Yeah, Ken Griffey, Jr. retired. He quit. “I’m done.” Ken Griffey, Jr. left baseball a shadow of his former self. I’ve been hard on Ken Griffey ever since he started to get injured almost every year, but there is no denying just how popular this baseball player was, how awesome his stats were, how...
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DailySkew Co-Founder Damian Hospital has made the following predictions for the 2010 baseball season: American League: New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners National League: Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, LA Dodgers The Yankees are the team to beat, as they totally dominated every aspect of the 2009 season,...
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Tags: 2010 baseball predictions, 2010 mlb projections, atlanta braves, boston red sox, chicago white sox, damian hospital, LA Dodgers, milwaukee brewers, philadelphia phillies, seattle mariners
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Now that most of the 2009 free agent class has been signed and the major trades have been made at the Winter Meetings and afterwards, it’s time for the DailySkew Best 2009 Offseason Move Award and the WORST 2009 Offseason Move Award. The best 2009/2010 signing or trade this winter has to be: The...
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Tags: 2009, 2010, baseball, best free agent, best trade, cliff lee, free agents, ivan rodgriguez, MLB, offseason, pudge rodriguez, seattle mariners, Trades, washington nationals, winter meetings, worst free agent, worst trade
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On the heels of the Seattle Mariners defeating Andy Pettitte and Mike Mussina, the Toronto Blue Jays are now a half game in front of the New York Yankees in the Wild Card race. (Boston leads, Minnesota is 6.5 back, Toronto is 8 back, and the Yankees are 8.5 back.) A reporter asked A-Rod...
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Tags: andy pettitte, arizona diamondbacks, LA Dodgers, line of reasoning, mike mussina, new york yankees, nl west, playoff race, seattle mariners, toronto blue jays
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2008 Yankees Series Count Update: Beat Toronto Blue Jays (home) W1Lost to Tampa Bay Rays (home) L1Lost to Kansas City Royals (road) L2Lost to Boston Red Sox (road) L3Swept Tampa Bay Rays (road) W2Split Boston Red Sox (home) T1Lost to Baltimore Orioles (road) L4Beat Chicago White Sox (road) W3Split Cleveland Indians (road) T2Got swept...
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EIGHT IN A ROW, THANKS TO CANO Robinson Cano continued his hot hitting as he went 3-4, with a HR, and 3 RBI. Andy Pettitte (12-7, 3.76) defeated the knuckleballer Tim Wakefield (6-8, 3.94), with 6 solid innings, allowing 1 earned run (3 runs). Bobby Abreu, Alex Rodriguez, Melky Cabrera, and Derek Jeter each...
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Series Count Update: Beat Toronto Blue Jays (home) WLost to Tampa Bay Rays (home) LLost to Kansas City Royals (road) LLost to Boston Red Sox (road) LSwept Tampa Bay Rays (road) TSplit Boston Red Sox (home) TLost to Baltimore Orioles (road) LBeat Chicago White Sox (road) WSplit Cleveland Indians (road) TGot swept by the...
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Yankees GM finally did something. Although he didn’t do the right thing and sign Barry Bonds, he got Richie Sexson, who was released by the Seattle Mariners recently after not one team claimed him off waivers. Sexson has a good average against lefties, so he will play 1B against them instead of Jason Giambi....
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Tags: barry bonds, Cashman, do the right thing, jason giambi, lefties, Michael Kay, pinch hitter, richie sexson, seattle mariners, yanks
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Series Count Update:Beat Toronto Blue Jays (home) WLost to Tampa Bay Rays (home) LLost to Kansas City Royals (road) LLost to Boston Red Sox (road) LSwept Tampa Bay Rays (road) TSplit Boston Red Sox (home) TLost to Baltimore Orioles (road) LBeat Chicago White Sox (road) WSplit Cleveland Indians (road) TGot swept by the Detroit...
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Don’t worry Yankees fans…the Yanks may have problems beating the Reds and Pirates, but at lease you’re not a fan of the METS. Under new manager Jerry Manuel, the Mets are 3-4. They lost 11-0 at Shea Stadium last night to the SEATTLE MARINERS. Jerry and Carlos Beltran fought the umpire over BALLS and...
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Tags: balls and strikes, base coach, carlos beltran, howard johnson, Mets, reds, seattle mariners, shea stadium, umpire, yanks
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