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Could Manny Ramirez join the Cubs?
Manny Ramirez won't be going to Boston for the World Series. No one knows where he will wind up in 2009, including Ramirez or his agent, Scott Boras, both of whom are the cleanup hitters of their businesses. Despite unprecedented production under the...Tags: Kerry Wood, Lou Piniella, Manny Ramirez, Ryan Dempster, Major League Baseball
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JIM THOME'S HOMER WINS IT FOR WHITE SOX
Chicago Tribune reporterRedemption was never so sweet as it was for Jim Thome and the White Sox on Saturday night. After going hitless in five previous at-bats and striking out with the winning run at third base in the 10th inning, Thome launched a home run with one out in...Tags: Bobby Jenks, Ted Williams, Mike Scioscia, Major League Baseball, Mike MacDougal
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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: Detroit Tigers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Ted Williams, Major League Baseball, Willie Mays
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Cynthia Rodriguez, Alex Rodriguez split, according to a report
Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and his wife have split less than three months after the birth of the couple's second daughter, according to a report in the New York Daily News. The story on the newspaper's Web site comes amid reports linking Rodriguez to...Tags: Madonna, Texas Rangers, Major League Baseball, Hank Steinbrenner
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'34 classic was true Hall of Fame game
Q: With the All-Star Game coming up, I have a few questions about the midsummer classic. 1) Was there ever a year when all the starters from one league went to the Hall Of Fame? 2) Who has the highest ERA in All-Star competition and lowest batting average...Tags: Bill Terry, Pie Traynor, San Diego Padres, Moises Alou, National League
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Gameday Live 83: Rangers at Yankees
On the Yankees beatGood evening everyone. Marc here as the Yankees open up a three-game series against the Texas Rangers. Mike Mussina (10-5, 3.93 ERA) will be going for the Yankees (44-38) as they look to shake off Sunday???s 3-1 loss to the......Tags: Jamey Wright, Major League Baseball, Texas Rangers, Eddie Guardado, Michael Young
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Honors class
BASKETBALL: Naismith Memorial George Hepbron, Still Pond // A friend of the game's inventor, James Naismith, Hepbron is credited with writing the first book about basketball (How to Play Basketball), as well as creating interpretations of many of the...Tags: Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Major League Baseball, Lefty Grove, New York Giants
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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: Pie Traynor, Steve Carlton, Robin Roberts, Ted Williams, Yogi Berra
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Wells is one pitcher who can always get loose
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSAN DIEGO -- Forget the perfect game, the three All-Star teams, the two World Series championships and the 236 career victories. Mention the name David Wells to Buck Martinez and it conjures memories of a meaningless midseason exhibition game in 1986,...Tags: Boston Red Sox, Babe Ruth, Contracts, Major League Baseball, Chicago White Sox
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Year-by-year inductees
(BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career): 1936 -- BBWAA: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus...Tags: Pie Traynor, Ted Williams, Major League Baseball, Pee Wee Reese, Rube Marquard
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A who's who of Maryland (abridged)
Special to Baltimoresun.comWhile you may be coming to Maryland to earn your fame and fortune, the majority of the Free State natives listed below took their talents elsewhere. The exceptions are marked with asterisks. Actors/actresses Bess Armstrong, John Astin, John Wilkes Booth,...Tags: Dashiell Hammett, Rosa Ponselle, Migration, Frederick Douglass, Ric Ocasek
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A Baltimore legend, champion of underdogs
Sun StaffJohn Steadman, who chronicled the Maryland sports scene in his newspaper columns, books and commentaries in a career that spanned seven decades, died of cancer yesterday at a Towson hospice. He was 73. A one-time minor-league baseball player, Mr....Tags: William Donald Schaefer, Yale University Football, Newspaper and Magazine, Major League Baseball, John F. Kennedy
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