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When is it a bad thing for a baseball team to win? On the field, of course, it never is. An extra-inning win may leave you with an overworked pen, for instance, but it's still better than having an overworked pen and losing. But when it comes to acquiring baseball talent, it is possible to lose by winning—something that economists call the "winner's curse." What we mean by winning in this case is having the winning bid for a player's services.
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OT: Northwestern, Auburn invited to the Outback Bowl
by northsider on Dec 6, 2009 5:49 PM EST
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Quarterback Mike Kafka will lead the Wildcats against the Auburn Tigers on New Year's Day in Tampa. Northwestern is seeking its first bowl win since the 1949 Rose Bowl and also will play the Tigers for the second straight season. (In the 2008 Alamo Bowl, NU fell in overtime to the Missouri Tigers.)
Last year, the Cats finished with a better record than Iowa and won the head-to-head matchup, but the team was still leapfrogged by the Hawkeyes for the Outback. This season, Wisconsin finished with one more victory but it's Northwestern's turn to jump, possibly based on the Wildcats victory over Wisconsin at Ryan Field in the final game of the regular season. The 2000 co-conference champion Cats were also passed over by the Outback.
This will be the first New Year's Day bowl appearance for NU since 1997, when Citrus Bowl MVP Peyton Manning completed 27 of 39 passes for 408 yards and four TDs in a 48-28 Tennessee win. It'll be Northwestern's first-ever appearance in the Outback Bowl. And finally, it will be the first meeting in history between the two opponents.
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Former fourth round pick Rafael Gonzalez retires
Just a half hour before tonight's Sarasota Reds game, 2004 fourth-rounder Rafael Gonzalez decided to retire. After posting ERAs of 3.77 in May and 4.33 in June, the wheels fell off for the one-time #6 Reds prospect in July. He was 2-2 with a 7.25 ERA this month, including an utterly disastrous July 15th game against the Minnesota Twins' affiliate Fort Myers. Gonzalez's line: L, 1.1 IP, 10 H, 10 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO. But his second to last start as a pro: W, 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 SO at Clearwater (Phillies) on 7/20.
Meanwhile, infielder Jake Kahaulelio was promoted to Carolina.
The Cleveland Indians' Kerry Wood delivers a pitch at spring training in Goodyear, Ariz. (CREDIT: Associated Press)
Cleveland Indians players Mark DeRosa and Kerry Wood share a laugh at spring training in Goodyear, Ariz. (CREDIT: Associated Press)
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