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Yankees' Burnett Suspended for Defending His Teammate

Here's how it works in baseball: Texas' Vicente Padilla throws at, and hits, the Yankees' Mark Teixeira twice and gets fined. A.J. Burnett tries to protect Teixeira with a pitch that doesn't hit Nelson Cruz and gets suspended.All this happened Tuesday at Yankee Stadium, and the punishment was handed down Thursday by Major...

Roger Clemens Will Not Wear the Red, White and Blue

At this point, it's a safe bet that any headline with the name "Roger Clemens" in it probably isn't going to cast Roger in the best light. (That is unless you subscribe to the Rusty Hardin News-Gazette. Only $15 for an entire year!)It's no secret that at 45 years of age, Clemens is not that ideal candidate to suit up for...

Umpires Will Keep Their Eye on Jake Peavy

The "what's on Jake Peavy's hand?" mini-controversy didn't really spill over into the work week, meaning a lot of baseball fans unplugged from the internet from Friday evening through Monday morning didn't even realize it happened. And that's fine, because really, this was much ado about nothing. Of course, Major League...

Suspension Looms: There Is 'No Justice' for Larry Bowa in This World

As you may or may not have seen (and if you haven't, by all means go look before you do anything else this morning), Larry Bowa went absolutely berserker when umpire Ed Montague tried to tell him to get back in the coach's box the other night. It was a big deal: Bowa got ejected, he threw stuff in the dugout, spilled...

Bob Watson Interviews In Houston

On Saturday, E told you about Bob Waston's burning desire to go back to Houston and take his old position as General Manager back. Today he got his interview with Drayton McLane and he seems to think it went pretty well: "From my standpoint, it went extremely well," Watson said. "They know me from the time that I spent...

BobWatson News From the Web

05/24/12 Back to the Burger Future: a Recipe for Franchise... Source: Wicked Local Orleans - Orleans MA MAYNARD, Mass. 5 & Diner , a 50s-themed restaurant franchise, is looking to cash in on nostalgia for a simpler, more prosperous era.
05/23/12 Abraxas swings to a profit Source: mySA - San Antonio TX Abraxas Petroleum Corp., buoyed by higher commodity prices, swung to a profit in the second quarter, the oil and gas exploration and production company said Monday.
05/17/12 GHTA Appoints Bob Watson Jr. to its Board of Directors Source: Gifts & Decorative Accessories The Gift and Home Trade Association (GHTA) has named to its board of directors, Bob Watson Jr., vice president of sales and marketing at Annalee Dolls.
05/10/12 Abraxas gaining momentum Source: upstream The company added that it had picked up 20,000 net acres in Alberta of "an emerging oil shale play that has very similar characteristics to the oil window in the Eagle Ford."
05/04/12 Pujols' homer drought akin to Winfield's in N.Y. Source: New York City News - New York NY The old, cramped visiting clubhouse in Tiger Stadium allowed for little privacy, not that Bob Watson had any intention of being discrete that night in April 1981, when he was a member of the Yankees and a fairly new teammate of Dave Winfield.