Prior to the start of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft on Thursday, June 5th (2 p.m. EDT, live on ESPN2) at The Milk House at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Major League Baseball will hold a Special Negro Leagues Player Draft. Each Major League Club will “draft” surviving former… [Continue Reading]
Sammy Sosa Is Forced To Retire
May 30, 2008 Leave a Comment
Unable to find a job in the major leagues, Sammy Sosa reportedly will retire from baseball after the World Baseball Classic in March. Sosa is expected to play for his native Dominican Republic in March before retiring. One of five players in major league history with at least 600 homers, Sosa currently is a free… [Continue Reading]
One Point On ACT Keeps 2008 Recruit Out of MLB
May 30, 2008 Leave a Comment
The 2008 recruiting class has suffered its first two academic casualties, and they are Brandon Lewis and Kerry Murphy.
Brandon Lewis will be headed to Hargrave after coming up one point short on his ACT. Actually, Lewis had a higher ACT score, but it was not accepted by the NCAA Clearinghouse because apparently they judged the jump from… [Continue Reading]
10 Players that aren’t earning their paychecks
May 30, 2008 Leave a Comment
In an article written by Dayn Perry of Fox Sports he discusses who may or may not be contributing to the word team as expected so far this season.
Names include; Andruw Jones, Bret Meyers, Carlos Delgado and Trevor Hoffman. Some one should serious look at Jose Reyes and the entire Mets organization. In the game… [Continue Reading]
Five Best Records in MLB…. Who and Why?
May 30, 2008 Leave a Comment
An article written by the bleacher report.
In a division in where the Mets, Phillies, and possibly the Braves were supposed to battle it out, the Marlins are winning with a team salary of $22.65 million.
Do you know what other teams have chosen to do with that kind of money? Let’s start with the Yankees. We all… [Continue Reading]
Rays sign Scott Kazmir to 3-year extension
May 14, 2008 Leave a Comment
Another member of the Tampa Bay Rays has inked a long-term extension with the club.
On Wednesday, starting pitcher Scott Kazmir agreed to a three-year extension with the team through 2011 worth $28.5 million US. The extension also features a club option that could push the contract’s value to as much as $39.5 million over four… [Continue Reading]
MLB owners expected to agree on new drug policy
May 14, 2008 Leave a Comment
After a toughened drug agreement was passed unanimously by baseball’s executive council, Bud Selig expects an easy path to ratification when owners meet Thursday.
“We have no controversy. None. Zero,” the baseball commissioner said Wednesday as the two-day session began.
Players and owners have until May 23 to ratify the drug agreement their negotiators signed off on… [Continue Reading]
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