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Monday, February 08, 2010

Ranking MLB stadiums (that I’ve been to)

by Chris Jaffe
Confessions of an upper deck denizen.
35 comment(s)

Friday, February 05, 2010

The nickname game: Clank, Dr. Strangeglove and Stone Fingers

by Bruce Markusen
Baseball nicknames come in all shapes and sizes. Some are rather insulting, as we see in this week's Cooperstown Confidential.
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Thursday, February 04, 2010

TUCK! sez: Still another one for the kids in Holbrook

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Power to all fields

by Jeff Sackmann
Which farmhands have it, and which ones don't?
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This annotated week in baseball history: Jan. 31 - Feb. 6, 1909

by Richard Barbieri
On Feb. 4, 1909, John Clarkson died in a Massachusetts psychiatric hospital. It was an unfortunate and inglorious end to the life of a man who is still one of the five winningest right-handed pitchers in National League history. Richard looks back on his life.
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010

BOB:  No sale for Astros and the Cubs stay in Mesa

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Career Projections 2010

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Which players are most likely to reach 3,000 hits, 763 home runs, and 300 wins? Downloadable spreadsheet at the end!
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Better to be lucky than good (Part 2)

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Tuesday, February 02, 2010

The worst contract in baseball

by Joshua Fisher
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Advancing by ground

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If not a ground ball, what?
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Monday, February 01, 2010

Ranking MLB team nicknames

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Hey - it's fun!
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Friday, January 29, 2010

Cooperstown Confidential: Bobby Bragan’s remarkable life

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Baseball lost one of its legends last week, a one-of-a-kind personality and character.
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Cannons in the bushes: Part two, the centerfielders

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Thursday, January 28, 2010

This annotated week in baseball history: Jan. 24 - Jan. 30, 1813

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On Jan. 26, 1813, Juan Pablo Duarte was born. Duarte would go to a life as a leader in the movement to establish the Dominican Republic as an independent nation. In his honor, Richard brings you the All-Dominican Team.
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Hughie Jennings and Hack Wilson

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Better to be lucky than good (Part 1)

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It stinks when you do good work and have little to show for it.
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Who is the most valuable human asset in baseball?

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The grail quest continues.
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