My source proved correct in telling me that Teixeira would be traded today and predicting the Angels as the probable team to get him. He was traded for Casey Kotchman and minor league pitcher Steven Marek. With Teixeira’s free agency coming up, my source predicts the Angels will be able to resign him […]

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The news today from my inside source is that Mark Teixeira may be traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The players the Diamondbacks would have to give up include pitcher Jarrod Parker and first baseman Chad Tracy. Pitcher Max Scherzer has also been mentioned in some rumors, but he is not likely to be a part […]

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Manny Ramirez has been asking for trades on and off every year since coming to the Red Sox, but now it’s for real. The Red Sox really want to trade him, but they probably won’t find a buyer, according to my sources and other sources.
The Sox couldn’t trade him in his prime, so they […]

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The Cubs have the best record in the National League and the second best record in baseball. So why can’t you consider them a World Series contender?
Because of this useless stat, brought to you by ESPN:
The Cubs became the first team in the National League to win 60 games. The last time the […]

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Picks so risky you’ll be saying, ‘did he really just say that?”
SCOTT JACOBS
The Indians will not be in the World Series as I predicted at the start of the year… so who’s got the best shot?… O, cmon, did you really think I was going to answer that in the first line? No way […]

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All-Star Game
Alright guys, good All-Star Game last night. It ended well past 12, in the 15th inning with the AL winning, once again proving the giving home field advantage to the winner does have the advantage of letting the best team (i.e. the AL team) have home field advantage in the World Series. […]

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Why you ask? Because of Josh Hamilton. That’s why.

SCOTT JACOBS
Alright, before we kick this thing off, let’s play Who Am I. Here we go.
I lead the AL in home runs and play for the atrocious Cleveland Indians. Today on Around the Horn, my name was mispronounced. In 2002 I was part […]

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J Rose
Boston-based commentary with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer
Alright ladies & gents, boys & girls, step right up and witness the greatest snow job on Earth: the 2008 State Farm Home Run Derby, presented by ESPN, Taco Bell, DisneyWorld, Dimension Films, Chirs Berman’s hair and Cialis.
I’m your host, Chris “backbackbackbackBoomerdon’tcallmeEthel” Berman, and I’m proud […]

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