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    • Miguel Sano is the top prospect in the Minnesota Twins organization, a 19-year-old third baseman from the Dominican Republic, who Baseball America rates as the No. 9 overall prospect in the game.

      He's also the lens through which three filmmakers have been examining the baseball pipeline in the Dominican Republic. Sano is one of the players in "Ballplayer: Pelotero," (out on DVD) the 2012 documentary that began following him at age 15. Now, the filmmakers behind "Pelotero" want to continue telling his story. Thus, Jon Paley, Ross Finkel and Trevor Martin began a Kickstarter campaign with the goal of raising $25,000 to partially fund the sequel, "The Miguel Sano Story."

      Here's their "please help us" video:

      The good news is their Kickstarter is almost kicked and starter. As of this writing, it was less than $1,000 from being funded, with 20 days lefts to go. For those of you unfamiliar with the ways of Kickstarter, that's a quality showing. This tells us people are interested in Sano's story and they don't mind kicking in a few bucks to help it along.

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      DUNEDIN, Fla. — Mark DeRosa won't ask why. All he knows is, after a complete rupture and two surgeries, his chronically injured left wrist feels good for the first time in nearly four years. At age 38, DeRosa is striking the ball well again, and his health has allowed him one more chance to be relevant to a Major League Baseball team.

      And the Toronto Blue Jays need someone, too. Manager John Gibbons has named DeRosa part of a starting platoon with Maicer Izturis at third base while slugger Brett Lawrie heals from an injury. DeRosa, who thought he might have played his last game, says he is humbled by the opportunity. He's batting .475/.511/.725 with four doubles and two homers — against decent competition — in Grapefruit League play.

      [AL East Preview: How good are the Blue Jays?]

      "Yeah, these last few years, they’ve been terrible," DeRosa said. "Knock on wood, so far this spring it’s been a resurgence, how I feel. The results have been great. It’s not even so much the results but being able to drive the ball a lot better than I have the last three years. I honestly don’t know the reasons why. I know I didn’t pick up a bat, but maybe two or three times after I signed, just to hit off the tee and not make a fool of myself the first day.

      "I don’t know if it’s miraculous, but I don’t know why it feels the way it feels and I’m not searching for the reason."

      His feelings are understandable. DeRosa probably has done enough searching the past few years.

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    • (AP photos / BLS Illustration)With opening day mere days away, the Big League Stew crew is here to get you up to speed on the baseball season ahead. We'll examine some of the big questions in each division, point out a few critical players and predict the final standings, division award-winners and break-out stars. First up: The American League East.

      Home of the wheeling-and-dealing Toronto Blue Jays, the surprise-a-year-ago Baltimore Orioles, the always-dangerous Tampa Bay Rays and two traditional powers — the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, this is the AL East. Let's forecast, shall we?

      [AL Central Preview: No. 2 is up for grabs]

      BIG QUESTIONS

      1. How good are the Blue Jays? It's the question all of baseball is asking these days. Can the Blue Jays — assembled in the offseason from castaways from the Miami Marlins and New York Mets, and with an infamous PED user to boot— be as good as many are predicting? Or are they another "super team" that won't deliver? We say the former. The Jays are for real.

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    • Tim McCarver announces he’ll retire after 2013

      By Mike Oz | Big League Stew – Wed, 27 Mar, 2013 1:34 PM EDT

      (AP)

      Love him or hate him, Fox Sports baseball analyst Tim McCarver has no doubt been a part of your baseball-watching life. That will end soon, as McCarver announced Wednesday that he'll retire after the 2013 season.

      Like Mariano Rivera, McCarver is taking one last parade around the league, shacking up next to Joe Buck and calling some baseball games for the final time. Going into this year, McCarver, 71, has called 23 World Series and 28 consecutive postseasons.

      "It's time to cut back," he told reporters during a conference call announcing the move.

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    • Big League Stew Mascot Madness Day 3: The Youppi Bracket

      By Jay Busbee | Big League Stew – Wed, 27 Mar, 2013 9:51 AM EDT

      Big League Stew's Mascot Madness bracket is underway! Check out the matchups below and click on each matchup to head to the BLS Facebook page to vote. Your mascot is counting on you.

      Youppi Bracket
      #1 Racing Sausages vs. #8 Homer D. Brave (Vote here)
      Old Braves hometown vs. new Braves hometown. Chief Noc-A-Homa is not on this list for reasons you can probably guess, so it's up to the bland Homer to carry the Atlanta standard against one (well, a bunch) of the heavyweights in the field.

      #4 The Presidents vs. #5 The Pierogies (Vote here)
      A battle going royal! Can the fierce Presidents upend the delicious Pierogies? Given that William Howard Taft is now a President, we're to bet yes.

      #2 Mariner Moose vs.#7 TC The Bear (Vote here)
      A Nature Channel showdown, as Moose challenges Bear. Who wins? This battle needs to be in slow motion.

      #3 Raymond vs. #6 Wally The Green Monster (Vote here)
      Another AL East Showdown. Which of these beasties will advance to the next round?

      Here are our previous

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