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Roto Rush: Ubaldo Jimenez Emerges as Real-Life and Fantasy Ace

Poppin' out the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday.Heading into the season, the signs were there that the Rockies' 25-year-old right-handed starter Ubaldo Jimenez was ready for a breakout campaign. The only question was his occasional...

Dramatics Aside, Big Apple Baseball Looks Rotten

FORMER BASEBALL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD -- There is a Subway Series this weekend.There is one again in two weeks.There will not be one in October.Friday night's game at Yankee Stadium, which both teams deserved to lose, showed us that.It will be remembered forever, at least in the five boroughs and surrounding areas, as the...

Batting Order Swap Could Alter Fantasy Value for Wright and Beltran

New York Mets manager Jerry Manuel announced that he's making some lineup changes for Thursday's game. The biggest deal is the fact that he plans to move David Wright down two slots to bat fifth, while moving Beltran up to bat third. A move from batting third in the batting order to batting fifth doesn't seem like much,...

Fantasy Baseball Preview: The Mets

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 ... Chokers. Sorry, folks, but until they can actually close out a regular season, that's the label they're getting. Fortunately for us...

Daily Jolt: Diverging Paths for Hanley Ramirez, Jose Reyes

The Daily Jolt is a dose of baseball reality every weekday morning.They have been almost inextricably linked for years now. The Mets' Jose Reyes and the Marlins' Hanley Ramirez are both shortstops, both 25 years old and both Dominican. Both play for NL East teams and both have taken the mantle at their position from the...

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06/01/12 Perez's Clutch Double Sends Flying Tigers Over... Source: The Ledger - Lakeland FL
JUPITER | Herman Perez doubled home James McCann with the go-ahead run in the top of the fifth inning, and the Lakeland Flying Tigers went on to defeat the Jupiter Hammerheads, 6-4, Thursday night at Roger Dean Stadium.
The Flying Tigers scored two runs in the first inning on McCann's two-run single but fell behind, 4-2 after three innings.
In the top of the fourth, Luis Castillo and Dixon Machado hit back-to-back one-out singles.
05/23/12 Clubhouse Confidential Rips Rodriguez, Torre but Not... Source: 1010 Wins Luis Castillo was the last of the New York Yankees ' batboys that wasn't required to sign a confidentiality agreement.
05/18/12 Don Banks: Plenty of 2011's injured players are primed... Source: Sports Illustrated While the entire NFL world has been fixated on every detail and development in his year-plus battle with his neck issues, Peyton Manning wasn't the only player who had his 2011 ruined by injury.
05/09/12 Peru mine workers to go on two-day strike demanding... Source: Energy Business Review Peru's National Federation of Mining is planning to go on a two-day national strike on May 14 to put its demand for implementing pension law for the miners that was approved in 2011.
05/05/12 Lakeland Flying Tigers Cruises To Defeat Miracle Source: The Ledger - Lakeland FL
FORT MYERS | Lakeland jumped out to a 5-0 lead after four innings and cruised to a 6-1 victory over Fort Myers at Hammond Stadium.
The Flying Tigers' Kevin Eichhorn (3-1) pitched 6 2/3 innings fanning four Miracle batters while yielding six hits and a run.