Baseball&#39;s Homeless Franchise
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IN the musical &quot;Guys and Dolls,&quot; Sky Masterson, the big-time gambler, tells of the warning his father gave him: If someone wants to bet him that he can make a jack of spades jump out of an
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By NANCY ARMOUR The San Francisco Giants were in the thick of the pennant race in August 2002. And Blake Krikorian and his brother, Jason, were stuck at their office with no way to watch.
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Major League Baseball Tuesday kicked off the process of selling the team formerly known as the Montreal Expos, while the president of the franchise said it might have a new name soon after the World Series ends.
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Los Angeles -- What cruelty this business of baseball is. A team grinds and claws and bites its way to 91 wins, only to find it takes 92 to keep its World Series aspirations alive.
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By Mike Hume As the Washington, DC City Council prepares to vote on the financing package for the proposed baseball stadium for the former Montreal Expos, the teamâs front office is facing the unenviable task of maintaining the daily off-season
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That's Fausto, like oust-o. And like one of their supposed aces, the Cleveland Indians could soon be kicked out of the postseason. Maybe they should be. Because the pitiful-playing squad that showed up Saturday night for Game 6 of the AL championship series at Fenway Park doesn't deserve to go anywhere else this October but home.
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If you spend, they will come. It can be done. You can turn around a franchise and head it in the right direction in a few days. The Arizona Diamondbacks were the worst team in baseball in 2004, losing 111 games.
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The lineup was loaded with guys who won&#39;t be playing in next week&#39;s playoff games. Not one of the relievers who came out of the bullpen has a shot to make the postseason roster.
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THE New York Yankees, the most storied sports franchise in US sport who boasts a payroll of more than $US180 million ($256.25 million), lost 22-0 to the Cleveland Indians today.
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A year ago, Mike Mussina lost to the Minnesota Twins in Game 1 of the American League Division Series. Pessimist&#39;s panic swept through the Bronx.
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For all of the fuss about Pedro Martinez&#39;s genealogical assertions, the critical factor in the American League Championship Series has been Boston&#39;s inability to provide for its pitchers.
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CHICAGO Â· The Marlins are beginning to identify with the Montreal Expos as far as playing home games on the road. The Marlins already had to make up one of last weekend&#39;s three postponed
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The Internet has taught major league sports teams that scalping was never really the problem. The problem has been the ridiculous amount of effort expended trying to stamp it out.
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The Boston Red Sox might try to defend their World Series with an even wackier group than the self-proclaimed &quot;bunch of idiots&quot; that ended the franchise&#39;s 86-year dynasty of disappointment.
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Baseball is about to be offered some much-needed help pulling its head out of the sand.
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Brian Cashman used his autonomy as the Yankeesâ general manager to put together a team that is three games below .500 despite some high-priced veteran talent in the lineup.
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The Washington area's 33-year effort to acquire a Major League Baseball team has produced plenty of agonizing near-misses.  There is a good chance that won't happen this time.