Despite its flaws, baseball still great pasttime It looks like Charlie Brown has a chance to win Manager of the Year. How can this happen, that the beloved “Peanuts” comic strip character with thousands of losses and no wins can win such an award? He got a job as an American League manager. Read...
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Kemp’s first-class season can’t lift last-place Dodgers LOS ANGELES • Matt Kemp is poised to join a select baseball fraternity. Membership requires a player’s statistics pile up, along with his team’s losses. Superstars on division-leading teams or contenders need not apply. Read more on St. Louis Post-Dispatch Yankees Derek Jeter hits No. 3,000 NEW...
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All-Stars: Peralta, Youkilis fill in for Jeter, A-Rod Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Shane Victorino became the latest All-Star scratches, further threatening to turn baseball’s big show into the All-Scar game. Read more on ESPN Saturday’s Scoreboard Montreal at Saskatchewan, 4 p.m. Hamilton at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Read more on Brandon Sun
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Question by Taylor: San Francisco residents, how do you feel about the Los Angeles Dodgers? Or the city? San Francisco residents, how do you feel about the Los Angeles Dodgers? Or the city? Best answer: Answer by FlowerWe dont ‘know and don’t care what goes on in Los Angeles What do you think? Answer...
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Bernie: Cards can’t focus only on Pujols Among other issues, Redbirds also have to worry about keeping Berkman next year. Read more on St. Louis Post-Dispatch Opening Time: Andrew Miller, almost famous It’s a think-piece about a mid-level left-hander … struggling with his own limitations in the harsh face of stardom. Andrew Miller’s first...
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Mets GM wise to wait as Beltran suitors start to call LOS ANGELES — The Mets are finally starting to make sense as an organization. Simply Amazin’. All indications are that the Mets are moving forward, trying to initiate talks to get Jose Reyes signed to a long-term deal while at the same time...
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The Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court Monday, blaming the refusal of Major League Baseball to approve a multibillion-dollar TV deal that owner Frank McCourt was counting on to keep the troubled team afloat. (June 27) bit.ly – The battle of East vs. West continues tonight as Jonathan Niese...
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Derek Jeter gets 3,000th hit on a solo home run NEW YORK — Mobbed by his pinstriped pals after the ball sailed into the left-field seats, showered by ovations from his fans, Derek Jeter stood alone — the first New York Yankees player to reach 3,000 hits. Read more on The Middletown Press Barney,...
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by Evan Wohrman Question by Mr. Knowledgeable VI: Do you see the Los Angeles Dodgers making the postseason in 2008? Why or why not? With Joe Torre becomming manager of he new Los Angeles Dodgers, do you see Torre helping the Dodgers make the postseason in 2008? Why or why not? Best answer: Answer...
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True to the Dodgers When Branch Rickey put Jackie Robinson on the field on April 15, 1947, the moment transcended Brooklyn or the Dodgers or even baseball. That day, the Dodgers erected a milestone in a history that includes President Truman ‘s integration of the armed forces, Brown vs. Board of Education and the...
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