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Steve Phillips' Fix My Team: Braves

By FanHouse TVDec 15th 2010 – 4:45PM

Every team has a few precious months in the offseason to make tweaks to their roster and ensure that they improve in 2011. Steve Phillips has taken a team to the World Series before, and in November and December he will present his plan for every major league team to get there as well. It's the 23rd episode of Fix My Team,...

George Sherrill, Braves Agree to Deal

By Andrew JohnsonDec 10th 2010 – 1:15PM

Left-handed reliever George Sherrill and the Braves agreed to a one-year contract, the team announced Friday. The deal reportedly includes a base salary of $1.2 million and could grow to $1.4 million if certain incentives are hit. Sherrill, 33, struggled badly with the Dodgers in 2010, going 2-2 with a 6.69 ERA in 65...

Five Non-Tendered Players Worth a Look

By Jeff FletcherDec 3rd 2010 – 9:00AM

Baseball's Hot Stove season switched into a higher gear at midnight on Thursday night. A whole new batch of free agents flooded the market with the deadline for offering contracts to arbitration-eligible players. It's not a terribly sexy list. Players get non-tendered because their potential arbitration salary exceeds...

Dodgers Non-Tender Russell Martin, Reliever George Sherrill

By FanHouse StaffDec 3rd 2010 – 12:46AM

For the time being, anyway, Russell Martin is no longer a Los Angeles Dodger. The two-time All-Star, once considered a cornerstone piece for the Dodgers, was not tendered a contract for 2011 before Thursday night's deadline, making him a free agent. The Dodgers also non-tendered lefty reliever George Sherrill and reserve...

Clayton Kershaw, Joe Torre Suspended as Confusion Over Gaffe Reigns

By Tom FornelliJul 21st 2010 – 10:33PM

Major League Baseball has handed down suspensions to Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, manager Joe Torre and bench coach Bob Schaefer from the latest, and perhaps strangest, chapter in the Giants-Dodgers rivalry. Kershaw was suspended five games -- or one turn in the rotation -- for intentionally throwing at Aaron Rowand...

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Background on george sherrill

George Friederich Sherrill (born April 19, 1977, in Memphis, Tennessee), also known as "The Brim Reaper", "Flat Breezy", and "Duckbill" (all because he keeps the brim of his hat very flat while he plays), is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Seattle Mariners.

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