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In June, according to the ADP national employment report, released Wednesday by payroll giant Automatic Data Processing and consultancy Macroeconomic Advisers. This months decrease in employment was broad-based across industrial sectors and suggests continued weakness in employment, said Joel Prakken, chairman of Macroeconomic Advisers. ADPs report does not include government jobs, which in May rose [...]

That was last season when Seattle won a surprising 88 games, and was in contention for a playoff berth into September. That performance, and the offseason acquisitions of pitchers Erik Bedard and Carlos Silva, caused many to believe the Mariners could overtake the Los Angeles Angels in the AL West this season. Despite being armed [...]

Gomez of the Minnesota Twins. Do you know who the last Twin to hit for the cycle against the White Sox was? So hat’s off to Carlos Gomez. At least 2 of the 3 will make a decent impact in the Majors at some point in their career. I was/am a huge Santana fan but [...]

SoSG has already examined the payroll disparity in the NL West, specifically, that between the Dodgers and everyone else. But the Dodgers have done a lot of disappointing lately, perhaps partly because of a lack of clubhouse cohesiveness. Her story of the oppressive heat Dodger fans willingly endure reminded me of another story that took [...]

Otherwise, while no fan of the off-day-after-opening-day, I did see a pair of baseball games tonight, including the As, so it wasnt too bad. So heres a few links I read tonight. The Tigers payroll is the second highest in baseball at nearly $139M when you include bonuses and all the other junk. It lags [...]

Otherwise, while no fan of the off-day-after-opening-day, I did see a pair of baseball games tonight, including the As, so it wasnt too bad. So heres a few links I read tonight. The Tigers payroll is the second highest in baseball at nearly $139M when you include bonuses and all the other junk. It lags [...]