 Ryan Howard submitted a figure of $18mil for his arbitration number. The Phillies submitted $14mil, which is still $4mil more than Howard’s record $10mil he won in arbitration last year. The question, though, is whether or not Howard is worth the $18mil he is asking for. More after the jump.
The first thing that comes to mind when this topic is explored is where does Howard stack...
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Gone is John Smoltz. No Tim Hudson until August at the earliest. New are Derek Lowe, Javier Vazquez, and Kenshin Kawakami. Add in Jair Jurrjens and four of the five rotation slots are set, maybe not sorted, bet definitely set. So where does that leave Tom Glavine? Hit the jump for more.
Glavine is coming off of the first injury of his career, at 42 years young.&n...
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It is getting to be that time of year again, when fantasy baseball should be a focus for anyone who actually wants to have a shot at winning their league. Last season, I tried to keep you posted on prospects that would have an impact on the 2008 season. This year, I will try to do the same, but I’m going to lean heavily on some other sites to bring even more information to the table.&n...
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 The entire football watching world felt a considerable amount of pity for Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin after absorbing the horrific hit from the New York Jets secondary. However, this pity was all wiped away after his sideline tirade during the NFC Championship game after he was pulled on the final drive. He became just another younger version of TO in a matter of minutes in the p...
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Sunday's conference championship games were nothing short of pure entertainment.
Both games were exactly what, we as fans, hoped it would be. The firstgame was the Philly V. Arizona game, in which 37 year-old Kurt Warnerplayed for a potential 3 trip to a Super Bowl. Isn't this the guy, whofor the past 5 years or so, has been shipped to teams as the scrappyold-veteran backup put in place to devel...
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Now that it is official, and the dust has somewhat settled, it is time to look at what went down with John Smoltz. Hit the jump for more.
When it was first reported that John Smoltz’ agent was shopping his client, back during the Winter Meetings in Vegas, it took a lot of Braves fans by surprise. The last that I had heard, at that point, was that Smoltz was not on the market until he w...
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At the end of the 2008 baseball season, the Atlanta Braves ran Jair Jurrjens, Mike Hampton, JoJo Reyes, Jorge Campillo and James Parr. Fast forward a few months and suddenly the Bravos have a rotation of Derek Lowe, Kenshin Kawakami, Javier Vazquez, Jair Jurrjens and Jorge Campillo. No Jake Peavy, as was once highly speculated. No AJ Burnett, who GM Frank Wren went hard for. ...
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 It has been speculated for a few weeks now and today it's official -Scott Pioli, previous VP of player personnel in New England, is nowrunning the show in Kansas City.
After a hush-hush meeting last week with Denny Thum and Chief'schairman Clark Hunt, Pioli has agreed to terms to be the leader of theorganization. The terms of the agreement have not been made public asof yet.
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 For most of us football is over, whether it be for college fans or NFLfans your season is probably already over. And if you were a Chiefs fanthen your season was over in training camp.
So, if you are a fan of an NFL team that will be drafting in the top 10then you most likely will have something to look forward to come April.However, if your a fan of a team that had a decent 2008 season but justn...
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It is being reported that John Smoltz is going to sign with the Boston Red Sox, and that he will be calling the Atlanta Braves this morning to let them know about his decision. Since my time is limited, I’ll just throw up a few links and come back with my thoughts later, after the dust settles.
For a candid debate on anything Atlanta Braves related, go toTalkingChop.com.
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