Posted on April 1st, 2008 - 9:53 am by BaseballTalkOnline
Today’s Winners:
Xavier Nady: Nady opened the year by going 4-for-7 with two homeruns in the Pirates 12 inning win over the Braves. His first homer gave the Pirates a 5-4 lead in the eighth inning. He then hit a three-run homer in the twelfth inning to put the Pirates on top 12-9, […]
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Posted on March 24th, 2008 - 1:52 pm by BaseballTalkOnline
Kerry Wood successfully made it through three appearances in four days and that was enough for Lou Piniella to name him the team’s closer.
Over ten innings this spring, he had a 3.60 ERA, struck out ten batters and walked no one.
Piniella also cleared up any questions about the rotation by naming Jason Marquis as the […]
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Posted on March 16th, 2008 - 6:57 pm by BaseballTalkOnline
Lou Piniella is trying to find a closer, and hopes to have it decided by next weekend, but it looks like he’s leaning toward Kerry Wood. Piniella wants to see how the three candidates — Bob Howry, Carlos Marmol and Wood — react to pitching on consecutive days, something he’ll have them do for […]
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Posted on February 14th, 2008 - 10:58 am by BaseballTalkOnline
The Cubs closing job is wide open at this point. With the team wanting to move Ryan Dempster out of the role and back into the starting rotation, they are going to turn to one of their three main horses in the bullpen to fill the void.
The Cubs are said to have Bob Howry, […]
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