81. Baseball Digest: American League - 2003 Pre-Season Rosters baseball teams / Personalities American League / Personalities Randall Simon19 Robert Fick 17 RBI Randall Simon 82 higginson/Fick 63 Runs Robert Fick http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_4_62/ai_98249714

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82. BeeHive Baseball99 Pool Standings 11, 203, bob higginson, Tigers, 107, 90, 12, 51, 46, 4, 0. 12, 416, Omar Vizquel,Indians, 144, 191, 5, 112, 66, 42, 46 http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~bee/pools/baseball99/standings.html

beeHive Baseball99 Pool Final Standings It's official. Mark Zanna, despite not having a team nickname, takes home the Rogue Puck (TM) . Check the Past beeHive Pool Winners Wall of Fame Here's some humble words from a winner: All I can say is that after being a compulsive trader in earlier pools I took the advice of my good (and wise) friend, Bryan Smale, and simply picked a team, 'stood pat,' and let the 'chips fall.' Thanks Bryan! Mark Zanna, October 1999 Bragging Writes We now have a little something where you can enter comments, comebacks or press releases. You can submit your own Bragging Writes in the little form just below the standings. oh no... Jodi "500 up" Cryderman - 13:09:23 September 21, 1999 Look at me, I'm number three! Okay, all I'm saying is that at the beginning of the season I didn't even know how many innings there were in a game. Jodi "500 up" Cryderman - 16:57:13 September 19, 1999 (Momentary) Total beeHive Pool Dominance! Dave "They play that sport in summer, don't they" Brandow - 09:16:09 June 14, 1999 Just think how well I'd be doing if I'd noticed earlier that Bonds was injured.

83. Baseball Fever - Worst Teams Sim Season baseball Fever is a baseball discussion forum made for serious baseball fans,historians, RF higginson 1B - Pena CF - Monroe 3B - Munson SS - Halter http://baseball-fever.com/archive/index.php/t-10764.html

Baseball Fever General Baseball Fantasy Baseball and Gaming PDA View Full Version : Worst Teams Sim Season Hammerin Hank 08-21-2003, 09:58 AM The Jayson Stark article gave me the idea to run a sim season between these two teams. They're going to be the only two teams in the league so they'll only be playing each other. Suugestions and questions are welcome. 08-21-2003, 12:35 PM How about a 16-team all-time worst teams league.8 AL,8 NL. Here's how it would look; AL Worst 2003 Tigers 1916 A's (36-117) 1904 Senators (38-113) 1932 Red Sox (43-111) 1939 Browns (43-111) 1979 Blue Jays (53-109) 1970 Chicago (56-106) 1988 Orioles (54-107) NL Worst 1899 Cleveland Spiders (20-134) 1962 Mets (40-120) 1935 Braves (38-115) 1952 Pirates (42-112) 1941 Phillies (43-111) 1969 Expos (52-110) 1969 Padres (52-110) 1998 Marlins (54-108) Tell me what you think.This is only a rough draft here.Subject to change and/or expansion. Hammerin Hank 08-21-2003, 03:35 PM Sounds like a great idea. I'd be happy to set it up, although you'll have to be patient because it'll take me a while. NickG 08-23-2003, 07:47 PM

84. Baseball Fever - Fick Is Gone baseball Fever is a baseball discussion forum made for serious baseball a better basketball player than a baseball player, and higginson complains too http://baseball-fever.com/archive/index.php/t-5703.html

Baseball Fever American League Detroit Tigers PDA View Full Version : Fick is gone Baseball Bugs 12-20-2002, 04:45 PM According to their website, the Tigers have chosen to let Robert Fick become a free agent. He wasn't offered arbitration by the deadline. I guess that means Higgy is back in RF and Dmitri Young goes to LF. The Commissioner 12-20-2002, 08:57 PM Why didn't they offer Fick a contract? Where they too overburdened by their abundance of All-Stars in Detroit? racosun 12-20-2002, 10:05 PM I can't see any improvement being made to the team by doing this. I'm baffled. maxcarey 12-21-2002, 04:34 AM I don't think it has much to do with improvement as it does with cost-cutting. What hasn't been said is that Fick also may not fit into the "professional" category we have been hearing about - remember him getting busted for pot in the minors and his incident at Hockeytown? If they really wanted him, they could have kept him. The Commissioner 12-21-2002, 08:04 PM I never knew about the two incidents you mentioned there. Maybe he's not as much of an all-around "good guy" as I'd been lead to believe. Baseball Bugs 12-21-2002, 08:16 PM

