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The Rick Ankiel You Don’t Yet Know

Rick Ankiel was called up from Triple-A Memphis this past Thursday. Since then, he has hit 3 homeruns. The thing is that Ankiel was never known for his power. Coming out of high school, the St. Louis Cardinals were able to persuade Ankiel away from signing with the University of Miami by offering him a […]

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2007 MLB Amateur Draft Signing Bonuses – Update II

Last time this subject was touched on, we were a month away from the deadline for MLB teams to sign their 2007 draft picks [2007 MLB Amateur Draft Signing Bonuses – Update]. Time has elapsed, and the August 15th deadline is drawing near. In 6 days, MLB teams will either sign their picks or those […]

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Thumbs up or down for Boras ?

The baseball trading deadline has passed and players have moved to their new teams.  It is now time to look at the players who will be hitting free agency. Most notable of the bunch is Andrew Jones. With the recent trade of Mark Teixeira, it all but closes the door on Jones returning to the […]

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Scott Boras Has Been Awfully Vocal Lately

First, Boras decided that he would push Major League Baseball to change the standard best-out-of-seven World Series format to a best-out-of-nine event with some other minor changes mixed within [Scott Boras’ Plan To Take Over The World (Series)]. Then, Mr. Boras made every SportsCenter show for 3 straight days after saying that his client (Alex […]

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2007 MLB Amateur Draft Signing Bonuses – Update

August 15th is only a month away now, and is the last day for MLB teams to sign their 2007 draft picks. On June 27, I wrote a post concerning the shrinkage of signing bonuses for this year’s crop of players [2007 MLB Amateur Draft Signing Bonuses]. At that point, I mentioned that bonuses were […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

I missed a lot of news from Sunday-Wednesday (being trapped in a poker room in Biloxi, Mississippi…losing my ass), and it took a while for me to catch up with all of that on top of reading yesterday’s important sports agent news.  Thus, I bring to you a Friday wrap-up, of the biggest sports agent […]

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2007 MLB Amateur Draft Signing Bonuses

Justin Upton broke baseball barriers when he was selected #1 overall in 2005.  He received a whopping $6.1 million signing bonus for placing his name on the dotted line [New high MLB signing bonus].  A new Golden Age of baseball had arrived.  The 1994 strike was a distant memory and it seemed as though nothing […]

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The Yankees Now Have A Wang And A Zhang

Open the floodgates. First it was Japan, then South Korea…could China become the next Far East outlet for American baseball prospects? The New York Yankees seem to think so. Even though the Yankees are not officially the first MLB team to hire a Chinese born baseball player, they are the first club to have the […]

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It’s Going To Be The Most Hyped Draft Ever!

Right after the NFL Draft, NBA Draft, and the NHL draft. This year’s MLB First-Year Player Draft has gotten more press and will have more interested viewers than years past, however. The sole reason is because ESPN, the WWLS, has decided to televise the first round of the draft on ESPN2 today from 2PM-6PM, drawing […]

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Roll Out The Hold Outs

The MLB First-Year Player Draft is right around the corner, and you can expect to see some drafted players holding out for better offers. The media, MLB organizations, and the general public tend to agree on one thing: they hate it when players holdout. They also like to blame sports agents for ruining sports when […]