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Conor was never right all year ... He didn't feel right in Spring Training, and it worsened when the season opened. We tested him for swine flu. That wasn't it. He had two negative tests for Valley Fever, but as it turned out, they were false negatives. He was really sick. He'd be bundled up in the clubhouse, his color was terrible.
He's back at full strength ... He's about 238 or 240 pounds, knowing he'll lose some during the season. What we saw were those towering shots that made the Home Run Derby. We didn't see them last year at any time, but he put on a show every time he stepped in the cage. Moving him to left field will probably help, as well. I really think we're going to see the same Josh Hamilton we saw in 2008.
Josh never was the same person physically last year ... There were some mechanical changes he tried to make, but that wasn't the most important thing. He had played at 235 pounds in 2008; he was down to about 216 last season. He was hurt.
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Sunday reading: The winter meetings, the Yankees' shares, Austin Jackson and Kevin Towers
...- just as they did last year in signing Raul Ibanez , which looks only all right so far.--I like the Mariners' signing of Chone Figgins , as Figgins provides on-base skills and defense and is known as a positive clubhouse presence. And of course, the Mariners... |more
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MLB Job Fair
...Scutaro deal, they can focus on getting one of Bay or Holliday in leftfield.Other free agents to watch: The Angels’ speedy Chone Figgins , potential bargain outfielders Marlon Byrd and Randy Winn and closer candidates Mike Gonzalez , Rafael Soriano and Jose... |more
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Calling all free agents, you have Mets' ear
...market, outfielders Jason Bay and Matt Holliday and starting pitcher John Lackey , as well as the versatile and speedy Chone Figgins , who spent 2009 as the Angels' third baseman.Yet they're not planning to blow competing bidders out of the water, as they... |more
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Mauer wins AL MVP; Teixeira second, Jeter third
...lead the league with a .444 on-base percentage and .587 slugging percentage.The Yankees' Alex Rodriguez tied the Angels' Chone Figgins for 10th in the voting, with 31 points; closer Mariano Rivera received 17 points for 14th place; second baseman Robinson... |more
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Predicting players' futures, a thought on the Citi Field changes and the big DVD review
...formula that all teams try to determine is predicting how players will do in the future, right? Determining whether the Chone Figgins of 2009 is the real him, or whether it's the Figgins of 2008 on which you should bank.The legendary Bill James wrote a very... |more
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Gammons: Men on a mission for 2010
...homers, have made more money than he ever imagined and going to be thought of as a star player." With Vladimir Guerrero and Chone Figgins gone, Morales becomes a central figure on a team with a deep bullpen, five good starting pitchers and Trevor Reckling... |more
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Foot surgery ‘minor' deal for M's Lee
...either the free agent market or in trades. Instead, they created ripples by finalizing a deal for free agent third baseman Chone Figgins – a move that had leaked several days before – and departed Indianapolis still with money and needs. But now the Mariners... |more
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Thousand Oaks High grad Wilson swings for the fences
...signed Angels third baseman Chone Figgins, and negotiated long-term deals for young superstar pitcher Felix Hernandez and talented young center fielder Franklin Gutierrez. Even their mid-range moves for Erik Bedard, whom they re-signed, and Ryan Garko and... |more
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Seven Suitors for Free Agent Second Baseman Felipe Lopez
...expense for a team that figures to finish in the cellar with or without him in the lineup. The Angels lost versatile veteran Chone Figgins to the division-rival Seattle Mariners earlier this offseason. As a result, the club is currently slated to go into Spring... |more
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Around the Horn: Corner infielders
...the Mariners. Their likely replacements are slick-fielding, contact-hitting Casey Kotchman at first base, and switch-hitting Chone Figgins across the diamond at third. Home runs have come few and far between for the duo -- 71 in 5,259 Major League at-bats... |more
