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last offseason on the heels of a season in which he won a Silver Slugger award as the top DH in the American League. Hideki Matsui , after a fine 2009 season in which he hit 29 homers, had an .876 OPS and ended up winning World Series MVP honors
another Japanese pitcher who spent some time with the Red Sox, is No. 9. Yao Ming takes the top spot, ahead of Pele and Hideki Matsui . ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On Jan. 24, 1971, which Bruin was honored in a pregame ceremony before the B’s beat the
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devaluing of the designated hitter position, which currently has a litany of candidates (Vlad Guerrero, Johnny Damon , Hideki Matsui ) still on the open market primed to settle for relatively how dollar figures. Even when it comes to the one player who
possibility for a team that needs to upgrade the position. Athletics: The A’s went the discount DH route, signing Hideki Matsui to a one-year, $4.25 million deal. They received a poor return, as the veteran hit .251/.321/.375
respectable .279 average masking his awful .315 OBP and .700 OPS. --The Athletics went the bargain route, signing Hideki Matsui to a one-year, $4.25 million deal. The 37-year-old has performed like a player whose career is nearing its end, hitting .209 with
aberration. And when you had names such as Ramirez, Hideki Matsui ($4.25 million) and Jim Thome ($3 million) settling ..... million) Angels: Bobby Abreu ($9 million) Oakland: Hideki Matsui ($4.25 million) Toronto: Adam Lind ($5 million
851) in 2010, but if you take away Crawford’s legs, he’s fighting players like Vladimir Guerrero and Hideki Matsui for a one-year deal in the $4-5 million range. But speed is a tool that starts to decline almost from the earliest
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the same thing, can you get Nick Johnson out? I would say yes. Can you get [Jorge] Posada ? Yes. Can you get [ Hideki ] Matsui ? Yes. Can you get anybody – can you get any of those players? I would say yes, and I would take the ball again because I
runs in a game, joining Paul Molitor (1982) while tying the record for most RBI in a World Series contest, joining Hideki Matsui (2009) and Bobby Richardson (1960). The Cardinals took an early 1-0 lead on Allen Craig's solo homer in the
allowed just one hit in the eighth inning to extend his scoreless streak to 8 2/3 innings. In that time frame, Hideki Matsui ‘s single Saturday was just the second hit surrendered by Bard. His pitching line since Aug. 7: 8 2/3 IP, 2 H, 0
Only five Athletics have faced Bedard, and of them Hideki Matsui poses the biggest challenge. Matsui is batting .409 ..... scored and on-base percentage. Athletics vs. Bedard Hideki Matsui (24 plate appearances): .409 BA/.458 OBP
surrendering a double to Jemile Weeks to start the inning, Albers retired the next two batters he faced ( Coco Crisp and Hideki Matsui respectively) to place himself one out away from a painless frame. Had Albers retired the next batter, his season ERA would
The NFL Sunday gang wraps up the season predicting the score of Super Bowl 46...and they don't think it's going to be as close as most people do. Go Pats!
NFL Sunday rolls on with Dale, Fauria and Price talking about the emotional roller coaster the Pats and more specifically team owner Robert Kraft have been on this season. With the passing of his wife Myra, this goal to become champs has taken on a whole new meaning.
The NFL Sunday crew talks about the cocky and brash chatter coming from some of the Giants the last couple weeks. Dale is surprised that Tom Coughlin allowed most of it to go down and says Belichick would never let that fly. The guys also touch on the little mistake the Giants team website made yesterday in putting up the "Giants are Super Bowl Champions" homepage yesterday - that's a no-no!
JaJuan Johnson spoke with Grande & Max after the Celtics beat the Bulls today at the Garden.
Sean Grande & Cedric Maxwell sat down with ESPN's Doris Burke during halftime of Celtics/Bulls
Doc Rivers & Sean Grande preview Celtics-Bulls today at the Garden. Tune in to Celtics Today at 3:00p to hear the full interview
Dustin tells us you can't hustle a hustler, and other funny anecdotes.
The Sox GM joined Glenn and Michael to talk Scutaro, Punto, Oswalt, Luxury Tax and all things off-season.
Dustin Pedroia joined the Big Show for his weekly segment, and talked about losing Scutaro, gaining Cody Ross and Nick Punto, and then got a surprise from his best friend.
Brad Marchand joins the show and talks about if Tim Thomas is a distraction to the team and why the Bruins have been struggling as of late.
Andrew joins D&C to discuss how he feels about Tim Thomas' political views and how Patrice Bergeron has been the MVP for the team so far this season. Andrew also talks about how they have to regroup and make adjustments to get out this funk the team is currently in.
Brad Marchand joins the show to talk about President Obama calling him out on stage and Tim Thomas skipping the White House visit.
WEEI's own Rob Bradford joins the guys to talk about Ortiz's arbitration hearing live from St. Petersburg and predicts what he thinks will happen.
Mike Adams fills in for Meter and covers Sunday's sports stories. One Celtics' player had a fantastic afternoon and so did Phil Mickelson.
Jerry Sandusky addressed the media on Friday and offered comments on his current situation. Dino and Gerry react to those statements and do not think he should be allowed extra priveleges.
Mut and Merloni listen in to some of the highlights from the Randy Moss U Stream experience where he said he was coming back to the NFL, talked about Myra Kraft, and Tom Brady's legacy.
Mut and Lou talk about the agreement between the Red Sox and David Ortiz for 1 year and $14.5 million.
We play the soundbite from the NFL Network from Super Bowl 46 where Bill Belichick is telling his defense 'this is still a Cruz and Nicks game'. The Patriots of course were then burned by Mario Manningham on the Giants game-winning drive. We discuss whether it was the right decision or not.
Glenn and Michael debate what, if anything, Shaq is bringing to the table for TNT's NBA pre and postgame coverage.
We talk about Tim Thomas refusing to speak to reporters about his political ramblings on Facebook, and about whether or not this is a media driven controversy, or a genuine distraction for Thomas' Bruins teammates.
The discussion of the Patriots loss in the Super Bowl and just like any other loss, the coaching is called into question and whether a defensive coordinator on staff would have helped Bill Belichick and the Patriots.
Mikey has made no bones about his feelings on Pau Gasol, what will he do if the Celtics trade Rondo for Gasol? Also our buddy LB calls in to talk about the Patriots Super Bowl loss.
Mikey talks to some Patriots fans who are still looking at the loss and breaking down what went wrong but are also looking to the future for the franchise.
Losing the Super Bowl? Terrrrrrrrrrrrrrible.
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Live from Hurricane's... not Cocaine's which is where Oil Can Boyd wanted to be broadcasting from. Plus the Cranky Yankee Bitch reaches her tipping point.
Our friend from Pittsburgh, Mark Madden, joins D&C to give his take on the Joe Paterno/Penn State scandal and says Jerry Sandusky may have been 'Pimping Out Young Boys to Rich Donors.'
More from this showGlenn and Michael debate what, if anything, Shaq is bringing to the table for TNT's NBA pre and postgame coverage.
More from this showD&C receive a second call from Joe in Nashville voicing his frustration over the Pats not bringing back Randy Moss during last offseason.
More from this showMatt Perrault asks our listeners if they believe Bruin goalie Tim Thomas should take down his Facebook page. The media hasn't let down and Matt looks to dig deep into the situation. What do you think the Bruins should do?
More from this showDustin joined Glenn and Michael on the Big Show, and they asked him if they could take a call. Dustin agreed, and the caller then went on to rip the crap out of him. What Dustin didn't know is that the caller was one of his best friends... Andre Ethier from the Dodgers.
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