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  Gossip pÃ¥ Rafael Furcal
Rafael Furcal läde att han inte behöver att genomgå surgery för att reparera hans sore vänstra ankle.
Rafael Furcal bör bara ta av resten av seasonen.
Tisdagar sekonderar leken finnas bara den fjärde tiden som Furcal finnas inte i den börja lineupen sedan att finnas som aktiverades alltifrån den rörelsehindrada förteckningen.
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  Rafael Furcal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rafael Antoni Furcal (born August 24, 1977 in Loma de Cabrera, Dominican Republic) is a shortstop in Major League Baseball who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Furcal has one of the strongest throwing arms in the league and is regarded as an adequate if not spectacular defensive shortstop.
On December 7, 2005, Furcal signed a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers for three years and $39 million, and officialized the signing by passing his physical.
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 HABLA Biorhythm: Rafael Furcal
Furcal has quick hands and is able to cover the entire plate.
Furcal usually pounds the ball into the ground to try to get the most out of his speed.
Furcal is one of the most efficient baserunners in the game, taking extra bases and swiping bags at a high percentage.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Atlanta Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal in court on October 6 for violating his probation with a second DUI charge.
Furcal was arrested by an Atlanta police officer on Sept. 10 for allegedly driving under the influence.
Furcal, the 2000 National League rookie of the year, batted.279 with 14 homers, 59 RBIs and 29 stolen bases during the regular season.
www.11alive.com /news/news_article.aspx?storyid=52867   (461 words)

  
 RotoTimes.com - Rafael Furcal - Notes
Rafael Furcal was back in the lineup and leading off on Saturday after leaving Friday night's game early with tightness in his right shoulder because of the cool weather.
Rafael Furcal stated Wednesday that the left middle finger injury he suffered during the second game of the season forced him to change his swing, which is now hurting his right shoulder, according to the AP.
Rafael Furcal continues to progress in his recovery from January knee surgery, though he may not be ready for games when the exhibition season begins, according to the LA Times.
www.rototimes.com /mlb/player/3351/notes   (1011 words)

  
 Rafael Furcal : Los Angeles Dodgers Rafael Furcal
Rafael Furcal is a professional baseball player who currently plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Furcal was born on August 24, 1978 in Loma de Cabrera, Dominican Republic.
Furcal has one of the strongest throwing arms in the league and is regarded as an adequate if not spectacular defensive shortstop.Furcal can disrupt the opposition with his speed and genuine base-stealing ability.
www.mlb-players.com /players/players.php?id=150   (370 words)

  
 Rafael Furcal : Braves Rafael Furcal Statistics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Furcal has the capability to disrupt the offenders with his speed and authentic base-stealing ability.
With his good defensive skills and a powerful arm, Furcal has become a reliable leadoff man who quickly hits the ball on the ground and loves to go the other way.
Rafael attended Jose Cabrera High School in Loma de Cabrera, DR, where he played baseball and basketball.
www.mlb-teams.com /players/braves_player/R_Furcal.php   (355 words)

  
 ESPN - Agent: Furcal, Dodgers have deal for $39M - MLB
Furcal and Katz went out to dinner Friday night in Los Angeles with McCourt, and Furcal was impressed by McCourt.
Furcal will receive $9 million next year, with $5 million of that to be called a signing bonus.
Furcal is a proven leadoff hitter and exceptional fielder known for his strong throwing arm.
sports.espn.go.com /mlb/news/story?id=2246996   (671 words)

  
 Atlanta Braves, Rafael Furcal, Major League Baseball - CBS SportsLine.com
Furcal was taken to the city jail after being arrested before dawn on Interstate 85, according to a police report.
Furcal paid a $3,200 bond in cash, but he immediately was transferred to the suburban Cobb County jail for a probation violation stemming from his June 2000 arrest on similar charges.
Furcal, the 2000 National League rookie of the year, is batting.287 with 12 homers, 53 RBI and 24 stolen bases this season.
cbs.sportsline.com /mlb/story/7666608   (548 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Rafael Furcal
Rafael Antoni Furcal (born August 24 1978 in Loma de Cabrera, Dominican Republic) is a shortstop in Major League Baseball who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Furcal has one of the strongest throwing arms in the league and is regarded as an adequete if not spectacular defensive shortstop.
Furcal's status as a top prospect was not damaged by this, but many other players were released because of their lies.
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 Rafael Furcal | BaseballLibrary.com
The first major-leaguer ever born in the 1980s, Furcal jumped from Single-A to the majors in 2000 at the age of 19 and won the Rookie of the Year Award in his first season with the Braves.
Furcal shook off a mid-season DUI arrest and nagging hamstring problems to swipe 40 bases -- breaking Ty Cobb's 1906 record for a 19-year-old -- while posting a.295 batting average and.394 on-base percentage.
Furcal is shorter than his listed height of 5' 10", earning him the affectionate moniker "El Enano" -- The Dwarf -- from his Spanish-speaking teammates.
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 Just Minors - Just Stuff #4 - Rafael Furcal Autographed Minor League Baseball
Rafael is the surprise ROY in the National League this year, playing SS for the defending NL East champion Atlanta Braves.
Furcal ended the 1999 season as one of the big Minor League stories of the year, having stolen 96 bases between Macon and Myrtle Beach.
Rafael will be leading (off) the Braves into the 2001 season, but more importantly, should continue to be their leadoff batter for years to come...something the Braves have sorely lacked in years past.
www.justminors.com /Stuff/Baseballs/Stuff_BaseballFurcal.html   (189 words)

