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I Can't Believe I'm Writing About Eugenio Velez

I Can’t Believe I’m Writing About Eugenio Velez

Published by on March 8, 2010 | 3 Responses

Heaven help me. I can’t believe I’m writing about Eugenio Velez. There’s nothing better (or worse) than STFP (Spring Training Fluff Pieces). Now that baseball is back in action, sportswriters tend to go a little overboard with their spring time pieces. The phenomenon is well known. The latest offense in STFPs? Eugenio Velez. “Velez attacks flaws in hopes of sticking”… Read more →

Attack of the Spring Training Fluff Piece!

Published by on February 17, 2009 | 2 Responses

Do you smell that? It kind of smells like dryer sheets. No, wait. That’s not right. Is it warm apple pie fresh out of the oven? Nah, that’s not right either. It smells like, optimism? “There’s also a sense of confidence to go with that,” manager Bruce Bochy said, referring to the addition of free agents Jeremy Affeldt, Bob Howry,… Read more →