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Hot Stove U.: Tim Kurkjian -- Why the Cincinnati Reds should sign Johnny Damon

Johnny Damon needs a job. The Reds need a left fielder who can spark the offense. Seems like a good fit.
Owner Jim Pohlad reiterates Minnesota Twins' desire to retain catcher Joe Mauer

Twins owner Jim Pohlad says he's staying out of contract negotiations with catcher Joe Mauer.
Seattle Mariners left-hander Cliff Lee has minor foot surgery

The Seattle Mariners say left-hander Cliff Lee is recovering from minor left foot surgery and will be limited when pitchers and catchers report to spring training this month.
New York Yankees sign Randy Winn, add Marcus Thames to fray

Marcus Thames agreed Monday to a minor league contract with the New York Yankees, who also finalized a $1.1 million, one-year deal with Randy Winn to give themselves more left field options.
Milwaukee Brewers building statue of Bud Selig outside Miller Park

The Brewers are erecting a statue of baseball commissioner Bud Selig outside Miller Park and will unveil it on Aug. 24.

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Brewers to unveil statue honoring Selig in August

The Milwaukee Brewers are erecting a statue of baseball commissioner and former owner Bud Selig outside Miller Park and will unveil it on Aug. 24.
Mariners' Lee has minor foot surgery in Arkansas

The Seattle Mariners say left-hander Cliff Lee is recovering from minor left foot surgery and will be limited when pitchers and catchers report to spring training this month.
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Twins owner reiterates team's desire to keep Mauer

Minnesota Twins owner Jim Pohlad says he's staying out of contract negotiations with catcher Joe Mauer.
Second baseman Schumaker agrees with Cardinals

Second baseman Skip Schumaker and the St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a $4.7 million, two-year contract, avoiding an arbitration hearing.

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Thames OKs 1-year deal with Yanks

Marcus Thames agreed Monday to a minor league contract with the New York Yankees, who also finalized a $1.1 million, one-year deal with Randy Winn to give themselves more left field options.
Mariners' Lee had foot surgery

The Seattle Mariners say left-hander Cliff Lee is recovering from minor left foot surgery and will be limited when pitchers and catchers report to spring training this month.
White Sox to unretire Aparicio's No. 11 for Vizquel

Omar Vizquel will wear the No. 11 of former White Sox shortstop and fellow Venezuelan Luis Aparicio this season.
Buzz: Latest from the MLB offseason
Mariners, Bedard agree to one-year deal

Free-agent left-hander Erik Bedard is coming back to the Seattle Mariners.

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Steve Phillips admits sex addiction, mistakes

Sporting News staff reports Former ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips told Matt Lauer of the "Today" show he first realized he had a sex addiction in August, before his...
What MLB teams have chance to end championship drought?

The Saints needed 43 seasons to win their first Super Bowl. In baseball, five clubs have endured longer droughts without celebrating a World Series championship. Another five have gone at least 30 yea...
Brewers will honor Bud Selig with statue

Sporting News staff reports The Brewers will honor baseball commissioner and former club owner Bud Selig with a statue at Miller Park's Home Plate Plaza, the Milwaukee Small Busines...
White Sox unretire Aparicio's number for Vizquel

Sporting News staff reports The White Sox have unretired Hall of Fame shortstop Luis Aparicio's No. 11 so that newly signed free agent Omar Vizquel can wear it, ESPN.com reports. &qu...
Coach says Dodgers need to keep a close eye on Ramirez

Sporting News staff reports Dodgers third base coach Larry Bowa told Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe that Manny Ramirez will bear close scrutiny this year because of the way he wore...

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Fantasy tiers: Power, depth at third base

Fantasy tiers: Power, depth at third base...
Pohlad: We want Mauer as part of Twins

Pohlad: We want Mauer as part of Twins...
Trade bait: Plenty of talent could be on move

Trade bait: Plenty of talent could be on move...
Nothing distracts Kemp from leading LA

Nothing distracts Kemp from leading LA...
Mays' life and legend transcend statistics

Mays' life and legend transcend statistics...

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Baseball Roundup: Aparicio Lets White Sox Unretire His No. 11 So Vizquel Can Wear It in Tribute

For Omar Vizquel, the opportunity to be linked on his new team with the Venezuelan Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio was the most alluring.
Chicago News Cooperative | Sports: With Daughter’s Struggle, a New Role for Dempster
Pinstriped Emissaries Seek Fans in China

The Yankees took the World Series trophy to Beijing as part of baseball’s effort to develop fans in China.
McGwire Is Testing a Loyal Baseball Town

In St. Louis, fans are trying to reconcile their feelings about Mark McGwire, who recently admitted using steroids, and his return to the Cardinals.
Reliever Putz Faults Mets’ Handling of His Elbow Injury

J. J. Putz, now with the Chicago White Sox, said that he “never really had a physical with the Mets last season,” when he pitched poorly in 29 games and had surgery.

