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The Cleveland Indians All-Decade Team
December 29, 2010 by Lewie Pollis
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Over the last couple days, I’ve assembled an All-Star team of the best Cleveland Indians players of the decade piece by piece. The results have now been compiled into a full 25-man roster.
The Cleveland Indians All-Decade Team: The Rotation
December 28, 2010 by Lewie Pollis
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Yesterday, I began constructing a roster of the Cleveland Indians’ best players of the decade with the starting lineup and the bench. Today, we move past the position players and tackle the pitching staff—starting, of course, with the starting rotation. We’ll look at the bullpen later this afternoon. Any player who appeared on the Tribe’s [...]
New York Yankees: Holiday Thoughts
December 25, 2010 by craig.williams
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With the holiday season in full force, things like family, friends and “togetherness” (psh) are getting in the way of the important things – fantasy sports, kickball and analyzing the New York Yankees. Here are some thoughts and updates I want to discuss before I get summoned to spend some more “family time”. CC Sabathia [...]
A Plan B for the New York Yankees
December 11, 2010 by craig.williams
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For the record, I’m in the camp of people who view Cliff Lee as Plan A, B, C, D, E and F. I think the New York Yankees should do whatever it takes to get Lee. If that means offering more money and/or more years than anybody else is willing to offer, so be it. [...]
New York Yankees Hire Pitching Coach
November 20, 2010 by craig.williams
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The long wait for the next New York Yankees pitching coach is over. The Yanks signed former Chicago Cubs’ pitching coach Larry Rothschild to a three year deal worth $2 million. Here is the entire article. I won’t spend a lot of time pretending to know what kind of impact Rothschild will have on the [...]
King Felix Beats Out CC Sabathia
November 19, 2010 by craig.williams
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November 18, 2010 could go down as one of the greatest days in Sabermetric history. It will be the day when a pitcher with 13 wins beat out pitchers with 21 and 19 wins for the Cy Young Award. As most of us know by now, Felix Hernandez (13 wins) took home the hardware while [...]
Cliff Lee: Setting the Record Straight
November 9, 2010 by craig.williams
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I have encountered a lot of noise (relative to what you would expect) against the Yankees signing Cliff Lee to a long-term deal this off-season. Let me say this once and for all: The Yankees need to sign Cliff Lee if they plan on contending for the World Series for the next 2-3 years. After [...]
Postpartum Success in (October)
November 2, 2010 by Lewie Pollis
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There was no playoff baseball at the Prog this year, but many familiar faces made impacts in the postseason.