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The Phillies Files | Morning Call — I know. I know. It's only spring training. But baseball junkies love numbers, so here are a few: THE POSITIVES John Mayberry Jr. is 7-for-20 (.350) with a team-best 5 RBIs. Domonic Brown is 7-for-18 (.389). Placido Polanco is 7-for-18,...
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- Pirates at Red Sox, 1:05 p.m. Sox Blog | Providence Journal The weather has finally cleared up here in supposedly sunny Florida, and expected to be back in action today against the Pittsburgh Pirates following yesterday's rainout. For the first time this spring, all nine anticipated regular players are in the lineup, and the batting order may look very much like this to start the season. Yesterday's rained-out game with the St. Louis Cardinals was rescheduled for March 22. Today's real game will be followed by an intrasquad contest, to get work for the players who missed out on their at-bats or innings due to yesterday's rainout. LF Ellsbury 2B P...
- Lineups and links Nationals Journal | Washington Post Elijah Dukes has been batting seventh, or even eighth, some games this spring, and that is not coincidence. Spring training is a time to try things out, and Nationals Manager Jim Riggleman is considering batting Dukes lower in the batting order this season. Dukes typically hit sixth last season when the Nationals had their full complement, but the addition of Ivan Rodriguez and Adam Kennedy may push him down in the order. Riggleman floated the idea of a regular lineup that would look something like this: 1. Nyjer Morrgan, CF 2. Cristian Guzman, SS 3. Ryan Zimmerman, 3B 4. Adam Dunn, 1B 5. Josh...
- The Squeeze: White Sox 10, Angels 7 From the Dugout | Orange County Register The gist: The Angel pitchers got plenty of work, not really in a good way, Friday at Tempe Diablo Stadium, where the White Sox picked up a 10-7 win over the Angels. Top bat: Could be renamed top legs, as both Kendry Morales and Robb Quinlan scored runs after hitting triples. Top arm: Brian Fuentes sat down [...]The Squeeze: White Sox 10, Angels 7 is a post from: Angels blog
- Doyle tipped to improve with age Express & Star Mick McCarthy is confident Kevin Doyle will be a better player for Wolves next season.
- Trail Blazers: Early playoff exit for Blazers?; news, notes and links Behind The Blazers Beat | Oregonian Tough playoff opponents loom for Blazers
- Game 70: Canadiens vs. Bruins Habs Inside/Out | Montreal Gazette Canadiens' Mathieu Darche, Andrei Kostitsyn and Tomas Plekanec celebrate a goal last week. Christinne Muschi, ReutersPreview | Matchups | Saturday's NHL schedule | Boone's Game Blog and About last night ... | Stubbs on Twitter | Hickey's game storyThe Canadiens look to extend their winning streak to five games and extend their over the Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference playoff push on Saturday night.Montreal is tied for sixth place with the Philadelphia Flyers and two points ahead of the Bruins, who sit in eighth spot. Maxim Lapierre is slated to return after serving a four-game s...
- Rockies' Fowler, Seth Smith undervalued in fantasy ESPN ...season (despite missing time because of a knee injury), it's obvious that the immediate returns for fantasy players have come in the steals department. He went 20-for-28 on the basepaths at Double...
- Harris: Larry Johnson to make Portis look spry ESPN Christopher Harris looks at the fantasy implications of Larry Johnson's signing with the Washington Redskins.
- Big Board: Baseball Yahoo! Sports A thyroid condition hurts not only Jose Reyes' place on the latest Big Board, but teammate Jason Bay's, too.
- Backup closers: Finding save candidates Fox Sports Daniel Bard is Boston's future closer.
- Mound musings: Ranking top 100 relief pitchers Fox Sports Kansas City's Joakim Soria ranks No. 4 among the top 100 relief pitchers.
- Position Primer: Starting Pitcher Yahoo! Sports When it comes to drafting starting pitchers, owners should expect the unexpected.