Posts Tagged Becoming
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10 MLB Players on the Cusp of Becoming All-Stars
One of the things that continues to make baseball great is the fact that young stars emerge every season.Those rising stars show promise early in their careers, often becoming All-Stars multiple times.But they have to patiently wait their turns.Here is a list of 10 youngsters who are already on the ...
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Your Morning Dump… Where the Napoli picture is becoming clearer
Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here... highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. Earlier Friday, MLB Network Radio's Jim Bowden tweeted that the Red Sox want to reduce the original three-year, $39 million contra...
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Pittsburgh Pirates: Announcement timing becoming predictable
Over the past few years, fans paying close attention to the Pittsburgh Pirates’ timing of their announcements have detected a pattern: When the Pirates have negative or controversial news to break, they tend to wait until huge national news stories surface, so that they can slide their news in ...
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Center field becoming platoon-like for D-backs
PHOENIX -- Their Gerardo Parra bobblehead dolls safely stashed away, some in the Chase Field crowd seemed dismayed when Chris Young was called on to pinch-hit for Parra on Saturday night. They might not have liked it, but they could have seen it coming. Do not get manager Kirk Gibson started on the...
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King Felix Quickly Becoming Cy Young Favorite
In yet another "Year of the Pitcher", the Seattle Mariners' ace Felix Hernandez finds himself at the top of the class. King Felix, the 2010 Cy Young Award winner, has been lights out all season long and continues to become more dominant as the year progresses. On Saturday night, against Ma...
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Baltimore Orioles Quickly Becoming MLB Road Warriors
For the first time in nearly a decade, Baltimore radio stations are talking baseball first and foremost, as opposed to conversation of the upcoming Ravens football season. No fault of Orioles fans, football has become the dark lager to help drown ones sorrows. But as the 2012 big league season progr...
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Texas Rangers Fast Becoming MLB’s Version of the New Orleans Saints
Controversy aside, the New Orleans Saints football team fields one of the most dynamic, electrifying and unpredictable franchises in the NFL.Offensively, this team boasts a quarterback in Drew Brees that has mastered the art of exploiting holes in opposing defenses. Strive to take away the Saints' a...
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Robbie Ross Is Quickly Becoming a Go-to Guy for the Texas Rangers
Bases loaded, two outs, tied game; those are the situations every kid puts himself in when he plays in the backyard. At just 22, one pitcher realized his dream. No it wasn’t the World Series, but Robbie Ross was asked to make his second major league appearance in a very tough spot against the ...
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Theo Epstein’s Success Depends on the Chicago Cubs Becoming the Yankees
What's the first thing you think about when you think of the Chicago Cubs—"lovable losers?" Theo Epstein was brought in to change that way of thinking, but for his tenure here to really be successful, the Cubs need to be thought of as the New York Yankees of the National League. When you think...
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Yu Darvish: 10 Keys to Rangers’ Signing Becoming a Superstar in MLB
The Texas Rangers recently invested over 100 million dollars in a 25-year-old pitcher from Japan named Yu Darvish. This definitely isn't the first time a baseball team has invested in a pitcher from overseas and the Rangers want to make sure that Darvish pans out better than his predecessors. ...
