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Buck and Baker are up to their old tricks
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 30/09/2022
» Of current New York Mets manager Buck Showalter it's been said: "He's the best manager never to win a World Series."
Shortstop is where interest, big money lies
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 23/03/2022
» For the longest time in MLB, shortstops were of the diminutive, good field-little or no hit variety -- think Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto of New York Yankees fame.
Quartet of clubs take a leap in the dark
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 11/08/2021
» If the MLB World Series chase were a poker game, the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets and San Francisco Giants would have each raised the stakes and gone all at the end of last month, while the Chicago Cubs and Washington Nationals would have folded.
Thrifty Padres, Blue Jays go against the grain
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 18/02/2021
» With the ongoing Covid-19 crisis affecting attendance and cash flow, MLB ballclubs have tightened their belts even more this off-season.
MLB clubs embrace financial sanity
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 16/02/2020
» Judging by the free agent signing activity this MLB off-season, it looks like the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers are the last of the big league big spenders.
Molina Cards' best weapon
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 23/06/2019
» 'Have a seat, let's do it now," said Yadier Molina, St Louis Cardinals' all-star catcher, pointing to a space on the clubhouse bench next to him.
Long term, megabucks FA contract is dead
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 04/03/2018
» What do the Dodo bird and the long term, megabucks MLB free agent contract have in common? Each is extinct.