Umpire CB Bucknor made some bad calls, but he wasn’t alone this post-season. I’ve tried umpiring and it aint as easy as it looks, so I’m not one to blast the umps, but now that some team won the World Series and the season is over, in hindsight, it really was bad.
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What a weekend. Both good and bad.
We have our World Series now and how many Cleveland Indians fans are saying, “Wow, C.C. Sabathia going against Cliff Lee. Two years ago, that was an intra-squad game in Spring Training.” The Indians were in the news this week hiring Manny Acta as their [...]

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Minnesota Twins right fielder Michael Cuddyer and Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitkzi each belted four home runs last week and were honored as the Player of the Week in their respected leagues for the period ending September 20th.

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By Jesse Jones
Some Sunday morning randomness… some questions I have, and an answer I got.

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- Jim Clark
Can we for once come to the agreement that while it is great football is back, we can’t wait for the pre-season to be over?  Oh there was some bad football played and, if you are like me and have the NFL Network, I saw a lot of it.
The third game of the [...]

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- Jesse Jones
Things that make you go hmmm… courtesy ESPN.
Wednesday night it was New York vs. Texas playing some good old hardball on ESPN and New York vs. Texas playing some good old hardball on ESPN2. Interestingly though, while it was NY vs. TX in both games, the Yankees and the Rangers were on [...]

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Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Mark Reynolds, who has collected at least one RBI in 11 of his last 13 games, has been named National League Player of the Week and Kansas City Royals first baseman Billy Butler named American League Player of the Week presented by Bank of America for the period ending August 9th.

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Ryan Ludwick of the St. Louis Cardinals has been named the Sharp Presents the National League Player of the Month for July while Wandy Rodriguez was the Pitcher of the Month.

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim outfielder Bobby Abreu has been named the Sharp Presents the American League Player of the Month for July, while Jarrod Washburn was named the Pitcher of the Month.

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Three local ties to MLB All Star Game, a NHL farewell, and a UFC prediction… all that and more, according to Jim Clark.

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By Jesse Jones
It’s our birthday, everyone in the good ol’ U.S. of A. As a tribute to America’s pastime, I put together the best baseball team I could field, selecting ballplayers based on a few simple rules…
1. Can’t have been ’suspected’ as a juicer… there is no Barry Bonds on this team.
2. [...]

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With one game of Interleague Play remaining on the 2009 schedule (a make-up of the June 16th CHI-CWS rainout), the American League has posted a 137-114 record, marking the sixth straight season in which the A.L. has won the season-series and extending its all-time Interleague lead to 1,673-1,533 (.522). Nine of the A.L.’s 14 Clubs [...]

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Florida Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez and San Diego Padres pitcher Chad Gaudin have been named National League Co-Players of the Week presented by Bank of America for the period ending June 28th.

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Right fielder Jermaine Dye of the Chicago White Sox and closer Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees have been named the American League Co-Players of the Week presented by Bank of America for the period ending June 28th.

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St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, who scored his 1,000th career run during the week and posted a two-homer, six-RBI day at Kansas City on Sunday, has been named National League Player of the Week and Tampa Bay Rays center fielder B.J. Upton has been named the American League Player of the Week presented by [...]

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It was the end of May 2007 when a dream came to a fruition. That was two years ago, when the first issue of the Cape Fear Sports Report began with a feature on the CAA Baseball Tournament and an interview with Ashley Baseball Coach Brian Stewart. Some 54 issues and over one [...]

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