Free agency decisions.

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From August 11-17, 2008, Johnstown, Pennsylvania will once again be host of the AAABA National Tournament. Considered one of the best amateur tournaments in the nation, plenty of scouts will be on hand to see the players age 20 and under from 16 cities from New Orleans to New York City. From 1978 to 1990 I served as tournament statistician and head scorer.

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A couple of players this week found themselves debuting in the royalty section, while some familiar names are relegated to the ruts section for their bad performances.

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Facts, figures and other tidbits from the fourteenth week of the ’08 major league baseball season.

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How can a perennial all-star, MVP candidate, and first round fantasy draft pick still be underrated?  Albert Pujols and his 300 homeruns finds a way. 

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An early July look at the new Twins GM’s first off-season.

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Why you need to sell Daisuke Matsuzaka right now…..

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All-star rosters to be announced today

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Ryan Ludwick’s dim chance at All-Star game history

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In the previous 10 seasons of their existence, the Tampa Bay Rays were never close to first place when they woke up on July 1. This season — after beating the Red Sox on June 30 — the Rays went to bed on June 30 knowing they would be on top of the AL East when action started in July. The closest they were before that was in 2000 when they sat in the AL East cellar and trailed the Toronto Blue Jays by 10 ½ games.

It took 11 seasons for Tampa Bay to be listed in first place at the end of June. This week, we take a look at how long it took the other 29 franchises to find their way to the top of their league or division at the start of play on July 1.

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The following is from the unpublished manuscript LOST LEAGUES: The 1928 Negro National and Eastern Colored Leagues. An article based on this manuscript appeared in the SABR publication “Mound City Memories.”

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In the final part of my six part series on major league expansion drafts, I examine the seventh expansion draft in major league history, the 1998 expansion draft for the newest members of Major League Baseball, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

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Detroit’s recent run was probably its high-water mark.

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On Thursday night, the Yankees and Red Sox renew their rivalry. We break down the series.

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