Swing Hard at Fat Pitches
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You don't need new stocks to juice your returns.
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Manny Ram&#xED;rez crushed a batting practice ball, sending it up about 12 rows into the seats in left-center field. He sent the next one a handful of rows into the seats in left. Then, on the final ball in his set, Ram&#xED;rez decimated the pitch, his swing propelling it near the spot where his 451-foot home run had ...
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - After adding slugging third baseman Troy Glaus at baseball&#39;s winter meetings, the Arizona Diamondbacks have turned their attention to pitching.
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ne bad breaking ball did in the Yankees yesterday. Usually, one mistake does not cost them so dearly, but the Yankees are not usually scrounging for hits either.
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Though his last Fenway Park outing was nightmarish -- four runs and six hits in two-thirds of an inning Sept. 26 -- Yankees righthander Kevin Brown was ready to go in a monsoon last night. &quot;He was more antsy than anyone else in our clubhouse,&quot; said pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre . &quot;He went back and forth. He was very anxious ...
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The record will show that the first Yankeesâ swing in the first game of spring training produced a home run. These are the Yankees, so the expectations might as well start high.
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The Reds dealt Chicago&#39;s playoff hopes a blow Tuesday night by using the Cubs&#39; formula for winning: good starting pitching and home runs.
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Joe Torre had enough to deal with yesterday, what with a rainout and Orlando Hernandez&#39;s tired shoulder forcing him to shuffle his starting rotation.
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MIAMI (Ticker) -- The Chicago Cubs take on the Florida Marlins in the second game of a doubleheader Monday. Matt Clement, who has been bothered by nagging injuries in his neck and back, takes the mound for the Cubs.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are in the thick of a pennant race because they've been thriving in pressure situations. Matt Kemp, Russell Martin and Joe Beimel are perfect examples.
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It is the first rule that every aspiring pitcher learns. Without a balanced delivery, nothing works. For a right-hander, the right ankle is the foundation.
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There's a method to finding tomorrow's home runs.
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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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Ryan Howard is making the most of the few pitches he gets to see.
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If you&#39;re looking for an intriguing pitching matchup, you&#39;ll find it in Game 2 of the Boston Red Sox-Anaheim Angels ALDS on Wednesday night.
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There's a method to spotting tomorrow's home runs.
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The Oakland Athletics thrive on offense when Eric Chavez is hitting. He is finally beginning to feel like himself again at the plate following a frustrating month in which his troublesome forearms have hindered his swing.