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The Baltimore Orioles are dragging a streak of 14 consecutive losing seasons into 2012. Last month, they made a move that could pay significant future dividends when they inked 17-year-old Kim Seong-min to a $550,000 contract. A lefthander considered to be South Korea's best pitching prospect, Kim is even expected to report to the O's minor-league camp in Sarasota, Fla., in the weeks ahead. More »
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We got an email this afternoon from a man who says he was at the same Dallas bar as Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton on the night Hamilton had a relapse and (allegedly) bathroom sex. Here's our source's version of events: More »
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While he waits for the Miami Marlins to report to spring training, new manager Ozzie Guillen still has some time to take to Twitter to discuss the NBA. For instance, he is tired of hearing the constant criticism of LeBron James: More »
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Via the Boston Globe: "Dennis 'Oil Can' Boyd's new tell-all book, 'They Call Me Oil Can: My Life in Baseball,' which hits bookstores in June, should be a blockbuster if the stories are similar to what the former Red Sox pitcher told WBZ's Jon Miller yesterday at JetBlue Park. Boyd, who spent eight of his 10 major league seasons with the Red Sox, admitted he was under the influence of cocaine two-thirds of the time he was on the mound." [Boston Globe] More »
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Someone is shopping a videotape allegedly showing Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, on the night of his recent relapse, having sex in the bathroom of Sherlock's, a Dallas bar. A local television station was offered the tape for $41,000, an employee at the station tells us. The station declined, and we're told no one there actually watched the tape. More »
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Every time the Phillies visit Nationals Park, it feels like a home game for them. The stands are filled with fans who made the two-hour drive south to cheer for the Phillies, and it's disheartening for Nats fans to be outnumbered in their own stadium. The same thing happens when the Yankees visit Baltimore, or the Red Sox play in Tampa, and it's embarrassing. But the Nationals finally stood up and said "no more." More »
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Per Jim Bowden, they've invited Dmitri Young to their spring training complex for a workout next week. Dmitri Young. He's 38 and hasn't played a big-league game in four years. I half-expect the Pirates' next move to be ... oh, never mind. [WHYGAVS] More »
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Stand down, Edwin-Jackson-to-the-Nats. Relax, Broxton-to-the-Royals and Madson-to-the-Reds. We have a new steal in an offseason filled with ridiculous splurges (C.J.-Wilson-to-the-Angels, Pujols-to-the-Angels, Reyes-to-the-Marlins, Heath-Bell-to-the-Marlins) and not too many bargains. The Seattle Mariners just signed longtime Dodger Hong-Chih Kuo. More »
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"He knows that if he does this, I'll lose my daughter," Brian Cashman's mistress Louise Meanwell told me. This was the night of Jan. 31. Two days later, it was done: Meanwell—also known as Louise Neathway—was arrested and charged with extortion and harassment, with Cashman the victim of her alleged crimes. The day after that, Cashman's wife, Mary, filed for divorce, after 16 years of marriage. More »
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Mary Cashman filed papers in Stamford, Connecticut Superior Court yesterday after the latest in the Yankee GM's para-familial activities became public. The filing comes just days after Louise Meanwell—currently living it up on Rikers Island because she could not post bail—was arrested for stalking Brian Cashman. More »
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Dan McLaughlin, AKA Danny Mac, AKA the guy who had two DWIs in the last two seasons and may have soiled himself during one of his arrests, will return to call Cardinals games in 2012 for Fox Sports Midwest. More »
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Hamilton joked, at a question-free press conference earlier today, that he wished he were there to talk about a contract. Alas. According to Jon Heyman, the Rangers also hired Hambone a new accountability coach after the incident Monday night. (Clarification: Hamilton also said he drank after those first few. He didn't specify how much.) More »
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Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton—the 2010 AL MVP and four-time All-Star whose battle with drug and alcohol addiction nearly ended his baseball career—had a relapse with alcohol at a Texas bar on Monday, reports Gerry Fraley of the Dallas Morning News. More »
