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Jun 20, 2008

Best-Ever 40 Year Old Hitters

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Baseball is a short career. Most players, even great ones, are washed up by their mid-thirties. But not these hitters; they all had great seasons after age 40. more...

Jun 18, 2008

Best-Ever 40 Year Old Pitchers

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Conventional wisdom says that baseball is a young man's game. But these five pitchers all proved that a major leaguer could still be productive after the age of forty. more...

Jun 12, 2008

Important Facts About Sandy Koufax

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Sandy Koufax may have been the best left-handed pitcher of all time. Here are ten essential things that every baseball fan needs to know about the man. more...

Jun 6, 2008

Ken Griffey Nears 600 Home Runs

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Ken Griffey Jr. is just one home run away from hitting 600 in his career. The scary thing is that if he had stayed healthy, he would probably have a lot more. more...

Jun 5, 2008

MLB's Biggest Surprises of 2008

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Just two months into the 2008 baseball season, these players and teams have been the game's biggest surprises. more...

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Jul 2, 2008

The Tampa Bay Rays

For the past decade, South Florida hasn't exactly beena hotbed for MLB action. But this year, the Rays are for real.


I didn't buy into Tampa Bay when they changed their name from the Devil Rays to the Rays this offseasons. I didn't buy into them when they went 18-8 in the preseason. I still thought they were phonies at the 1/4 mark of the seasons, even though they were just a few games out of first place. But now it's midseason, and Tampa Bay is leading the best division in baseball by two and a half games. Four in the always-crucial loss column. Okay, I'm buying. This team is for real.

Crawford, Longoria, Iawamura, Upton. These guys are for real. Kazmir, Shields, Wheeler, Sonnenstine. These guys are for real. Troy Percival -- I still have my doubts. But with the Yankees re-building and the Red Sox dealing with injuries, I am finally starting to accept that the Tampa Bay Rays might be a legitimate playoff team.

See what happens when you spend a little bit of the Yankees money?

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