Ballpark Field General Rallies the Troops
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World War II had Patton. The Nationals ballpark has Ronnie Strompf.
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By JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer. a job that might last only a few months while the team is being sold. funding for a new ballpark.
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Recruiters seek soldiers on a hot sport's battlefields.
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Flash bulbs strobed as he walked to home plate to lead off the bottom of the third. For the second time on this wondrous night, the sellout crowd stood and cheered and chanted his name in unison.
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If he is removed he wants it to be based on the game situation, not the number of pitches he has thrown. The staff ace reached his imposed pitch count of 70 here in Baltimore after three innings last night.
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For the 10th consecutive year, tickets for the Army-Navy game have sold out, and for good reason. Countless aspects of this 105-year-old rivalry command respect, from the thrill-inducing pageantry of the pregame
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It might not have been quite as fiery as the on-field tirade that got him ejected, but the pregame team meeting called by manager Terry Francona was designed to get a message across. It was, essentially, to relax.
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By Dave Fairbank, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Sep. 8--The days of U.S. soldiers overseas huddled around radios listening to World Series games or heavyweight championship fights already has become a fleeting memory, thanks to technology advances and consumer interest.
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The Green Monster in left field. The Pesky Pole in right. Screaming fans all over the place.
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No. 700 was a modest home run. It traveled about two rows deep into the left-field bleachers. It brought some spangly streamers out of the upper deck and none of the Giants from the dugout, except for AJ Pierzynski
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Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, the Army's chief of staff, made a surprise visit to a small group of soldiers here at Forward Operating Base Danger and said in an interview that the war in Iraq is "going pretty well."
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BARRIGADA, Guam -- As a recruiter for the Guam Army National Guard, Staff Sgt. Gonzalo Fernandez has oodles of time for golf. In the past two years, he has taken 18 strokes off his handicap.
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NEW YORK, May 28 -- Veterans and active-duty  troops unfurled a 90-by-100-foot American flag as the nation's top commander in the Middle East spoke to a Memorial Day crowd gathered in Central Park on Monday.
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BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- As head of the joint chiefs of staff, General Richard Myers usually doesn't have to take a back seat to anyone -- except when US troops make up the audience and comedian Robin Williams is on stage.
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When Terry Francona exploded out of the dugout in the seventh inning for an argument over whether Kevin Youkilis had gone out of the basepath on a J.D. Drew grounder to third, he did more than get ejected for the fifth time this season. He also gave the 55,067 fans at Yankee Stadium (and those watching at ...
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As head of the joint chiefs of staff, Gen. Richard Myers usually doesn't have to take a back seat to anyone &#151; except when U.S. troops make up the audience and comedian Robin Williams is on stage.
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With everyone cheering all around him, Houston Astros manager Phil Garner tried hard not to look at the scoreboard in left field. But as the crowd grew louder