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Baseball’s Signs of Panic

By john • May 10th, 2008 • Category: barry zito, frank thomas, major leagues, matt morris, richie sexson, shawn estes

With almost 40 games down the baseball season is rapidly approaching the panic crunch. Teams will have to decide whether they will continue and try to win their division or start to face the reality that they just weren’t very good this season.
Players on the other hand are trying to figure out why their just [...]


Pirates have to pay ransom to cut Morris

By john • Apr 27th, 2008 • Category: matt morris, pittsburgh pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates had only one option when it came to getting Matt Morris out of the rotation. Release him. Morris was 0-4 with a 9.67 ERA in his five starts for the team this season and was 3-4 with a 6.10 ERA in 11 starts following a trade from San Fransisco last season.
Morris was [...]