  
 Speed has no substitute: Braves' Rafael Furcal: A Tough Runner To Pin Down Baseball Digest - Find Articles
What distinguishes Furcal and the game's current class of quick players is that they are running at a time when baseball has stopped to wait for the long ball.
Furcal led all rookies with his 40 steals, 27 of them coming before he turned 20 on August 24--putting a dent in Ty Cobb's portfolio when he passed 23, Cobb's 1906 total, which stood as the most steals by a 19-year-old.
Furcal said he thinks he can steal between two and three bases a week, now that he will certainly be a fixture atop the Braves batting order.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_2_60/ai_69057361   (904 words)

  
 Rafael Furcal Signs With LA Dodgers - Baseball Fever
Free agent Rafael Furcal has agreed in principle to a three-year deal with the Dodgers that would make him one of the highest-paid shortstops ever, a source close to the negotiations said Saturday.
Furcal would be the starting SS and I guess Oscar Robles would move to third (I can't picture Nomar in a Dodgers uniform) with Willy Aybar to back up at short and 2nd.
Furcal is the best of the early signing bunch; who wouldn't want a leadoff guy of his calibur that plays a mean D? Add to that his doubles, triples (13 last year?) and stolen base totals, and I envy those folks on the left coast for snatching him when they did.
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 Mets.com: "Mets are convinced Rafael Furcal will sign with the Cubs" - Baseball Fever
And as the day wore on, the club became convinced that Rafael Furcal would sign with the Cubs and be eliminated as a potential solution for the Mets' second base situation.
The Cubs were dealt a severe blow in the Rafael Furcal sweepstakes Thursday when Atlanta third baseman Chipper Jones agreed to restructure his contract to give the Braves leeway in their off-season pursuits.
Furcal is a proven leadoff hitter with a bit of power who plays gold glove defense and has been in the post season every year of his career.
www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=36305   (1155 words)

  
 Offical Rafael Furcal Thread: - ProSportsDaily Forums
Rafael Furcal and his agents have quietly spent the week meeting personally with the Cubs and Braves.
Furcal is friendly with Cubs infielders Aramis Ramirez and Neifi Perez, and he has gotten phone calls from Greg Maddux, Perez and manager Dusty Baker.
Since Furcal entered the free agent market, Kinzer has indicated that his client was looking to play in a city that he liked and with a team that he felt comfortable.
www.prosportsdaily.com /forums/showthread.php?t=28898   (1333 words)

  
 Rafael Furcal News
Rafael Furcal news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
After the departure of Rafael Furcal in 2005, the Braves struggled to fill the leadoff spot in \'06.
Rafael Furcal, Nomar Garciaparra and Kenny Lofton during the winter offseason.
www.topix.net /baseball-players/rafael-furcal   (582 words)

  
 Sabernomics » Blog Archive » SIR: Rafael Furcal
The good news for Furcal is that he is on the right team if he wishes to turn his life around.
Furcal is tagged out, plus he jams his wrist and is out of the field for a month.
Not only is he deadly for runners on their way to first, but he is a fantastic relay man. Furcal made several good throws to the plate this year, and I’m sure he deterred some attempts as well.
www.sabernomics.com /sabernomics/index.php/2004/11/sir-rafael-furcal   (709 words)

  
 Braves Journal: Rafael Furcal
Furcal himself is probably to blame as well; he's trying to hit home runs too much, and mostly winds up flying out instead.
Furcal's still a valuable player on a good team, but he's not a leadoff man. He'd work fine batting second or seventh.
Posted by: toya knox at July 31, 2003 01:10 PM rafael is really giving us true fans something too talk about not only is cute he is to me one of the best shortstops this team has seen in a long time i hope he never leaves
www.bravesbeat.com /bravesjournal/archives/2003/02/rafael_furcal.html   (780 words)

