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By Bill Campione
Recently, former Baltimore Orioles player Jay Gibbons sent a letter to every Major League team asking for another chance after being released due, in part, to his involvement with HGH and subsequent documentation of his use in the Mitchell Report. While this letter did not net Gibbons a job in the big leagues, [...]

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By Gary Armida
In the two months since I’ve become a parent I have learned two things. One is that life will never be the same again (in a very good way). Second, I learned that if the slightest bad thing happens to my daughter, this sickening feeling overcomes me. It is with that second thought [...]

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By Gary Armida
As promised, this a quick look around the league, New York free. Even though there is an incident to talk about between Jose Reyes and Jerry Manuel, there are other teams in the league. Let’s get on with a quick round of Fungos for a Wednesday.

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By Gary Armida
Behold exhibit 100,567,253 as to why the Mets are a second class organization. Let’s not make this piece into a “they should never have fired him”. Every team has the right to fire the manager, whether it is deserved or not. Every manager takes a job with the understanding that he will one [...]

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By Gary Armida
The pitching was starting to take shape. The rookie phenom made it through six innings in his last start. The offense was finally hitting its stride. One of the greatest players of all time is on a tear. Everything for the first year manager seemed to be working. One could even hear Lou [...]

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By Gary Armida
Entering the 2008 season, the New York Yankees had a ton of doubts about their starting pitching. They projected an air of hopefulness, but deep down they were certain that they weren’t getting any production out of the fifth spot in the rotation. In Wang and Pettitte, they knew that they had two [...]

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By Bill Campione
It was reported this weekend that Willie Randolph was ready to be fired, along with much of his staff. While it is fair to say that Willie has not done the greatest job in baseball this year, he has received unfair criticism. Fans who call for his job because he doesn’t show enough [...]

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By Gary Armida
As many of you know, today marks my first official Father’s Day. It’s a day that I never thought that I would be able to participate in as a Father. With that said, I would like to thank my wife for giving me this gift and my daughter for being the coolest, most [...]

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