The effects of playing for the Orioles over time
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Craig Biggio hangs out with Chipper Jones before the Braves-Astros game, looking like he could go out and hit .300 right now. OK, maybe not .300, but he could definitely get hit by 15-20 pitches, no sweat.
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(SK)
I love how over on the right, it’s like, “Oh and speaking of baseball, why not play fantasy baseball?”
Next time I hear about someone being run over by a car, I’m going to be like, “That’s so funny! I actually rode in a car earlier today!”
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Ichiro is currently hitting 1.000 in 2012. This is unlikely to continue, but I’m unwilling to completely rule out a 1.000 season out of hand - I’ve read The Kid Who Batted 1.000, after all.
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“HAHAHAHAHAHAHA….”
- Earvin “Magic” Johnson
“Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has announced an agreement Tuesday night to sell the bankrupt team for $2 billion to a group that includes former Lakers star Magic Johnson and former Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals president Stan Kasten.
The agreement, revealed about five hours after Major League Baseball owners approved three finalists for the auction, is to lead to a transfer of the team by the end of April. It is subject to approval in federal bankruptcy court.
Mark Walter, chief executive officer of the financial services firm Guggenheim Partners would become the controlling owner. The price would be easily a record for a North American sports franchise.
As part of the agreement, the Dodgers said McCourt and “certain affiliates of the purchasers” would acquire the land surrounding Dodger Stadium for $150 million. A source with knowledge of the situation, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told ESPNLosAngeles.com’s Tony Jackson that means the group will purchase half the Dodger Stadium parking lots, which were deemed to have a total value of $300 million, with McCourt keeping the other half. The source said it has yet to be determined how that relationship will work and whether the new ownership group still will be forced to lease the McCourt-owned half of the lots.”
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Pete Rose, Montréal Expos, 1984
Rose was released by the Phillies three days after their World Series loss to the Baltimore Orioles in October 1983. Four months later Rose signed with the Expos as a free agent for $700,000. He was traded to the Reds for Tom Lawless on August 16, 1984 having played a total of 95 games for Montréal.
(Image courtesy of ginandtacos.com. Info on Rose courtesy of baseball-reference.com)
I’m going to be honest with you, I was just leaving Babes because I hit a car. I just had to get out of there.
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