Articles Written by:    JEFF KALLMAN     

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Frankie Goes to Dollarwood

He electrified baseball with a 2002 September callup and postseason run that staggered three teams en route his own’s first World Series rings; he’s been the show in the ninth inning since taking the role from Troy Percival; but whether the show goes ...

From JEFF KALLMAN, Most Valuable Network,  16 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Francisco Rodriguez,  Tim Brown,  Troy Percival,  Yahoo!,  Trevor Hoffman

Yogi Yanks Clemens

The long and troublesome arm of actual or alleged performance-enhancing substances has even reached out and touched Yogi Berra—the Hall of Fame catcher’s museum and learning center has yanked Roger Clemens’s jersey from an exhibit commemorating the 1995 ...

From JEFF KALLMAN, Most Valuable Network,  16 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Yogi Berra,  Roger Clemens,  New York Yankees,  Andy Pettitte,  Derek Jeter

Livan Goes North

The slightly surprising list of free agents going this far without finding new jobs for 2008 has shrunk by at least one, veteran pitcher Livan Hernandez signing with the Minnesota Twins for a year and between five and six million in salary plus ...

From JEFF KALLMAN, Most Valuable Network,  12 Feb 2008
Related Topics: National League,  Dusty Baker,  Steve Trachsel,  New York Mets,  ESPN

The Tax Man Could Cripple The Bonds Case: Report

That dogged Internal Revenue Service agent who led the hunt for BALCO and its star baseball client may end up as the hunted hound himself, according to Yahoo Sports! writer Jonathan Littman: Jeff Novitsky has four federal judges condemning the way he ...

From JEFF KALLMAN, Most Valuable Network,  11 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Barry Bonds,  Yahoo!,  New York Yankees,  New York Mets,  Brian McNamee

Karl Ehrhardt, RIP: Signs of the Time

Among the fans who were almost as legendary as the team, the Brooklyn Dodgers had Hilda Chester (with the fishwife yowl and the iron frying pan banged with a ladle) in the bleachers and the Dodger Sym-Phony Band (nine fans whose musical ability rivaled ...

From JEFF KALLMAN, Most Valuable Network,  9 Feb 2008
Related Topics: New York Mets,  Cleon Jones,  Mike Andrews,  Ed Kranepool,  Frank Robinson

Ed Vargo, RIP: “The Game Called Itself”

Quick: Name the only umpire in major league history to call balls and strikes for two no-hitters by the same pitcher, balls and strikes for the game in which the career home run record was tied, and a three-run single out of a Bicentennial grand ...

From JEFF KALLMAN, Most Valuable Network,  4 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Babe Ruth,  Milton Berle,  Ralph Garr,  Darrell Evans,  Garry Maddox

Six Years, $137.5 Million

It took about two extra hours to secure, but Johan Santana and the New York Mets agreed: six years, $137.5 million, a club option for 2014, and a $5.5 million buyout—enough to make the deal worth as much as $150 million over seven years. Thus completes ...

From JEFF KALLMAN, Most Valuable Network,  2 Feb 2008
Related Topics: New York Mets,  Johan Santana,  New York Yankees,  Alex Rodriguez,  Carlos Gomez

Upside, Downside

It looks even better for the 2008 Mets with Johan Santana fronting the rotation: Santana has the fourth-lowest earned run average (0.60) of any active opposing pitcher who’s pitched in Shea Stadium and has fifteen or more innings’ work on his ...

From JEFF KALLMAN, Most Valuable Network,  30 Jan 2008
Related Topics: David Wright,  Johan Santana,  Brandon Webb,  Mark Prior,  Chris Reitsma

Deadline for Johan?

The latest from the Johan Santana saga: the Minnesota Twins, at the lefthander’s request, have exercised a midday Tuesday deadline for offers, ESPN reported early Tuesday afternoon . . . and the team “is expected to make a decision soon” on whether to ...

From JEFF KALLMAN, Most Valuable Network,  29 Jan 2008
Related Topics: New York Yankees,  Johan Santana,  ESPN,  Buster Olney,  Jose Reyes

Santana Speculation: Gomez Pulled From Winter Ball?

But bear in mind the topsy-turviness around the prospective Erik Bedard to Seattle deal, with the deal said now to be in limbo or dead, it was reported over the weekend that the Mariners called Adam Jones (one of four players the M’s were thought to be ...

From JEFF KALLMAN, Most Valuable Network,  29 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Erik Bedard

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