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Left on Base: Weathers to Brewers, Eckstein Rejects Twins and More

Left on Base is MLB FanHouse's link dump.- David Weathers has been shipped to the Brewers for a player-to-be-named. It should help to shore up the Milwaukee bullpen, though it does nothing for the rotation -- which, outside of Yovani Gallardo, is pretty damn awful. - Apparently David Eckstein is not too worried about...

Left on Base: Zambrano an Infielder?

Left on Base is MLB FanHouse's link dump.You know Carlos Zambrano. He's the Cubs starting pitcher who can swing a power bat on occasion. He actually sports two Silver Slugger awards for his exploits with the lumber. Anyway, considering the Cubs have a rash of day-to-day injuries -- meaning they don't want to put any of...

Left on Base: Colonel Sanders' Curse

Left on Base is MLB FanHouse's link dump.-- From Bambino to Billy Penn to Billy Goat, we love our curses here in America, particularly when it comes to the national pastime. What you may not know (we sure didn't) is that the Japanese professional baseball isn't immune from this phenomenon. The Hanshin Tigers have won just...

Left on Base: Dutch Bragging Rights

Left on Base is MLB FanHouse's link dump.-- Seattle teammates Wladimir Balentien and Adrian Beltre couldn't play in this year's World Baseball Classic -- Balentien, a native of Curacao, because he is fighting for playing time and Beltre, a native of the Dominican Republic, because the Mariners forbid him. But, as old...

Left on Base: Hank Aaron's Boyhood Home Is Moved, Becomes Museum

Left on Base is MLB FanHouse's link dump.* Hank Aaron's name has been in the news plenty in passing with the latest steroid bombshell. Here's a story actually related to the once (and future?) home run king. From AOL Home comes a story about Hammerin' Hank's boyhood home being moved from north Mobile, Ala. to the aptly...

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04/16/12 Fantasy Baseball: Greinke, Doubront, Liriano; Not THAT... Source: FakeTeams We're back to take another look at pitchers whose ERA might not be quite indicative of their actual success by using FIP and xFIP instead.
08/04/11 Pineiro has another shaky outing in Angels' loss Source: Whittier Daily News - Whittier CA Joel Pineiro came into Wednesday's game against the Twins looking to prove to his teammates, coaches and fans that he can be relied on to fill out the Angels' starting rotation.
06/19/11 Angels 7, Mets 3: Ninth Inning Field Goal Makes It... Source: Amazin' Avenue If this game were a movie it would have an 8% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
06/04/11 Robertson continues to rack up the K's Source: MLB - New York Yankees Since 2009, only two pitchers in the Major Leagues have thrown 100 innings and struck out more than 12 batters per nine innings: Chicago Cubs closer Carlos Marmol and Yankees setup man David Robertson.
05/13/11 Saber-stat Series Preview: Mets vs. Astros Source: Amazin' Avenue Following their series win and other worldly performance by that selfish Carlos Beltran yesterday, the Mets travel to Houston for a three-game series.