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Wait a minute, Tracy McGrady play professional baseball for a team called Sugar Land Skeeters of Atlantic League of Professional Baseball?
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yeah Roger Clemens helped him pitch
didn't show any good signs though
Julio Franco, 55, to continue pro baseball career:
Julio Franco spent portions of 23 seasons playing Major League Baseball before retiring in 2008, but the three-time MLB All-Star seemingly can’t quit the game he loves.
The former American League batting champion who played for nine different Major League teams is set to become the third oldest person to ever play professionally after signing a contract with the Fort Worth Cats of the United Baseball League.
The Fort Worth Cats’ General Manager, Craig Brasfield, proudly announced today that former major leaguer Julio Franco will join the Fort Worth Cats Baseball Club as player/coach for the first home stand of the 2014 season, which begins on Tuesday, May 20. Based upon Franco’s addition, the United League has extended the Cats’ initial homestand through Wednesday, May 28. Franco’s addition to the team will allow him to join a rare fraternity of players to play five decades of professional baseball.
Satchel Paige, who played professionally until he was 59, and Nick Altrock, until he was 57, are the only players who played at an older age.
http://extramustard.si.com/2014/05/1...rt-worth-cats/
Cubs sign Manny Ramirez to their minor league team as player/coach
http://www.csnchicago.com/cubs/cubs-...ez-playercoach
RIP to Don Zimmer
^^ yes. that guy was awesome RIP
May he Rest In Peace.
---- End of era draws near for Phillies
A large payroll filled with big-name players and their impressive resumes hasn't helped the Philadelphia Phillies win many games.
On their first day off since May 19, the Phillies owned the NL's worst record at 25-36. They've lost eight of nine, 14 of 20 and are 10-22 since May 5.
The Phillies dominated the NL East from 2007-11, winning five division titles, two pennants and one World Series. That's a distant memory now. These Phillies are closer to getting the No. 1 draft pick in next year's amateur draft than getting back to the postseason.
Several players scoffed during spring training when asked if the window of opportunity for this group was closing. At this point, it appears shut.
The organization faces a difficult task. Trying to rebuild a roster with so many high-priced players isn't easy.
Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, Cole Hamels, Carlos Ruiz and Kyle Kendrick are the remaining players from the team's long run of success. They're making $89.7 million this season combined.
Howard is untradeable because he's making $25 million this year and is owed at least $60 million over the next three. Utley ($15 million) and Rollins ($11 million) have veto rights on any trade. Ruiz is 35 and in the first year of a three-year, $26 million deal. Kendrick ($7.675 million) is 1-6 with a 4.30 ERA so there's not much of a market for him. Hamels is in the second season of a $144 million, six-year contract.
Toss in Cliff Lee ($25 million), A.J. Burnett ($15 million) and Jonathan Papelbon ($13 million) and that's $142.7 for just nine players. The Phillies had the third-highest payroll ($184 million) on opening day. The two teams above them - the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees - aren't playing much better. The Dodgers were 33-31 and the Yankees were 31-31.
An offense that features two former MVPs and six regulars who've been All-Stars is too inconsistent. The Phillies have been shut out seven times since May 5. They're 23rd in the majors in batting average (.241) and tied for 25th in runs (236).
Howard, Rollins, Utley and Ruiz are having decent years and Marlon Byrd ($8 million) is producing. But the Phillies still are struggling to score. Domonic Brown isn't hitting like a guy who was an All-Star last year. Third baseman Cody Asche is injured and center fielder Ben Revere isn't doing his job.
Executing fundamentals has been a major issue, even though manager Ryne Sandberg stressed it during spring training. Revere has been the main culprit. The leadoff hitter failed in consecutive at-bats to put down a sacrifice bunt in an extra-inning loss to the New York Mets last weekend.
Revere also didn't take a proper lead from third base with Howard batting and the fielders shifted way over to the right in the eighth inning of a game the Phillies trailed by one run. Utley, who was on first, desperately tried to signal for Revere to take a bigger lead.
Those are just a few examples that prompted bench coach Larry Bowa to say in a radio interview that the Phillies have ''players here playing in the big leagues who aren't playing like big leaguers.''
As for pitching, Lee, Burnett and Hamels are 9-12 with a 3.74 ERA. That's not good enough for $62.5 million. Lee has missed four starts because of an elbow injury, which takes him off the trade market. Papelbon has been excellent in the bullpen, but the rest of the relievers haven't performed well. Mike Adams was solid in his setup role, but he just landed on the disabled list.
All that adds up to a team headed nowhere so far.
