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Archive for December, 2011

SETTLE DOWN FOLKS….IT AIN’T GONNA’ HAPPEN, except,

Since Pujols committed his act of treacherry and once more showed the ugly side of MLB…WBWF has been recieving the same old “THAT’S IT ! I’VE SEEN MY LAST GAME OF BASEBALL” kind of letters. However this avalanch of messages was stronger than I’ve ever seen. So I decided to do some reseach into the [...]

WAY…WAY…WAY…OUT ON A LIMB!

I’ve never gone this far out into the green leaves at the very end of a tree’s limb. BUT HERE I GO…I’m predicting that DAVE DOMBROWSKI will sign YOENIS CESPEDES!! HERE’S WHY: 1) MR. D. flew all the way to THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC to see him play; 2) AUSTIN JACKSON, in the vital leadoff spot, [...]

THREE TERRIFIC PROBLEMS TO HAVE!

If you’re a Tiger fan you probably know exactly which three problems we’re talking about…the first one could become a hall-of-famer, ALEX AVILA. He has shown guts (an important ingredient for a catcher) and listning ability. After the ALL-STAR break he hit ,295, 82 RBI and came in with a .375 BA against the Rangers [...]

YAENIS CESPEDAS, THE TIGERS ARE IN HIGH GEAR!

Our inside source reports to WBWF that the TIGERS are pulling out all the stops to acquire this five star 20 year Cuban outfielder…he has alreadfy loosened his ties from Uncle Castro, as he fled to the Dominican Republic some time ago. Our source tells us that the Tigers so called “slight interest” in YAENIS [...]