85. Hall Of Fame Class Of 1967 Francis Lee Peter higginson ’00 (Crew) Rowed 4 on the ’98 crew and was Robert Peebles Kernan ’03 (AllAround) Seven letters–three in baseball, http://www.varsityclub.harvard.edu/Hall of Fame/Classof1967.html

Make a Gift About The Varsity club Merchandise Upcoming Events ... Links Hall of Fame Class of 1967 Three-time letter winner and outstanding centerfielder with wide range, fine arm, and unusual speed. Batted second in senior year, when games were changed from Fall to Spring. Sophomore member of 1885 team that scored in double figures in 15 out of 28 games. Very fast left-handed pitcher, mainstay for two seasons. Struck out 20 Yale betters in one game, 55 for career. Held Yale to one hit in 1892 game, and to 3 in 10-inning game the next year. Excellent hitter and all-around player. Four-year letterman, twice captain and outstanding catcher. Played one season without an error. His 1901 team won 18 out of 20 games. First catcher to play entire game directly behind batter. Also won two football letters, later coached. Played only one year, but long enough to win sobriquet "homerun" and to become one of best first basemen in Harvard history. Batted cleanup, using oversized bat because of his strength. Later coached. Three-year letterman and 1916 captain following errorless first-base performance the entire 1915 season. His 1916 team beat Boston Red Sox, 1-0.

86. Flak Magazine: Kick Out The Sports! 09.29.03 The Chicago Cubs, the baseball franchise most associated with lovable losing And $11.5 million is going to outfielder Bobby higginson, who has played in http://flakmag.com/sports/cook030929.html

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87. Collector Net Boxing Figure Skating Gymnastics Swimming Tennis. Tell them you found themthrough The Oddball Mall! baseball higginson, Bobby, Collector addresses http://www.oddball-mall.com/network.htm

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88. Baseball Musings: Probabilistic Model Of Range, Rightfielders Bobby higginson, 3035, 224, 216.42, 0.074, 0.071, 0.00250 Visit Busch Stadium Buy St. Louis Cardinal tickets and other baseball tickets for the Cubs http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/008314.php

Main February 03, 2005 Probabilistic Model of Range, Rightfielders In the continuing series, here's the table for 2004 rightfielders. The results were certainly surprising to me. Player InPlay Actual Outs Predicted Outs DER Predicted DER Difference Karim Garcia Kevin Mench Kevin Millar Brian Jordan Sammy Sosa Richard Hidalgo Jermaine Dye Craig Monroe Gabe Kapler Joe Borchard Brady Clark Jacque Jones Bobby Higginson Juan Encarnacion Abraham Nunez Jose Cruz Reed Johnson Gary Matthews Jr. Ichiro Suzuki Alexis I Rios Gary Sheffield Danny Bautista Vladimir Guerrero J.D. Drew Jay Gibbons Michael Tucker Lance Berkman Dustan Mohr Brian Giles Timo Perez Jody Gerut Austin Kearns Magglio Ordonez Ben Grieve Larry Walker Juan Rivera Wily Mo Pena Miguel Cabrera Bobby Abreu Rob Mackowiak Reggie Sanders Jeromy Burnitz Craig A Wilson Shawn Green Matt Stairs The conventional wisdom about Sammy Sosa is summed up nicely in a comment to this post Sosa is past his prime as a baserunner, is in serious decline as a fielder, and is losing it as a hitter. The other thing I find very troubling about this list is the position of Ichiro Suzuki. If I could name one right fielder who I would think had extraordinary range, it would be Ichiro. The model I'm presenting is very simple, and I'm aware of it's flaws and limitations. All of your comments have been very helpful in that regard. I'm going to push forward with the model as is for the rest of the postions before I start trying to improve the calculation, however. This way, we'll have a good baseline for comparison.

