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In Signing With Phillies Cliff Lee Destroys His Legacy
In choosing the easy way out by signing with Philadelphia, Cliff Lee's quest for a World Series ring has suddenly become hollow. Pedro Martinez would not have done this. Doc Gooden would not have done this. Sandy Koufax would not have done this. Those guys, were real men. They would not have wanted...
Mike Sweeney's Time in Kansas City Offers Dark Perspective on Mauer Deal
The baseball world is abuzz with the news that Joe Mauer will be a Twin for a very very very long time. Many people have and will viewed this contract situation as some kind of battle for baseball's soul, as the local hero Joe Mauer must be not allowed to become a Yankee or Red Sox (never quite...
Royals Links: Tim Hudson Destroys Our National Innocence, Fat Little Girlfriends, Etc.
Remember when Alex Rodriquez destroyed our national innocence by making some kind of contract decision or statement during the opening of the World Series? Maybe you don't because the effects of this move were so traumatic for so many, that your memory from those fraught days may be shaky. Well be...
Those Extra Five to Thirteen Homers a Year by Alex Rodriguez Seven Years Ago When He Was Already Hated Destroyed Our National Innocence And Now We Must All Admit That We Will Never Be the Same
Because my personal opinions on the subject seem to be so different than the vast majority of people who talk about baseball in some capacity, whenever we have the latest tri to quad-annual steroid hysteria day, I try to find something else to use as white noise while I'm running errands in the car...
At Least Jeff Kent Got Dressed Up for His Cliche-Ridden, Self-Serving Retirement Press Conference
He always acted like a great guy, just ask him. Or one of his white teammates. Or motorcycle friends. We have 24 hours to find another defender of our national innocence and the integrity of the game. If not... well, it's too damn horrible to even talk about. Does anyone have Sean Casey's...
Stop Telling Me That Sabathia's Contract is the Largest Ever for a Pitcher
To take one of an endless number of availible examples: Sources told Olney that, to get the deal completed, the Yankees added a seventh year to their original six-year, $140 million offer, bringing the total package to seven years and $161 million -- at $23 million a season, by far the biggest...
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