Japan Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK (Kyodo) The Kansas City Royals said Friday the team will not exercise the option on right-hander Yasuhiko Yabuta for next season. Yabuta will become a free agent if his renegotiation with the Royals for a new major league contract fails before Nov. 16. He hopes to play back in Japan as well, according to baseball sources.
knuckleheadnyc (Free subscription) | yesterday
... as a kid in Batavia, IL I had followed the Cubs. Wrigley Field was the first place I ever saw a Major League game on great afternoon field trip with a bunch of kids on a yellow school bus. Ernie Banks, Ron Santo and the great broadcaster Jack Brickhouse kept me dialed into the Cubs. I followed the Cubs coverage in the Chicago Tribune, saved the Trib that celebrated Erinie's...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The press release: BLUE JAYS ADJUST 40-MAN ROSTER The TORONTO BLUE JAYS have outrighted C KYLE PHILLIPS, LHP DAVIS ROMERO and LHP BILL MURPHY from the 40-man roster to Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League (AAA). This now brings the number of players on the roster to 38. PHILLIPS , 25, appeared in five games for the Blue Jays this past season, batting .278 with three doubles and two RBI....
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jordan Bastian from bluejays.com reports the Jays have outrighted catcher Kyle Phillips and lefties Davis Romero and Bill Murphy to Las Vegas to make room on the 40-man roster. UPDATE Nov 6-9:52 pm : Shortstops Marco Scutaro and John McDonald have filed for free agency according to bluejays.com . Catcher Rod Barajas has yet to do so. Phillips catching in the bullpen before a September 26th game...
The FanHouse - Washington Wizards (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
by Jeff Fletcher Filed under: Phillies , Yankees , World Series NEW YORK - Pedro Martinez and Andy Pettitte both used the same word to describe how they felt about getting the assignment to pitch Game 6 of the World Series: "Blessed." Martinez, understanding the similarities between the pitchers go beyond their statistical resumes, added another description: "Two old goats out...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
One African-American who grew up in Philadelpiha in the 1950s and 1960s went with his friends to see Phillies games — but not to see the Phillies.
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
... or as one local fan described it to me, "More people than I've ever seen at one of these games." "Why are there so many people here?" a nearby fan asked as he overheard our conversation, "That's why," the local gentlemen said, pointing to the triple-digit speed readings flashing on the scoreboard, "People still get excited about seeing someone throw over...
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
One of the few women who stand behind the plate unloads on the majors
