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Kris Benson, Former No. 1 Pick, Retires

Kris Benson, the first overall pick in the 1996 draft, is retiring from baseball, according to FOX's Jon Paul Morosi. Most people will probably have the same reaction to this news -- Kris Benson was still pitching? -- and that's sort of the story of Benson's entire career in a nutshell. When the Pirates took Benson with...

Kris Benson Back on Mound for D'backs

TUCSON, Ariz. -- The song coming from the portable radio in Arizona's locker room Wednesday afternoon was a former No. 1 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 -- "You Should Be Dancing" by the Bee Gees from 1976. In a way it seemed oddly appropriate. A few feet away, another former No. 1 selection was discussing his pitching...

Take the Fifth -- That Is, Take My Fifth Starter, Please

Maybe it's time to go back to the four-man rotation.No, that isn't really practical. But with Opening Day encroaching, teams are sorting out their pitching staffs. And since most teams went into spring training not sure who would make up the back-end of the rotation, we're starting to get word now on who will fill those...

MLB Power Rankings: Preseason, Part 3

MLB Power Rankings: Where we care what you've done for us lately when we break down the who's who and the what's what in the baseball world each week.We're almost there. You can smell it in the air, can't you? That's right ... the NHL playoffs! Ha. I kid, of course. No one actually watches hockey (if it even exists). But...

The Dugout: Horseplay

The picture to your right is not of former Oriole Kris Benson throwing a pitch. He tried to wave goodbye to a friend and his arm just snapped back like that.In baseball news you may have missed (because you could not possibly care about it), the former first pick in the 1996 draft and perennial bench-grimacer signed a...

Background on kris benson

Kristin James Benson (born November 7, 1974) is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher. Benson pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates from to , New York Mets from to , Baltimore Orioles in to , Texas Rangers in , and Arizona Diamondbacks in .

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