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Settling Down: Madson Joins List of Those Misreading the Market

Posted in Baseball, Hot Stove, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , , , on January 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »

It seems like every winter, there’s at least one free agent who enters the offseason with an inflated sense of his self worth, only to exit with a deflated contract. This year, that dubious distinction belongs to Ryan Madson. In early November, there were several reports suggesting that the Phillies and Madson were close to […]

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Dynasty Debate: Comparing Torre’s Yankees and Sparky’s Big Red Machine

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , , , on June 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Aside from Murders Row, no other baseball team nickname has been as evocative and, perhaps intimidating, as the Big Red Machine label placed upon Sparky Anderson’s Cincinnati ballclub. According to most accounts, the Reds were given their colorful nickname by a Cincinnati Enquirer sportswriter named Bob Hertzel. However, the name was introduced in the summer […]

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