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Geremi Gonzalez Killed By Lightning Strike

By MulletMay 26th 2008 – 1:15PM

What tragic news out of Venezuela as former major leaguer Geremi Gonzalez was struck by lightning on a beach in Venezuela and killed at the young age of 33.Geremi, when he was known as Jeremi, won 11 games for the Cubs back in 1997 before bouncing around the league for the next ten years until '06 ... when he had brief...

Mike Pelfrey's Rotation Spot is Fragile

By MulletMay 2nd 2007 – 4:29AM

Going into Tuesday night's game with the Marlins, Mike Pelfrey was under an optical microscope. With each of Pelfrey's previous three starts getting progressively worse, Omar Minaya indicated that his "blue chip prospect" status wouldn't keep Pelfrey from being sent back down to the minors:"You got to perform up here at...

Aaron Heilman is Not Giving Up the Dream

By MulletMar 17th 2007 – 1:34PM

Aaron Heilman is a reliever. His home run to Yadier Molina in Game 7 of last season's NLCS not withstanding, he's a damn fine reliever to boot. But Heilman wants to return to what got him drafted in the first place, and that's starting.He is stuck, mired in the bullpen with no way out. And no amount of talk from the team...

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Background on Geremi Gonzalez

Geremis Segundo González Acosta (January 8, 1975 – May 25, 2008) was a Venezuelan right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs (–), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (–), Boston Red Sox (), New York Mets () and Milwaukee Brewers (2006).

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