89. 06-28-05 Merrilee Boyack, bob Emery, Betty Rexford, and Mickey Cafagna. COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT Motion passes 40 with Councilmember higginson absent. http://www.ci.poway.ca.us/action05/06-28-05.htm

CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING JUNE 28, 2005 The June 28, 2005, Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Poway, was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Cafagna at the City Council Chambers, 13325 Civic Center Drive, Poway, California. COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT Merrilee Boyack, Bob Emery, Betty Rexford, and Mickey Cafagna COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT Don Higginson STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT James Bowersox City Manager Penny Riley Assistant City Manager Tamara Smith City Attorney Diane Shea City Clerk Warren Shafer Director of Administrative Services Robert Clark Director of Community Services Dennis Quillen Assistant Director of Public Works Deborah Johnson Director of Redevelopment Services Patti Brindle City Planner Kristen Crane Assistant to the City Manager Paolo Romero Management Assistant FLAG SALUTE Deputy Mayor Emery led the flag salute. CITY COUNCILMEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS Councilmember Rexford announced she attended the Chamber of Commerce Installation meeting and welcomed the 2006 president. PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mayor Cafagna explained the procedures for Public Oral Communications. The following people spoke:

90. The South End Newspaper - Bless Those Detroit Tigers - OPINION - News “A lot of those players from the ’84 team played minor league baseball After higginson caught the final out and the Tigers marched victoriously off the http://www.southend.wayne.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=36

91. Tigers All-Time Team - The BASEBALL Page baseball player pages, alltime teams, franchise pages, and baseball history . Larry Herndon (OF), Chet Lemon (OF), Bobby higginson (OF), http://www.thebaseballpage.com/past/att/tigers/default.htm

The BASEBALL Page The Web Site Menu Home Baseball Forums Ask the Expert This Day in History All-Time Teams Player Pages Team Pages Ultimate Games World Series Baseball FAQ Baseball Features StatsCenter Baseball Articles Free TBP Newsletter DETROIT (AL) 1901-present The Bengals The Team MGR: Sparky Anderson Hank Greenberg Norm Cash Charlie Gehringer ... Lou Whitaker SS: Alan Trammell , Billy Rogell George Kell LF: Sam Crawford Harry Heilmann Willie Horton CF: Ty Cobb RF: Al Kaline Kirk Gibson C: Bill Freehan Lance Parrish DH: Cecil Fielder SP: Jack Morris SP: Hal Newhouser SP: Dizzy Trout SP: Tommy Bridges SP: Mickey Lolich RP: John Hiller* RP: Willie Hernandez* RP: Aurelio Lopez RP: Schoolboy Rowe RP: Frank Tanana *Left-handed batter or pitcher +Switch-hitter Lineup Gehringer, 2B Kaline, RF Cobb, CF Greenberg, 1B Crawford, LF Heilmann, DH Kell, 3B Trammell, SS Freehan, C Honorable Mention: Lu Blue (1B), Dale Alexander (1B), Rudy York (1B), Vic Wertz (1B), Tony Clark (1B), Dick McAuliffe (2B), Damion Easley (2B), Donie Bush (SS), Harvey Kuenn (SS), George Moriarty (3B), Marv Owen (3B), Pinky Higgins (3B), Ray Boone (3B), Aurelio Rodriguez (3B), Travis Fryman (3B), John Wockenfuss (C), Mickey Tettleton (C), Bobby Veach (OF), Bob Fothergill (OF), Pete Fox (OF), Gee Walker (OF), Jo-Jo White (OF), Barney McCosky (OF), Roy Cullenbine (OF), Jim Northrup (OF), Ron LeFlore (OF), Larry Herndon (OF), Chet Lemon (OF), Bobby Higginson (OF)

92. CNNSI.com - MLB Baseball - Baseball Millionaires - Wednesday April 04, 2001 07:1 NEW YORK (AP) The 2001 salaries for the 425 major league baseball players on 124, Bobby higginson, Det, 5325000. 125, Dave Mlicki, Det, 5300000 http://www.cnnsi.com/baseball/mlb/news/2001/04/04/millionares_ap/

U.S. SPORTS baseball scores probables ... Swimsuit 2001 CENTERS Fantasy Central Inside Game Video Plus Statitudes ... Cities CNNSI.com GROUP Sports Illustrated Life of Reilly SI Women SI for Kids ... CNN Languages COMMERCE SI Customer Service SI Media Kits Get into College Sports Memorabilia ... TeamStore Baseball millionaires Click here for more on this story Posted: Wednesday April 04, 2001 7:16 PM NEW YORK (AP) The 2001 salaries for the 425 major league baseball players on opening day rosters and disabled lists earning $1 million or more. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player sources and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing bonuses and other guaranteed income. For some players, parts of salaries deferred without interest are discounted to reflect present-day values. Players Earning At Least $1 Million Rank Player Club Salary Alex Rodriguez Tex Kevin Brown LA Mike Piazza NYM Randy Johnson Ari Mo Vaughn Ana Greg Maddux Atl Manny Ramirez Bos Pedro Martinez Bos Derek Jeter NYY Bernie Williams NYY Carlos Delgado Tor Shawn Green LA (tie) Larry Walker Col Albert Belle Bal Sammy Sosa Cubs Raul Mondesi Tor Mark McGwire StL Mike Hampton Col Chipper Jones Atl Barry Bonds SF (tie) Roger Clemens NYY Juan Gonzalez Cle (tie) Mike Mussina NYY Frank Thomas WSox Gary Sheffield LA Chan Ho Park LA Al Leiter NYM Ken Griffey Jr.

