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Resurrection Project
Every once in a while, the sports world presents us with a feel good story. Maybe it's the nature of baseball that makes their stories seem that much better.
Teenagers are drafted and often spend several years fighting their way through the minor league levels, praying that they will one day get the call. Hoping that they can call themselves a Major League baseball player.
Take it Deep:
It's time to head down to the clock tower, fire up the flux capacitor and drive the DeLorean all the way back to March 10th, 2008.
I know what you're thinking. That wasn't that long ago, but in baseball terms it was about a month before the season started. That's when yours truly, The Consigliere, sat down and calculated the homerun projections for our pool players.
D-Day Rumor Mill
It's that time of year again when we hear "buyer" and "seller" in every other baseball story.
July 31st marks the non-waiver trading deadline and teams begin to analyze each plate appearance, each pitch thrown and each contract on the books. Some teams are in the hunt and must decide if they are willing to dump prospects for a rental player that could help them reach the postseason. Other teams are hoping that they can find a trading partner willing to take a huge contract off their hands while giving up some young prospects.
Consigliere's Monthly Report (June)
Each month, I'll break down which of our pool players get the credit for their team leading the division and which players get the blame for their team being in the basement.
Carlos Pena spent a lot of time sitting out and only has 1 HR, 5 RBI and 2 Runs to show for the whole month. That means that our pool player that gets the credit for keeping the Rays at the top is B.J. Upton. He has 6 HR, 41 RBI, 52 Runs and 23 SB.
Written by Consigliere
Most people should be able to tell you that Francis Scott Key is responsible for the National Anthem that we hear before each baseball game, but not many know the journey of the song.
Francis Scott Key was actually a poet who wrote a poem called "Defence of Fort McHenry" after witnessing Royal Navy ships attack Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. After being circulated, renamed and set to the tune of a British drinking song called "To Anacreon in Heaven", Francis Scott Key's poem became "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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