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Howard may find how low an MVP can go
STATS Corner Ryan Howard won the National League most valuable player award two years ago. He could do it again this year, despite what would be the lowest batting average for an MVP, pitchers excepted. In his 2006 MVP season, he hit .313 with 58...Tags: Major League Baseball, Willie Stargell, Boston Red Sox, National League, Miguel Tejada
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THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
Caught on film In 1965, I think it was August 5 game (Editor's note: This game was probably Sunday, Aug. 4, 1963.) I had my father's 8mm camera with me. The Yanks were trailing by two or three runs when Mickey Mantle pinch-hit. It was his first plate...Tags: Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, August, Enos Slaughter
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Delgado not quite in the MVP race
A major reason why the Mets sit atop the National League East on Tuesday is the stunning -- and thoroughly unforeseen -- turnaround by Carlos Delgado. He's had so many big hits, the latest coming Monday in the form of a two-run, eighth-inning home run...Tags: Major League Baseball, Albert Pujols, New York Mets, National League, Carlos Delgado
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With ears still ringing...
Roch Around the ClockIf the Orioles go through with plans to put “Baltimore” on the road jerseys, they should wear them whenever the Red Sox come to Camden Yards. There had to be more noise here for Manny Ramirez’s 500th home run than......Tags: David Ortiz, Major League Baseball, Jay Payton, Manny Ramirez, Boston Red Sox
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Mark Gonzales' White Sox mailbag
The Tribune's White Sox beat writer answers reader questions throughout the season. This week, the Sox's stellar performance in the face of a killer schedule and why they haven't gotten pitching help yet. Do you think that Alexei Ramirez at shortstop and...Tags: Contracts, Orlando Cabrera, Jack Taylor, John Danks, Jim Thome
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Ken Griffey Jr. in a Sox uniform? I'm stoked
I zipped over to the Web sites as fast as my fingers could type Thursday to find out if it was fiction or fact. Cincinnati Enquirer, 9:47 a.m.: "Reds trade Griffey." Not might trade. No "trade Griffey?" with a question mark. Did trade. And to the White...Tags: ESPN, Luis Aparicio, Jim Edmonds, Jim Rice, Jermaine Dye
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Fred Mitchell's Around Town column
Money talks, and so does Mark Cuban. It's just that now that he appears to be the top bidder to purchase the Cubs, his words are more measured. Cuban showed up Wednesday night at the annual charity bowling event Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood and his wife,...Tags: Jack Brickhouse, Tom Seaver, Kerry Wood, Wrigley Field, Houston Astros
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Black Sox, '71 Orioles go arm in arm
Q: Could you please name all the teams that have had four 20-game winners in their rotation in the same season? Chuck Albert Northampton A: There have been only two. One year after throwing the 1919 World Series in the infamous ''Black Sox Scandal,''...Tags: Joe McGinnity, Christy Mathewson, Major League Baseball, Bob Feller, Jim Palmer
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No more 'meatballs' in pitcher's box
Q: Don, I often wonder how the distance of 60 feet, 6 inches was arrived at in major league baseball. Kim Altenbach A: When professional baseball was first played in 1869, the pitcher had to start his delivery from within a flat box similar to the...Tags: Rafael Palmeiro, Babe Ruth, Don Drysdale, Jim Thome, Arizona Diamondbacks
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Maese: In Cooperstown, today can never be Bonds' day
Here, in the one place charged with immortalizing baseball's feats and achievements, the biggest record of them all doesn't seem to exist this weekend. Here, in the No Barry Zone, steroids are unimaginable and controversy nonexistent. Here, we choose...Tags: Ethics, Jim Palmer, Lou Brock, Don Sutton, Hank Aaron
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All-time Hall of Fame voting percentages
The Associated PressPlayer, Year, Cast, Votes, Pct. Tom Seaver 1992 430 425 98.84 Nolan Ryan 1999 497 491 98.79 Cal Ripken Jr. 2007 545 537 98.53 Ty Cobb 1936 226 222 98.23 George Brett 1999 497 488 98.19 Hank Aaron 1982 415 406 97.83 Tony Gwynn 2007 545 532 97.61...Tags: Willie Stargell, Don Drysdale, Roberto Clemente Jr., Duke Snider, Al Kaline
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Thome's walk-off blast gives Sox victory
The Associated PressJim Thome knew his 500th homer would be special. He had no idea it would be a game-winner, too. Thome hit a two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday to give the White Sox a 9-7 victory over the Los Angeles Angels, becoming the 23rd player --...Tags: Major League Baseball, Vladimir Guerrero, Death and Dying, Mark McGwire, Babe Ruth
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