At All-Star game, Leyland's another fan
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A couple of Detroit Tigers rooters trudged to one of the top rows of PNC Park&#039;s upper deck to watch the All-Star Home Run Derby, huffing and puffing as the stairs grew steeper and steeper.
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Kenny Lofton was back. Back even before his 1990s prime with Cleveland, when he was a perennial All-Star or Gold Glove winner.
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HUDSON -- Being selected to play in an all-star game signifies a player's stellar performance over a season, but the games are often sloppy because of the lack of familiarity among teammates. The pitchers don't know the catchers well and occasionally cross them up, making for some long innings and crooked numbers on the scoreboard.
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Carlos BeltrÃ¡n, JosÃ© Reyes and David Wright were voted to start in the All-Star Game, and Billy Wagner was added to the N.L. roster by manager Tony La Russa.
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Yankee Stadium is home to a team full of All-Stars, 26 World Series championships and some of baseball's most memorable moments.
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The team that finally reversed &quot;The Curse of the Bambino,&quot; apparently has picked up one of his biggest fans. Veteran left-hander David Wells, who pieced together a strong 2004 season
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They played a day-night singleheader at Yankee Stadium on Saturday, one game that felt like two, each with their own distinct heroes for the Angels.
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Jim Leyland has perfected the level head, in his 15th season as a major league manager. Detroit's once-staggering lead in the division race has dwindled, but the Tigers are following Leyland's example and trying to keep their cool down the stretch.
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Theoretically, Jake Peavy pitched well enough to win. Realistically, though, the San Diego Padres simply couldn't score enough runs for their All-Star ace.
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Instead of a Barry Bonds splash shot, the defining hit at Tuesdayâs All-Star game was Ichiro Suzukiâs inside-the-park home run, the first in the gameâs history.
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Sammy Sosa sounds a little annoyed that anyone ever doubted him. The former slugger got two more hits Tuesday, and his comeback with the Texas Rangers is going exceedingly well &#151; at least in exhibition games.
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No one has driven in more runs since the All-Star break than Garret Anderson. If the 10-RBI game against the New York Yankees didn't make believers out of opposing pitchers, maybe his latest spurt will.
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Went to Parc Jarry once. Don't remember who won or lost (that's before I decided to keep score at every game I attend, no matter when and where), but I do recall that Le Grand Orange hit a home run and it was a festive night, so I will assume Les Expos sent the folks home happy.
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Jim Edmonds made a circus catch. Jeff Suppan outpitched the Rocket. And Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen came through, yet again. Surrounded by a rollicking sea of red, clearly these St.
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He is the only player on the Red Sox with two championship rings, which he earned with the Toronto Blue Jays. Mike Timlin never forgot the feeling, but getting back to the World Series during stints with Seattle, Baltimore, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and the Red Sox has been a long, hard road.
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Jim Leyland just might be ready to manage a Major League Baseball team again, and he will reportedly interview for jobs with the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets, according to the NY Daily News.
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Francisco Cordero is known as a fun-loving guy in the Texas Rangers clubhouse, always smiling and playing jokes w lith his teammates. That's not what opposing hitters see.