Ronny Cedeno News

Ronny Cedeno's throwing error allowed Matt Pagnozzi to score the go ahead run in the seventh inning Monday and the St.

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The Pirates gave Pittsburgh a taste of first place in 2011, but then collapsed and left the fans begging for more.

At the Hardball Times today, Chris Jaffe has a "fun" article that deals with little-known facts about one-hitters . Fun is in scare-quotes because the very first fact is about guys that have more than one game in their career with the only hit in a one-hitter. Neil Walker has fewer hits than anyone to have accomplished this .

Here's a hilarious GM Neal Huntington quote pointed out to me by a friend, from an interview duringA the Winter Meetings: "We could have invested everything in one big blue-chip stock, or we could have invested it in a portfolio," general manager Neal Huntington said.

Mets fans, meet your future until your swindled owner, Fred Wilpon, is replaced by someone who has the financial might Wilpon had when he and Nelson Doubleday bought the team from Doubleday Publishing in 1986.

Because, if Ruben Tejada can manage a scratch glove and a league-average walk rate , he'll combine more offense with a decent glove than Cedeno has ever managed, relegating the former Buc to a bench role.

Right-handed pitcher Brett Lorin a 2005 Dana Hills High graduate - was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2011 MLB Rule 5 draft, conducted Thursday at the Baseball Winter Meetings in Dallas.