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Phil Hughes Locked In — MLB Fantasy Waiver Wire Pickups 2013

Ian Riley — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:19:51 +0000

Since our last installment there have been a string of huge injuries. Marlins slugger and only legitimate bat Giancarlo Stanton suffered a Grade 2 hamstring strain and is expected to miss at least a month of action. Sure he started out the season slow but he was showing signs of breaking through. In his last six games he hit .296 with three homers and eight RBIs.

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Major League Baseball Ticket Prices Are Going Up, But They're Still a Bargain

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:30:47 +0000

Take me out to the ballgame. Take your wallet out while you’re there, too.

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Phillies' Outfielder Ben Revere Made One of the Best Catches Ever on Monday

Joe Student — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:30:52 +0000

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Ben Revere won Monday, even though his team lost. There are a zillion Major League Baseball games every season, and almost every one of them features a great play of some kind

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Jackie Robinson Day To Be Celebrated By MLB Teams on Monday and Tuesday

Joe Student — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:30:24 +0000

Even if you're not heading to the movies on Monday or Tuesday, you'll be seeing "42" if you're a Major League Baseball fan. All players and on-field personnel will once again don the No. 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson Day

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Tim McCarver to Retire From Broadcasting After 2013 MLB Season

Joe Student — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:32:02 +0000

After 34 years of broadcasting baseball games, analyst Tim McCarver said Wednesday that he would not seek a new contract with Fox when his current deal ends after the 2013 season.

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MLB 'Actively Going After' Players Linked to Miami Clinic Named In PED Investigation

Joe Student — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:09:46 +0000

Major League Baseball is "actively going after" players who were named in a newspaper report on Miami-based clinic Biogenesis, including Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun. The warning came a day after Detroit Tigers minor league pitcher Cesar Carrillo was suspended 100 games for violating the minors' drug prevention and tre

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Mike Trout Has Contract Renewed By Angels For Slightly More Than MLB Minimum

Joe Student — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:19:51 +0000

Los Angeles Angels all-star outfielder Mike Trout had his contract renewed by the team for $510,000 per year on Saturday. That means the 2012 AL MVP runner-up will make just $20,000 above the major league minimum, which disappointed Trout and his agent, Cra

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Twins Pitcher Met His Future Wife on Twitter

Phil Richardson — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:00:17 +0000

Learning that you've been traded to another team is an inevitable event during the career of a Major League Baseball player. For most players it's just a part of life - a non-event you might say. Not so for former Phillies pitcher Vance Worley when he was traded on Dec. 6, 2012, to the Twins.

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MLB Has No Arbitration Hearings For the First Time Ever

Joe Student — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:08:25 +0000

All 133 arbitration-eligible Major League Baseball players settled on contracts with their respective teams this off-season. It's the first time since arbitration began in 1974 that no player who filed went to an arbitration hearing.

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