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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
OPINIONBy Gerry Fraley11:10 p.m. ET Big-ticket free agents such as lefthander CC Sabathia and right-hander Derek Lowe can afford to be patient. History shows that even a slow-moving market such as this one eventually will move their way.For some other free agents, the wait is going to go on much longer. The 12-man All-In-For-A-Shock team earned a combined $141.2 million this season. They'll...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
OPINIONBy Gerry Fraley updated 9:20 p.m. ET Nov. 17, 2008San Diego general manager Kevin Towers has the worst job in baseball. He must preside over the second dismantling of the franchise in 15 years. Towers arrived about two years after former owner Tom Werner ordered a fire sale in 1993. Towers showed his considerable skills by turning around a bad situation in a hurry. The Padres reached...
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Double-Tongued Word Wrester Citatio (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
crooked number n. Manuel believes the home run “is your greatest hit in baseball.” It gives the Phillies big-innings capability. They began Game 5 with 14 multi-run innings—"crooked numbers” in the parlance—out of 112 innings in the postseason. —“Rays, Phillies make runs with speed, power” by Gerry Fraley USA Today Oct. 27, 2008. Categories: English , Baseball , Sports & Recreation ,...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
... 1996Lenny DykstraPhilliesOct. 20, 1993Chris SaboRedsOct. 19, 1990Source: The Associated PressBy Gerry Fraley, Special for USA TODAYPHILADELPHIA — Above all else, Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel knows what his players can and cannot do. will hit for power and lift the offense, Manuel said with conviction during his cleanup hitter's struggles early in the postseason.Howard...
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
Game 2 was more of the same for the Phils' offense. Given how bad they've been, Gerry Fraley can't believe the series is tied.
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 25/10/2008
By Gerry Fraley3:40 a.m. ET Now that lefthander David Price is out of the box, there might be no stopping the Rays. "An ace we've been holding in the back pocket," Maddon said. Tampa Bay selected Price out of Vanderbilt with the first overall pick in the 2007 draft. His long-term future is as a front-end starter; in the World Series, though, he gives the Rays the lefthanded power arm...
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
Yes, the Phillies won Game 1. But Gerry Fraley says there's reason to be concerned, and it centers on Ryan Howard.
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
The Rays are headed to the World Series, thanks to some clutch pitching and superb managing, Gerry Fraley says.
