Archive for November, 2007
MLB.com is going to provide baseball fans with expansive video coverage of the annual MLB Winter Meetings from Nashville, Tennessee, via its offseason subscription package. The package is available at http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/subscriptions/index.jsp. The broadcasts will begin from Music City USA on December 3 at 11 o’clock with the live results announcement from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum 2008 Veterans Committee election.
November 30th, 2007
The New York Mets seek starting rotation help out West in the form of Joe Blanton or Danny Haren. Given the New York Mets tried to get Joe Blanton last season for a package of Aaron Heilman and Lastings Milledge, it seems quite logical. The price may turn out to be higher as each of them has logged more service time, but it still seems like a good fit. Danny Haren’s price may be higher than Joe Blanton’s, and the latter may require more than Heilman and Milledge
November 29th, 2007
Free agent Serafini was suspended for fifty games by MLB on Tuesday after the pitcher tested positive for a banned substance. Dan Serafini participated in three matches for the National League champion Rockies last year, spent the previous three and a half seasons pitching in Japan for the Chiba Lotte Marines and the Orix Buffaloes. He says it was there, where he was prescribed medicine that produced the positive tests.
November 28th, 2007
The details of A-Rod’s revenue-sharing bonuses in his new New York deal finally have been agreed upon and approved by the MLB. If A-Rod attains all 5 of the $6-million bonuses, his total offer will be worth $305 million. The draft contract was agreed upon a couple of weeks ago with a base of ten years and $275 million. The bonuses were the most difficult points to agree upon, as the New York Yankees don’t typically include incentives for awards such as MVP or Gold Glove, and the baseball league doesn’t typically allow statistics-based bonuses.
November 26th, 2007
Yesterday, Podsednik, the Chicago White Sox Outfielder was cut by the team. Scott Podsednik, 31 years old, never regained the form he showed two years ago, when the player batted .290 and stole fifty-nine bases. Podsednik hit 2 home runs during the playoffs, including a game-ending drive in game 2 of the WS against the Houston Astros. Scott Podsednik was slowed by injuries suffered and batted .243 last season.
November 21st, 2007
Friday will mark the annual day, we have been waiting for so long. The holiday shopping will begin in full force everywhere, when shoppers will be looking for the ideal gift for a true baseball. Consider the MLB.com Auction. MLB Properties and Advanced Media announced yesterday that an exclusive auction of game-used and autographed items from this postseason will start on Friday and will run until December 7, featuring over fifty extraordinary items
November 20th, 2007
A-Rod said that the talks concerning the contract with the Yankees are “in the bottom of the 5th inning.” Rodriguez did not go into detail but in a video interview with MLB.com, the player referred to negotiations that are leading toward a $275 million, ten-year deal with the New York Yankees. Alex also talked about how he approached the New York Yankees senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner to restart negotiations after Boras told the team Rodriguez was opting out of the final 3 seasons of his $252 million, ten-year deal
November 19th, 2007
In case Barry Bonds is going end he might never get booed again. The MLB, though, must carry on. Even if under a cloud that now seems to be darker than ever because of its home run king faces charges of obstruction of justice. There’s been a lot of cheating by probably hundreds of players over the last ten or fifteen years. It has become the biggest scandal in the history of the baseball league, and Barry Bonds is just one small piece of it.
November 16th, 2007
The MLB season never ends. Several weeks after the final pitch of the WS, MLB officials are in Naples for the league’s annual owners meetings. Bud Selig, who flew into town yesterday morning, is also here. He will brief the press after a session today with the owners. MLB owners meet every three months to discuss matters relative to the game. Among the major topics the owners will likely discuss on Friday is the pace of the game. Major League Baseball might tweak a couple of rules to make them move faster.
November 15th, 2007
The Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia and the Milwaukee Brewer infielder Ryan Braun were named MLB’s 2007 rookies of the year in their respective divisions yesterday. Dustin Pedroia, of the WS champion Red Sox, received 24 of the 28 1st-place votes in balloting that was conducted by 2 writers from each of the fourteen AL cities. The player also received 4 2nd-place votes and 132 total points. Ryan Braun, a 3B with the Milwaukee Brewers, captured the NL award from the Baseball Writers Association of America.
November 13th, 2007
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