Joe Sheehan of BP:
The Houston Astros placed a huge bet on the table yesterday, signing Roy Oswalt to a five-year contract worth $73 million. The deal sets a new standard for pitcher compensation in the post-2002 era, and will have a big impact on the market for free-agent pitching as soon as this winter.
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Twins manager Ron Gardenhire was so incensed after Thursday's ballgame that he cut short his postgame news conference and stormed out of his own office.
For the talkative Gardenhire, that's the equivalent of Paris Hilton covering her face in front of the cameras and announcing, "No publicity, please!"
He was upset at the, uh, publicity his ballclub [...]
The Twins acquired Phil Nevin from the Chicago Cubs for a PTBNL. Nevin is hitting .245/.321/.456/.777. Since the All-Star Break, he's been hitting .314/.362/.547/.909. Remember, though, that he was traded to the Chicago Cubs from the Texas Rangers on May 31. As a member of the Rangers, he hit .216/.307/.415/.722. [...]
I usually listen to KFAN in the morning to get a little sports news. I’ve never particularly cared for Mike Morris, but I want to hear what’s going on in the morning. This morning, however, Morris has crossed the line, and I won’t be listening anymore.
Morris is a former Minnesota Viking longsnapper. [...]
Just another game at Target Center tonight.
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