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Baseball Brunch: Time for Draft Reform?

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.As the No. 1 overall pick in 1990, Chipper Jones signed with the Braves for $275,000.Even in today's dollars, that's about $450,000 -- or about 3 percent of Stephen Strasburg was guaranteed as this year's No. 1 pick.And Jones agreed to his deal the...

From the Windup: About Last Winter

From the Windup is Matt Snyder's extended look at some aspect of America's pastime each Thursday.Every Hot Stove season, each team reshapes its roster in an attempt to better themselves. After each transaction, whether a free agent acquisition, trade or something else, writers and bloggers everywhere provide knee-jerk...

Ivan Rodriguez Is Headed Back to the Rangers for Matt Nevarez

The Astros dealt Ivan Rodriguez back to the Rangers Tuesday afternoon in exchange for minor league reliever Matt Nevarez and a player to be named later, a major league source has confirmed to FanHouse. Pudge, who spent the best 12 years of his career with the Rangers between 1991 and 2002, is only hitting .251/.280/.382...

Ivan Rodriguez Says He'll Play Until He Has 3,000 Hits

Ivan Rodriguez has had a great career. He won an MVP award with Texas in the '90s, has 13 Gold Gloves and an impeccable reputation as a defensive catcher. He's caught more games than anyone in baseball history, and his presence on the 2003 Florida Marlins was widely cited as an intangible reason for their improbable run to...

Baseball Brunch: Unheralded Marlins Pitching Duo Among Game's Best

Best 1-2 punch in baseball? Maybe Josh Beckett and Jon Lester.Best young 1-2 combo? Probably Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain.Best young 1-2 starters you may not have heard of? Josh Johnson and Chris Volstad. "If Volstad and Johnson pitched in a major media market – they're better prospects than Joba Chamberlain," one...

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05/17/12 Lawyers: Clients guilty, but not of murder Source: Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia PA IVAN RODRIGUEZ is guilty of stealing a motorcycle at gunpoint and Donta Craddock is guilty of the same robbery and of involuntary manslaughter or vehicular homicide, but neither murdered four people killed by the speeding getaway Pontiac Trans Am minutes after the June 2009 robbery, the two defendants' attorneys told a Philadelphia jury during opening statements Wednesday.