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Column: Twins' schedule changes due to weather
The Minnesota Twins can sympathize with area high school and college athletic teams this spring. Four of the last eight Twins' games have been postponed due to weather - three of which were scheduled for the Twins' home Target Field, including Monday'...
Tags: Kansas City Royals, Ricky Nolasco, U.S. Cellular Field, Trevor Plouffe, Baseball Statistics
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Dodgers' Manny Mota enters a new mode
When Manny Mota started his coaching career with the Dodgers, Dusty Baker was in left field and Jimmy Carter was in the White House. That was in 1980. The Dodgers have changed managers seven times since then, but Mota always has been the rock on the...
Tags: Ned Colletti , Jimmy Carter, Time Warner Cable Inc., Sports, Baseball
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Ramirez injury puts spotlight on toll of WBC
Four more innings. That's all Hanley Ramirez had to get through before the Dominican Republic could return him to the Dodgers in working condition. But Ramirez tore ligaments in his right thumb diving for a ball in Tuesday night's World Baseball Classic...
Tags: Marco Scutaro, World Baseball Classic, Joe Maddon, MLB Network (tv network), World Series
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Angels' Mike Trout should be fine despite lofty expectations
addCustomPlayer('1j59v4a9evljr1d1b5hvawowo7', '', '', 600, 418, 'perf1j59v4a9evljr1d1b5hvawowo7', 'eplayer15'); CINCINNATI — Mark McGwire hit 49 home runs as a rookie. It took him nine years to do it again. McGwire set a rookie record that...Tags: ESPN (tv network), Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Torii Hunter, Oakland Athletics
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A look at a few stats surrounding Chris Davis' record start
We will see history tonight if Chris Davis, who had four home runs in his first four games, hits another homer. If the hottest hitter in baseball puts another out of the ballpark, he will become the first player in major league history to hit a home run...
Tags: Chris Davis, Adam Jones (baseball), Seattle Mariners, Baseball Statistics, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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Chris Davis' grand slam gives Orioles 9-5 win over Twins on Opening Day
The Baltimore SunAfter Oriole Park sat silent for six months and the Orioles spent the past seven weeks in Sarasota, Fla., preparing for the season, manager Buck Showalter believed his players needed the “pickup” that only a Camden Yards sellout crowd could...Tags: New York Yankees, Chris Davis, Adam Jones (baseball), Baseball Statistics, American League
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Review: "Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club" by Roberts Ehrgott
Yankee fans, including my wife, find it endearing and slightly pathetic that while they invoke the names of World Series-winning heroes to exalt their team's history — Ruth! Gehrig! DiMaggio! Reggie! Derek! — Cub fans grow dewy-eyed to...
Tags: World Series, PBS (tv network), Authors, Chicago Tribune, Entertainment
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During red-hot streak, Chris Davis reflects on the cold spells
The Baltimore SunOrioles first baseman Chris Davis has been here before, with fans screaming his name and his teammates shaking their heads at his latest incredible power display. Davis, though, also has been on the other side, when things are going terribly and he's...Tags: Nate McLouth, Chris Davis, Adam Jones (baseball), Baseball Statistics, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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MLB: Orioles slug past Twins 9-5
AP Sports WriterBALTIMORE -- Minnesota Twins left-hander Tyler Robertson walked to the mound in the eighth inning of a tie game. The bases were loaded, and his task was a formidable one: retire Baltimore Orioles slugger Chris Davis, major league baseball’s...Tags: Nate McLouth, Chris Tillman, Adam Jones (baseball), Baseball Statistics, Sports
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Withhold judgment on Gonzalez
Gio Gonzalez was 20 when I watched him pitch for the first time. He was at the Phillies' complex in Clearwater, Fla., and it didn't take long to see why Pat Gillick had insisted on him when the White Sox traded for Jim Thome. You don't have to be a...
Tags: World Baseball Classic, ESPN (tv network), Milwaukee Brewers, Bartolo Colon, Chicago White Sox
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In sports, finances and life, impulse to cheat is strong
"Cheat, cheat, never beat." Remember that catchy, foreboding maxim drilled into us as kids? It's comforting to believe cheaters never win and winners never cheat. Unfortunately, there's ample evidence that cheating is rampant in almost every sphere of...
Tags: Lance Armstrong, Ben Johnson, Internal Revenue Service, Long Island, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips
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Baseball Hall of Fame
Blogging with Bill WhiteI'm several weeks away from entering my own Hall of Fame season, where I begin accepting nominations to my Hall of Fame of the area's most colorful characters. I've never had a year in which no one was inducted. Then......
Apr 22, 2013
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Apr 5, 2013
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Apr 5, 2013
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Feb 23, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Feb 19, 2013
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Jan 10, 2013
| Allentown Morning Call
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