The World Fucking Champions: News Central
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On Thursday we outlined Ryan Madson’s limited options in the wake of Boston’s trade for Andrew Bailey. The conclusion drawn was that Madson’s best opportunity to land a multi-year deal would be…
The inimitable Colin Wyers of Baseball Prospectus summed up this off-season’s free agency in one sentence after news broke that the Boston Red Sox had acquired Andrew Bailey in a…
What coaching move must the Eagles make? How does the Sixers season go? What will Flyers goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov say next? The Daily News’ Rich Hofmann has the answers.
While the Nationals and Marlins have made off-season splashes in an attempt to close the gap between themselves and the Phillies, the Braves have had the quietest winter of any team in either…
Shane Victorino contributed the most to the Phillies’ cause in 2011, according to aggregate metrics, and his contract ends this season. Yet there has been little to no mention of locking up the…
Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington admitted his club has less payroll flexibility than past seasons, and as teams continue to solve their ninth-inning needs, that’s bad news for Ryan Madson….
A pair of rivals appear to be waiting for the Phillies’ window to close by letting youth prevail instead of making big free agent splashes. News just broke that Washington did not submit a posting…
A pair of Japanese news outlets, Sanspo and Sponichi, are reporting on red-hot negotiations between the Yomiuri Giants of Japan and Phillies spare outfielder John Bowker. Bowker, 28, appeared in 12…
The Rule 5 draft has passed. The long cold winter has begun. Things will be slow here over the next few weeks unless something major happens. I have some ideas for things I want to write about, but…