tom Fornelli 9/08/2007 12:25 PM ET
• Awards and accolades are nothing new to Curtis Granderson. I mean, after you've already won the Most Boring Baseball Player Blog, there isn't much mountain left to climb. Not for Curtis, no sir, ...
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• San Francisco Mayor to Honor Bonds Today
• By Larry Brown 8/24/2007 9:37 AM ET
• They sure love their home run champ in San Francisco, I tell you. So much so, that they will be honoring their slugger today, and it sounds like they're going all out:Mayor Gavin Newsom will host a ...
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• International Pastime: Puerto Rico Cancels Winter Ball League Season
• By Larry Brown 8/18/2007 11:30 AM ET
• International Pastime will look at baseball's influence outside the U.S. This news is, quite frankly, saddening. When I need my baseball fix in November and December, where will I turn? Unfortunately, ...
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• Barry Bonds' Speech Post 756
• By PostmanR 8/08/2007 2:04 AM ET
• With Willie Mays at his side, here's what Barry Bonds had to say shortly after breaking the all-time home run record:"Thank you very much. I got to thank all of you. All the fans here in San ...
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• Selig Likely to Miss Bonds' Next Four Games
• By Larry Brown 8/06/2007 3:33 PM ET
• The Giants have a four game series with the Nationals in San Francisco that begins tonight, and funny enough, the stoic Bud Selig will reportedly miss all four games. That's according to Barry M. ...
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• Gary Sheffield: Bonds Is Best Player Ever
• By Larry Brown 7/26/2007 12:25 PM ET
• We've already heard Eric Byrnes call Barry Bonds the best player in history, and Alex Rodriguez call Bonds "probably the greatest ever." Now, we have Bonds' fellow BALCO-mate, Gary Sheffield, who has ...
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• Barry Bonds Idolized Kenny Williams
• By Tom Fornelli 7/24/2007 1:25 PM ET
• Considering that Barry Bonds grew up with Bobby Bonds as his father, and arguably the greatest baseball player of all time as his godfather in Willie Mays, I don't think there was a shortage of ...
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• Come on Feel the Noise: Your 2007 MLB All-Star Game Live Blog
• By PostmanR 7/10/2007 11:53 PM ET
• Greetings, Major League Baseball fans. I am PostmanR, your intrepid blogger. Tonight for you, we have a very special treat ... it's the 2007 MLB All-Star Game! There are many pressing issues to ... More »
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• After 756, Barry Bonds Wants 3,000 Hits in '08
• By Larry Brown 7/08/2007 6:35 AM ET
• Barry Bonds has already made it clear that he "ain't quitting" until the home run record is his. Well, what if he breaks the record this year, will he continue to play in that case? Once again, Bonds ...
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• Willie Mays Has a Message For You Kids
• By PostmanR 7/04/2007 5:28 PM ET
• I know this video has made its fair share of rounds on the Interweb, but with the sun setting in your corner of America on the Fourth of July somewhat soon here, I feel it my duty to share it with ...
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• Remember Sammy Sosa? Yeah, He's Almost to 600
• By Eamonn Brennan 6/06/2007 5:17 PM ET
• What with all the Bonds hoopla baseball fans are dealing with this year -- he is, after all, only breaking the most hallowed record in sports -- it's been easy to ignore some of those other ...
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• Is Candlestick Really To Blame For Mays' HR Production?
• By PostmanR 5/21/2007 7:29 PM ET
• With all the hullabaloo surrounding Barry Bonds' home run record chase these days, you may or may not have noticed Willie Mays in the spotlight a little bit more than often. You know, he's Barry's ... More »
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• Torii Hunter Can Play Defense
• By Tom Fornelli 5/10/2007 8:25 AM ET
• Sure, the Twins may have ended up losing on Wednesday night 6-3, but if it wasn't for Torii Hunter's amazing catch they would have lost by a lot more. Even Willie Mays could be heard saying, ...
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• Willie Mays: I Could Have Hit 800
• By Larry Brown 5/07/2007 6:00 AM ET
• Hall of Famer Willie Mays was a guest on ESPN's Sunday Conversation with Peter Gammons this weekend. Amongst other notable topics, Gammons asked Mays whether he thought he could have hit 800 home runs ...
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• Gary Sheffield's Logic Is Too Much For Our Feeble Brains
• By Tom Fornelli 3/15/2007 6:49 PM ET
• And you thought one Gary Sheffield post today was a blessing, I like you all so much I'm going to give you two. Actually I was just surfing the intertubes between college basketball games when I came ... More »
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