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| MLB suspends Marlins P Owens 50 games |
MLB Baseball |
11/11/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Major League Baseball has suspended Florida Marlins pitcher Henry Owens 50 games for testing positive for performance- enhancing drugs. Owens, 29, has not pitched in the majors since June 2007 because of trouble with his right shoulder. The right-hander was 2-0 with four saves and a 1.96 earned run average in 22 appearances in 2007 before heading to the disabled list in June. "We are disappointed that Henry Owens received a positive test, and fully endorse the discipline outlin |
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| Nats deal for Willingham, Olsen |
MLB Baseball |
11/11/2008 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - The Washington Nationals acquired left fielder Josh Willingham and left-handed pitcher Scott Olsen from the Florida Marlins on Tuesday. Washington is sending second baseman Emilio Bonifacio, minor league pitcher P.J. Dean and minor league second baseman Jake Smolinski to Florida. Willingham hit .254 with 15 homers and 51 RBI last season, while Olsen went 8-11 with a 4.20 earned run average in 33 starts in 2008. Bonifacio had five triples and 12 RBI in 41 games with the Nationals l |
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| Burnett opts out of contract, becomes free agent |
MLB Baseball |
11/04/2008 |
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| The pitcher was scheduled to make $24 million over the final two years of the contract. The 31-year-old posted an 18-10 record with a 4.07 earned run average in 2008, when he started a career-high 34 games. He also struck out an American League- best and career-high 231 batters. Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi has indicated that Toronto may discuss a new contract for Burnett. For his 10-year career, which started with seven years with the Florida Marlins, Burnett has an 87-76 record with a 3.81 ERA. |
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| Marlins claim LHP Meyer from A's |
MLB Baseball |
11/03/2008 |
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| Dana Point, CA (MySportsbook) - The Florida Marlins claimed left-handed pitcher Dan Meyer off waivers from the Oakland Athletics on Monday. A first-round pick (34th overall) of the Atlanta Braves in 2002, the James Madison product went 0-4 with a 7.48 earned run average in 11 games for Oakland last season, with four starts. He went 10-5 with a 4:48 ERA in 22 games -- 20 starts -- for Triple-A Sacramento in 2008. Meyer has played parts of three seasons in the majors with Atlanta (2004) and Oakland (2007-08), |
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| Kansas City Royals |
MLB Baseball Transaction |
10/31/2008 |
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| Acquired first baseman Mike Jacobs from the Florida Marlins in exchange for pitcher Leo Nunez. |
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| Royals acquire Jacobs from Marlins |
MLB Baseball |
10/30/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - The Kansas City Royals have acquired first baseman Mike Jacobs from the Florida Marlins in exchange for pitcher Leo Nunez. Jacobs, who turned 28 years old on Thursday, belted a career-high 32 homers and drove in 93 runs with a .247 batting average in 2008. He is a career .262 hitter with 80 homers and 247 RBI in 421 big league games with Florida and the New York Mets. "We're delighted to acquire a productive hitter to impact the middle of our lineup," said Royals general man |
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| Maddon, Gonzalez named top managers by Sporting News |
MLB Baseball |
10/23/2008 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Rays' Joe Maddon and the Florida Marlins' Fredi Gonzalez were named the Sporting News' Managers of the Year, as selected by a panel of 18 major league managers. Maddon took the American League honors after leading the Rays from last place in the AL East a season ago to a division pennant and a World Series appearance in the 2008 campaign. The Rays finished with a 97-65 regular-season record and knocked off the defending champion Boston Red Sox in a memorable |
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| Do or Die: Red Sox, Rays play Game 7 at the Trop |
MLB Baseball |
10/19/2008 |
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| s the eighth time that a team has forced a Game 7 after being down 3-1 in the LCS. Six of the seven previous teams coming back from that deficit finished the task in Game 7. The '85 Royals and '04 Red Sox also won Game 7 on the road, as did the 2003 Florida Marlins. B.J. Upton homered -- his seventh of the playoffs -- for the Rays, who in Game 5 on Thursday squandered a seven-run lead along with a chance to move to their first-ever World Series in an 8-7 loss. Josh Beckett (1-0) tossed five solid innings to ge |
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| Phils try to finish off LA and advance to World Series |
MLB Baseball |
10/15/2008 |
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| last year in the ALCS, but it has only happened on two other occasions in the NLCS since the format was switched to a best-of-seven in 1985. In fact, nine of the 11 teams that have gone up 3-1 in NLCS play have advanced to the World Series. The 2003 Florida Marlins and 1996 Atlanta Braves are the only NL clubs to overcome such a deficit in this round. For the Dodgers to even get to that point, though, they will need a much better effort from righty Chad Billingsley than they got from him in Game 2. Billingsley |
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| Yankees part ways with 3B coach, pitching instructor |
MLB Baseball |
10/14/2008 |
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| bby Meacham, and that they have dismissed pitching instructor Rich Monteleone. Meacham was one of the two original coaches tabbed by Yankees manager Joe Girardi when he was hired in November 2007. Meacham, who was Girardi's third base coach with the Florida Marlins, replaced Larry Bowa, who took the same job with the Los Angeles Dodgers. A former infielder, Meacham played for the Yankees from 1983 to 1988. Monteleone, a former first-round pick by the Detroit Tigers who pitched 10 seasons in the big leagues wit |
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