The Blue Jays may be singing “Only Yu”

December 16, 2011

The New York Post today is reporting that the Toronto Blue Jays, on orders from owner Rogers Communications, have made the highest posting bid to negotiate with right-hander Yu Darvish. The newspaper reported the bid to be more than $40 million US , perhaps even close to the $50 million the Red Sox wasted just bidding [...]

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Nation STATion: Nine on Melancon

December 16, 2011

 Bill Chuck Nation STATion CSNNE.com CONTRIBUTOR If Mark Melancon becomes the Red Sox closer he will be a very different type of closer than what Red Sox Nation is used to. Melancon threw 1121 pitches last season and batters hit .234. Off his 461 fastballs, batters hit .317. Off his 299 curveballs they only hit [...]

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Last Minute Gift idea – Bill Chuck’s Book “Walkoffs, Last Licks and Final Outs” Autographed and it’s (about) 50% OFF!

December 15, 2011

Looking for a fun gift (at a great price) for the baseball fan in your life? Here’s an opportunity to get a personalized autographed copy of my book (written with the great Jim Kaplan) Walkoffs, Last Licks, and Final Outs (published in 2008). This is still the definitive collection of baseball’s grand–and not-so grand–final acts. It celebrates the moments that [...]

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From the Bill Chuck Files…

December 15, 2011

He’s either very popular or not very popular – The Dodgers are Jerry Hairston‘s eighth franchise since 2005. Right now, Vladimir Guerrero is one of a dozen players all-time with at least 420 homers (Vlad has 449), 2500 hits (Vlad has 2590), 1400 RBI (Vlad has 1496), and a lifetime .300+ batting average (Vlad’s .318 [...]

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VIDEO: The Marlin Manatees are not moving to the new stadium

December 15, 2011

The Miami Marlins are bringing in Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle, and Heath Bell but are dumping the Marlin Manatees, the team’s very hefty all-male dance squad. “It’s cold,” says Angel Villarreal, better known as the booty-shaking, 280-pound Chubbalicious. “We stood by them when times were tough and got people to go to the stadium. Now [...]

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9 to Know – New MLB/MLB PA contract provisions

December 14, 2011

Allowing teams from the same division to meet in the playoffs before the league championship series. A ban on players getting tattoos with corporate logos. Any big leaguer who wants to change uniform numbers without switching teams must give eight months notice unless he’s willing to buy warehouses full of his overstocked jerseys. The possibility [...]

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Rocker rage was in part roid rage

December 14, 2011

In an interview with Mike Silva,  former Atlanta Braves reliever John Rocker promoting his new book Scars and Stripes, spoke about the aftermath from his controversial Sports Illustrated 1999 articlewhich led him to being positively tested for steroids. Here’s an excerpt of Silva’s interview: “When the SI story came out, the commissioner’s office and Selig were [...]

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Braun is MLB’s latest Costanza moment

December 12, 2011

  The episode of Seinfeld for today’s sermon was called “The Pilot.” It was the episode in which Jerry and George Costanza had been hired by NBC to write a pilot for a television series called “Jerry.” George has gone to visit his therapist Dana (paid for by his mother) and this conversation ensues: GEORGE: What [...]

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Just call me Angel in the morning

December 9, 2011

It must feel great to wake up an Angels fan this morning. Let’s go around the Internet world of media and see what people are saying. Here are some snippets from some of the best baseball scribes in the biz: The great Jayson Stark writes on ESPN.com: It takes a lot to shock the citizens [...]

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The Marlins Winter Meetings

December 7, 2011

It’s been the Miami Marlins show thus far in Dallas as the second day of the Winter Meetings was dominated by talk of the Marlins 10-year offer to Albert Pujols. Shop Amazon Gift Ideas – Most Popular Gifts Ordered Sources say the Marlins would pay the 31-year-old Pujols more than $200 million. In addition to [...]

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