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Yankees Decline Options on Lance Berkman, Kerry Wood, Nick Johnson

The Yankees announced Wednesday that they have declined contract options on first baseman/DH Lance Berkman, right-handed reliever Kerry Wood and designated hitter Nick Johnson for 2011. The club also announced that it had picked up its 2011 option on right-handed pitcher Andrew Brackman, a first-round pick in 2007 who has...

Just in Time to Face Torre, Matsui Heating Up for Angels

LOS ANGELES -- When Hideki Matsui played for Joe Torre on the New York Yankees for five seasons, Torre often made plain his admiration for his Japanese star. Before Torre and Matsui faced each other for the first time in different uniforms Friday night, Torre -- the third-year manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers --...

Yankees' Nick Johnson to Have Surgery

NEW YORK -- In what may be the least surprising injury news of the year in baseball, Yankees DH Nick Johnson will have surgery on his injured right wrist and will be out much longer than the Yankees initially believed. Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Johnson wouldn't be able to pick up a bat for 4-to-6 weeks after the...

Pickup Artist: Young and the Theftless

Need help navigating the waiver wire each week? Let the Pickup Artist be your guide. Infielders Eric Young (2B, COL) - 3% owned Young got the call when Brad Hawpe went on the DL but he could be here to stay if he can prove himself a catalyst atop the Rockies order. So far, so good. Young is 5-for-10 with two stolen...

The Pickup Artist: Eye Pods

Need help navigating the waiver wire each week? Let the Pickup Artist be your guide. Infielders Alcides Escobar (SS, MIL) – 24% Pay no attention to Escobar's .208 average and zero swipes through seven contests. Not only is he seeing the ball extremely well (2/2 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 26 plate appearances),...

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06/01/12 Packers ranked No. 18 in MaxPreps poll Source: The Moultrie Observer - Moultrie GA Colquitt County football coach Rush Propst has not been reticent about touting his 2012 team as perhaps one of his best.
06/01/12 Junior girls champions Source: The Moultrie Observer - Moultrie GA Moultrie Heathcare was the undefeated champion of the Moultrie-Colquitt County Parks and Recreation Department's Junior girls softball league.
06/01/12 Colquitt County baseball scholar-athletes Source: The Moultrie Observer - Moultrie GA The Colquitt County baseball team's scholar-athletes are, front, from left, Austin Dykes, Matt Creech, Chad Jacobs, Preston Berry, Ryan Chatman and Vann Pitts; back, Clayton Brown, Aubrey McCarty, Zack Saunders, Dillon Presley, Colin Kirkland, Gabe Mobley, Jonah Bozeman and Jared May. Colquitt County football coach Rush Propst has not been reticent about touting his 2012 team as perhaps one of his best.
05/31/12 Middle school soccer teams Source: The Moultrie Observer - Moultrie GA Colquitt County middle school soccer team held its banquet on May 21 and honored the players on its boys and girls girls team.
05/31/12 Pitts to start for Georgia Tech in Regional opener Source: The Moultrie Observer - Moultrie GA Craig Pitts and wife Deborah will leave about 9 this morning and head down I-75 to Gainesville, Fla., to watch son Cole start on the mound for Georgia Tech against the College of Charleston in the Yellow Jackets' opening game of NCAA baseball tournament.

Background on nick johnson

Nicholas Robert "Nick" Johnson (born September 19, 1978, in Sacramento, California) is an American Major League Baseball first baseman with the Baltimore Orioles.

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