93. CNNSI.com - 2002 MLB Spring Training - Detroit Tigers Spring Training Preview - LF, Bobby higginson. 1B, Dmitri Young. RF, Robert Fick. DH, Dean Palmer. C,Mitch Meluskey March 16, Kansas City, 105 pm, at baseball City http://www.cnnsi.com/baseball/2002/spring_training/news/2002/02/17/tigers_previe

Detroit Tigers Arrivals and Departures Spring Training Schedule Regular Season Schedule Team Page 2001 Finish: 66-96, 4th place, AL Central, 25 GB 2001 Payroll: $49,831,167 (20th) Projected Lineup CF Jose Macias Damion Easley LF Bobby Higginson Dmitri Young RF Robert Fick DH Dean Palmer C Mitch Meluskey Craig Paquette SS Shane Halter Projected Rotation RHP Jeff Weaver RHP Brian Moehler RHP Steve Sparks RHP Jose Lima LHP Mark Redman CL Matt Anderson By John Donovan, CNNSI.com Power is wasted in a place like Comerica Park, where echoes and many a would-be home run go to die. So you would figure the Detroit Tigers might concentrate on getting a speedy, slaphappy hitting team to go with their spacious home field. Well, that's what you'd figure. But last year, the Tigers were 11th in the American League in on-base percentage (.320), mainly because they were 12th in hitting (.260). That's simply not the way to get it done in Comerica. A 96-loss season in 2001 proved it. So the Tigers go into 2002 still looking for a little speed and a little hitting as a way to get a little scoring. It hasn't been easy. Detroit lost one of the league's best base stealers when Roger Cedeno, who swiped 55 bases last season, signed with the Mets. That will be hard to replace. The best the Tigers could come up with was getting line-drive hitting first baseman Dmitri Young from Cincinnati for Juan Encarnacion. Young can also play outfield, which makes him a good fit for the Tigers, and the trade definitely tilted to Detroit's side. But Young is no base stealer, so he's not going to help them on the speed thing.

94. Detroit Free Press - Scoreboard bobby higginson struck out looking. None on with one out and Omar Infante due up . WP bob Howry (21); LP Esteban Yan (2-4); Save bob Wickman (9). http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=freep&page=mlb/scores/final/P128660.h

95. Career Resources In The MCPL Children's Department I Can Be a baseball Player. Greene, Carol. I Can Be a Football Player. Hautzig,Esther. higginson, Mel. Scientists Who Study Ancient Temples and Tombs. http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/booklists/careersbib.html

Home Children's Services Booklists Skip Navigation ... Websites for Kids Catalog Search word author title subject call # Home My Account About the Library Research Tools ... Site Search Career Resources in the MCPL Children's Department For Younger Students (Preschool and Primary) Barton, Byron. I Want To Be an Astronaut. Boraas, Tracey. Auto Mechanics. Boraas, Tracey. Plumbers. Boraas, Tracey. School Principals. Boraas, Tracey. TV Reporters. Brandenberg, Alexa. I Am Me! Brown, Richard, ill. 100 Words About Working. Collins, Pat Lowery. I Am an Artist. Craig, Janet. What's It Like To Be a Ballet Dancer. Daniel, Kira. What's It Like To Be a Teacher. Deedrick, Tami. Astronauts. Deedrick, Tami. Bakers. Deedrick, Tami. Construction Workers. Deedrick, Tami. Garbage Collectors. Deedrick, Tami. Teachers. Deedrick, Tami. Zoo Keepers. Duvall, Jill. Chef Ki Is Serving Dinner! Duvall, Jill. Meet Rory Hohenstein, a Professional Dancer. Duvall, Jill. Mr. Duvall Reports the News. Duvall, Jill. Ms. Moja Makes Beautiful Clothes. Duvall, Jill.

