Soriano Named To AL All-Star Team
MLB today announced that Rafael Soriano has been added to the AL All-Star team to replace the injured Mariano Rivera. Soriano joins Evan Longoria, Carl Crawford and David Price on the team.
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Ranking The AL Closers; JP Howell Second Worst
Last year, Joe Posnanski generated a new statistic to evaluate closers (CLOSER+) based on Bill James’ method of classifying saves. James breaks down save opportunities into three categories: 1. Easy Save. This is a save when the first batter faced is not the tying or go-ahead run. 2. Tough save: [...]
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Rays Knock Bit Of Shine Off The Great Mariano Rivera
If you are looking for a small consolation after losing two of three to the Yankees, we have this… So far this season, the Tampa Bay Rays have twice knocked Mariano Rivera out of a game mid-inning. The first came on May 7 at Replica Yankee Stadium when Carl Crawford [...]
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[TROY PERCIVAL] Percival Not As Bad In ’08 As You Might Think
Yesterday we linked to a story by Joe Posnanski in which he rated managers on their decisions to intentionally walk batters and how often it comes back to bite the manager in the butt (If you missed it, the short version is Posnanski finally found something Papa Joe sucks at). [...]
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AL East Roundup: Yankees Spent $46 Million On Single-A Pitcher
AL EAST W L GB L10 STK E# Boston Red Sox 20 10 – 7-3 W1 – New York Yankees 14 16 6.0 6-4 L1 127 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 14 17 6.5 5-5 L1 126 Baltimore Orioles 14 18 7.0 3-7 L2 125 Toronto Blue Jays 13 18 7.5 [...]
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AL East Roundup: Ladies And Gentlemen…Your Last Place New York Yankees
AL EAST W L GB L10 STK E# Boston Red Sox 12 7 – 7-3 L2 – Baltimore Orioles 11 9 1.5 7-3 L2 142 Toronto Blue Jays 10 10 2.5 4-6 W2 141 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9 11 3.5 5-5 W2 140 New York Yankees 8 11 4.0 [...]
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AL East Roundup: There Is A Chink In The Armor Of The Great Mariano
AL EAST W L GB L10 STK E# Boston Red Sox 10 5 – 8-2 W3 – Baltimore Orioles 9 7 1.5 7-3 W2 146 New York Yankees 8 7 2.0 6-4 L1 146 Toronto Blue Jays 8 8 2.5 4-6 L3 145 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6 10 4.5 [...]
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AL East Roundup: King Felix Sashimis All Over The Red Sox
AL EAST W L GB L10 STK E# Toronto Blue Jays 5 3 – 5-3 W1 – Boston Red Sox 4 4 1.0 4-4 L1 154 New York Yankees 4 4 1.0 4-4 L1 154 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3 5 2.0 3-5 W1 153 Baltimore Orioles 3 6 2.5 [...]
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AL East Roundup: Yankees Can’t Get Out Of Thir Own Way
AL EAST W L GB L10 STK E# Toronto Blue Jays 3 2 – 3-2 W2 – Boston Red Sox 3 3 0.5 3-3 W1 157 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2 3 1.0 2-3 L2 157 New York Yankees 2 3 1.0 2-3 L1 157 Baltimore Orioles 2 4 1.5 [...]
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