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From the Windup: Have the Yankees Done Enough This Offseason?

From the Windup is FanHouse's extended look at a particular portion of America's pastime.While there is still time left in the Hot Stove season, and there are a few high quality players left on the market -- Ben Sheets, anyone? -- the Yankees have been the team who has made the biggest splash in all of baseball thus far....

The Tampa Bay Rays Are Your 2008 American League Champs

They didn't make it easy, but they did it. After letting a seven-run lead slip away late in Game 5, and losing at home in Game 6, the Rays beat Boston's best pitcher to advance to the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies. The star of the game was Matt Garza, who allowed just two hits and one run over seven...

MLB Playoff Debates: Angels vs. Red Sox

Every four years, Major League Baseball's postseason intersects with a presidential election. This is one of those years. In the spirit of the season, we here at MLB FanHouse have divided the playoff teams up for a series of debates. Here Andrew Johnson and Matt Watson discuss the ALDS between the Angels and Red Sox.Andrew...

You've Been Usurped

Sometimes, hitting a go-ahead double followed by a 9th inning game-tying homer just ain't enough. Brandon Moss, the 24-year-old outfielder who replaced JD Drew in two games against the A's in Japan, has been optioned back to AAA Pawtucket. The Sox are reporting that Drew's strained back -- the reason he was benched in...

ALCS Game 6: The Liveblog!

After the first five completed series in this post-season saw the losing team in the series win exactly one game, we've finally got a match-up that's living up to the hype. The Indians and Red Sox both won 96 games in the regular season and now they're playing toe-to-toe in the ALCS. Tonight's Game 6 features a guy who...

JdDrew News From the Web

05/21/12 Firefighter John Drew recalls toughest day Source: Daily Echo - Bournemouth - Dorset - UK ONE of Dorset's longest serving firemen has recalled the moment he received the 999 call every firefighter dreads.
05/14/12 BP Unfiltered: Baseball on the Internet by Sam Miller Source: Baseball Prospectus ...and sometimes you're just trying to confirm a simple little thing like the size of Brandon Beachy 's college and you end up reading this: Beachy was not selected in the feckin' 2008 major league draft followin' his junior year of college, but was later signed by the oul' Atlanta Braves as an undrafted free agent.
05/03/12 20 Most Overhyped Draft Picks in Sports Since 1990 Source: Bleacher Report J.D. Drew's trophy case is well-decorated.
05/02/12 The John Drew Theater at Guild Hall presents Uncle... Source: Dan's Hamptons.com - Suffolk County NY Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, NY. 11937.
04/05/12 Comings and goings Source: Boston Herald - Boston MA I t was a busy winter for the Red Sox [ team stats ] , who did not sit on their laurels after the beer-soaked disaster that was September.