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Longo's Slugcon by Location

This is neat.

9 days ago R.J. Anderson 8 comments 0 recs

Longo wins Silver Slugger

Congrats to Longo, Gold Glove + Silver Slugger

10 days ago Some other guy who does not care 1 comment 0 recs

Nevin "ThreadKilla" Ashley Article on MLB.com

My buddy Rob wrote this piece, by the way. He's a lovely bloke. Check out the hitting zen on display here, courtesy of MKANX, I'd wager:

"It's taking the right mind-set into batting practice," [Ashley] said. "You can get carried away on hitting homers and trying to impress people, but I'm just working on my game."

10 days ago PlayOnWords 1 comment 1 recs

Players such as Fontenot earn Super Two status and get an early start on arbitration, which can bring hefty raises. Other Super Twos include Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum, Rays pitcher Matt Garza, Cubs pitcher Tom Gorzelanny, Royals third baseman Alex Gordon, Orioles pitcher Matt Albers, Pirates pitcher Jeff Karstens, Astros outfielder Hunter Pence, Rangers pitcher Dustin Nippert and newly acquired Brewers outfielder Carlos Gomez.

Those players can file for arbitration in mid-January and those who don't settle go to hearings the following month, with three-arbitrator panels selecting the salary proposed by either the player or club.

MLB.com's Rhett Bollinger

I think we all knew this was coming, but it's official. I wonder what he'll get in arb. Defs a healthy raise.

11 days ago rglass44 0 comments 0 recs

Nevin Ashley is batting .400

Apparently Nevin has a big-headed island deity in his locker named "Jobu." Keep giving Jobu a payment of whiskey, it seems to be working!

11 days ago thebaddancingraysfan 0 comments 0 recs

I searched quickly on the board and didn't see anything about this. See the attached article at the bottom for the mention. I guess Navarro, with Riggans back, and maybe Zaun will be the catchers barring a trade.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bal-sp.orioles11nov11,0,2230797.story

11 days ago raysnbran 7 comments 0 recs

Rays Team Awards Announced

Team MVP (Zobrist), the annual Paul C. Smith Champion Award (Pena) and Outstanding Rookie of the Year (Niemann) announced.

12 days ago EminenceFront 1 comment 0 recs

Went to local fair threw speed pitch. Got mad and told the guy his radar gun was wrong, then punched him N the face and took a bear anyway!!

Our old buddy Seth McClung, via Twitter.

12 days ago Brickhaus 3 comments 0 recs

MLB likes being wrong

MLB has declined to expand instant replay at all this offseason. This is slightly surprising considering the high profile missed calls during the post season. Deadspin said it best, "Upon further review, Baseball is stupid."

12 days ago Tyler 0 comments 0 recs