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Yes, the woman in whose apartment I tried on Brian Cashman's pajama pants Tuesday night, the one who says she was the Yankees GM's mistress, is the same woman who was arrested at 5:45 p.m. yesterday outside her Leonard Street apartment. Her name is Louise Meanwell (she's also used the surname Neathway), and she has been charged with grand larceny, attempted grand larceny, stalking, and aggravated harassment. More »
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A 36-year-old Manhattan woman was arrested yesterday and faces charges of aggravated harassment of Yankees GM Brian Cashman, as well as stealing money from him. More »
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It's one thing to have no chance. Quite another to not even have the chance to show the world you have no chance. ESPN has since made a correction, but they probably had it right the first time. [HardballTalk] More »
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Reader Carl snapped this photo (click to enlarge) of Alex Rodriguez around 8 a.m. this morning at the airport in Miami. He sent it along because he couldn't help but notice the magazine in A-Rod's left hand was Us Weekly. Here's Carl's take on the situation: More »
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Jerry Dipoto is the new Angels general manager, and once he brought in Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson, he probably could have taken the rest of the winter off. But no! He's sending lovely thank-you notes to folks who write in with their own GMing advice. More »
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Back in October, Deadspin acquired photos that showed Brian Cashman, general manager of the Yankees, meeting with an alleged girlfriend in February 2009. Soon after that story ran, we were tipped off that Cashman, still married to his wife of 16 years, had ended that particular affair but had since moved on to another mistress. More »
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Your morning roundup for Jan. 31, the day you got killed. Photo via Larry Brown Sports. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »
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Here's the tail end of a package that ran on KSTP-TV in St. Paul tonight about Marlins pitcher Brad Hand, a Minneapolis native fighting for a spot in the Miami rotation. You can see a bit of a giggle in sports anchor Joe Schmit's voice as he realizes the unfortunate turn of phrase in the over-the-shoulder graphic. Not covered in the story: how Hand feels about the prospect of new manager Ozzie Guillen jerking him off the mound after a poor performance. More »
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MLB Trade Rumors had it first, and noted rich guy Jon Heyman confirmed on Twitter: Pat Burrell is retiring. The thumping, lumbering outfielder posted a .253/.361/.472 line in 12 MLB seasons, most of them with the Phillies. He had ranked 25th among active players in home runs. He won two World Series. Not bad at all. A chronic foot injury felled him just a bit before his time. More »
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Watch in amazement as the face of Doug Melvin evokes every single one of the jumbled mess of feelings accompanying the loss of Prince Fielder—to the tune of Adele's "Someone Like You." It's touching, heartbreaking and, most of all, creepy as all get-out. More »
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We can't think what else the disproportionate $89.55 "miscellaneous" charge could be. More »
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The balance of power in the American League shifted toward Detroit today with the Tigers' surprise signing of Prince Fielder. So did the center of mass. More »
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Just five days ago, GM Dave Dombrowski said Prince Fielder was "probably not a good fit" in Detroit. That was after C/DH Victor Martinez went down for the year, but with 1B/3B/DH Miguel Cabrera still under contract through 2015. That's a logjam of immovable objects, though the Tigers have indicated Fielder will play first and Cabrera DH third, at least this season. More »
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The Idaho Cubs, presented without comment, but with "Party Rock Anthem." [via Big League Stew] More »
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At Hang Up and Listen Comes Alive! here in New York last week, regular panelist Mike Pesca devoted his Afterball to a very important issue: the continued deterioration of This Week in Baseball, the Fox program that airs on Saturday afternoons during the MLB season. Once upon a time it was Bowie Kuhn and Mel Allen's answer to NFL Films. And now it's Rupert Murdoch's way of meeting FCC regulations. And, even worse, they take themselves far too seriously when it comes to bloopers. Consider: the above blooper did not even win blooper of the year. More »
