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Major League Notebook: May 13

Here's what's happening around baseball on Thursday May 13, 2010: • The Taylor Hooton Foundation awarded commissioner Bud Selig with the inaugural "Taylor's Award," an honor presented to an individual for his efforts in educating American youth on the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs. • Fresh off six...

Major League Notebook: May 1

Here's what's happening around baseball on Saturday, May 1, 2010: • May Day might as well have been mayday for Tigers manager Jim Leyland. With the calendar flipping to the new month, a new law went into effect in Michigan that requires public work areas to be smoke-free. That includes Leyland's Comerica Park office,...

The Pickup Artist: Eye Pods

Need help navigating the waiver wire each week? Let the Pickup Artist be your guide. Infielders Alcides Escobar (SS, MIL) – 24% Pay no attention to Escobar's .208 average and zero swipes through seven contests. Not only is he seeing the ball extremely well (2/2 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 26 plate appearances),...

Always Be Closing: Brian Fuentes to the Disabled List

The old adage that 30 to 40-percent of the opening day closers will not remain in that job all season usually rings true. On Wednesday, Brian Fuentes did his part to maintain the validity of that statement as the Los Angeles Angels placed him on the disabled list. Fuentes has a strained back --an injury that occurred on...

Mike Gonzalez: Temporary Implosion or Permanent Failure?

Starting the season with two blown saves in three chances doesn't normally cost a closer his job, but when that stopper throws just 28 of 60 pitches for strikes to go along with four walks and a wild pitch, a temporary break from ninth-inning duty is probably a good thing. Clearly, Mike Gonzalez is not the same guy who...

Jim Johnson News From the Web

05/30/12 Two dead in local wreck Source: NBC - WTVA 9 - Tupelo MS Two people are dead after a one-vehicle wreck Tuesday night in Lee County.
05/28/12 Bodies of man and woman found in South Lee County Source: Northeast Mississippi Journal - Tupelo MS The bodies of a man and woman were discovered inside a trailer in Southwest Lee County on Sunday morning.
05/25/12 Why Yanks' Season Will End on October 3 vs. Boston Source: 1010 Wins After 45 games, the Birds are averaging 4.62 runs a game.
05/24/12 Cognitive Democracy: networked-based decision making... Source: Boing Boing Henry Farrell (George Washington University) and Cosma Rohilla Shalizi (Carnegie-Mellon/The Santa Fe Institute) have just posted a paper, "Cognitive Democracy," to Crooked Timber.
05/23/12 A âright-size' campus Source: Winona Daily News - Winona MN It's not every day a public institution celebrates decreasing its size.