DR WBC Parade

Over the weekend the Dominican Republic held a parade for the 2013 WBC champions, who won it back in March. This only shows the importance of the World Baseball Classic to some countries.

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving and we will be ready for the Winter Meetings coming up

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A guide to Cooperstown, NY

Have you ever been to Cooperstown? If you have you might not be that interested in the post, but I urge you to read on. Cooperstown is a beautiful get away town in the middle of the Otesego County. Some highlights are the Hall Of Fame and the Hall of Fame museum.

But have you ever been to Doubleday Field? It's a beautiful retro ball park located right next to the Cooper Inn hotel, The current tenant The Cooperstown Hawkeyes play there in the summer. But other stars play there, like Felipe Alou, Mo Vaughn and Trevor Hoffman played there last fall, I got the honor of being the official Scoreboard and Scorekeeper .

And boy did I enjoy it.

I highly recommend a trip to Cooperstown next spring!

  

Latest rumors, buzz, and recaps

Hanley Ramirez is looking for a contract extension.

The Mets are involved in a three way trade.

Except The Stove to heat up next week with the winter meetings.

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Any Cheap Deals for Black Friday?

Sources say no. GM's seem to be taking the week off, in a way. Rumors have gone down, and with Winter Meetings approaching it makes since to take the week off from Trades.

Why Fred McGriff should be voted in to the Hall of Fame

With the brand new Hall of Fame ballots coming out recently, we see many new names and old ones that will get all the attention. But what about Fred McGriff, the first basemen who played from 1986 to 2004? McGriff hit 493 home runs over the course of his career, tied with Lou Gehrig for 26th on the all-time list. He also had 2,490 hits during his career, good enough for a respectable .284 batting average. In my opinion, McGriff was the most underrated of the steroid era. The reason for the lack of attention towards McGriff was being overshadowed by the bigger hitters of his era, such as Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds. But unlike those players, he never took any sort of performance-enhancing drug. With his hall of fame worthy numbers, a championship, and his clean career, I would be surprised not to see McGriff voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year.

pepper30:LA Dodgers

Magic was in the air in Los Angeles this summer, the NL West champs have money to spend this offseason. They are looking to acquire players such as Masahiro Tanaka and Robinson Cano. The Dodgers will start the season in Sydney, Australlia this March! 

Happy Thanksgiving from the Pepper family!

While we are all stuffing down food tomorrow, which MLB teams will try to stuff in the signings that they will be thankful for in 2014?

Ricky Nolasco to the Twins

The Minnesota Twins have signed RHP Ricky Nolasco. He spent 2013 with the Marlins and Dodgers.
In other news LHP Ted Lilly has officially retired

Nelson Cruz rumors, Biogenesis

Nelson Cruz is looking for a 4 year deal. Many people are upset that people that were connected to biogenesis are getting more money. Players like David Aardsma spoke out on twitter. And I believe they are right.