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M's Lee out about three weeks after foot surgery

Cliff Lee 's first spring training with the Seattle Mariners is off to a slow start already.
Schumaker, Cards agree to terms

Second baseman Skip Schumaker and the St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a $4.7 million, two-year contract, avoiding an arbitration hearing.
Thames, Winn seal deals with Yankees

Randy Winn will earn $1.1 million US in New York this season. Marcus Thames has agreed to a minor-league contract with the New York Yankees, who also finalized a one-year, $1.1-million US deal with Ra...
Bronze Bud: Milwaukee Brewers erecting a statue of Selig outside Miller Park

The Brewers are erecting a statue of baseball commissioner Bud Selig outside Miller Park and will unveil it on Aug.
Jose Tabata Might Be Fastest Aging Prospect In Baseball

Interesting piece out of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review this morning from Rob Biertempfel on purported "rumblings" that 21-year old Jose Tabata might actually be in his mid-20s.A Tabata, who was acquir...

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FanHouse: A-Rod's 500th auctioned for $103,579
'08 Cy Young Lee has minor surgery on left foot

SEATTLE (AP) -- The Seattle Mariners say left-hander Cliff Lee is recovering from minor left foot surgery and will be limited when pitchers and catchers report to spring training this month.
Schumaker strikes 2-year, $4.7M pact with Cards

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Second baseman Skip Schumaker and the St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a $4.7 million, two-year contract, avoiding an arbitration hearing.
White Sox unretire Aparicio's No. 11 for Vizquel

CHICAGO (AP) -- Omar Vizquel will wear the No. 11 of former White Sox shortstop and fellow Venezuelan Luis Aparicio this season.

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Pohlad reiterates desire to keep Mauer (AP)

The Minnesota Twins have been spending their way out of that small-budget image, mirroring the imminent increase in revenue from their new ballpark with a big spike in player salary commitments. Lead...
Mariners LHP Lee has minor foot surgery (AP)

Cliff Lee's first spring training with the Seattle Mariners is off to a slow start already. Lee is recovering from minor foot surgery and will be limited when pitchers and catchers report to Seatt...
Vizquel to wear Aparicio's No. 11 (AP)

The Chicago White Sox are taking Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio's number 11 out of retirement for newly acquired 11-time Gold Glove winner Omar Vizquel. A Venezuelan like Aparicio, Vizquel will wear...
Brewers to erect statue of Selig (AP)

The Brewers are erecting a statue of baseball commissioner Bud Selig outside Miller Park and will unveil it on Aug. 24. Selig headed a group that bought the Seattle Pilots in bankruptcy court in 1970,...
Cards, 2B Schumaker agree on 2-year deal (AP)

Second baseman Skip Schumaker and the St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a $4.7 million, two-year contract, avoiding an arbitration hearing. Schumaker will earn $2 million this season and $2.7 million...

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Worries beyond baseball

HBT: Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster is doing everything he can to help his 10-month old daughter who is suffering from a serious ailment.
Steve Phillips rues ‘damage’ to family

Steve Phillips, who last fall lost his job as a baseball analyst after admitting to an affair with a production assistant 24 years his junior, spoke candidly about his treatment for sex addiction and...
Video: Ex-ESPN analyst: Broken people go to rehab

In an exclusive interview with TODAY's Matt Lauer, former ESPN analyst Steve Phillips, who went into sex-addiction rehab after a workplace affair, discusses the treatment he received at the same facil...
HBT: Feeling bad for sex addict Steve Phillips
HBT: Cliff Lee has surgery on foot

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Team Health Reports: Washington Nationals by Will Carroll

Everyone wants to know whether or not phenom Stephen Strasburg will be able to avoid arm injuries.
Future Shock: Dodgers Top 11 Prospects by Kevin Goldstein

A system that has graduated a ton of talent to the big leagues already has more on the way.
Introducing SIERA: Part 1 by Matt Swartz and Eric Seidman

Unveiling a new statistic that provides a clearer picture of pitcher performance.
Transaction Analysis Blog: North by Leftwest by Christina Kahrl

The Mariners add the third man, the Jays add depth, and the Dodgers extend an invitation.
Baseball Therapy: Why Not Two Pitchers? by Russell A. Carleton

Alternating left-handed and right-handed relievers by temporarily shifting them to the outfield is an old strategy to reconsider.

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The Hardball Times: Even the duds have studs

A look at the best players on the worst teams of the past 10 yearsRead more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times.
THT Live: How do you spot a lefty masher?

I was extremely excited to find that our saber-partner, Fangraphs, is now hosting splits data on their site. Lefty/righty splits are something that fascinate me. Ever since I was a little kid, I was a...
THT Live: Jose Tabata in his mid-twenties?

