Rookie `Clubhouse&#39; covers bases
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This sweet-natured coming-of-age story manages a neat trick in our increasingly ``edge&#39;&#39;-obsessed television world: It&#39;s old-fashioned without seeming irrelevant.
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With the Johan Santana, and Pedro MartÃ­nez already on the roster, the Mets opening-day starter is anyones guess.
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Tim Hudson was introduced as the newest member of the Braves rotation Friday, and while he still got choked up about leaving the A&#39;s, he also sounded as if he were warming up to his new team.
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When the National League Rookie of the Year is revealed Monday, fans will get a glimpse into whether or not the writers favored numbers or intangibles.
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Debuts are rarely pretty, especially for rookies such as quarterback Eli Manning, who will make his first start for the Giants on Sunday, against the Atlanta Falcons.
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Less than 24 hours after Pedro MartÃ­nez stood inside Shea Stadium for his introduction as the Mets&#39; newest pitcher, he was on an island in the Caribbean Sea.
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Barry Bonds is 742 homers ahead of Dustin Pedroia on the all-time list, but the diminutive Red Sox rookie can make a claim that the would-be home run king can't: He's homered at Fenway Park.
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Noah Lowry takes a lesson out of every outing, and the baseball world is quickly learning that this kid is pitching nothing like a 23-year-old rookie.
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After rewriting the Pirates&#39; record book, Jason Bay was named the National League Rookie of the Year yesterday by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
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Meanwhile, back at the ranch . . . An entire other baseball universe exists. While Daisuke Matsuzaka and the rest of the varsity were taking on the Florida Marlins across the state in Jupiter, the hopefuls and the wannabes were going about their business at the Red Sox minor league complex. Among them was a rookie ...
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Lefthander Jon Lester will make his 2007 spring training debut in a B game against minor leaguers Monday at 10 a.m.
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No, his position in the starting lineup isn&#39;t solidified after one preseason game, and there&#39;s a big question mark surrounding his future.
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Red Sox rookie pitcher Jon Lester paid a visit to Fenway Park yesterday afternoon after calling to say he was coming, and spent about an hour visiting with teammates before appearing in the team's interview room and announcing that tomorrow he will begin undergoing chemotherapy for cancer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
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WORLD No.3 Ernie Els was upstaged on his home patch yesterday by a 23-year-old rookie playing in his first event on the European Tour.
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Shelley Duncan had taken batting practice at Yankee Stadium before he was 15 years old. On Friday, however, he walked into the clubhouse not as a guest, but as a player.
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Dustin Pedroia, who has established himself as a strong contender for the American Leagueâs rookie of the year award, lives about 20 yards from Fenway Park.
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Delmon Young homered in his major league debut Tuesday night for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, two months after serving a 50-game suspension in the minors for throwing his bat at an umpire.