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Pitchers Dominate Another Opening Day
Another opening day for the 2012 MLB season, this time with an actual feel to it, with 7 games taking place instead of just one. The year of the pitcher? Seems like it again, with Justin Verlander and Roy Halladay looking as dominant as they were in 2011, leading their teams to their first wins.
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2012 Opening Day Lost in the Confusion
The Miami Marlins didn’t have the greatest of debuts in their new home park, losing to the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 in a second opening day for the 2012 MLB season, which actually opened a week ago in Tokyo, Japan, in a two game series between the A’s and the Mariners. Did anyone notice, anyone at all?
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Matt Cain & Joey Votto Get Huge Extensions From Giants & Reds
Matt Cain landed an extension with the San Francisco Giants, making him the highest paid right handed pitcher in the history of Baseball. Joey Votto, the 2010 NL MVP, becomes yet another NL first baseman, who actually didn’t leave his team (Cincinnati Reds) landing a huge contract.
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Yoenis Cespedes Starting To Get Comfortable With MLB
Yoenis Cespedes shook off the debut jitters and hit his first Major League home run, helping the Oakland Athletics get their first win of the 2012 season (4-1) and splitting the opening series against the Seattle Mariners in Tokyo, Japan. The big news for the A’s is that their offense showed a sign of life after scoring just one run in the first 17 innings of the season.
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Ichiro Suzuki Lights Up Tokyo on Opening Day For the Mariners
Ichiro Suzuki felt right at home in Tokyo, and for one night, the Seattle Mariners, opening the 2012 MLB season with a 3-1 win over the Oakland Athletics, are the best team in Baseball. Just for one night, before they start their usual decline down the AL West standings, and hope for a better season than the last two.
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On Bobby Valentine and an Early Ignition to Yankees – Red Sox Rivalry
Bobby Valentine taking shots at Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter sparked some life into a quiet period, maybe even quieter than usual, of Baseball spring training. Nothing wrong with spreading a little hate between the two biggest rivals, and MLB’s most important rivalry.
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Ryan Braun Got Off on a Technicality in Another MLB Losing Battle Against PEDS
Ryan Braun got off on a technicality, leaving too many question marks around everything that has happened since the 2011 NL MVP tested positive for PEDs back in October, with the MLB and its policy regarding drugs, the protocol of the testing and delievery and Braun himself.
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Yu Darvish – Worth the Hype?
Yu Darvish will be the new ace of the Texas Rangers, costing the losers of the last two World Series around $110 million, making the 25 year old pitcher, who has been on their watch list for over two years now, one of the biggest enigmas and probably anticipated new signings heading into the 2012 MLB season.
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Yankees Aggressive Moves in Rotation Improvement
The New York Yankees struggled with their pitching last season, but they’ve gotten a whole of a lot better over the weekend. First they traded Jesus Montero to Seattle for 23 year old Michael Pindea who had a very impressive rookie season in 2011 and then signed free agent veteran Hiroki Kuroda on a one year deal from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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MLB Offseason Free Agency Moves so Far
Albert Pujols, naturally, leads the name of big time and big money free agents who made a switch in recent weeks from their previous teams, with the Los Angeles Angels (also CJ Wilson) and the Miami Marlins (Reyes, Bell, Buehrle) looking like the biggest players so far.