  
 Scout.com: A Healthy Rafael Furcal Steps Up
The real Rafael Furcal has come forward to be counted, silencing the critics who early in the season pointed out his low batting average and his high contract just weren't compatible.
Furcal's batting average was a miniscule.198 through April has boosted his numbers to.281 (batting average) and.353 (on-base percentage).
SB- Martin (6) CS- Lugo (1) DP- 3 (Loney and Furcal; Beimel, Furcal and Loney; Furcal, Lugo and Loney).
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 Rafael Furcal Signs 3-Year Deal With Dodgers - Damox's Sports Blog
Rafael Furcal, who I believe is one of the top 3 free agents of this offseason, has signed a 3-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers worth $39 million.
Furcal is fast, a solid contact hitter, and he's a great defensive anchor at shortstop.
Who is more valuable, Furcal, as one of the great shortstops in baseball, or Beltran, a guy who makes some great-looking plays in center field but also cost the Mets at least 2 games last season with bonehead errors (and took himself out for a short time with that head-first dive into another player's face)?
www.damox.com /2005/12/rafael-furcal-signs-3-year-deal-with.html   (433 words)

  
 Rafael Furcal : Rotoworld.com - Rafael Furcal Biography from Rotoworld.com
Rafael Furcal's.369 on-base percentage led all NL shortstops in 2006.
Furcal may not be the offensive lighting rod that Reyes is for the Mets, but he's provided a great presence at the top of the Dodgers' lineup.
Rafael Furcal had at least two hits Tuesday for the sixth time in his last seven games.
www.rotoworld.com /content/playerpages/player_main.asp?sport=MLB&id=2960   (532 words)

  
 Rafael Furcal MLB Baseball at CBS SportsLine.com
Furcal, hampered all year by the sprained left ankle he sustained in spring training, said he'll have an MRI on Monday.
Furcal will miss the Dodgers' last 12 games because of soreness in his lower back.
Furcal has had a disappointing year in L.A. and might have played his way out of the top 10 among shortstops going into 2008.
www.sportsline.com /mlb/players/playerpage/174989   (221 words)

  
 Rafael Furcal Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Rafael Furcal was born on Thursday, August 24, 1978, in Loma de Cabrera, Dominican Republic.
Furcal was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 4, 2000, with the Atlanta Braves.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Rafael Furcal baseball stats page.
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 Rafael Furcal Autographed Baseball - Shopping.com
Rafael Furcal Atlanta Braves MLB Autographed Authentic Jersey
The ball is personally hand signed by Rafael Furcal with a ball point pen on the sweet spot.
Rafael Furcal Atlanta Braves Authentic MLB Authentic gray Jersey.
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 IGN Boards - Guys Jose Reyes isn't really better than Rafael Furcal.
Furcal is past his prime and while he may still be productive he is just not as good because of the lack of upside (and his lineup is worse).
Rafael Furcal also fielded balls in specific zones at a higher rate than Jose Reyes.
Furcal had more total chances (+207), more assists, more double plays, played more innings and more games.
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 RAFAEL FURCAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
My name is Thomas and I am the number one fan of Rafael Furcal.
Rafael is on the cover of the January issue of Choptalk.
Also, I got a great Rafael Furcal game used bat card for Christmas.
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 JS Online: Rafael Furcal to Miss Rest of Season
Furcal was injured in the ninth inning when he led off with a walk in a 3-all game.
Furcal, who won't turn 21 until Aug. 24, was batting.275 this season with four homers, 30 RBIs and was among the league's stolen base leaders with 22.
Furcal hit.295 with 40 steals for the Braves last season to earn NL rookie honors.
www.jsonline.com /sports/brew/ap/jul01/ap-bbn-braves-furc070901.asp   (435 words)

  
 WasWatching.com: Rafael Furcal = Dave Collins
Furcal, 28, likely will rule nothing out at this early stage of free agency — he routinely shags fly balls with Braves teammate Andruw Jones and jokes about replacing him in center.
He not only is athletic enough to play the position, but also could bat leadoff for the Yankees, forming a dynamic 1-2 combination with Derek Jeter.
If you're going to have a bat like Furcal's in CF, he better be a Gold Glover in CF.
www.waswatching.com /archives/2005/11/rafael_furcal_d.html   (426 words)

  
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Rafael Betancourt är viktigt LeagueBaseballhöger sida - den handed lättnadspitcheren som har breddsteg med de Cleveland indiansna efter 2003.
Rafael Perez är aktuellt en lättnadspitcher för de Cleveland indiansna.
Rafael Soriano är en viktig LeagueBaseballPitcher för de Seattle marinersna.
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 ESPN - Rafael Furcal Stats, News, Photos - Los Angeles Dodgers - MLB Baseball
Dodgers April 13: Activated shortstop Rafael Furcal from the 15-day disabled list; optioned pitcher Chin-hui Tsao to Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League (AAA).
The Los Angeles Dodgers activated shortstop Rafael Furcal from the 15-day disabled list Friday night before the game against San Diego, and optioned right-handed pitcher Chin-hui Tsao to Triple-A Las Vegas.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, shy on right-handed hitting outfielders, acquired Brady Clark and cash from the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday for reliever Elmer Dessens.
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