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    Francisco Rodriguez And His Remaining Contract

    As the Francisco Rodriguez saga between the Major League Baseball Players Association and the Commissioner's Office will most likely run and run until the end of the season and, more likely, through next years Spring Training, the New York Mets have publicly stated that they want K-Rod to come...
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    After 600 Alex Rodriguez Now Aims For 715, 756 And 763

    On Wednesday, Alex Rodriguez hit career home run #600 against Toronto's Shaun Marcum, after a 46 at bat homerless streak, as New York sealed a 5-1 win at Yankees stadium. In doing so, Rodriquez became the sixth player to join the 600 Club alongside Barry Bonds (with 762 career dingers), Hank...
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    Paying To Play In MLB

    When living out their dream, some people spend time in the ocean swimming with dolphins. For others it might be driving a really fast car really really fast around a racing track; perhaps even getting interviewed by Tomato while they are doing it. But there are 22 players this season in baseball...
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    The Myth Of A Low ERA

    Measuring a pitcher's performance through wins and losses is generally not considered a true and accurate measure. Similarly the use of a simplistic measure like ERA is affected by ballpark factors, the quality of the defense as well as quite a bit of luck. The xFIP metric is an estimation of...
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    To Spend Or Not To Spend

    When the New York Yankees have a $200 million payroll, they are accused of buying the World Series even though the Florida Marlins have won it all twice on a fraction of that money. When the Chicago Cubs or the New York Mets have a $140 million payroll and can't even make the playoffs, people...
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    Baseball On A More Even Playing Field

    Although the MLB season is played over a total of 162 games per team, the volume of games compared to other team sports still fails to ensure that there is inherent fairness built into the final season standings. The lack of parity is highlighted with the likes of the Toronto Blue Jays having...
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    New FIFA World Rankings

    After winning their first World Cup two years after winning the 2008 European Championship, it was no surprise to see that Spain usurped Brazil to take the #1 spot in the latest FIFA World Rankings which were released Wednesday. Brazil were the previous holders of the top spot and they fall to...
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    FIFA Finally Agree To The Theory Of Video Replay

    It was three months ago that Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA, shelved two years of research into the use of video replays in football for the foreseeable future. It was three days ago that Jerome Valcke, General Secretary of FIFA, confirmed this stance after commenting that the use of any...
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    The Future Of Carlos Zambrano

    Carlos Zambrano of the Chicago Cubs was today suspended indefinitely by General Manager Jim Hendry after a meltdown in the Cubs dugout after his first inning where he allowed four runs, all of them earned, in the game against cross town rivals the Chicago White Sox. The incident which sparked...
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    A Tribute To The Soccer Fix

    Irrelevant of whether the fix is on in the Mexico/Uruguay match, the fact is that any draw between the two teams will see of them both progress to the next round. And in the big scheme of things a draw between two relatively equally matched teams in the World Cup Finals is nothing at all out of...
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    World Cup 2010 Is The Fix On?

    The Group A match last Thursday pitted the 1998 World Cup winners and 2006 runners up France against Mexico where France, after a first game draw against Uruguay, needed at least to avoid defeat to leave the passage to the next round purely in their own hands. However, Mexico proved formidable...
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    Stephen Strasburg First Start At 7pm EST

    Just under a year after being taken as the #1 pick in the 2009 MLB Draft, Stephen Strasburg will make his Washington Nationals debut Tuesday when they take on the Pittsburgh Pirates at Nationals Park. After being drafted on June 9 last year and subsequently signing a record $15.1 million...
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    Stephen Strasburg Mania Starts On eBay

    After the Washington Nationals signed his right arm to the tune of $15.1 million after being the number one overall pick in the 2010 MLB Draft, it seems like Stephen Strasburg mania is not just limited to the province of Washington DC. One of the more limited cards in the 2010 Bowman Baseball...
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    Betting Options On The Lost Finale

    On Sunday at 7pm in your particular US time zone (as well as in Greece, Israel, Italy, Turkey, Spain and the United Kingdom who are showing it at 7pm PST in their respective timezones) there will be the season finale and absolute finale of Lost inspirationally titled The End - which will answer...
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    Floyd Landis Admits Steroid Use, Lance Armstrong Also Named

    After spending the past four years appealing his positive drug tests as well as publicly pleading his innocence, it has been widely reported that the American cyclist Floyd Landis admitted Wednesday that his entire cycling career had been based upon regular use of performance enhancing drugs. In...
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    Trevor Hoffman Looking Like A 42 Year Old Pitcher

    Trevor Hoffman entered the season with 591 saves and it was more a question of when rather than if he managed to break the 600 barrier. After Tuesday's disastrous outing against the Cincinnatti Reds, his second blown save in two days, there is every chance the 42 year old might not get the...
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    Cleveland Cavaliers Exit Title Race, Is LeBron Next

    July 1, the day when LeBron James becomes the most sought after free agent on the market, got a lot nearer (well metaphorically at least) on Thursday when the Cleveland Cavaliers were unable to overcome the Boston Celtics and so the team with the best season record fell short again following a...
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    Houston Linebacker Brian Cushing Tests Positive, Keeps Award

    Brian Cushing, the Houston Texans linebacker, won a second vote on Wednesday which saw him keep his Associated Press NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award despite it being revealed that he tested positive for a banned substance last week. Cushing, taken by the Texans with their #15 pick in the...
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    The New Jersey Netskis

    Coming off a 12-70 season for the worst record in basketball, and also tied fourth for the all time worst season record, there is more than one reason for the New Jersey Nets to be a little more optimistic for 2010/11. On Tuesday evening, the NBA Board Of Governors approved the sale of the Nets...
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    Ken Griffey Jr. And The Art Of The Power Nap

    The Tacoma News Tribune today reported that last week Seattle Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu was asked why he didn't make use of Ken Griffey Jr. in a pinch hitting situation late in a game and Wakamatsu was vague in his answer. Two unnamed Mariners players were slightly less vague. He was...