MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
... to happen later in the offseason, and at very little cost. Hoynes wouldn't be surprised if GM Mark Shapiro targeted one or two inexpensive, low-risk starting pitchers. Hoynes doesn't offer any specific names, though one reader suggests Noah Lowry. Check out MLBTR's free agent...
About Theme Parks (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
There's a (very) little bit more news coming from Six Flags Magic Mountain about its new coaster. According to Brady MacDonald at the Los Angeles Times , the 2010 ride will be a family coaster. And, apparently that's all the California park is saying for now. A few months back, Six Flags CEO, Mark Shapiro, let slip that Magic Mountain would be getting its 17th coaster in 2010. With the...
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
On July 27, 2002, Omar Minaya, then General Manager of the Montreal Expos, traded Lee Steven, Brandon Phillips , Grady Sizemore , and Cliff Lee to Mark Shapiro's Indians for Bartolo Colon and Tim Drew . In 2002, Major League Baseball owned the Expos. The offseason before, the Expos had narrowly avoided contraction, because the Twins , the other team in line for contraction, had another...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Sam Page / Amazin' Avenue : Why Omar Minaya Failed And What It Means For The Future — On July 27, 2002, Omar Minaya, then General Manager of the Montreal Expos, traded Lee Steven, Brandon Phillips, Grady Sizemore, and Cliff Lee to Mark Shapiro's Indians for Bartolo Colon and Tim Drew. — In 2002, Major League Baseball owned the Expos.
