Winter solstice tomorrow, and a full lunar eclipse going on as I type- it's an interesting start to the last week before Christmas.
DBacks News:
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[Examiner] What the Diamondbacks are getting from Santa - With Christmas just around the corner, here are some gift suggestions that might help the team out in 2011.
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[Fox Sports Arizona] D-backs finish roster remake with Xavier Nady - Jack Magruder puts together his projected opening day roster for the DBacks- so who starts at first, Allen or Miranda?
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[Ballpark Digest] D-Backs spiffing up Chase Field for 2011 - Much as we may panic and clean when we remember we have to pick up our parents at the airport in 45 minutes, the DBacks are making the park look nice for everyone to show up in July. Just hope Bud Selig doesn't check under the couch- that's where they swept all the peanut shells.
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[Call to the Pen] 2010 Debuts: Arizona Diamondbacks (Part 2) Stange and Gillespie - Call to the Pen is looking at the performances of all the players that made their debuts in the majors last season. They already talked about Sam Demel, Barry Enright, and Cesar Valdez a few weeks ago, and now they look at Daniel Stange and Cole Gillespie.
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[The Royle Rundown] Ravens, LaRoche waiting game and O's look at Garcia - The Orioles are looking to just install the 2010 DBacks corner infielders, apparently- rumors has it that they've offered Adam LaRoche 3 years and $21 million dollars. That's a lot of squirrel shoes, but don't they know strike outs are evil?
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[Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel] Counsell will return for another season with Brewers - Is Counsell planning to play until he's Jamie Moyer's age?
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[Purple Row] Rockies sign Billy Buckner to a Minor League Contract - Given Buckner's home run tendencies, I'm not sure I'd want to put him on the mound in Coors Field...
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[The Yankee U] Reach for Rauch - While one Yankees blog thinks the team should pick up Rauch...
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[River Avenue Blues] My Aaron Heilman Nightmare - ...another is terrified that they might pick up Aaron Heilman. Heheheheh.
Around Baseball:
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[NBC Sports] Early look at spring training storylines - It's never too early to look forward to Spring Training. I've been doing it since about June.
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[ESPN] Strange but true postseason feats of 2010 - End of the year means list of weird stats from the season. Yes, I look forward to this sort of thing.
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[splicetoday.com] The Red Sox: The Team to Beat in 2011 - Remember back when Red Sox fans used to complain about how the Yankees just bought wins? But part of their thesis here seems to be that the Red Sox are the team to beat- if they get Justin Upton. Seems like a big if.
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[Sports Illustrated] Stephen Strasbug of Washington Nationals 'on track' in rehab - Good news, everyone! This means we might see a return of your Daily Strasburg next year.
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[Hardball Times] Getting defensive - HBT asks how reliable are today's fielding metrics? Since they frequently seem to disagree with each other, I suspect the answer is "Um, not terribly." It's a look at what some of the different stats do, what they don't do, and what we need.
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[Leader Post] SLATER: Big spenders dominating postseason - "Unless you have money to spend, the chances of your team reaching the playoffs are slim." Which explains why the Mets, Angels, and Tigers went to the playoffs last year, while the Giants, Rangers, and Twins all stayed home. Uh-huh.
One more SnakeBytes next week, and then we'll be saying so long to 2010. I don't know about you, but I think that just may be a good thing...