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Flash Forward: Why the Los Angeles Dodgers Matt Kemp Will Be the 2010 NL MVP

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:48:41 GMT

The National League MVP will be announced this week, and it will undoubtedly be handed to Albert Pujols. With this year's race all but locked up, I wanted to take a look at a player who I consider to be the front-runner for MVP in 2010.
Source: Bleacher Report

Wanna Trade?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:32:52 GMT

How to barter with anyone for anything. Bartering techniques and secrets, and how to negotiate the perfect swap.
Source: Mother Earth News

Cloning Joe DiMaggio?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:05:49 GMT

It seems that chophouses could be on the endangered list. Last week Chronicle Restaurant Critic Michael Bauer reported in his Between Meals blog that Acme Chop House at AT&T Park (24 Willie Mays Plaza) will close by Dec. 31.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Alex Belth's Bronx Banter :: Live at Ledes (Great Ledes Part III)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:36:46 GMT

Here’s Gary Cartwright, one of the great Texas sports writers, rising to the occasion after Don Meredith failed to do so for the Dallas Cowboys: Outlined against a blue-gray November sky, the Four Horsemenn rode again: Pestilence, Death, Famine, and...
Source: Sports Blogs

Baseball great Johnny Kropf is All Star to Queens

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:14:27 GMT

“When I first got to Minneapolis in 1951 after spring training with the Giants, everyone was telling me what a great player Willie Mays was.
Source: Bayside Times

Here's the Catch: Jorge Posada & Jason Varitek

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:05:46 GMT

Throughout baseball history, there have been a number of memorable positional rivalries that have unfolded within broader team battles.
Source: The Baseball Analysts

Torii adds another Gold Glove to mantel

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:34:18 GMT

ANAHEIM -- Angels center fielder Torii Hunter claimed his ninth consecutive Rawlings Gold Glove for fielding excellence on Tuesday, joining the Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki and the Orioles' Adam Jones in the American League outfield.
Source: MLB.com

Nonfiction Reviews

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:18:01 GMT

Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy Melissa Milgrom. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25 (320p) ISBN 978-0-618-40547-3 Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend James S. Hirsch.
Source: Publishers Weekly

Quoted in 'Mel Kiper Jr: Taylor Mays Terrible Performance Against Oregon Hurt Draft Stock'

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:45:54 GMT

said in The Big Lead:

If you watched the USC-Oregon game, you might have mistaken Taylor Mays for Willie Mays. As in, Mays was playing center field for a lot of the game, seemingly cautious and waiting for things to break down in front of him. He subsequently took some bad angles on plays, and simply was often too far removed from the play to be the kind of impactful player that most of us know he can be.

Quoted in 'Kiss mobilizes its 'Army' with new album, tour'

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:32:22 GMT

Paul Stanley said in Chicago Sun-Times:

Put Willie Mays in a baseball uniform and see how well he hits. The magic you remember isn't there. This is the band in its ideal form. No other lineup could have made 'Sonic Boom.'

Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:30:00 GMT

US President Barack Obama (L) escorts Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays (R) to the All-Star game on July 14, 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri. Mays flew on Air Force One with the President from Michigan.

Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:30:00 GMT

US President Barack Obama walks down the steps of Air Force One while escorting Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays (R) to the All-Star game on July 14, 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri. Mays flew on Air Force One with the President from Michigan.

Willie Mays game footage

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:36:07 GMT