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Rebuilding the Mets and Reds- the Challenge

OK- I have started threads over at the message board to rebuild the Reds and the Mets for the 2010 season.  I have given some parameters, and want to see what you can come up with, keeping their budgets in line with the last few years, and with the numbers that you can find out [...]

Sportsman of the Year

Very different than the MVP, but perhaps more apt, Derek Jeter was named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated, which has given out the award every year since 1954.    I am not sure he could have received a more appropriate honor.

Traditions to Get Rid of

The Baltimore Sun’s blog has had each of its writers pick a sports tradition to get rid of. Can’t say I agree with all of them, in fact, I am not sure I agree with any of them, but with the dirth of baseball news, I thought it would be an interesting thing to mention [...]

Playing Off-Season Rebuild

I have written more than once how easy it is to discount what those in the front office do when you are sitting in the seats.  Writers and Call-in sports talk hosts hear from fans all the time about trades that should be made, and deals that should get done.  Unfortunately, often, the person giving [...]

Yankee Stadium- Gate 2

I’m talking about the old Yankee Stadium and its Gate 2, and there is a push to save just that wall as a gateway to the new park.  Pete Caldera details the fight with the Parks Commission over the design and shares news that the fight isn’t over. 
To backtrack a bit, the new Yankee Stadium [...]

Halladay, Halladay, Halladay

So some low level front office employee has told Bob Elliot that Roy Halladay will accept a trade to the Yankees, that is a far cry from Roy Halladay is going to the Yankees. It also is a far cry from the idea that Halladay is not going to play for the Red Sox. 
First, of [...]