Nyjer Needs Some Love

September 4, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · 4 Comments

After two whopping suspensions, dumping on Nyjer Morgan at this point should be half the distance to the goal for egregious piling on. Â The guy needs some love big time. Â So pardon me while I swim against the tide of the conventional wisdom–a concept born and raised here in Washington, DC. I will start at […]

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Minor Happenings: Santana Continues To Destroy AAA

May 22, 2010 by Tony Lastoria · Leave a Comment

“Minor Happenings” is a weekly column which covers the important developments and news in the Indians farm system. While most of the information in this report is from my own research and through interviews I have conducted with organizational personnel, some information in this report is collected and summarized from the various news outlets that […]

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Pitchin’ On The Dock Of The Bay

April 26, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment

You knew, just looking at the matchups, two things about this weekend’s series. Â One, it was going to be darn tough for the Cardinals to keep their streak of not losing a series alive. Â The second was that if anyone scored, it was going to be a fairly impressive accomplishment. Sometimes when you think you […]

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