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Rumor Central
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Written by Steve Parsons
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Thursday, 03 June 2010 14:22 |
Real life occasionally intrudes upon Rumor Central and it's friendly little blog (now with 50% more cleaning power) occasionally misses it's Wednesday deadline.. So lo and behold after perusing the wires last night and deciding that today's lead would be the report from a local beat reporter that the Angels were in discussions with the Cubs to acquire Derrek Lee, this morning the reports are that the Cubs are not "mulling" over Derrek Lee or anything else. There are two lessons here. First is that a rumor column is, by it's very nature just a snapshot of the situation at any given moment and these things do change and secondly, that it's easier to write a column if you don't do research, however, this draws frowns from my evil-taskmaster boss at FP911 Patrick DiCaprio. |
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Written by Steve Parsons
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Thursday, 02 September 2010 00:48 |
 With the exception of some non-news on Ted Lilly, the ol' Central mainly has to talk about call-ups and playing time. The dust has more or less settled on playoff rosters with the possible exception of some injury replacements. Lilly, who had been passed through waivers, claimed by the Yankees and recalled is not headed to the Yankees playoff roster despite a highly theoretical idea being floated that somehow the Yankee's claim will "hold" the Yankees' right to include Ted on their playoff roster if somehow they acquire him down the line...oh, and they also get a pony. Unfortunately for the Yankees, the rule is very clear that they made the claim, the waivers were withdrawn and for Lilly to leave the Dodgers he would have to be made the subject of an entirely new waiver process. Plus, we understand the pony has been subpoenaed in the McCourt divorce trial. Lilly is not to be found in the Yankees' organization now, so no playoff roster for you!!! |
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Written by Steve Parsons
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 00:00 |
 Several major league executives have begun to make noises that the current "trade waiver" system is old-fashioned and needs to be improved. This would be more interesting if it were a new phenomena. Each year teams try to pass players through waivers, often times after having had discussions with other teams about possible deals should they claim the player. Natural enough, but if a team (let's call them the White Sox) would like to claim a player (let's call him Manny Ramirez) quite a few other teams have to pass on him first. If any other team claims him, then the deal is either with that team, or with no one. |
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Written by Steve Parsons
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Friday, 20 August 2010 00:00 |
 I think this blog speaks for everyone when it says the actions of Francisco Rodriguez RP NYM were execrable. How many flavours of stupid do they serve at K- Rod's scoop shop? Quite a few. And on company property as well. As we rummage through the empties lying around the living room in search of nutritious rumors for your consumption (now with 50% more fiber) we wonder whether the Metropolitans serve adult beverages in the post game spread along with their accompanying muscles and goggles.
KRod was given an all-expense paid stay at the local grey bar Hilton, and an initial two-day vacation from the Mets (no expenses paid) prior to being placed on the disqualified list where he will probably remain for the rest of the season. The Mets then elected to gild the lily a bit by "converting" his contract to a 'non-guaranteed' status and now the fun begins. |
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Written by Steve Parsons
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Friday, 16 July 2010 09:37 |
 Although the trade deadline is nigh upon us, trades can, and of course do happen after the deadline all the time. Those deals merely have to involve a player who can pass through waivers. i.e. someone with a big enough contract no one wants to take it. Hip Hip Hoorah for Mike Lowell. If after August 1, the Red Sox found a taker, they would have to offer Lowell to anyone, and a team could grab Lowell merely for the price of his contract. This doesn't prevent the Red Sox from peddling Mike Lowell because no one will take on the contract of the gimpy veteran corner infielder. The Red Sox have already said they will assume the entire salary if they can get a prospect back, this a trade might be possible.
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Rumor Central
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Written by Steve Parsons
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Friday, 09 July 2010 16:17 |
 It is part of our professional obligation as a sports related blog to mention LeBron James. Fans of salary caps must particularly enjoy that the small market club was able to keep its....wait? Miami?
Oh.
In fact of course the "business" of sport interferes with every sport regardless of what mechanism is adopted to ensure that the Millionaires get their share of the pie vis-a-vis the Billionaires or vice versa. In baseball this takes all kinds of odd forms mainly related to the seemingly insurmountable problem of what to do with the fact that baseball players, Mike Leake excepted, don't spring fully formed into the major leagues as did the the now richER LeBron James. |
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Written by Steve Parsons
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Thursday, 01 July 2010 01:24 |
 We have good company this week in that we, along with Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated and SI.com ran with the hiring of Bobby Valentine as the new manager of the Florida Marlins.
Oops! Our bad.
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Rumor Central
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Written by Steve Parsons
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Thursday, 24 June 2010 10:51 |
.jpg) The first day of summer has passed us and little boys thoughts turn to...their under-performing fantasy team. With the trade deadline approaching lots of smaller trades (Conor Jackson for Sam Demel) have been rumored and happened over the space of a few days, each between this columns appearances. Yes, we would like some cheese with that whine. With that in mind, and using the shotgun method, here's a list of a lot of guys who may move.
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Written by Steve Parsons
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Saturday, 12 June 2010 00:00 |
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"Lede" is a weird word. If you look at it, it seems like a misspelling and it fact it is, in a way. In the earl days of movable print, the individual letters were made of lead, the metal. So to distinguish between the actual type and the story, people started to purposely misspell the "Lead Story" as the "Lede." In this case, I am justing using it for illiterative value and by way of getting to the Rocket Science story that: |
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Written by Steve Parsons
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Wednesday, 05 May 2010 23:00 |
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Ernie Harwell passed away this past week. Harwell, the 1981 Ford Frick Award winner was 92 years old. The Ford Frick Award is reserved for broadcasters for their contribution to the game and the winners aren't technically Hall of Famers, but for a Hall of Fame to have meaning, it would have to have Harwell's down home voice echoing around the park. Harwell is one of the last links to the days when, unless you could make it to the park, the only way to connect to the game was through ink-stained box scores on the broadsheets or tabloids or through the crackle of the AM radio. Maybe in the living room or perhaps in the silent darkness of your bedroom when you were supposed to be asleep. |
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