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Blogger Smackdown: Joel Luckhaupt Of Red Reporter
A few weeks ago I might've been carrying on in this space about how the Mets need to beat up on second-division teams like the Reds if they are to stand any chance of winning their division. Now, the ...
Red Reposter - 5/5/09
The big news from last night's marathon game is that Alex Gonzalez is likely headed to the DL. Strained obliques are strange injuries, and it could be 2 weeks or 2 months before he's ready to ...
All Your Base Are Clogged With Cubs: Cubs 7, Reds 2
One of the things that used to drive us most crazy about Dusty Baker's tenure as Cubs manager was his attitude toward the "innocent" (as he once put it during an ESPN broadcast he was commenting on) b...
Wednesday's Frosty Mug
Some things to read while acknowledging that the world would be better off without some people. Another sigh of relief is in order this morning, as X-rays on Ryan Braun's thumb came back negative. Br...
Know Your Enemy: Cincinnati Reds
Every year, the so-called experts anoint a team as the sexy "surprise" pick to contend, or make the playoffs. Now, ask yourself this, from a March 2009 standpoint: do you even remember who that "se...
We Have A Graphs Contest Winner
Congratulations to VictorW, who created the winning entry for our graphs contest. He'll receive a copy of The Hardball Times 2009 Annual, chocked full of forty articles from excellent authors (i...
Defying the True Outcomes: The Pressurizers!
Yes, it is tempting to write a timely story about A-Rod for some reason, even if just to point out that the whole steroid thing between the "mainstream media" and the "blogosphere" has quickly taken o...
The Cub Can Of Worms: Dusty Baker
This one could open some old wounds, so I'll be fairly brief. Most of you know I defended Dusty Baker far beyond the point at which it was reasonable to do so. I was wrong. Period. In reality, Baker s...
The Cub Can Of Worms: Neifi Perez
This one ought to give you enough to talk about as we wait for the Winter Meetings to get underway next week. Neifi Perez was signed by the Cubs on August 19, 2004, two days after he was released b...
One At A Time: Cubs 10, Diamondbacks 6
If you have been reading the "Cubs 2008 Walk Watch" box on the right sidebar since I posted it on May 18 after the Cubs had drawn seven walks and scored all four of their runs in a 4-3 victory via hit...
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