La Ruina

I absolutely love this from Big League Stew:
Let’s all take a minute to chuckle at the Giants. They signed Barry Zito for $126 million and all they got was this crappy collection of photos taken after the lefty was shell-shocked this season …

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Adrian Beltre is out of the lineup for Sunday’s game with right hamstring tightness.
Can we please add more DL spots this year.  Soon I won’t be able to field a team. 
Year to date injury summary: Lackey, Granderson, Jeter, Victorino, Beltre, Cabrera.  We can also count Slowey who pitched 3 innings for me before he went down. 
True […]

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From Bugs and Cranks: Peavy the Cheater
An eagle-eyed viewer of the Dodgers/Padres game noticed something strange on Jake Peavy’s fingers after he tossed a complete game, 2-hit shutout yesterday:

Is he cheating? Is it just a coincidence that the 3 fingers that grip the ball have a mysterious substance on them? Or does Jake Peavy wipe […]

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In preview of this coming weekend, I’m going to pick five teams who royally blew the draft last season and then leave it to you to see if you can guess who this manager is!
I call it Guess Who’s Blowing Their Season!?
Yesterday, we learned how Kris Lo Presto blew his season.
Today, it’s time for another […]

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According to an article written by Bill Plaschke, Andruw Jones has entered Dodgers camp weighing slightly more than he did last season. 
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — It’s the oddest sight in camp. It’s the loudest whisper in camp.
People are staring, people are talking, everybody is wondering, there’s no way around it.  Literally, no way around it.
Andruw […]

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Is Dusty Baker the worst baseball mind in the game? Survey says: YES!
Reds manager Dusty Baker has already decided he doesn’t like Joey Votto’s approach at the plate.
The approach that led to a .321/.360/.548 line and 17 RBI in 84 at-bats following his callup last season. “He needs to swing some more,” Baker said. “I […]

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Is Alzheimer’s hereditary? Because for Hank Steinbrenner’s sake, I hope it is.
“Red Sox Nation?” What a bunch of [expletive] that is. That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with Red Sox fans. Go anywhere in America and you won’t see Red Sox hats and jackets, you’ll see Yankee hats […]

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34. Jason Bay – Final Caveat, saved for this bum. I was going to leave Bay off completely, but I figured there would be some Pirates fan somewhere that would complain because Bay’s soooo cute and talented and, like, Canadian. Then I re-thought that and decided there are no Pirates fans. Act like you never […]

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For the two San Fran fans in the league I found this great blurb on Rotoscoop:
Being a Giants fan is a thankless job right now. I’m almost positive there are lineups in Triple-A that are capable of scoring more runs than San Francisco’s. The Giants haven’t sent a homegrown position player to the All-Star Game since Matt Williams […]

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Recently information has surfaced about the alleged fantasy draft day bonanza that Kris Lo Presto is planning.  Sources close to Kris have revealed that his plan is to get as many as six La Ruina players into his office building on the day of the draft with the intention […]

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From AP—
Pence crashes through glass door; outfielder cuts on hands, legs
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) - Houston Astros right fielder Hunter Pence crashed through a sliding glass door in the bathroom of his spring training home, leaving him with multiple cuts that will sideline him for a week.
Pence spent the night in an emergency room after the […]

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