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Who Are Ya: Jeff Francis

Source: Bluebird Banter

Esmil Rogers takes on Canadian left hander tonight as the Blue Jays go for their seventh straight win. In 10 starts this year Francis has a 5.87 ERA, 4,71 FIP, and a 3.79 xFIP with a near 20% HR/FB rate in Colorado really damaging his numbers. His care ...
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Watauga Standout Named 'Gatorade NC Baseball Player of the Year'

Source: WXII Greensboro

In its 28th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, today announced Ryder Jones of Watauga High School as its 2012-13 Gatorade North ...
Full article at: WXII Greensboro More like this 1 day ago, 3:51pm CDT

Wheeler meets with media, day before debut

Source: ESPN

Adam Rubin Zack Wheeler speaks to the media on Monday at Turner Field. ATLANTA -- Zack Wheeler spent Sunday night at his home 30 miles west of Turner Field, sharing recollections with his two brothers, family and thr ...
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Bob Costas Slams Mets’ Celebration; Players Respond On Twitter

Source: CBS New York

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Bob Costas threw a bucket of cold water on the Mets’ walk-off win on Father’s Day, calling the team’s celebration an “indication of the ongoing decline of western civilization.” The veteran broadcaste ...
Full article at: CBS New York More like this 2 days ago, 7:07am CDT

30th anniversary: Bob Welch does it all

Source: The Hardball Times

Posted by Chris Jaffe Thirty years ago today, Bob Welch had about as good a day as a pitcher could possibly have. He damn near won a game all by himself on the mound and at the plate. On June 17, 1983, Welch took the hill for the Dodgers in Los Angeles ...
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Bob Costas rips Mets for walk-off celebration: 'Another indication of the ongoing decline of Western Civilization'

Source: Newsday

Veteran broadcaster Bob Costas called out the Mets on NBC Sunday for celebrating their 4-3 walk-off win against the Cubs too much to his liking.During a U.S. Open golf update, Costas showed a clip of the Mets' comeback victory ...
Full article at: Newsday More like this 2 days ago, 9:16pm CDT

Bob Costas rips Mets' walk-off celebration

Source: Amazin' Avenue

"Kirk Nieuwenhuis, just up from Triple-A, takes Carlos Marmol deep. Nieuwenuis with a three-run, walk-off home run. The Mets with four in the bottom of the ninth to win it, 4-3, and a team fourteen games under .500 ...
Full article at: Amazin' Avenue More like this 2 days ago, 5:43pm CDT

Braves' Paul Snyder Inducted into the Professional Baseball Scouts Hall of Fame

Source: Our Sports Central

June 16, 2013 - South Atlantic League (SAL) Charleston RiverDogs CHARLESTON, SC - Saying that he had a "great run," longtime amateur scouting director for the Atlanta Braves, Paul Snyder, was enshrined in the Professional ...
Full article at: Our Sports Central More like this 2 days ago, 3:44pm CDT

Mets Morning News: Well, I'm hot-blooded, check it and see, got a fever 'cause they lost 6 to 3

Source: Amazin Avenue

With Foreigner in the building to play a post-game concert, the Mets were left seeing Double Vision as they fell to the Cubs 6-3. Shaun Marcum has played Head Games with Mets fans all season, trading good and bad outings but he certainly wasn't a Juke ...
Full article at: Amazin Avenue More like this 4 days ago, 10:47am CDT

ENTER HOTSPUR, June 14 Game Thread

Source: Braves Journal

Note from Alex: on the strength of their poetical contributions, I asked hotspur and blazon to help us out on Thursdays and Friday’s. Here’s Hotspur’s first. Hi, everyone. My name is Tom Abernathy, a.k.a. Hotspur, and I’ve been ...
Full article at: Braves Journal More like this 5 days ago, 10:01am CDT