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Per ESPN Deportes: "The Oakland Athletics are 'very interested' in making Manny Ramirez their designated hitter next season," a source said. (The source, we'd assume, is a baseball insider named "Bott Scoras," but we digress.) Ramirez appeared in a supremely forgettable 17 at-bats for the Rays last year before he retired because a less forgettable positive drug test posed a potential 100-game suspension. (Manny struck a deal with MLB this offseason, so he'll only miss 50 games if he comes back.) Then he was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence in September. More »
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Because they can't lure you to the ballpark with a winning team, the Mets will try to lure you with home runs. They're bringing in the outfield walls at Citi Field to goose scoring, and here's a question we definitely never pondered: what do you do with the old outfield wall? If you're a billion dollars in debt, you sell them to fans. More »
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The folks at The Golden Sombrero alerted us to this wonderful piece of baseball history: a 1980 High Times interview with pitcher Bill "Spaceman" Lee in which Lee holds forth on drugs, Bowie Kuhn, race, reincarnation, drugs, drug use, drug abuse, which drugs Expos fans threw to him in tribute, eating out Linda Ronstadt, drugs, steroids, and Bambi. We've reprinted Ken Kelly's entire interview below, with High Times's permission. For a follow-up, check out the magazine's interview with Lee in 2007. More »
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Your roundup of all the hottest hot-stove items of the day (and whatever shit Ken Rosenthal is throwing against the wall). This is ... HOT FUCKING STOVE!!! More »
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Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish officially signed to a six-year, $60 million deal with the Texas Rangers on Wednesday. Darvish, perhaps the most highly-touted player to ever come out of Japan, will be counted on to help shore up the Rangers' pitching staff following the loss of their former No. 1 starter C.J. Wilson, who signed with the Angels in December. More »
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He is Roberto Hernandez Heredia. That is all. More »
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Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci came out with his annual "Year After Effect" column yesterday, based on his hypothesis that that young pitchers tend to break down the season after an increased workload. Specifically, a pitcher 25 and under is supposed to be at risk if he pitched at least 30 more innings than his previous career high. More »
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Here is a story about Clayton Kershaw. He is a good pitcher, and he likes Jesus, but beyond that he doesn't have much in common with Tim Tebow. In fact, he's nothing like Tim Tebow. They play different sports and haven't met. Still: Tebow in the headline! Tebow everywhere. What do you have to say about Tebow, Clayton? That's fascinating. Here are some more questions about Tebow. Please answer them for us. OhbythewayhowaboutheDodgersthisyear? Never mind: what do you think of Tebow? More »
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Adam Rubin, late of the New York Daily News and now of ESPN New York, is one of those guys who've been on the Mets beat as long as we can remember. (He remained on it despite a memorably bizarre incident in 2009 where Omar Minaya accused Rubin of writing bad things about the Mets because he wanted a job with the team.) But last night, as tends to happen occasionally with those of us who've been tied to the Mets for a while, he snapped, on Twitter. The catalyst was Sandy Alderson's comment on first baseman Ike Davis's injury last season: More »
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Above is an infographic from Craig Robinson's indispensable Flip Flop Fly Ball, showing the lonely position of Turner, Mont. Turner is nearly equidistant from Seattle and Denver, but at 647 miles from Safeco Field, Robinson awards it the title of American Town Farthest From A Major League Team. More »
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Blogging anti-blogger Murray Chass has written one of his patented half-lucid anti-blog blog posts about the Hall of Fame. Near the end of the post, he dodders over to the subject of his own voting habits. This one's a treat: More »
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Yes! Yes, you should be scared of the Yankees in 2012. Terrified, probably. Because a pair of big moves made their biggest problem—35-year-old A.J. Burnett, who is owed $33 million over the next two years—essentially disappear. No more hanging knucklecurves in big games, no more walks, no more hits, no more 5.15 ERA. A frictionless world. More »
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