Ballbug http://www.ballbug.com/ MLB Buzz Bot en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:40:27 -0500 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:40:27 -0500 A look at the new sky blue jersey (Marc Topkin/St. Petersburg Times) http://www.ballbug.com/100208/p20#a100208p20 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 were planning on waiting to unveil this new sky blue alternate jersey, but, as raysindex.com noted, since they are for sale on mlb.com (for just $219.99 generic …

]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:39:55 -0500 http://www.ballbug.com/100208/p20#a100208p20 3UP: Jeter, Beltran and Damon (Joel Sherman/NY Post: Hardball) http://www.ballbug.com/100208/p21#a100208p21 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 - unless the slam dunk contest is just too much for you to resist.  —  So I figured I would open this week with three questions on my post-Super Bowl mind:

]]> Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:40:00 -0500 http://www.ballbug.com/100208/p21#a100208p21 Yanks sign Thames, make Winn official (Alden Gonzalez/MLB.com) http://www.ballbug.com/100208/p22#a100208p22 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 one-year deal with a potential left fielder for the 2010 season, they reportedly reached agreement with a man who could give him even more competition.

]]> Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:20:05 -0500 http://www.ballbug.com/100208/p22#a100208p22 Send Mark to spring training (Mark Zuckerman/NATS INSIDER) http://www.ballbug.com/100208/p7#a100208p7 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 outlet for news and analysis of the Washington Nationals.  But with no method of advertising other than word-of-mouth, I didn't know how many people that content would reach.

]]> Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:25:03 -0500 http://www.ballbug.com/100208/p7#a100208p7 Why you sign Josh Beckett, today. (Curt Schilling/38 Pitches) http://www.ballbug.com/100208/p12#a100208p12 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 this winter, his health, all the things you hear when someone enters a walk year on a contract.  —  Here's why, barring some freakish medical issue …

]]> Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:10:00 -0500 http://www.ballbug.com/100208/p12#a100208p12 Yankees Sign Marcus Thames (Tim Dierkes/MLB Rumors) http://www.ballbug.com/100208/p19#a100208p19 Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Yankees Sign Marcus Thames  —  The Yankees signed Marcus Thames, tweets SI's Jon Heyman.  Joel Sherman of the New York Post tweets that it's a minor league deal worth $900K if he makes the team.  Thames originally came up through the Yankees' system but was traded to the Rangers in '03 for Ruben Sierra.

]]> Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:35:01 -0500 http://www.ballbug.com/100208/p19#a100208p19 Ranking MLB stadiums (that I've been to) (Chris Jaffe/Hardball Times) http://www.ballbug.com/100208/p2#a100208p2 Chris Jaffe / Hardball Times:
Ranking MLB stadiums (that I've been to)  —  Apparently people like stupid lists.  That's hardly news to me, but last week really drove the point home.  My column was the ultimate in stupid lists: my personal rankings of MLB team nicknames.  Not only was it about as lightweight an article …

]]> Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:25:05 -0500 http://www.ballbug.com/100208/p2#a100208p2 FanGraphs Splits - For a couple years now I've wanted ... (David Appelman/FanGraphs Baseball) http://www.ballbug.com/100208/p1#a100208p1

David Appelman / FanGraphs Baseball:
FanGraphs Splits  —  For a couple years now I've wanted to get better splits up and running on FanGraphs, but other things have taken priority.  We've had Lefty/Right and Home/Away splits in the graphs sections for almost four years, but never have there been any tabular splits.

]]> Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:10:03 -0500 http://www.ballbug.com/100208/p1#a100208p1 Caribbean Series won by Dominican Republic (Jesse Sanchez/MLB.com) http://www.ballbug.com/100208/p3#a100208p3

Jesse Sanchez / MLB.com:
Caribbean Series won by Dominican Republic  —  Mets' Martinez named tournament's Most Valuable Player  —  MARGARITA ISLAND, Venezuela — The pulsing sounds of merengue overpowered the concourse, and fireworks lit up the sky above center field on a clear night at Estado Nueva Esparta.

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