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For Francona, The Love Returns
The Hartford CourantBOSTON — He loves the ballpark again. Not Fenway or Yankee Stadium or Progressive Field specifically — Terry Francona loves them all again. "I get there absurdly early," he said Thursday. "I stay there absurdly late. I have no perspective."...Tags: Spring Training, Progressive Field, World Series, Cleveland Indians, Baseball
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Red Sox-Blue Jays series should provide some pop
The Cardinals visit the Cubs for the first time this week. Fireworks are not expected. But when the Red Sox's Clay Buchholz pitches against the Blue Jays next Saturday, that should be interesting. You know you are doing something right when rivals...
Tags: Baseball, Josh Johnson (baseball), Chicago Cubs, Emilio Bonifacio, Boston Red Sox
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Buchholz's Defenders Say Claims Are All Wet
The Hartford CourantLast time, it was all about what was going on his left arm. This time, it was all about what was going on inside his head. After Blue Jays broadcasters Jack Morris and Dirk Hayhurst claimed Clay Buchholz was throwing a spitter, Buchholz insisted nothing...Tags: Joe Mauer, Baseball, Josh Willingham, Clay Buchholz, David Ross
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Phil Rogers' MLB power rankings
Last week's ranking in parentheses 1. Braves (1): Evan Gattis keeps hitting. The Braves outscored the Nationals 18-5 in impressive sweep. 2. Giants (8): Hunter Pence looks primed for a big season. 3. Nationals (3): Davey Johnson says this will be...
Tags: Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cy Young Award, Marwin Gonzalez, Chicago Cubs
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Digest: Ben's Cat wins Mister Diz for 4th year in row at Pimlico
Pimlico Race Course Ben's Cat wins Mister Diz for 4th year in row Make that four years in a row for Ben's Cat in the $75,000 Mister Diz Stakes. The Jim Stable star from the King Leatherbury barn carried Julian Pimentel to an easy 13/4-length victory...Tags: Soccer, Colorado Mammoth, Lacrosse, North Carolina Tar Heels, National Lacrosse League
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Marlins' salary dump shameful
Almost 12 years later, the White Sox finally may have made things right with the Blue Jays for sending them left-hander Mike Sirotka, who hurt his shoulder and never made another big league start after that trade. The Sox were not a party to the joke...
Tags: David Wells, Ricky Romero, Baseball, World Series, Los Angeles Dodgers
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Red Sox Go With Safe Choice In Farrell
The Hartford CourantI wonder. Will the Red Sox ultimately be remembered for hiring the wrong manager from Connecticut? After outsmarting themselves last November by hiring the smartest man in the room, if not the planet, I wonder. Are the Red Sox overcompensating this...Tags: John Wayne, Brad Ausmus, Omar Vizquel, Baseball, Daniel Bard
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Bobby V.: You Knew From The Start It Would End Badly
The Hartford CourantMany great ideas have sprung from our town since Adriaen Block arrived on the Connecticut River in 1614. Larry Lucchino's idea to bring Ben Cherington along to meet Bobby Valentine at the Hartford Club last Nov. 3 wasn't one of them. It was, let New...Tags: Spring Training, Curt Schilling, Baseball, Dale Sveum, Terry Francona
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Sox Fans Just Praying This Season Will End
The Hartford CourantBobby Valentine has a better guess where he'll be Thursday than the Yankees do. Bobby V, who has posted fewer Vs than any Red Sox manager since Billy Herman in 1965, figures to be on the other end of a phone call summoning him to a meeting with the...Tags: Entertainment, Brad Ausmus, Joe Girardi, Billy Herman, Baseball
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Valentine Fiddles While Fenway Burns
The Hartford CourantNEW YORK — Bobby Valentine said he doesn't read it and he doesn't listen to it. Surely, he smells it. Surely, he smells the rot from a locker room where too many of his players run to ownership to point fingers and too few of them run to the...Tags: Kelly Shoppach, Carl Crawford, Baseball, Dale Sveum, Terry Francona
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Phil Rogers' baseball power rankings
1. Rangers (1): Clinging to top spot a week ago, the Rangers added Roy Oswalt and played well in going 5-1 against the lowly Padres and Rockies. Could Yu Darvish share the All-Star clubhouse with Chicago car dealer C.J. Wilson? 2. Yankees (2): Boone...
Tags: Yu Darvish, Baseball, Anthony Rizzo, Jason Marquis, Los Angeles Dodgers
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Power rankings: No. 15 Blue Jays
No. 15 Blue Jays: 16th in a series counting down to spring training. Next: Dodgers.
One more year, two at the most.
Unless that pesky Mayan calendar is correct, and the Earth drifts into a black hole or is attacked by a higher species we never knew...Tags: Shaun Marcum, Alex Anthopoulos, Spring Training, MLB Most Valuable Player Award, Ricky Romero
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