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By Gary Armida
With one swing of the bat, Alexei Ramirez gave baseball fans one final season gift as game 163 is needed to determine the American League Central Division champion. As fans saw last season with the Rockies and Padres, there is no greater tension than a “win or go home” game. With his game [...]

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By Gary Armida
Most of the American League playoff teams are set. The Angels have been locked into a playoff spot since mid-May while the Rays clinched their first ever playoff berth last week. While the Red Sox haven’t officially clinched a spot, they will do so with just one more win or one more Yankees [...]

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By Gary Armida 
 Steal. Embezzle. Burglarize. Fleece. Heist. Poach. Pillage. Ransack. Swindle. Those are all appropriate words to describe what the New York Mets organization did to the Minnesota Twins organization.
Ok, that might have been a tad dramatic, but you get the idea. Pending the signing of a long-term contract, the Mets acquired arguably the best [...]

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A look around the baseball newspapers to start your Weekend…

Since we haven’t done a Fungos column in a few days, we have some transactions to get caught up on. Here we go…

The Twins acted quickly and signed defensive wiz, shortstop, Adam Everett to a one year contract. This is an excellent move by the Twins [...]

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The Trade Scale
By Gary Armida
Welcome to the newest section of FullCountPitch.com that we like to call “The Trade Scale”. In this section, we will evaluate some of the trades made during the hot stove and regular season. The idea is not to declare a winner or loser per se, but to discuss if the trade [...]

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A quick round to get your week started…

The Reds signed closer Francisco Cordero to a 4 year, 46 million dollar deal. Taking money out of the equation, this is a good signing for the Reds. I like to see teams doing something, anything to help themselves. While the Reds do need a lot of help [...]

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A quick round for Thursday…

In case you missed the biggest story in baseball, it seems as if Alex Rodriguez will be returning to the Yankees. See our feature on my thoughts. In short, it’s a real good thing all the way around.
In the past seven days, the Yankees have offered close to a total of [...]

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