Since Neal Huntington became general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates in September of 2007, the organization has undergone wholesale changes in player evaluation and resource allocation. Gone are the...
The Hardball Times: Ranking MLB stadiums (that I’ve been to)

Confessions of an upper deck denizen.Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times.
THT Live: Stanton packs the power

Few prospects posses the enormous raw power that Mike Stanton has. The Florida Marlins outfielder has hit a grand total of 67 home runs in his first two full minor league seasons before the age of 20.

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New RSS Feed

If you read Baseball Musings via RSS, with the move to WordPress there is a new feed. Please change your readers to http://feeds2.feedburner.com/Baseballmusingscom....
New Look Coming

We're in the process of porting the blog from Movable Type to WordPress. My goal is to have the new look in place later today. My apologies for the lack of updates today....
Team Offense, Arizona Diamondbacks

Chris YoungPhoto: Icon SMI The series on team offense continues with the Arizona Diamondbacks. I plug the probable lineup from CBSSportsLine into the Lineup Analysis Tool, and fill in the numbers with...
Lastings Impression

Chico Harlan presents Lastings Milledge in his own words. Milledge is talking about the Mets here: You know, there's always a thing where, Oh, rookies have to be here 2-1/2 or three hours before stret...
Pledge Drive Update

The Baseball Musings Pledge Drive is up to $2295 through the first two weeks of donations. With 16 days to go, continuing that pace would make this the best pledge drive in the history of Baseball Mus...

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Why you sign Josh Beckett, today.

The ‘comps’ are flying, everyone is writing about Josh and his worth to the team, his potential value this winter, his health, all the things you hear when someone enters a walk year on a...
It’s only going to get worse…

In light of the accusations and barbs being thrown back and forth, here’s yet another piece about those trustworthy souls behind the trillions of dollars spent, being spent, and wanting to be sp...
Think about it..

You lemmings that scream as loud as you can, just because. Think about this. If the evidence IS so overwhelming and the science is irrefutable, why would there EVER be a reason to fabricate ANY data?
This just gets better and better

We’re close to finding out that the authoritative works used as source material for the The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was something someone got from a box of Honeycomb. Th...
For parents of Autistic children, and kids with Aspergers

Shonda’s book is now available for pre-order. Obviously I am incredibly proud of her desire to share her story and attempt to help people dealing with this difficult affliction. Grant has a hear...

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A look at the new sky blue jersey (Marc Topkin/St. Petersburg Times)

Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times: A look at the new sky blue jersey — UPDATE, 3:54: And now it appears mlb.com has taken the jerseys down. — DEVELOPING: The Rays...
3UP: Jeter, Beltran and Damon (Joel Sherman/NY Post: Hardball)

Joel Sherman / NY Post: Hardball: 3UP: Jeter, Beltran and Damon — The Super Bowl is out of the way, so there is nothing but clear field between here and pitchers and catchers - unles...
Yanks sign Thames, make Winn official (Alden Gonzalez/MLB.com)

Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com: Yanks sign Thames, make Winn official — Left fielders expected to be compete with Gardner for time — On the day the Yankees finalized a on...
Send Mark to spring training (Mark Zuckerman/NATS INSIDER)

Mark Zuckerman / NATS INSIDER: Send Mark to spring training — When I launched this site one week ago, I honestly had no idea what to expect. I knew I wanted to provide another...
Why you sign Josh Beckett, today. (Curt Schilling/38 Pitches)

Curt Schilling / 38 Pitches: Why you sign Josh Beckett, today. — The ‘comps’ are flying, everyone is writing about Josh and his worth to the team, his potential value thi...

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MLB: Mays’ life and legend transcend statistics
freep: Johnny Damon likes Yzerman, Tigers
Kansas City Kansan: Sloan: It’s time to trade Greinke, Soria
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AP: Foot surgery to limit Cliff Lee

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The Pitching DiamondView is here.

The cost of all great combined statistics is both understanding and context. Gross Domestic Product, for example, offers a combined look of various economic measures of consumption, investment, and sp...
BtB's "Ball On A Budget" Fantasy League - Discuss Participants, Payrolls and Position Eligibility

It would be nice to get the WAR draft started as soon as possible, but we do not have enough people signed up to do all the team payrolls, yet alone sending them to me finished (thanks Zach). I...
On February 3, 2010, Deep Focus, Inc. withdrew its application to trademark the term "sabermetrics"...

On February 3, 2010, Deep Focus, Inc. withdrew its application to trademark the term "sabermetrics" for social media consulting services. Sabermetrics was coined by statistician Bill James, who first...
Ramblings on WAR

Ramblings on WAR The first part of a sorta series on WAR for Viva El Birdos. Really, I'm just going into the theoretical and not really getting too technical with the exact calculations.
Another F-Lop Post

More photos » Rick Scuteri - AP Browse more photos » On Wednesday, I wrote about how Felipe Lopez wasn't getti...

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