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We are still all geared up for the official LABR results. Here is an update with the Sandlot Shrink checking in with their 2008 draft picks. Bob Radomski runs the NL team, and Larry the AL team. Some interesting picks include:

Elite pitcher status in Brandon Webb and Erick Bedard for $30
Jayson Nix […]

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Manny Ramirez has been one of the true sluggers in baseball over the past decade. Carlos Lee has played most of his career in the American League, but has been on the National League the past few years (except for a cup of coffee in Arlington when he was traded away by Brewers). Lee […]

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I want to believe the guy. I took his interview with Mike Wallace as a bunch of softball questions. Either NcNamee is lying, or Clemens is. The thing about the Clemens interview is that some things did seem odd. One, saying he knew nothing about what was to be released in the Mitchell report. If […]

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gyro ball :” With the impending MLB debut of Japanese superstar Daisuke Matsuzaka, now with the Boston Red Sox, there has been much written about a supposedly new pitch that he throws called the gyroball.”
The closer death pool: So far Lidge and Julio. who will be next?
Got ESPN fantasy? Seems as smooth as ESPN Mobile

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Its been years since the Devil Rays of Tampa botched the expansion draft and sent Bobby Abreu to the Phillies shortly after selecting him from the Houston Astros. Since that moment in time until now, the Rays have not done much on the field that has mattered. The Rays now have the the fridge stocked with […]

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The Devil Rays were fortunate enough to have the services of Julio Lugo the past several seasons. His tour with the Rays only happened because the Houston Astros were trigger happy in releasing Julio Lugo when charges were brought forth on spouse abuse. But, the charges never stuck and the Rays were the ones who […]

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The date was Januray 2004. It was Chuck LaMar announcing they signed Aubrey Huff to the first contract of its kind where they locked up a player who came up through their system to a three year deal worth $14.5 million over three years. Now fast forward three years and with baseball’s escalating pay scale, […]

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