Jan 27th, 2012 by Christopher Smith
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Jan 27th, 2012 by Christopher Smith
Jim Bunning’s perfect game in 1964 was the first perfect game in the National League in 84 years. Bunning, a Hall of Famer, was pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies in’64. Then, what didn’t happen in the NL for 84 years, happened two years in a row as Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect game in 1965. [...]
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Jan 26th, 2012 by Christopher Smith
I found this photo while searching The Eagle-Tribune photo database earlier today. It is of Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez back in Low Single-A. Ramirez has had a pretty good major league career, hitting 315 homers, driving in 1,122 runs and batting .284 with a .342 on-base percentage.
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Jan 26th, 2012 by Christopher Smith
The Boston Red Sox have added outfielder Cody Ross to the 40-man roster and to do so, they designated right-handed pitcher Scott Atchison for assignment.
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Jan 26th, 2012 by Christopher Smith
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Jan 26th, 2012 by Christopher Smith
The Boston Red Sox and Lowell Spinners announced the extension of their Player Development Contract for an additional two years. The extension keeps the Red Sox New York-Penn League Short-Season Single-A affiliate in Lowell through the 2014 season. “We are very happy to extend our productive relationship with the Spinners through 2014,” Red Sox Director [...]
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Jan 26th, 2012 by Christopher Smith
Six different players have hit at least one home run in 40 different ballparks. Sammy Sosa hit at least one homer in 45 different parks during his 18-year career. Ken Griffey Jr. hit a home run in 44 different parks during his 22-season career. Fred McGriff homered in 43 different parks during his 19-season career. [...]
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Jan 26th, 2012 by Christopher Smith
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Jan 26th, 2012 by Christopher Smith
A few reports have said right-handed starter Roy Oswalt is not that interested in Boston and would prefer to pitch for either Texas or St. Louis. Oswalt, 34, went 9-12 with a 3.69 ERA in 23 starts for the Phillies last year. He is 159-93 with a 3.21 ERA in 11 seasons. The Red Sox also are [...]
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Jan 25th, 2012 by Christopher Smith
Greg Maddux is eighth on the all-time wins list with 355. That’s one more win than Roger Clemens. Doesn’t Maddux deserve to be the first ever first-ballot Hall of Famer with 100 percent of the vote? He won four straight National League Cy Young awards (1992-1995) and posted a 3.16 career area in 23 big [...]
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