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Article Archive for December 2006

Zito and the Giants?
December 28, 2006 – 8:12 pm | No Comment

So, my prediction skills are officially terrible!
MLB.com is reporting that Barry Zito has agreed to a monster deal with the Giants: seven years for $126 million.   I guess out of all the rivals he could …

Zito and the Mets
December 20, 2006 – 9:36 pm | No Comment

As an Oakland fan, the Barry Zito sweepstakes is almost a non-event.  Not long after we got tanked by the Tigers in the ALCS it was basically accepted that Zito had pitched in the green …

Vernon Wells = very wealthy
December 17, 2006 – 11:16 am | No Comment

It’s not just Matsuzaka who has been changing teams in the past week. Another major recent event is the contract extension Vernon Wells has all but signed with the Blue Jays for a reported …

Dice-K at Fenway
December 16, 2006 – 6:51 pm | No Comment

What else can I write about? The Daisuke Matsuzaka deal is the talk of baseball and rightfully so.
The main thing I learned this week was that I had been mispronouncing his first name all …

Pettitte back in Pinstripes
December 9, 2006 – 11:16 am | 2 Comments

The latest big move has seen Andy Pettitte return to his former team (pending a physical). How does this deal play out for all involved?
The Yankees
It’s good news if you’re a Yankees fan. …

Deals, deals and more deals
December 7, 2006 – 7:59 pm | No Comment

Deal or no deal may be all the rage over here, but in baseball right now it’s just deal, deal and more deals. Lots of moves have taken place over the last 24 hours …

The A’s make a move (or two?)
December 6, 2006 – 9:56 pm | No Comment

Well I posted a short while ago that more moves would happen over the next few days and the next thing I know, the A’s are signing a player (or two?).
Picking up Alan Embree is …

Winter meetings
December 6, 2006 – 7:39 pm | No Comment

With the Winter Meetings in full swing, it’s no surprise that we are starting to see a few big moves being announced. The Red Sox started the ball rolling by signing J.D. Drew and …