And so we come to the end of Billy Beane week here in the Sports Buff baseball universe. One may question whether Mr. Beane is really worth celebrating as his teams have only reached the Playoffs in one of the past five seasons and the A’s are currently in last place in the NL West. Americans like winners, but I think even most Americans can appreciate that Beane has done as much as he could with the deck stacked against him. Like a mid-major coach who consistently gets his team into the Big Dance (no, not you, John Calipari) or Stone Cold Steve Austin against Brett Hart in Wrestlemania 13, we can appreciate the effort if not the end result. ... (more)
Lackey had his second straight quality start. He allowed two runs over eight innings against the Orioles.
Insight: Lackey won the third time and has thrown at least seven innings in his last four starts in which he has struck out 31 batters. It's too late to buy low, so you'll have to pay full price to get him. (SportsBuff.com)
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MLB -- 2009 Shortstop Rankings
Last week, we presented our top-20 ranked second basemen and this week we switch gears to look at the top 20 players at shortstop. On this list, you have a bunch of high potential guys and some of the game’s best performers (like No. 1 Hanley Ramirez and ... (more)
NL Minor League Up-and-Comers
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And so we come to the end of Billy Beane week here in the Sports Buff baseball universe. One may question whether Mr. Beane is really worth celebrating as his teams have only reached the Playoffs in one of the past five seasons and the A’s are currently in last place in the NL West. Americans like winners, but I think even most Americans can appreciate that Beane has done as much as he could with the deck stacked against him. Like a mid-major coach who consistently gets his team into the Big Dance (no, not you, John Calipari) or Stone Cold Steve Austin against Brett Hart in Wrestlemania 13, we can appreciate the effort if not the end result. ... 
