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Wednesday Red Sox Notes: Clay Buchholz, Spring Training Regimens, And Bullpen Options
Spring training hasn't officially started, but many Red Sox players have already been plenty busy down in Florida. Clay Buchholz, who missed more than half of the 2011 season due to a stress fracture in his spine, is one such player. The early news is good, according to Nick Cafardo: <!--...
Baseball’s Ultimate Commando Injured on a Treadmill: Only in (St)rangerland
Dispatches from Camp Ranger this morn reporting third baseman Adrian Beltre shelved for the next 10-14 days of Cactus action with a "Grade I right calf muscle strain." According to Evan Grant's sources, the Rangers think this is a very mild injury and are confident that Beltre will be ready for...
Spring practice open dates announced
There will be open practices on March 2nd and 8th, both starting at 4pm at Denius. The Orange-White game will be April 4th. Now some bad news. Mason Walters will miss the spring after having surgery on his left foot. I was hoping he would have taken the left tackle spot, but now we're pretty much...
Venha correr com nós, irmão Rubinho
In the years after World War II, the newly-minted United States Air Force set up shop on the edge of Rogers Lake on the border of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties to wring out their hottest new aircraft. Muroc Field - later to become Edwards Air Force Base - was the name of the facility,...
Indians @ Angels, 1PM GAME THREAD
"You know the only thing more pathetic than Indians on TV? Indians watching Indians on TV!" Thomas Builds-the-Fire, Smoke SIgnals (1998) While 99.8% of all male viewers between the ages of 20 - 49 are watching gym rats audition for gabillions of dollars as our future professional icons of the...
Angels @ Rockies, 1PM game THREAD
Harry: "I thought the Rocky Mountains would be a little rockier than this."Lloyd: "Yeah, that John Denver is full of shit, man."Dumb and Dumber (1994) Time to light a fire under the prime pretenders of the miNor League division of MLB, as things start to heat up for roster spots going into the...
February Opening Day Roster Projection
Pitchers and position players are all expected to report to Port St. Lucie this weekend, with the exception of visa-delayed Ronny Paulino. Players competing to be a part of the 2011 Mets will soon be together. The next five weeks or so will see various battles for roster spots, specifically on the...
Depth Chart, circa Spring 2011: Position Players
I've never quite understood the term "position player." "Pitcher" is also a position, isn't it? So I'm not sure what distinction this makes. I've been championing the term "no pitch 'ems" for years, but so far: no luck. Here's volume two of my attempt to take a non-family-metaphor-based snapshot of...
BCB Interview: Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts (Part II)
This part of the interview is going to be a little more contentious, I'm afraid, than yesterday's was -- and yesterday's had its points of contention. Today's portion of the interview deals with the proposed renovations to Wrigley Field and the proposal that was made to use a portion of the...
Rites of Spring: Sneaking a look ahead to Spring Training and Opening Day
Opening Day is a mere 52 days away. With the annual football championship match safely behind us, we can permit ourselves to look ahead to some of the key dates that ease us back into baseball season: February 16: Pitchers and catchers officially report to Goodyear, AZ February 17: First...
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