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The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
More photos » by Al Behrman - AP Tommy Manzella and Michael Bourn would give the Astros one of the best defensive SS-CF combos in the NL Central Browse more photos » Straight from Eddy Wade's mouth : At this point, we’re prepared to commit to Tommy Manzella playing shortstop. The possibility remains that Tejada could return as a third baseman. Tommy Manzella grades anywhere...
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AstrosDaily.com's Astrowire (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
| November 07, 2009Yeah, the Astros could win with another $100 millionThe Yankees outspent the Astros by nearly $100 million in 2009. The Yankees won the World Series, the Astros finished fifth in the NL Central. Wouldn't it be nice if the Astros just once upped the budget to $200 million? It'll never happen, of course, but a $200 million payroll could certainly buy, er, guarantee Houston a...
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Right Field Bleachers (Free subscription) | yesterday
... who can help Gomez become even better in center. Plus, the team could continue to piss off the NL Central and untuck their shirts.) and they believe the trade was good overall . Cute Sports believe that Tweens and Teens will weep (she forgot sorority girls as well), but she seems most sad that there won’t be any “J.J. makes me Hardy” jokes. View from Bernie’s Chalet said they are excited...
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Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... as Nashville's manager. Rich Gale will join him in Nashville as the Sounds' new pitching coach. NL Central Richard Justice has thinks he knows how to run the Astros . Does six years at $96M sound about right for Matt Holliday ? Can't beat that playoff defense. The Cards released Brad Thompson . Albert Pujols is stepping up to help the family of (former Brewer) Mike Coolbaugh . Other Could...
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The Big Dead Sidebar (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... the Jake Fox/Sam Fuld/Tyler Colvin clusterfuck of an outfield'I didn't think so.Lilly beat the NL Central's three worst teams en route to having a 12-win season. Those three teams finished fourth, fifth and sixth in the NL Central. You wasted a month of the team's best starter on teams that finished with a combined winning percentage of .441.Oh, and real Cubs fans know "April" really...
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SportsAgentBlog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
... he had to compete in a very tough AL East while Holliday went from a mediocre AL West to a soft NL Central? It is true that Holliday did struggle quite a bit in the AL. He only hit 1 homerun in the first month of the 2009 season Boras’ response: “Holliday is the only young complete free agent player available.” I added the emphasis. Interesting sly tactic by Mr. Boras, who subtly noted that...
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ESPN (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
... hit .327 with a major league-leading 47 homers, 135 RBIs and 124 runs. His Cardinals won the NL Central, but were swept by the in the division series.Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
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SI.com (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
... hit .327 with a major league-leading 47 homers, 135 RBIs and 124 runs. His Cardinals won the NL Central, but were swept by the in the division series.Say what, Cole?After losing Game 3 on Saturday night, Philadelphia's said he was looking forward to the end of the season. That doesn't sound like a guy who would be ready to take the ball when it's his turn to pitch if the World Series goes...