RIP to Bob Welch
Right-hander Bob Welch, who famously struck out Reggie Jackson as a 21-year-old rookie in the 1978 World Series, won an astounding 27 games in his Cy Young season of 1990 and pitched 17 seasons in the majors. No one has won more than 24 games since. He was 57 years old.
Rest In Peace Tony Gwynn.
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tim lincecum pitched a no-hitter
Johnny Damon is ready to come back and said that he can still outhit a lot of the league
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/20...artner=ya5nbcs
The A's getting Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel has to make them not only among the favourites in the American League, but in MLB to win The World series. They already have the best record in Baseball, and now are a much better team.
The position players on Forbes' list of Baseball’s Most Overpaid Players.
Catcher – Brian McCann, Yankees ($17 million, Wins Above Replacement 0.5)
First base – Ryan Howard, Phillies ($25 million, WAR -0.2)
Second base – Dan Uggla, Braves ($13 million, WAR -1.1)
Third base – David Freese, Angels ($5 million, WAR 0.2)
Shortstop – Yunel Escobar, Rays ($5 million, WAR -0.9)
Outfield – Alfonso Soriano, Yankees ($18 million, WAR -1.5)
Outfield – Matt Kemp, Dodgers ($21 million, WAR -1.2)
Outfield – Nick Swisher, Indians ($15 million, WAR -0.7)
---- Chuck Knoblauch arrested for assaulting wife; Twins nix Hall of Fame ceremony
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--- Mark McGwire shuts down Jose Canseco's attempts to reconcile
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-bi...224417864.html
Jim Thome retires with the Indians
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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-bi...222054446.html
DH Adam Dunn pitches 9th inning in White Sox 16-0 loss to the Rangers
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A sad showing from the A's after having the best record for a while and then falling apart late in the season, and losing early once again in the playoffs.
The Pirates are about to lose also.
glad i didn't spend $200 on tickets for the Bucco game tonight
I think the Raiders are rubbing off badly on the A'sQuote:
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giants have the best bullpen plus they just play unreal in the playoffs, wouldnt be surprisd at all to see them win it again. theyre handling the hottest team headed in to the playoffs. KC/SF would be a swell WS. lol detroit. that bullpen is horrendous.
Angels were supposed to be the best team, and they got swept.
That 18th inning game was crazy. 6 hours and 23 minutes.
angles were doomed the moment richards went down. plus their bullpen sucked ass all year and was close to detroit levels of bad so i dont know who thought they were favs but they clearly were one of the most vulnerable teams headed in. trout, the al mvp obviously, was also hitting sub .260 at home most of the year and if not for a late push there would have been the first mvp since willie stargell in '79 to hit sub .270 at home. no matter what wouldnt have been 72 .232 at home johnny bench bad,Quote:
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How bout KC though? They unleashed hell for the post season man I would love for them to win it all. They're beating the giants in game 6. These hoes ain't royal
Ha.
This is gonna be a great WORLD SERIES!!!
GO GIGANTES!
giants were my pick to win the world series at the start of the season
mid-season i thought it was going to be giants vs. a's
then royals vs. cardinals at the start of the postseason
i'm still happy royals vs. giants is the world series
i've picked the giants in previous world series but this time i'm picking the royals
i want KC to win because, not entirely because they're an AL team, but I want to see the Giants lose a world series for once. Also Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo's favorite team is the Giants and I can't wait to see him cry. also it's hard NOT to root for like and be touched by their journey to the WS.
We lost a world series 25 years ago after the Loma Prieta Earthquake.
NEVER AGAIN!
Lorde's 'Royals' Banned From San Francisco Airwaves Until After World Series
And they'll never play "Royals," royals. Or at least they won't till the World Series is over.
Two San Francisco radio stations have benched Lorde's chart-topping single from their airwaves until either the Giants or the Kansas City Royals win the World Series, per KMBC.com. The two teams will play Game 1 of the Series on Oct. 21.
In response to the ban, Kansas City radio station 99.7 The Point plans to play "Royals" once every hour from 7. a.m. to 7. p.m. the day of the opener.
"You might try to stop the #Royals on your airwaves... but we'll just pump 'em up!" the station wrote on their Facebook page.
Lorde was inspired to pen her song's unforgettable refrain after seeing a 1976 photo of then-Kansas City third baseman George Brett in an old National Geographic magazine, "Royals" emblazoned in blue across his chest.
Earlier this year, to commemorate the teenage singer-songwriter's success, Brett sent her a special Royals jersey. He signed it with the note, "You are Royal to me."
https://twitter.com/Royals/status/447375637385187330
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/1...n_6010806.html
I don't think I've heard the song until now. Who would be playing the song anyway? Middle schoolers?
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