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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog: January 2010
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog. It is what it is . random musings about our national pastime. Saturday, January 23, 2010. New Mets outfielder Gary Matthews Jr. and Giants pitcher Barry Zito are the 21st Century poster boys for big deals gone bad. Something's not right about a fourth outfielder and a No. 4 starter making $11 million a year and $18 million a year, respectively. Monday, January 11, 2010. McGwire Chooses Damage Control. So damage control was in order. Obviously, it was a pivotal moment in h...
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog: December 2009
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog. It is what it is . random musings about our national pastime. Monday, December 28, 2009. Six million a year for .260, 25 HR, 75 RBI - and that's if he has a good year - is a waste. Travis Ishikawa could give you that for $500,000. The following list says it all (I may have missed one or two, but no matter, they're all basically the same player):. Saturday, December 26, 2009. All-Decade Team: Outfielders and Pitchers. He was finished after the 2007 season, but in a three-year ...
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog: June 2010
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog. It is what it is . random musings about our national pastime. Sunday, June 27, 2010. Jimmy Dugan famously professed, "There's no crying in baseball! But, like many institutions with time-honored traditions, baseball must make room for progress and pioneer crybabies such as Mark McGwire, Jim Joyce and Carlos Zambrano. Oh, how times have changed, Jimmy. Maybe Ken Griffey Jr. made the right call when he decided to retire. But walking away in the middle of the season? 1B – ...
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog: 5 Reasons Why Lincecum Gets His Money
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog. It is what it is . random musings about our national pastime. Saturday, February 6, 2010. 5 Reasons Why Lincecum Gets His Money. Here is why Giants ace Tim Lincecum should - and likely will - win his arbitration case (he's asking for $13 million, the Giants offered $8 million):. Two Cy Young Awards in his first two full seasons. What else needs to be said? He's the face of the organization. Kinda ties in with the previous point). The fact that Lincecum has to go to arbitratio...
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog: More Stealing Money
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog. It is what it is . random musings about our national pastime. Saturday, January 23, 2010. New Mets outfielder Gary Matthews Jr. and Giants pitcher Barry Zito are the 21st Century poster boys for big deals gone bad. Something's not right about a fourth outfielder and a No. 4 starter making $11 million a year and $18 million a year, respectively. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Check out my coffee shop blog. My All-Time 40-man Roster*.
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog: September 2009
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog. It is what it is . random musings about our national pastime. Saturday, September 26, 2009. I've got news for the Giants faithful: Any team willing to give up a "premier bat" is going to want something of equal value in return. Translation: A good, young, established arm. As far as who stays and who goes, the most practical direction in my mind is:. Dump Edgar Renteria and his $8 million salary; keep Juan Uribe as your everyday shortstop. Sunday, September 6, 2009. The truest...
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog: 'Sweet Lou' will be missed
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog. It is what it is . random musings about our national pastime. Monday, August 23, 2010. Sweet Lou' will be missed. One of the great characters in baseball has stepped away. Lou Piniella - a gamer, a throwback, a scrapper if there ever was one - will be missed. As passionate as "Sweet Lou" was, he also knew when to turn it off. During many a postgame interview, he appeared calm, subdued, even apologetic following an in-game outburst. He was one to leave it all on the fi...2B &#...
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog: August 2010
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog. It is what it is . random musings about our national pastime. Monday, August 23, 2010. Sweet Lou' will be missed. One of the great characters in baseball has stepped away. Lou Piniella - a gamer, a throwback, a scrapper if there ever was one - will be missed. As passionate as "Sweet Lou" was, he also knew when to turn it off. During many a postgame interview, he appeared calm, subdued, even apologetic following an in-game outburst. He was one to leave it all on the fi...2B &#...
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog: August 2009
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog. It is what it is . random musings about our national pastime. Thursday, August 27, 2009. Credit the Cardinals and Phillies - and to some extent the Yankees - for not setting the cruise control. As the regular season heads into the stretch run, these clubs not only retained a firm hold on their respective division leads, they also created some separation by winning key series after key series while the chasers faltered. Tip of the Cup. Saturday, August 22, 2009. Lately, my 4-y...
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog: February 2010
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CUP CHECKS: A Baseball Blog. It is what it is . random musings about our national pastime. Saturday, February 6, 2010. 5 Reasons Why Lincecum Gets His Money. Here is why Giants ace Tim Lincecum should - and likely will - win his arbitration case (he's asking for $13 million, the Giants offered $8 million):. Two Cy Young Awards in his first two full seasons. What else needs to be said? He's the face of the organization. Kinda ties in with the previous point). The fact that Lincecum has to go to arbitratio...
