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2010 MLB FREE AGENTS 80hat

According to the new rule, MLB players with at least 6 years of MLB service time and without a contract for the next season are automatically declared free agents the day after the end of the World Series (Nov. 2). The exclusive negotiation period with the former team was reduced from fifteen to five days, so the players who hit free agency are free to sign with another team since Sunday Nov. 7th.

Major League Baseball Leads The Way By Leveraging Facebook And Twitter Platforms 80hat

MLB’s TagOramic starts by stitching together 360 photos (30 across by 12 down) taken over a 20-minute span during the 7^th inning of each game.  The resulting panoramic photo includes everyone who was at the game that wasn’t off buying a hot dog or taking a bathroom break.  By leveraging Facebook Connect, the application allows Facebook members to tag their friends or themselves.  Game 1, in San Francisco, Facebook’s hometown, had over 2,800 people tagged (those with the blue markers over their heads in the photo below taking from MLB.com).  It’s a great way for MLB to give its fans a lasting memory.
Overall, more than 12 million people Like Major League Baseball or one of its 30 teams on Facebook.   While the Yankees lead all teams with 2.3mm fans, the Giants (555,000) beat the Rangers (348,000) in terms of Facebook fans.  This is yet another great example of how Internet surfing is just better for Facebook members.

MLB’s TagOramic Leverages Facebook Connect at Game 1 of the World Series.

Following each of the World Series games, MLB.com has a wrap up that includes all kinds of stories, videos, photos and stats.  One particularly fun infographic is featured below is referred to as “MLB GAME PULSE: Charting the game’s top moments with highlights and tweets.”  Laid out as a timeline over the course of the nine inning game, the graph below from game 4 reveals that Giants had a higher volume of tweets the entire game, as they dominated in a 4-0 shutout.  Not surprisingly, the tweet volume spiked every time the Giants scored.  The infographic also included video replay of each of the highlights.  This is just another great example of MLB.com pushing the envelope under the leadership of Bob Bowman, the long time president of MLB Advanced Media.

 

MLB’s Game Pulse of Game 4 of the World Series.

To follow the chatter on Twitter during the game, we like Tweetbeat, who presented realtime streaming of mentions of both teams in side-by-side viewing.

With over 175 million registered users, Twitter growth continues to accelerate, with over 375,000 new members now joining daily.  With an increasing number of sites leveraging Twitter’s data, we believe the site is well on its way to ubiquity similar to Facebook.

Molina is unanimous selection for Fielding Bible Award 80hat

TOWER GROVE — St. Louis Cardinals catcher YadierMolina,mlb baseball a two-time Rawlings Gold Glove winner and afavorite to win his third consecutive later this offseason, becamethe first to pull off a perfect sweep in other leading defensivehonor, the Fielding Bible Award.
Molina received a perfect score — a 100 — to become the firstplayer in the five years of the Fielding Bible Awards to be honoredunanimously as the best player in the majors at his position. Thisis the fourth time that Molina has won the Fielding Bible Award atcatcher, tying him with teammate Albert Pujols forthe most FB awards won.
You can find the complete voting info and other details aboutthe award atthe official web site for The Fielding Bible.
The Fielding Bible Awards are an offshoot of The Fielding Biblebook, a work by John Dewan that has attempted to offer betterunderstanding and better metrics for judging defense. each year,Dewan and Baseball Info Solutions convenes a panel of 10 voters todetermine the best defensive players at each position. this year,the panel included Hall of Fame writer PeterGammons, Bill James, Sports Illustratedsenior writer and author Joe Posnanski and acouple “committees,” including the fan vote organized byTom Tango (Tango Tiger). The voters use theMVP-style ballot, meaning they rank the top 10 at each positionwith no. 1 getting 10 points, no. 2 getting nine points and soon.
Molina was listed as no. 1 on all 10 ballots.
From the announcement of Molina’s win that Baseball InfoSolutions put out Monday morning revealing the nine winners:
Hands down, bar none, Molina is the best catcher in Major LeagueBaseball. this is his fourth-consecutive award, tying him for mostcareer Fielding Bible Awards with Albert Pujols, and very nearlyhis fifth as he lost in ’06 by only six points. Factoring in hisruns saved on Misplays and good Plays, Molina saved the Cards awhopping 20 runs defensively in 2010.
Cardinals shortstop Brendan Ryan appeared to bea leader for a Fielding Bible Award, and the awards creator evenpresented Ryan as his favorite for the NL Gold Glove. The advocacywas based on Ryan’s plus-31 at shortstop, the highest for anyshorstop in the majors. (The plus/minus rating measures playsoutside a prescribed zone — a plus — against misses within thatzone.) Ryan, according to Bill James Online, had 24 defensive runssaved. that also led the majors at his position.
When it came to the Fielding Bible Award vote, however, Ryanfinished second, behind the favorite to win a Gold Glove,Colorado’s Troy Tulowitzki. The Rockies’ aceinfielder saved 16 runs, according to Dewan’s metrics.

