Jon Lieber

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Name: Jon Lieber

First Reported May 06 2012 - Updated May 06 2012 - 1 Documents

Jon Lieber

This Date in Baseball

1917 -- Babe Ruth of the Red Sox allowed two hits as he outdueled Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators 1-0. Ruth knocked in the winning run with a sacrifice fly.1922 -- Jesse Barnes of the New York Giants pitched the only no-hitter of the year, beating ... [ Published May 06 2012 by Crescent-News ]

Entities: Jon Lieber, Manny Ramirez, Jamie Moyer, Joey Votto

First Reported Apr 13 2012 - Updated Apr 13 2012 - 1 Documents

Hiroki Kuroda

Switch from NL to AL difficult for Kuroda

_ Joel Sherman Blog: HardballHARDBALL Orlando Hernandez, Jon Lieber and Shawn Chacon.You now know the only three starters acquired during general manager Brian Cashmans tenure who have enjoyed Yankee success without having spent considerable time in the ... [ Published Apr 13 2012 by New York Post ]

Entities: Hiroki Kuroda, CASHMAN, Shawn Chacon, Jon Lieber, Jeff Weaver

First Reported Apr 10 2012 - Updated Apr 11 2012 - 1 Documents

Dale Sveum

Cubs' string of quality starts ends at 3

Volstad lasts 5 innings, allowing 3 runs0Starter Chris Volstad collects his thoughts Monday night after allowing a solo home run to Rickie Weeks in the third inning. (Scott Strazzante/Tribune photo / April 9, 2012)XMapsThe Cubs' streak of quality starts ... [ Published Apr 10 2012 by WGN Radio 720 ]

Entities: Dale Sveum, Paul Maholm, Chris Volstad

First Reported Apr 08 2012 - Updated Apr 08 2012 - 1 Documents

Jim Thome

Game 3: The quest for runs

(Michael Bryant/Staff Photographer) PITTSBURGH And on the third game, Charlie Manuel sacrificed his defense for offense.The manager will start Jim Thome and Juan Pierre for the first time Sunday as the Phillies attempt to win this series against the Pirates. ... [ Published Apr 08 2012 by Philly.com ]

Entities: Jim Thome, Juan Pierre, Ty Wigginton, Jimmy Rollins

First Reported Feb 24 2012 - Updated Feb 24 2012 - 1 Documents

David Aardsma

Yankees Roll The Dice With David Aardsma

With their offseason shopping essentially complete, the Yankees splurged for one more reliever earlier this week, signing David Aardsma to a one-year contract with a club option for 2012. The terms are hilariously team friendly, as the right-hander ... [ Published Feb 24 2012 by FanGraphs Baseball ]

Entities: David Aardsma, Jon Lieber, Octavio Dotel, Tommy John Surgery, Brian Cashman

First Reported Nov 30 2011 - Updated Nov 30 2011 - 1 Documents

Ricky Gutiérrez

Random Cubs Recap: April 8, 1999

Today's random recap takes us back to the very beginning of a season which we entered as fans with quite a bit of hope. The Cubs had come off an unlikely playoff appearance as the 1998 NL Wild Card; even though they had lost the division series in ... [ Published Nov 30 2011 by Bleed Cubbie Blue ]

Entities: Jon Lieber, Jose Hernandez, Houston (Texas, United States), Ricky Gutiérrez, Brant Brown

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Greinke and Schilling: Does above-average K/BB ... [ Published May 17 2012 by Beyond the Box Score ] A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about whether or not Zack Greinke's focus on FIP was actually hurting him as a pitcher, especially in terms of BABIP. The results were fairly inconclusive, mainly because of small sample size (only about three seasons) ...
10th anniversary: Sean Burroughs debuts [ Published Apr 02 2012 by The Hardball Times ] Ten years ago today, one of baseball’s can’t-miss prospects made the big leagues. He was the sort of player that had all the scouts and analysts raving about him and seemingly had everything lined up to start a magnificent major league career.There was ...
Yankees Roll The Dice With David Aardsma [ Published Feb 24 2012 by FanGraphs Baseball ] With their offseason shopping essentially complete, the Yankees splurged for one more reliever earlier this week, signing David Aardsma to a one-year contract with a club option for 2012. The terms are hilariously team friendly, as the right-hander ...
100th birthday: Earned run average [ Published Dec 14 2011 by The Hardball Times ] One hundred years ago today, the lords of baseball decided to adopt a new statistic officially: earned run average.Of all the traditional stats, this might be the best, or at least the most sabermetrically-friendly. In fact, there is solid evidence for ...
70th anniversary: MLB readies for war [ Published Dec 08 2011 by The Hardball Times ] Seventy years ago today, America declared war on Japan due to the previous day’s attack on Pearl Harbor and points elsewhere. As it happened, America joined World War II right in the middle of baseball’s annual winter meetings. In fact, WWII right away ...