On the diamond, a new wave of hurlers
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Baseball's young guns take their place in the rotation
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When George Steinbrenner and his top officials discussed potential acquisitions in meetings last week in Tampa, everyone was encouraged to raise positives and negatives.
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The Atlanta Braves made another huge pitch for success, getting Tim Hudson from Oakland. And the Seattle Mariners added another slugger, grabbing Adrian Beltre off the free-agent market.
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As new titles become more innovative, existing players scramble to keep up.
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A pulled hamstring or booted grounder might not be the only factor that could help decide baseball&#39;s playoff chase. Contenders such as the Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs, New York
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On a team packed with veterans, three relative newcomers in the bottom three spots of the lineup brought the Yankee Stadium crowd to its feet on Saturday.
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The odds are overwhelmingly against them. For every Abe Alvarez , who made a cameo at Fenway Park in July just 13 months after the Red Sox drafted him out of Long Beach State, there are dozens of top-rate college pitchers who will toil in the farm system and never reach the majors.
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So it is with Nomar Garciaparra, who, less than a year ago, was regarded as one of the top dozen or so players in the major leagues.
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The Nationals' starting rotation, littered with cheap retreads and fringe prospects a year ago, has upgraded across the board with a group of solid prospects.
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The news on East and West Coasts this week reflected the fragility of hope based on an aging pitcherÂs arm and a young pitcherÂs value.
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It&#39;s time the celebrate the geriatric set once again, a couple of baseball&#39;s 40-plus guys who are raising the bar for players over the age of 35 in a way that hasn&#39;t been done before.
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HOUSTON -- One ace of the diamond helped decide the outcome of Saturday&#39;s Texas Hold &#39;em, NL style. Houston&#39;s other ace gets dealt to the Cards on Sunday.
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Starting pitchers are plentiful this off-season, more so probably than at any time during the 28 years of free agency.
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Their beacons of hope are Kevin Youkilis , Casey Fossum , and Shea Hillenbrand , prospects who once walked in their spikes and made it to the bigs. Nearly 200 Red Sox farmhands from the Dominican Summer League to Triple A Pawtucket yesterday were close to packing their equipment bags and heading home for the winter after spending the season ...
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Curt Schilling and Pedro Martinez are revved up. Roger Clemens and Roy Oswalt are rarin&#39; to go. Baseball fans are ready, too. The shadows are getting longer, the leaves are starting to turn and pumpkins are showing up.
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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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Even without Lastings Milledge, the Mets have had an impressive number of players who have spent an awful lot of time on the disabled list this season.