Sports Weekly awards: Greinke, Scioscia deserving of hardware
USA Today (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The Baseball Writers' Association of America will announce its postseason awards beginning Nov. 16 with the rookies of the year ...
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Awards: Greinke, Scioscia deserving of hardware
USA Today (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The Baseball Writers' Association of America will announce its postseason awards beginning Nov. 16 with the rookies of the year for both leagues and culminating with the MVPs on Nov. 23 and 24. But why wait to hear about those when a panel of 12 USA TODAY reporters and editors can share its choices for the awards? As with the BBWAA awards, voting was conducted before the postseason. Let the debates...
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Royals Links: Is a Zack Greinke Cy Young Imminent?
Royals Review (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
More photos » by Charles Rex Arbogast - AP Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Zack Greinke smiles and looks at the scoreboard after getting Chicago White Sox's Jim Thome to swing at a pitch during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. Is Greinke about to become the 2009 Cy Young? (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) Browse more photos » Are...
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Friday's Brisket Carving Station.
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
More photos » by Darren Hauck - AP "UGGGGGGGLA!" (AP Photo/Darren Hauck) Browse more photos » Some things to read while checking the departures from Kansas City International Airport (Greinke's gotta be on one of those planes) ... I’m guessing this is how you, fair reader, reacted when you first clicked on BCB this morning: YOU (setting down your bowl of Cinnamon...
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Matt Cassel needs to throw MORE interceptions - by Jason Lisk
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Getting hurt isn't ALL that bad.This is the second reader entry on UFR. Jonathan Tucker did a nice story on Greinke vs Sabes a couple weeks ago. This time Jason Lisk presents a compelling argument that Cassel needs to increase his odds of being intercepted because the benefits of taking that risk outweigh the disadvantages. My only added thought on this is that QB’s rarely...
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Umpire Strikezone Analysis - The Basics and Batter Handedness
Beyond the Boxscore (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... I have looked at a few cases of suspect umpire calls ( Milton Bradley , Shane Victorino and Zack Greinke ) and in each case the umpires did nothing different than what they do every night. They call their own unique game and the hitters and pitchers that adapt first usually will have an advantage. Handedness The strike zone that umpires call isn't a perfect box as shown on MLB Gameday. When...
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Royals fans stay true blue in Big Apple
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
NEW YORK | Matt Hoffman has done everything he can for his son. The boy has a Zack Greinke jersey, Royals batting gloves, and even a little brother named Gordon. There is a ball in the house with five or six autographs from Royals players. But Kiefer is no dummy. He’s 6 years old, and really starting to understand the game. He knows when the infield should play in, when the runners...
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MLB: Top 60 Fantasy Starting Pitchers for 2010
Baseball By Paul (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... 4. Roy Halladay, TOR Blue Jays 5. Dan Haren, ARI Diamondbacks 6. CC Sabathia, NY Yankees 7. Zack Greinke, KC Royals 8. Josh Beckett, BOS Red Sox 9. Javier Vazquez, ATL Braves 10. Jake Peavy, CHI White Sox 11. Justin Verlander, DET Tigers 12. Cliff Lee, PHI Phillies 13. Adam Wainwright, STL Cardinals 14. Brandon Webb, ARI Diamondbacks 15. Josh Johnson, FLO Marlins SECOND TIER 16. Chris Carpenter,...
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For the Sake of the Light: New and Selected Poems. Tom Sexton
Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
... Moore-- Finalist/T.S.Eliot Prize " I have just read your wonderful interview of the wonderful Eric Greinke!" Steven Ford Brown (Former Director of Research for the George Plimpton Interview Series "The Writer in America"): " You did a great job with the Clayton Eshleman interview, especially the personal stuff. So much better than doing the dry talk about literary polemics." Celia Gilbert...