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Starting Five: This Rockie Is the Marquis Of Wins

Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a quick nod to what is ahead.You Oughta Know ...Jason Marquis is three wins shy of his career high.Marquis won Sunday for the Rockies, giving him 12 for the season, most in the majors. Not bad for a guy the Cubs essentially dumped in the offseason so...

Daily Jolt: An Ode to Ancient Arms

The Daily Jolt is a dose of baseball reality every weekday morning.First Mike Mussina walked away. That was Nov. 21 -- almost four months ago -- and you had to love him going out on top, washing away the biggest knock on his borderline Hall of Fame career in his final season by winning 20 games. A few weeks later The...

Joe Torre's Story Deserves to Be Told

NEW YORK -- Joe Torre's name is on the book, but it's a fair estimate not even one-fourth of the words are actually his. He says he's read it six times, perusing line for line, scanning chapters for quotes or anecdotes that have caused so much fuss. It is clear the New York Yankees, Torre's former employer, aren't pleased...

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....

From the Windup: Is It Time for a Salary Cap?

From the Windup is FanHouse's extended look at a particular portion of America's pastime.Salary Cap. There's not a more controversial phrase in baseball economics. The prospect of one hung over the strike of 1994 and 1995 before the owners and players managed to settle without implementing a true cap. Since then, baseball...

MIke Mussina News From the Web

05/24/12 The Lineup Card: 10 Mr. Almosts by Baseball Prospectus Source: Baseball Prospectus Some players hang on too long; some cases in point are Early Wynn pitching forever until notching his 300 th and final victory and Willie Mays , perhaps the most graceful player in baseball history, stumbling around the bases in the 1973 World Series.