96. Heading 2000 Team News Latest Tiger Transactions News 06/05/00 04/27/00 higginson, bob (LF) Suspension announced by league, five games.04/27/00 Palmer, Dean (3B) - Suspension announced by league, eight games. http://www.cjbaseball.com/news.htm

97. PopMatters Viagra The New Image of baseball by Adam Dlugacz baseball needs a new fans were treated to Detroit Tiger Bobby higginson for the final three innings. http://www.popmatters.com/sports/features/030109-baseball.shtml

SPORTS archive front page VIAGRA: THE NEW IMAGE OF BASEBALL [9 January 2003] by Adam Dlugacz Barry Bonds e-mail this article Don't you love Sundays? Is there anything better than getting together with 30 or 40 of your best friends, half of whom happen to be bikini clad busty blondes, drinking a hundred beers, and eating red meat straight off the bone? Oh and you get to watch football too. In a recent commercial, even Louis Armstrong admitted life doesn't get better than sacking a quarterback, or maybe he was referring to the winks from the cheerleaders. Besides, is there anything manlier than blowing frosty smoke out of your nostrils while you stand in Gulag-like temperatures preparing to risk life and limb to deliver a bone jarring hit on an unsuspecting wide receiver? Of course, when it comes to feats of manhood can anything top rejecting your opponents shot into the fourth row? Throwing down a tomahawk jam helps explain why Saturdays aren't bad either. That's when you get to go down to the local park with a 'do rag, million dollar Nikes, and a case of Gatorade to play a couple hours of streetball. Who knows? Maybe Kevin Garnett or Tracy McGrady will swing by to throw a few windmill jams down as they return from the corner store Sprite or Mountain Dew in hand. During the week you can always head over to McDonalds and grab a bite with Kobe Bryant or run over to Burger King to throw back a few Whoppers with Shaq . Heck, even hockey has Keifer Sutherland, a.k.a.

98. Detroit Free Press - Scoreboard bobby higginson reached first on Jhonny Peralta fielding error. Runner on firstwith one out PITCHING CLE bob Wickman(9th) VS. DET - John Ennis(9th) http://146.145.120.3/default.asp?c=freep&page=mlb/scores/final/P128903.htm

99. Detroit Free Press - Scoreboard Runner on third with one out and bobby higginson due up. bobby higginson singledto center scoring bob Wickman starts the inning for the Indians. http://146.145.120.3/default.asp?c=freep&page=mlb/scores/final/P127284.htm

100. City Pages - Life On The Roller Coaster Seven helpful tips for the baseball obsessive. Robert Fick singled to center,and then Bobby higginson and Randall Simonbatting third and cleanup in http://www.citypages.com/databank/23/1116/article10360.asp

var cN="news"; Minneapolis/St. Paul Annual Manual Personals Promotions Ad Index ... Advanced Search All of CityPages.com Best of the Twin Cities Articles Ad Index Calendar Movies Restaurants Learn About CityPages.com RSS Feeds Sign Up for Weekly Email Newsletter from CityPages Home News ... Classifieds Volume 23 - Issue 1116 - Yard Email to a Friend Print this Article Write a letter to the Editor Also in this Issue An Unpleasant Postmortem More articles from this issue... More Yard Articles Winning Ways Let the Games Begin Email Newsletter Stay up-to-date with City Pages. Signing up is simple, and you can opt out anytime. Give it a try... Sign Up Now or See a Sample Newsletter Seven helpful tips for the baseball obsessive Life on the Roller Coaster by Brad Zellar April 29, 2002 To borrow from the argot of Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, it was a dark seven for the local baseball nine and its fans; any way you care to cut it, it was a very depressing week indeed. Just 25 games into the season and already the roller coaster, already the nutcracker, already the sucker punch and the meat tenderizer and the lost weekend. Already the full retreat of the rational world. Already the warning signs, the red flags, the litter of cellophane and marathon of malnutrition, the empty caloric blackouts: My God! Did I just eat that entire can of Pringles? Did I seriously just drive to the Holiday store between innings, in my pajamas and Sorels, to buy another box of Dots and another two-liter jug of Mountain Dew? Are my eyes deceiving me? Did the Twins just have the bases loaded and nobody out and fail to score a single run? Did Brad Radke just give up another home run to Randall Simon? Is there any other sport that forces its elderly and unshapely coaches to shoehorn themselves into the same snug uniforms as the players? Is this indignity somehow mandated by the rule book or merely tradition? Could you run in and check the statistics, honey, and see if Denny Hocking actually has more errors than extra-base hits? Did I just borrow from the argot of Edd "Kookie" Byrnes?

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