Thereâs Ocho Cinco, and Then Thereâs No. 85
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James Dearth and Chad Johnson are bonded by the same number, but Dearth is the anti-Ocho Cinco. He is down-to-earth, a serious, steady long snapper in his seventh season with the Jets.
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Vin Scully, if you haven&#39;t heard, has a tendency to go on a bit. It&#39;s more than a tendency, really. It&#39;s practically a trademark.
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Five outs &#151; five measly outs. That's how close the Boston Red Sox came to going to the World Series last year and perhaps ending an 85-year championship drought.
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If anything, there will be a little more sizzle around the ballpark. There won't be so much focus on Julio Lugo's slump, or J.D. Drew's batting average, or Curt Schilling's injury, or the fact that there's not much of a race in the American League East right now.
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At age 22, Francisco Liriano is still learning. After a sensational first half and a hurried trip to the All-Star game, it was apparently time for his next lesson.
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Underrated. That was the word Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia used to describe left fielder Jose Guillen. For a player who has faced more than his share of doubters with more than his share of teams (Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Arizona, Cincinnati, Oakland) during his eight-year career, it was welcome praise. Tough to imagine, but true for a player batting .302 with ...
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The fans in San Francisco went wild when Barry Bonds hit No. 750 on Friday night. In Houston, Mark Loretta's teammates swarmed the plate for a second straight night after he hit No. 69.
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Lorena Ochoa eagerly called home after winning the Wachovia LPGA Classic. The problem was, the tournament was being shown on tape delay in Guadalajara, Mexico, and her mother couldn&#39;t understand why she was so giddy.
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Rudy Jaramillo remembers meeting Omar Minaya on a field in the Gulf Coast League in 1985, when they were charged with instructing about 50 minor leaguers from the Texas Rangers organization.
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There's a method to spotting tomorrow's home runs.
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With relative ease, the victories have piled up for Lorena Ochoa, a dozen in just 112 LPGA Tour events since she burst on the scene in 2003. The top spot in the world rankings has been a product of that success, but there's another indicator that she surely has arrived as a star.
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He&#39;s done just fine when the Indians have scored a lot of runs. The five-game winning streak from July 20 through Aug. 14, when the Tribe scored 60 runs, and that 22-0 victory over the Yankees on Aug. 31 come to mind.
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It might not attract much attention east of the Rockies, particularly with the curtain lifting on baseball&#39;s Fall Classic. But Fresno State&#39;s trip to No.
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It is really not much of a stretch to wonder if Omar Minayaâs Mets have been built to last.
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Granted, Boston&#39;s Manny Ramirez isn&#39;t much as far as left fielders go. He has the range of a monotone. His throws have been known to spray like champagne.
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SEATTLE Oct. 2, 2004 - No. 258 for Ichiro Suzuki was like so many others, a little ground ball up the middle. Only this one made history, a hit cheered &#39;round the world.
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This yearâs first major tournament was a reminder that the desire born of economic despair and cultural upheaval is a powerful motor for an athlete.