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Marc Kroon Signs With Giants After High-Octane Closing Stint in Japan

The San Francisco Giants have invited to spring training a record-holder for the fastest pitch in Japanese baseball. Marc Kroon, who was clocked at 101 miles per hour three years ago, will vie for a relief job with the World Series champions after compiling 177 saves and a 2.68 ERA in Japan the last six years, FanHouse...

Purpose-Pitch Revenge Needs to Stop

A baseball, I'll remind you, is a lethal weapon. It's a rock-hard, tightly-wrapped object with a cork center that has killed one player and ruined the careers of others. In 1920, Ray Chapman was hit in the head by a pitch and died 12 hours later in a New York City hospital. More recently, in 1967, a promising young hitter...

Guillermo Mota Hits Prince Fielder; Fielder Attempts Retaliation

Keeping track of beanball feuds can be complicated. Tuesday night, after the Dodgers finished drubbing the Brewers, Prince Fielder walked off the field and directly toward the Dodgers clubhouse, intent upon committing some unspecified act of violence against Guillermo Mota (or perhaps just yelling really loudly at him)....

Fantasy Baseball Preview: The Dodgers

Fantasy baseball draft season is coming, so you best be prepared by delving through every major player on each team. Fantasy FanHouse is here to help with a quick once-over. Meet the ...Eventual landing spot for Manny Ramirez. Seriously, it's going to happen sooner or later, so we'll just assume it's already happened for...

Footprints in the Snow: Milwaukee Brewers

Footprints in the Snow is FanHouse's look at the paths to be forged by MLB teams this winter as they look ahead to 2009.It's hard to think of a team that's been on more of a rollercoaster than the Milwaukee Brewers have the past five months. In June, they acquired CC Sabathia and started steamrolling towards what looked...

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Giants Pitcher Suspended For 100 Games For Steroid Usage

San Francisco Giants reliever Guillermo Mota was suspended for 100 games on Monday, becoming just the third major league player penalized twice for positive drug tests.

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05/17/12 San Francisco Giants: 5 Major Problems and How to Fix... Source: Bleacher Report The 2011 San Francisco Giants were derailed by injuries, and once again injuries have reared their ugly head for this year's team.
05/16/12 Guillermo Mota and the 15 Worst Steroid Excuses in... Source: Bleacher Report Guillermo Mota had the hammer put down hard on him last week when he was handed a 100-game suspension for a positive test for PEDs. His agent says that Mota will be appealing the suspension, claiming that a children's cough medicine is to blame: Players are responsible for what they put in their bodies.
05/08/12 Giants Pitcher Suspended For 100 Games For Steroid... Source: The Huffington Post - Local San Francisco Giants reliever Guillermo Mota was suspended for 100 games on Monday, becoming just the third major league player penalized twice for positive drug tests.
05/08/12 DODGERS NOTEBOOK: It's a relief to see Belisario Source: Pasadena Star-News - Pasadena CA In serious need of right-handed bullpen help, the Dodgers made a significant acquisition last week and without making a trade or signing a free agent.
05/08/12 Mota suspended 100 games; Giants routed 9-1 in L.A. Source: San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA Los Angeles -- - This is the Roseanne Roseannadana of ballclubs.

Background on guillermo mota

Guillermo Reynoso Mota (born July 25, 1973) is a Dominican baseball player. A relief pitcher, he currently plays for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball.

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