Monthly Archives: December 2008

Top 12 ASU Baseball Moments of 2008: #10- Jeff Larish and Brooks Conrad Make Major League Debuts (Arizona State Sun Devils)

As we count down the final days of 2008, TheSunDevils.com and Arizona State Baseball countdown the Top 12 Sun Devil Baseball moments of 2008.

Mark Teixeira Signing Shows Major League Baseball Needs a Salary Cap - Bleacher Report

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Mark Teixeira Signing Shows Major League Baseball Needs a Salary CapBleacher Report, CA - Dec 24, 2008It's time for Major League Baseball to put the big-boy pants on and get to work. Bud Selig needs to tell Donald Fehr enough is enough. …Don’t blame Yankees, blame baseball New Haven Register (subscription)Yanks agree deal with first baseman [...]

Baseball’s season of trades heating up (The Times-News)

WASHINGTON - There’s a baseball league where no games are played. But every year this league helps determine who will be the World Series champion. It’s called the hot stove league. It’s the time during the offseason when teams make trades and players sign with new teams.

Candidates, child killers, closed churches in the headlines (The Hazleton Standard-Speaker)

Hazleton native Joe Maddon’s success in Major League Baseball was voted the No. 1 news story of 2008 by the Standard-Speaker staff.

Baseball clinic targets fundamentals (FOX 28 South Bend)

Major league baseball hopefuls got a few pointers from South Bend Silverhawks Manager Mark Haley Sunday.

Sports briefs (Austin American-Statesman)

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2008 In Review: Atlanta Manager Bobby Cox Breaks His Own Record (The Chattanoogan)

Veteran Braves manager Bobby Cox, who already held the all-time record for ejections in Major League Baseball, added to his own record in 2008. On September 3, he received his 143rd career heave-ho. Before Cox broke the record, the mark was held by the legendary John McGraw.

Baseball league player registration to be held (Florham Park Eagle)

FLORHAM PARK - The Florham Park Baseball Club will hold registration for the 2009 season from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10; from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Florham Park Community Center, Emmett Field.

Two white-hot players have ties to former CHS stars (The Log Cabin Democrat)

Cliff Lee and Mark Texeira, two of Major League Baseball’s hottest and most prominent players, have connections that link to Faulkner County roots.

The Hot Corner: Baseball Business As Usual (The Tampa Tribune)

Surprise, surprise people. The usual suspects are at it again in the free-wheeling, high-spending free-for-all that is Major League Baseball’s offseason.