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Joe Posnanski: There's a lot more to baseball statistics than the Big Three (Sports Illustrated)
If you are about my age*, then you grew up as a baseball fan with three statistics and only three statistics. There was batting average. There were home runs runs. And there were RBIs. That was it.

Cuba throws 2 baseball stars off top team (AP via Yahoo! News)
Ace pitcher Yadel Marti and star outfielder Yasser Gomez have been thrown off Cuba's top league team for "a grave act of indiscipline," likely ending their hopes of playing in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

Baseball Has Lessons for N.F.L. Players Union (New York Times)
As the N.F.L. players prepare to elect a new executive director for their union, they should seek the advice of Marvin Miller, the former Major League Baseball Players Association boss.

Volcker Gives Baseball an Update on the Economy (New York Times)
Paul Volcker, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, spoke to baseball owners about the nation?s economy without specifically addressing how the league would be affected.

Reno AAA baseball park on track to open April 17 (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Workers put the last iron beam in place ahead of schedule Friday at a new riverfront baseball park, which owners said will be ready for the Triple A Reno Aces 2009 opener in the Pacific Coast League.

Volcker Gives Baseball an Update on the Economy (New York Times)
He stands 6 feet 7 inches, the size of a slugger, but Paul Volcker is a towering presence on Wall Street, not in Major League Baseball.

Cuba throws 2 baseball stars off top team (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Ace pitcher Yadel Marti and star outfielder Yasser Gomez have been thrown off Cuba's top league team for "a grave act of indiscipline," likely ending their hopes of playing in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The one-sentence announcement Friday in the Communist Party newspaper Granma offered no details on why Marti, picked to the all-tournament team at the 2006 WBC, and Gomez, a former ...

Baseball transactions (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
Movements in the world of baseball Thursday:

2 players thrown off Cuba baseball team for `indiscipline' (Miami Herald)
Cuba said Friday that right-hander Yadel Martí, who was named top pitcher at the inaugural World Baseball Classic, and hard-hitting outfielder Yasser Gómez had been thrown off the island's top team, Havana's Industriales, for committing ``a grave act of indiscipline.''

Matsuzaka says he'll play in World Baseball Classic (ESPN)
Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is ready to help Japan defend its title at the 2009 World Baseball Classic.