Baseball – San Francisco Giants win World Series 80hat

ARLINGTON, Texas Baseball — What a night for some klutz to step on Mike Murphy’s eyeglasses.
The Giants’ ever-present clubhouse manager has labored for the team since the day the steamer trunks arrived from New York in 1958. He waited more than five decades for a world championship.
It finally arrived on a warm Monday night in North Texas — the sight of it fuzzy to Murphy’s wet eyes but no less rapturous.
Shout it from atop Coit Tower and let the party begin: Yes, the Giants really are World Series champions.
Tim Lincecum pitched heroically for eight innings, and series MVP Edgar Renteria hit the Giants’ most important home run since Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ‘Round the World,” a three-run blast that floated over the center-field wall in the seventh as the Giants defeated the Texas Rangers 3-1 to wrap up the series in five games.
“The boys did it,” Murphy said softly. “Go talk to them. The boys did it.”
For all their Hall of Fame past of Mays, McCovey and Marichal, as well as the glaring destruction of Barry Bonds, the Giants’ first title since 1954 was improbably accomplished by a team of grinders and golden arms who stood in fourth place at the All-Star break.
They walked into the home ballpark of George W. Bush and accomplished their mission, silencing a Texas crowd but warming the souls of the tens of thousands who froze over the years to earn their Croix de Candlestick.
And these Giants gave absolution to so many great players who came so close.
“I can only imagine the frustration,” said first baseman Aubrey Huff, who rubbed his face on a reporter’s sleeve after taking another beer dousing. “This team is legendary in San Fran, man. That’s all I know. We better not pay for a meal the rest of the year, San Fran!”
The Rangers spent more than 150 days in first place. The Giants spent only 17 after May 1. Yet for all their torture, the Giants never played an elimination game this season, they never trailed in a postseason series — and they clinched three consecutive times on the road.
Brian Wilson, their black-bearded closer, threw the final pitch each time. He eschewed the roller-coaster ride with a perfect ninth inning and thrust his arms in the air after Nelson Cruz waved through a slider to end it. Catcher Buster Posey leapt into Wilson’s tattooed arms, and the Giants jumped around, forming clusters of hugs and elation in front of a dismayed crowd.
The party moved into the clubhouse and then back onto the field a half-hour later, where a small but vocal contingent of Giants fans stayed to cheer them on. Giants owner Bill Neukom got hit with a point-blank champagne blast from Juan Uribe, interrupting an interview. Then the genteel corporate attorney jumped up and down in a crazy scene, yelling “Juan, Juan, Juan, Juan, Oooo-ribe!”
“The group we have going wild in this room has a lot of determination and a lot of will, and they wouldn’t be denied,” said Giants general manager Brian Sabean, adding he was proudest for Renteria and for all the behind-the-scenes people in the front office, including late confidants Ted Uhlaender and Pat Dobson.
The Giants pitching staff — including their fully homegrown rotation — held the powerful Rangers to one run in the final 21 innings of the series.
“I can’t speak enough to our advanced scouting and how the pitchers executed the plan,” Sabean said. “And the catcher we have, (Buster) Posey, is really off the charts in terms of his intellect and ability to stay calm in the moment and call the games that he did. This kid’s a genius in his own right.”
Lincecum and Cliff Lee gave the nation the unblinking pitching duel that everyone expected in Game 1. Neither pitcher allowed a runner into scoring position until the seventh, when Cody Ross and Juan Uribe led off with singles.
Huff, who had exactly zero sacrifice hits to his credit in an 11-year career, surprised the ballpark when he sent a bunt up the first-base line.
“You know what, that might have been the best pitch I saw all night,” said a grinning Huff, who would have bunted on his own even if he hadn’t received the sign.
Huff put both runners in scoring position for Pat Burrell, who was benched the previous night and came to the plate 0 for 11 with nine strikeouts in the series.
There was no redemptive moment. Burrell worked the count full but struck out on a cutter. He passed Renteria on his way back to the dugout and appeared to shout, “Let’s go, papi.”
Renteria’s 35-year-old body broke down three times this season and has him thinking of retirement. But he mustered a swing for the annals, lifting a 2-0 cutter that made center fielder Josh Hamilton drift back and back until the wall rudely bumped him.
The Giants dugout celebrated as Renteria calmly rounded the bases. It was his second three-RBI game of this World Series. He didn’t have a three-RBI game all through the season.
And 13 years after his walkoff single won the 1997 World Series for the Florida Marlins, Renteria did it again. He joined Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra as the only players in World Series history to own game-winning RBIs in two clinching victories.
“Unbelievable,” said Renteria, who still hasn’t decided about playing another year. “I just say thanks to the skipper for giving me a chance to be in this situation.”
Huff recalled a meeting at Wrigley Field in late September when Renteria began crying, telling his teammates he wanted to win one more time.
“He broke down, and we all broke down with him,” Huff said. “Since then, I’ve wanted this more for him than anybody. What a leader he is.”
Nelson Cruz hit a home run off Lincecum in the seventh inning, but otherwise the Rangers, for all their claws and antlers, simply looked like deer caught in the headlights.
Lincecum rediscovered the nasty break on his slider and used his changeup to keep the Rangers off balance. He struck out 10 while holding them to three hits.
“I just didn’t want to be complacent,” he said. “I wanted to pitch big in a big game. And this is where we wanted to go. My initial reaction is just “… a lot of excitement and a lot of love for everybody.”
Pitching coach Dave Righetti knew from the moment Lincecum exited an uneven performance in Game 1 that the two-time Cy Young Award winner would be at his best in Game 5.
“After that game, the first thing he said to me was, ‘I’ll be good next time. I’ll be good,’ ” Righetti said. “He was trying to be too calm out there. I said, ‘Let it take you. Posey will rein you in if he has to. Use the adrenaline, because you’ll need it. It’s November.’ ”
It was the Giants’ first ever game in November. It became their greatest month of all.

