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Report: Brad Penny, Tigers Agree to Terms

The Tigers will give Brad Penny a chance to round out their rotation, reportedly agreeing to terms with the veteran starter on a one-year deal. Penny will make $3 million and have the opportunity to add an additional $3 million through incentives, according to ESPN.com. He made $7.5 million in 2010 while managing only...

Brad Penny Reportedly Engaged to Karina Smirnoff of 'Dancing With the Stars'

Pitcher Brad Penny is engaged to "Dancing With the Stars" dancer Karina Smirnoff, according to a report by People Magazine. Smirnoff, 32, who was recently voted off the show with partner Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, began dating the right-hander in October 2009, and, according to the People report, got engaged to...

Major League Notebook: May 22

Here's what's happening around baseball on Saturday May 22, 2010: • Less than two months into the season, Jason Heyward already has established himself as an offensive force, ranking fourth among all NL hitters with a .996 OPS. Assuming nothing horrible happens over the next six weeks, Heyward should be an easy...

Roto Rush: Patriots' Day Struggles

Monday morning's Patriots' Day game was a microcosm of Boston's season thus far. Highly-paid pitcher John Lackey served up eight earned runs in 3.1 innings, highly-paid catcher Victor Martinez went 0-3 to drop to .212 on the season, and the ghost of David Ortiz also went 0-3 to drop to .158 on the season. Combined with...

Reclamation Projects Zito, Lidge Among NL X-Factors

What to do now that the Super Bowl is over and spring training still hasn't arrived? Here at MLB FanHouse, we Mind the Gap. Once, when Tony La Russa was managing the Oakland A's in the early 1990s, he said that if he had a team of nine Mike Bordicks, his teams would make the playoffs every year. He was trying to explain...

Brad Penny News From the Web

02/07/12 Hitting to All Fields: Will Aceves be in the rotation? Source: MassLive.com Just sitting and wondering if Alfredo Aceves will be a Red Sox starter.
02/06/12 The BP First Take: Monday, February 6 by Daniel Rathman Source: Baseball Prospectus Brad Penny is taking his talents to Japan to play for the Softbank Hawks.
02/06/12 Iowa wrestlers hammer Big Ten rival Wisconsin Source: Dubuque Telegraph Herald - Dubuque IA The University of Iowa wrestling team won nine of 10 bouts to top Wisconsin, 39-3, Sunday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
02/05/12 Former MLB Star Brad Penny -- Cops Called to L.A. Home... Source: TMZ Brad Penny heard something go bump in the night and called cops to his Los Angeles area home at 4:00 AM, but they found nothing ...
02/05/12 Sports briefs: Williams sisters lead U.S. past Belarus... Source: The Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City UT Serena Williams and Christina McHale won singles matches and Venus Williams returned from a five-month layoff Sunday in Worcester, Mass., sending the United States past Belarus 5-0 in the first round of the Fed Cup. By blanking Belarus in World Group II, the Americans head to a playoff in April in hopes of playing their way back into the top tier of Fed Cup after getting bounced last year.

Background on Brad Penny

Bradley Wayne "Brad" Penny (born May 24, 1978) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.

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