Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
... Pedro Martinez and Carlos Beltran. When they needed a solid catcher and 1B after Piazza left and Doug Mientkiewicz couldn’t hack it with the bat, he traded for Paul LoDuca and Carlos Delgado. When one of his relievers, Duaner Sanchez, got injured, he traded for Roberto Hernandez (and got Oliver Perez as a throw in, pretty much a hero in the 2006 postseason if not a goat now). When...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
LOS ANGELES (15) — Brad Ausmus, c; Ronnie Belliard, 2b; Juan Castro, ss; Jon Garland, rhp; Orlando Hudson, 2b; Mark Loretta, 3b; Doug Mientkiewicz, 1b; Guillermo Mota, rhp; Eric Milton, lhp; Will Ohman, lhp; Vicente Padilla, rhp; Jason Schmidt, rhp; Jim Thome, 1b; Jeff Weaver, rhp; Randy Wolf, lhp.
THE PURSUIT OF 80's(ness) (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
... #33 Pedro Martinez 2004 Topps Bazooka #154 Johnny Damon 2005 Leaf #30 Curt Schilling 2005 Leaf #32 Doug Mientkiewicz 2005 Leaf #34 Johnny Damon 2005 Leaf #35 Manny Ramirez 2005 Leaf #36 Pedro Martinez 2005 Leaf #37 Trot Nixon 2005 Leaf #64 Victor Martinez 2009 Upper Deck X #10 Jonathan Papelbon 2009 Upper Deck X #11 Jacoby Ellsbury 2009 Upper Deck X #13 David Ortiz 2009 Upper Deck...
SoCal Sports Hub (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... on the interstate-5, the Dodgers, received news that infielders Ron Belliard, Orlando Hudson and Doug Mientkiewicz and pitchers Jon Garland, Randy Wolf and Eric Milton, had all filed for free agency. According to the Los Angeles Times, today was the first day of a 15-day window in which players can file for free agency. They are unable to negotiate with other teams until the window...
Beyond the Boxscore (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... 0.0 -12.5 0.313 0.225 Tony Clark 38 -0.1 10.0 0.313 0.242 Ross Gload 34 $2.6M -0.1 4.6 0.316 0.139 Doug Mientkiewicz 36 -0.1 -47.6 0.358 0.056 Nomar Garciaparra 36 -0.3 -30.6 0.309 0.106 Rich Aurilia 38 -0.5 25.8 0.236 0.066 Chad Tracy 30 -0.6 2.5 0.296 0.152 Kevin Millar 38 -0.6 -10.4 0.302 0.139 Wilson Betemit 28 -0.7 -17.2 0.267 0.111 Daryle Ward 35 N/A N/A N/A N/A Dmitri Young...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... also filed, including Mariners DH Mike Sweeney, Twins reliever Ron Mahay and Dodgers first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz.To reach Bob Dutton, send e-mail to . Follow his updates at twitter.com/Royals_Report.
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
... i have no idea how a player can improve this, short of having a vacuum-cleaner at first base, like Doug Mientkiewicz was, who can give confidence to wright and other infielders, who will know, no matter what they sling over, the first baseman will pick it up… Daniel Murphy looked good at first, but mostly in terms of fielding… i don’t recall him being anything sensational when receiving...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
... ** Others: Jim Thome , Brad Ausmus , Jason Schmidt , Mark Loretta , Juan Castro , Eric Milton , Doug Mientkiewicz , Jeff Weaver *Eddie Bajek of Detroit Tigers Thoughts has done a great job of figuring out the Elias Rankings, and has posted them at MLB Trade Rumors . In order to receive compensation for Type A or Type B free agents, the club must offer them arbitration. Type A free...
SI.com (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
PHILADELPHIA -- Wherever Joe Torre went when his team arrived at Citizen's Bank Park on Saturday, he saw it. When he went to the weight room, it was on the treadmill. When he went to his office, it was cued up on the television on his desk. If Torre had successfully blocked out his Yankees' 2004 American League Championship Series collapse to the Red Sox, Dodgers first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz,...
SI.com (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
PHILADELPHIA -- Wherever Joe Torre went when his team arrived at Citizen's Bank Park on Saturday, he saw it. When he went to the weight room, it was on the treadmill. When he went to his office, it was cued up on the television on his desk. If Torre had successfully blocked out his Yankees' 2004 American League Championship Series collapse to the Red Sox, Dodgers first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz,...
SI.com (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
PHILADELPHIA -- Wherever Joe Torre went when his team arrived at Citizen's Bank Park on Saturday, he saw it. When he went to the weight room, it was on the treadmill. When he went to his office, it was cued up on the television on his desk. If Torre had successfully blocked out his Yankees' 2004 American League Championship Series collapse to the Red Sox, Dodgers first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz,...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
PHILADELPHIA | When Doug Mientkiewicz and Manny Ramirez were with the Boston Red Sox during their historic comeback from a 3-0 deficit against the New York Yankees during the 2004 American League Championship Series, they decided early on that looseness was going to be a sustaining glue to any comeback. Sometimes that comes out in strange ways. "We made a pact where it was like,...
