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The Tigers' Connection to the Jose Rijo Mess
Have you been following the craziness that the Washington Nationals have been immersed in over the past 10 days? If not, I'll try to recap. Back in 2006, the Nats signed a 16-year-old shortstop from the Dominican Republic named Esmailyn Gonzalez. Only it turns out that the kid isn't really 19...
Washington Nationals: Spring Training 2009: Ryan Zimmerman vs The Washington Nationals...Bottom Of the 9th For Negotiations Before Arbitration.
A Final Word On "Smiley"... I don't want to hear, "I'm sorry," out of the prospect formerly known as Esmailyn Gonzalez. I'm sure there are reasons for what he did, there has to be a reason for someone to take so desperate a step as to reinvent one's identity. Even if it's pure greed or alternately...
The Washington Nationals' Prospect Formerly Known As Esmailyn "Smiley" Gonzalez...And Stephen Strasburg's First Start Of '09...?
"You know, to say I'm disappointed doesn't begin to describe how I feel. I'm angry. I am very angry. We've been defrauded, and make no mistake -- this wasn't a college kid with a fake ID that came in and did this. This was a deliberate, premeditated fraud with a lot more to this story, and we are...
Alexei Ramirez' First HR Overshadowed by Firings, Federal Investigation
It seems appropriate that Alexei Ramirez, who fled Cuba for the Dominican Republic last fall before signing with the Sox this winter, hit his first major league home run on the same day, just hours after, Dave Wilder was fired as Player Personnel Director following an investigation in the...
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