Walks on the wild Cards&#39; side
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St. Louis- The World Series is no place to talk about walks and errors. It is a time for walk-off home runs, diving catches and pitchers getting big outs when nothing else is acceptable.
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Whether the Houston Astros are still in contention for the Wild Card spot when the Colorado Rockies roll into town this weekend is anyone&#39;s guess, as is which starting
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CHICAGO --- Elvis didn&#39;t leave the building on Friday night, but Manny Ramirez and Orlando Cabrera both did. And Curt Schilling left the Chicago White Sox feeling &quot;all shook up.&quot; ...
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The news comes fast and furious. Pedro Martinez goes to Tampa to visit George Steinbrenner. Theo Epstein and John Henry go to Florida for their turn with Pedro. Carl Pavano comes to Boston to visit Curt Schilling. Jason Varitek says he's not a goner. Derek Lowe is a goner, but he says he wishes it could be different. Orlando Cabrera ...
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Mike Piazza drives in two runs on two bloops and San Diego retains its spot atop the wild card with a 4-1 win over Arizona.
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The Chicago Cubs are cranky. The fans are restless. The baseball has been sloppy, the results discouraging, the trend alarming. Friday seemed a good day to look in on the National League wild card race.
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Of all the changes in sports, the one that fundamentalists have the hardest time accepting is the addition of the wild card in baseball.
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The Houston Astros are hitting their way into the NL wild-card race.
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linging to a half-game lead in the race for the National League wild card, the Cubs sent Kerry Wood to the mound at Shea Stadium yesterday, needing to shake off a sudden and shocking defeat a day earlier.
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San DiegoÃÂ packs up their wild-card lead and heads for a first-place showdown with the Dodgers after taking down Cincinnati, 4-2, Thursday.
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MIAMI - The Chicago Cubs' 24-hour visit to Miami included a brief stay atop the NL wild-card race. Then they lost their lead because they couldn't beat David Weathers...
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It doesn&#39;t get any better than this. The Red Sox visit Yankee Stadium, the Giants and Padres battle it out for the NL wildcard, while the Cubs try and keep pace and are leaning on a kid to do so.
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer. in New Jersey as a Mets fan. ``I&#39;m taking away my experience as positive.&#39;&#39;. Burnett, plus left-hander Dontrelle Willis.
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In terms of playoff appeal, it&#39;s no surprise that today&#39;s pitching duel between the Cardinals&#39; Woody Williams and the Dodgers&#39; Odalis Perez is scheduled for lunchtime rather than Prime Time.
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Ichiro Suzuki is so fast you might wonder why he doesn&#39;t bunt more often. Only a handful of his 250-plus hits have been bunts and manager Bob Melvin explained that opposing
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It demands a look. And a second look. And perhaps even a third. When 1.364 pops up in the on-base plus slugging category for the American League Championship Series, it brings to mind a true middle-of-the-order hitter. It brings to mind Manny Ram&#xED;rez (a gaudy 1.491), or David Ortiz (1.225). But, no, that number belongs to Kevin Youkilis, ...
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There were two unusual and discussion-worthy instances of closer usage in the first couple of days of Division Series play: Ron Gardenhire sticking with Joe Nathan in the 12th inning of Minnesota&#39;s brutal 7-6 loss to the Yankees in Game 2, and Phil Garner