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Maestro Martinez Mixes Way to Success

In Advanced Scouting, MLB FanHouse's professional talent evaluator breaks down the playoffs from a scouting perspective. The approach was there, the execution was there, but Pedro Martinez's stuff was just short of allowing him to completely shut down the New York Yankees. All in all, the Phillies have to be more than...

Good Pitching or Poor Hitting in Game 2?

In Advanced Scouting, MLB FanHouse's professional talent evaluator breaks down the playoffs from a scouting perspective. Was it the pitching or the offense's inability to produce? It's the question we always want the answer to when pitching shuts down a lineup over an extended period. In Game 2 of the ALCS, we watched two...

Forget Home Runs, Drama in Bronx Built Pitch by Pitch

In Advanced Scouting, MLB FanHouse's professional talent evaluator breaks down the playoffs from a scouting perspective.Pitch selection, execution of those pitches, and the situation those pitches are thrown in is never more scrutinized than it is in the playoffs. Time and time again, one pitch in a given situation...

From Wild Thing to Big Unit to 300

SAN FRANCISCO -- Even though Randy Johnson was the one who was pitching, catcher Dave Valle still woke up the next day with a sore left shoulder.Valle, the Mariners' primary catcher in the early '90s, was the man who had to handle Johnson when he was more Wild Thing than Big Unit."The fastball would soar up and away (to...

Overshadowed by A-Rod, CC Dazzles

BALTIMORE -- Good news was not in short supply for the scuffling New York Yankees Friday night. Alex Rodriguez got the oohs and aahs, the adulation and the jeers, at Camden Yards, homering on the first pitch he saw from Jeremy Guthrie to give his team a lead it wouldn't relinquish in a 4-0 win over the Orioles. It was CC...

AjBurnett News From the Web

05/26/12 Maholm returns to the Steel City Source: WFLA - AM 540 - Orlando FL Maholm compiled a 53-73 with a 4.36 ERA in 185 career major league starts with the Pirates from 2005-11 before he was signed this past offseason as a free agent to a one-year, $4.75 million contract by the Cubs. After winning four straight starts, Maholm has fallen on hard times recently, going 0-1 over a two-game stretch.
05/26/12 Bucs find enough offense Source: Leader Times - Kittanning PA The Pirates proved one run is enough to win when playing the last-place Cubs.
05/25/12 Cubs turn to Dempster hoping to snap skid vs. Pirates Source: WFLA - AM 540 - Orlando FL The Cubs, who sit last in the National League's Central Division, dropped their ninth game in a row on Wednesday in Houston, when Wandy Rodriguez pitched seven strong innings and J.D. Martinez went 3-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored as Houston wrapped up a three-game sweep with a 5-1 win.
05/23/12 A.J. Burnett enjoying new life away from the... Source: NJ.com A gift arrived recently for Pirates starter A.J. Burnett.
05/22/12 A.J. Burnett enjoying new life away from the spotlight... Source: NJ.com A gift arrived recently for Pirates starter A.J. Burnett.

Background on AjBurnett

19564 Ajburnetti (1999 JP126) is a main belt asteroid discovered on May 13, 1999 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro.

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