Home runs, errors and Cubs, oh my
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The Cubs third baseman homered, doubled and homered in his first three at-bats against Reds starting pitcher Josh Hancock at Great American Ball Park.
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What on earth is wrong with the Yankees? I&#39;m not talking about their woeful pitching or their erratic offense. I&#39;m talking about their demand that MLB award them a win by forfeit because the Devil Rays were
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10:12 pm: This is it. If the Red Sox are ever going to do something, it&#39;s got to be now. It&#39;s the bottom of the fifth inning in Game 4. Two outs.
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Hang on, Cubs fans. A mosquito just might have helped out Chicago in the NL Central race. The Brewers gave up six runs in the first inning of their 11-4 loss to Cincinnati on Friday night, missing a chance to take over the division lead.
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* Turning point: After Mark Prior&#39;s 129-pitch gem in the opener, the Cubs lost their wild-card lead as David Weathers stifled Chicago&#39;s bats.
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CHICAGO - One strike from an important victory, the Chicago Cubs ended up with another agonizing defeat that damaged their drive to the playoffs.
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Heroics and heartbreaks, diving catches and basepath blunders, hot bats and bizarre slumps, rainy days and endless nights.
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MILWAUKEE -- How many home runs does Barry Bonds have to hit to get beyond the lack-of-lovability issue? The correct answer is: It just doesn&#39;t matter.
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Jon Lester pitched in a baseball game Monday. Simple? Perhaps. Special? Absolutely.
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George Kottaras expects perfection from himself. That's not surprising. "I get down on myself," the catcher said last week in Pawtucket. "But that's how people are. You fail and you're like . . . I just get to the point where I get corrective actions going. This happens, so what do I have to do to correct ...
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Three days after his gaffe on the basepaths, the outfielder drops a fly ball in the 12th that leads to a loss. By Tim Casey -- Bee Staff Writer.
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First, Marco Scutaro. Now, Manny Ram&#xED;rez. It's not supposed to work this way. A starting pitcher is not supposed to pitch seven or eight innings and give up one solo home run -- and take the loss. It's certainly not supposed to happen two starts in a row.
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No doubt that Frank Francisco should have the book thrown at him for what he did in Oakland Monday night. But for that matter, so should the rest of us, for condoning the type of behavior that preceded the Texas Rangers relief pitcher&#39;s errant toss.
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Ah, the big inning. It's been the hot topic around Daisuke Matsuzaka, that one inning that can cost a team a game in a pitcher's inability to get the final out. Or anyone out.
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Good to be back. We assure you: no mention of the Terrell Owens-Randy Moss rivalry or shameless plug from Jim Belushi here. The Blog spent a few days in Cincinnati last week, where it checked in on the surging Cubs.
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_ The Astros apologized to the Cardinals today, saying they erred by showing a replay of St. Louis reliever Julian Tavarez&#39;s tantrum yesterday on the stadium scoreboard.
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NEW YORK -- Seventh games are postseason baseball&#39;s mother lode. When you hit on one of those babies, you&#39;ve hit on something big.