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The best of the best in 2008
More Tylenol, please. The regular season is over, which means it's time to pass out the hardware for performances exceptionally well done. Frankly, it's going to take an exceptional performance to get the 2008 awards correct. Statistical analysts and...Tags: Kevin Youkilis, Major League Baseball, Mark McGwire, Albert Pujols, Johan Santana
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On this day in history
On Sept. 30, 1777, Congress, forced to flee in the face of advancing British forces, moved to York, Pa. In 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" premiered in Vienna. In 1846 Boston dentist William Morton used ether as an anesthetic for...Tags: Major League Baseball, Adolf Hitler, National Government, Classical Music, Bill Clinton
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Hitters striking out at record rates this year
Wally Joyner couldn't make it to the finish line. He resigned as San Diego's hitting coach Tuesday, blaming himself for the Padres' disappointing season. But maybe he just couldn't stand watching big-league hitters anymore. Joyner, a prototypical...Tags: Jon Garland, Major League Baseball, Barry Bonds, Chicago White Sox, American League
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Impossible To Have A Bad Day At Yankee Stadium
It can be put off no longer. No more denial or blocking it out.
The time has come. Today is the day.
It's noon on Saturday and I am in my familiar seat No. 13, looking out at Yankee Stadium for the second-to-last time, and before the last day game. It...Tags: Derek Jeter, Joe D'Ambrosio, David Wells, Major League Baseball, George Steinbrenner
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THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
A lesson learned My father and I arrived very early during batting practice for my first Yankee Stadium game. I was eating my peanuts and Cracker Jack and not paying attention. All of a sudden, my father jumped and raced back about 10 rows to retrieve...Tags: Casey Stengel, David Wells, Major League Baseball, Yogi Berra, Christmas
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Despite off-night, Alexei Ramirez a Rookie of the Year frontrunner
Ground balls don't come easier than this one. But Alexei Ramirez couldn't keep his caboose down on the two-out tapper from Alex Rodriguez, raising up and letting the ball go right between his legs. It was that kind of a night for the White Sox....Tags: Major League Baseball, Joe Crede, John Danks, Juan Uribe, Daisuke Matsuzaka
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Yogi, Whitey and others to visit ESPN booth Sunday
WatchdogIdeally, I should rewrite ESPN's news release about its plans for the final game at Yankee Stadium in my own words. But after all that Mike Francesa transcription and answering 113 questions in my live chat, I don't feel like......Tags: David Wells, Major League Baseball, World Series, David Cone, Reggie Jackson
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Luke hot
Roch Around the ClockThat's two home runs in less than 24 hours for Luke Scott, who has tied Aubrey Huff for the team lead with 14. He also tied today's game, 1-1.Jeremy Guthrie collected his first major league hit, a double, and was......Tags: Jay Payton, Aubrey Huff
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'Goose' lands in Cooperstown
Associated PressAs a kid, Rich Gossage's dreams never matched those of his father. "My dad always said, 'You're going to play in the big leagues someday,'" Gossage recalled. "I pooh-poohed that. I would be like, 'Aw, Dad, please don't say that.' And sure enough, here...Tags: Tom Bradley, Major League Baseball, World Series, Hoyt Wilhelm, Dick Allen
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All-Star Game another twist in closer's journey
Sun reporterOf all the 2008 All-Stars, Orioles closer George Sherrill might have taken the most circuitous route here, a nondrafted free agent who spent parts of five seasons in independent leagues before finally getting a chance to play affiliated baseball at age...Tags: Major League Baseball, Jim Palmer, New York Yankees, Multi-Sport Events, Fenway Park
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Oakland A's signal active trade market
In or out? Buyer or seller? It's the time of year when teams have to declare their intentions, and the Oakland Athletics are leading the charge for teams jumping off the fence to become sellers. The deal that sent Joe Blanton to Philadelphia on Thursday,...Tags: Major League Baseball, Physical Fitness, Ichiro Suzuki, Raul Ibanez, Trials
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Gossage still close with old White Sox teammate Allen
Tribune staff reporterA 20-year-old country boy in the big city, Rich Gossage was as lost as a man can be when he arrived in Chicago in 1972 to start his major-league career. But it didn't take him long to find a friend and baseball advisor, and in one of the most unlikely...Tags: Tom Bradley, Major League Baseball, World Series, Hoyt Wilhelm, Dick Allen
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