I’m not a Cardinals fan. At all. In fact, I despise the Cardinals. But with the rest of baseball fans around the country, I have been following the Albert Pujols contract situation closely. I’ve been trying to step back and look at this situation from all angles. No matter how I look at it, if I were a Cardinals fan,...
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Following is TheOutfieldIvy’s 2011 Power Rankings. Seven of our contributors voted using a 1 to 30 scale with 1 being the best and 30 being the worst. The totals were then added and are indicated by the number in parenthesis next to the team name. 1. Philadelphia Phillies (10) 2. Boston Red Sox...
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Let me admit upfront that I am in no way objective about Ozzie Smith. He was my childhood hero, was unfailingly kind the couple of times I met him and he hit a home run in 1985 that I will never, ever forget. I love Ozzie so much that I am almost willing to substitute milk for alcoholic beverages – like he and his teammates did...
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The Colorado Rockies have been the busiest team over the offseason, looking to lock up their stars with long term deals. The first, and probably most important, was the deal that keeps Troy Tulowitzki in Denver until 2020. In case you missed it, here’s the breakdown on Tulowitzki’s extension: 2011: $5.5 million 2012:...
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A few weeks ago, Aaron (one of our writers) was in town from San Francisco and a debate was birthed over who is the better player: Derek Jeter or Ichiro Suzuki. My initial thought was to take Ichiro; Aaron’s initial take was Jeter. To make the debate even more interesting as we started to look at the numbers, we realized...
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