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White Sox-Twins Preview
The Minnesota Twins wasted no time building their lead atop the AL Central after taking first place from the Chicago White Sox in their previous series.
The Twins will try to further pad their advantage as the teams open a three-game set Tuesday night at Target Field.
Minnesota (68-50) is a major league-best 17-4 since July 24, winning seven of eight to move three games ahead of Chicago (65-53). The Twins took two of three at U.S. Cellular Field last week after they entered the series tied for first.
“It should be fun, I think that’s what baseball’s about,” Jim Thome told the Twins’ official website. “It makes it fun for each city to root for both teams. I know our fans will be excited.”
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Major League Baseball Asks Teams to Cut Back on Champagne Celebrations 80hat

It’s about time.  I don’t mean to say I wanted MLB teams to cut back on champagne celebrations, but I was starting to wonder when baseball big wigs would start looking at them as a negative reflection on the league.  Looks like that time has come. Maybe it was brought to light by Josh Hamilton’s ginger ale bath, but according to Hardball Talk MLB sent teams a memo prior to the World Series that provides them with some guidelines for celebrating.  Teams are supposed to “limit” the amount of champagne available for the players to celebrate with — whatever that means — as well as provide an alternative to spraying champagne everywhere, such as non-alcoholic champagne.  There will also be no beer or other types of alcoholic drinks allowed as part of the showers and players can’t bring alcohol onto the field during the celebration.
As much as people are going to hate it, this kind of makes sense.  Telling MLB teams to cut back on the boozing isn’t anywhere near as ridiculous as telling NBA players to turn their headbands right side up.  The showers are a tradition and they definitely make for some memorable moments for the fans, but there’s no arguing it sets a bad example for kids.
We all know how it works: little kids look up to the players and want to be just like them when they grow up.  When they see their idols pounding dozens of Bud Lights every time they clinch a series, you can likely see how that could become a problem.  When they’re dousing little kids in beer to include them in the celebration, you can definitely see how that could become a problem.  But let the backlash begin…