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Fleeing Fish
Where will the Florida Marlins go? If they leave South Florida, they will go to a minor league market. While the major league media spouts off about Vegas and Portland, MLN takes you on a real-deal tour of the towns that could make the list...[Article] |
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2005 Ralphie Awards
They're the Masters of Minor League Media. Five who represent the best media relations people and broadcasters chosen from more than 600 minor league teams and 100 major league clubs. Who won the coveted annual "Ralphie"? [Article]
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My Ngst About Moneyball
Baseball or Moneyball? As the World Series curtain rings down, and the Winter Meetings approach, is baseball a sport or an industry? [Opinion]
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Thomecoming
Ryan Howard is big league talent. Jim Thome has a multi-million dollar contract through 2008, with an option for 2009. What will the Phillies do? [Article]
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Punked by Baseball America: An MLN Anniversary Tribute
As we celebrate our 5th anniversary, Baseball America punks our prowess at list making. Sr. Editor Brian Ross has a few choice words for them about the FAB50 and the future of sports publishing.
[Opinion]
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Future Legends of the Fall
After the World Series' final game, the Arizona Fall League showcases some of the best up-and-coming talent. [Article]
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We are the Champions
The minors and indies wrap up their seasons with style. League by league recaps of the championships. [Article]
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2005 Farm Directory & Rankings
Who has the best farm system in baseball? Who's the worst? Whose minor clubs help them create super regions? The 2005 farm directory goes beyond the players of the moment to look at both the depth charts and the system developing the players. [Article]
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Through the Eye
Wedging open the needle through which precious few farmhands pass to the toughtest roster in the majors, the Atlanta Braves, is no easy feat.
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Pacific Coast League 2005 All-PCL Team
The Pacific Coast League has revealed its end-of-season 2005 All-PCL Team, with a star-studded lineup includes many major leaguers in-the-making. Did your favorite player make the squad?
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FAB50 Baseball 2005
Who are the best of the best in minor league baseball mid-season? The FAB50 Baseball 2005 is the ranking of the fifty best and fastest-moving players in minor and independent baseball.
Who is the best player in minor league baseball?
Hints:
Position: P
Team: Tacoma
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Extreme Makeover
Vic Darensbourg has gone from struggling pitcher to hot commodity. All with the twist of a wrist. [Article]
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Baseball, Heal Thyself.
The 20th century needed a tyrant to bring discipline to the sport of baseball. The 21st century will need a visionary to return it to its place as the national pastime. Can Branch Rickey III, scion of the famed Rickey family, heal baseball's self-inflicted wounds? [Opinion]
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Columbus Jones and the
Triple-A Dinger Derby
Columbus infielder Mitch Jones is a man on fire at the 2005 AAA Home Run Derby [Article]
Sacramento Star Shine
Fans, fabulous and whacky; The sideshow that surrounded the great Triple-A All-Star game in Sacramento at the 2005 edition. [Article]
The PCL Strikes Back
The Pacific Coast League rides a history-making grand-slam. [Article]
Team Photos
Photos of the International and Pacific Coast (PCL) League teams [Article]
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In The Gods' Hands
If the Greeks were right, and a hero is defined as a mortal who has endured and thrived in the face of everything that the gods throw at him, then Anthony Sanders' epic life story makes him a one of the greats. Will the baseball gods smile on his last run at a major league career? [Article]
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A No Fireworks Fourth
Schilling Shelled in the Stix? The ankle is fine, but a transfer of power to make the signature Schilling fastball smoke consistently is not there yet. The Boston Red Sox, currently PawSox, pitcher is patient in the face of his toughest critic: Curt Schilling. [Article]
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Save for a Rainy Day
C.J. Nitkowski picks up a save that's one for the record books. [Article]
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Father Fish 'Fesses.
In his latest book "I'm Just Getting Started," Marlins Skipper Jack McKeon tells his tall tales of days in the majors and minors with a wink and a cigar, and tells you why, as the oldest skipper in major league baseball, he's just getting started. [Book Review ] |
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Stone-Faced KILLER
Scott Baker takes on the attitude of a gunfighter when he takes the mound. Only one man walks away alive to the major leagues, and Baker's going to make sure that it's him. [Article] |
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2005 Major League Baseball Draft
While some magazines give you the cook's tour of the top few rounds of the draft, MLN breaks down the stats on all fifty rounds of the next wave of minor leaguers!
We serve it up any way that you like: By round and overall pick, by club, by college, high school, and even state and city!
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The Fresh Fish & Salsa Tour
MLN debuts our new sports travel section, MLNTravel™, giving you the opportunity to see great games and a bit of America.
Catch the fresh Fish at the Marlin's AAA club, the Albuquerque Isotopes, then take some time to stop and smell the green chiles roasting in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Taos, New Mexico on a 7 to 8 day trip with something for everyone.
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[Buy Isotopes Tickets]
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MLN Top Ten Minor League Ballpark Guide 2005
MLN and Baseballparks.com take you on a tour of the best places inthe minor leagues to watch a ballgame. This year's crop features a few surprises, and a big win for Mandalay Sports Entertainment. [Article] |
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Pacific Coast League
Hall of Fame 2005
This year, MLN rolls out the red carpet for the Pacfic Coast League's new class of inductees with a full photo spread, bios, and links to stories and books on some of the greatest players and personalities to play in the PCL one of the oldest leagues in professional baseball. [Article]
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Are the Players in Charge of the Circus?
Major League Baseball has developed a programs for substance abuse and performance enhancers that is fair, tough and comprehensive. So how can the Players Association get away with turning the major league policy into a joke? [Article]
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Band of Brothers
When the National League and the American League entered into a turf war, the smaller leagues banded together into an association that would become Minor League Baseball [Article]
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Twin Disasters
Off-season injuries sideline two of the Minnesota Twins' biggest bats on the farm. One is gone for the year. The other's fate hangs in the balance. [Article]
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The Tokyo Bypass
On the verge of making it to the big leagues? Every year? For years? Some players consider making the other big league... in Japan. Does being a minor leaguer gives you a leg up in the land of the rising sun? Hi! [Article]
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