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DETROIT -- He thought, off the bat, it was a sure hit. Ivan Rodriguez had caught up to a cut fastball left too high and too sweet, sending it to the right side of center field. And as Jonathan Papelbon watched from the mound in the bottom of the 13th inning, the ball hit just inches from the outstretched glove ...
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BOSTON Go figure this World Series. An old maxim in baseball is you always give away more runs with shoddy defense than you gain with torrid bats.
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Adam Wainwright threw the final pitch of last season and one of the first at spring training this year.
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Bernie Williams looked out from the on-deck circle at the place he has called home longer than any other of the Yankees. It was the last of the ninth, tie score and the division
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The 14-inning playoff game between and Yankees and the Red Sox Monday was baseball&#39;s version of The Longest Day, and it illustrated some of the best and worst in televised baseball.
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For those tempted to question or complain about the call to the bullpen with Curt Schilling two outs away from his fourth complete game of the season yesterday, consider the example set by the pitcher himself. It was a silent, practically imperceptible, protest.
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John Smoltz is used to closing out games for the Atlanta Braves. Blowing saves is something he&#39;s not accustomed to. &quot;It&#39;s a shock to your system,&quot; he said.
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Justin Verlander shut down the New York Yankees while the Detroit Tigers roughed up Mike Mussina and a couple of relievers in their highest-scoring game this the season.
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They play to the last out in the Bronx, you know. The Minnesota Twins were agonizingly close to heading home with a 2-0 series lead. But funny things can happen when ballgames reach the 12th inning and pitchers are out there doing things they don't ordinarily do. And so after watching the Twins reach their tiring reliever ...
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Chase Utley struck out in his final chance to keep his hitting streak alive. He could have gotten another shot to keep it going but it would have meant the Philadelphia Phillies giving up the lead and threatening their winning streak. "I really didn't want it to go extra innings," Utley said. "It was a good run."
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Dave Bush provided a good seven innings. And another rookie right-hander, Jason Frasor, took over for him in the eighth. Then Justin Speier picked up the save when he took over from Frasor after a leadoff double in the ninth.
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Joe Borchard set a small crowd abuzz with the longest homer in the 14-year history of US Cellular Field. But some small ball -- a bunt and aggressive baserunning by Timo Perez -- were just
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It is easy to look at the final game of a postseason series as the game that meant everything. But this particular series took a decisive turn two games before the end arrived Saturday.
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CHICAGO - Mark Prior pitched his best game of the season. Still, he couldn&#39;t stop the Chicago Cubs&#39; final-week slump that has damaged their chances of making the postseason.
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Tom Glavine, leading off first base, saw the ball jump off Jose Reyes' bat and knew it was time to put on the burners. Still, the not-so-speedy Glavine was thrown out at the plate. It was pretty much the only thing that went wrong for him all night.
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So sweet was the seventh inning last night that those of the announced 30,610 who showed up at Safeco Field forgot for a little while that they were stuck in last place.
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The bullpen blew another one. The reliable relievers who carried the New York Yankees all season are coming apart at the most important moment. Mariano Rivera must be tired by now. Tom Gordon is struggling. Paul Quantrill is hurt. And the Yankees are halfway to the biggest collapse in postseason history.