A slugger&#39;s paradise
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The offenses of the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox will no doubt keep scoreboard operators busy at Fenway Park for the first two games of the World Series.
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Major League Baseball is back in the nation&#39;s capital for the first time since the Washington Senators team moved to Texas and became the Rangers in 1971.
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If the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees are evenly matched on the field, there&#39;s no comparison off it. The Yankees are a pretty conservative bunch; the clubhouse is always quiet and businesslike, and owner
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Baseball is about to be offered some much-needed help pulling its head out of the sand.
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Atlanta -- Hammerin&#39; Hank Aaron was at the game. Boomin&#39; Barry Bonds was on his game. In the homers hub of the universe, the residence of the all-time champ, the past and future came together Sunday night
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While this postseason may not have been the best ever, it certainly provided baseball fans with plenty of fantastic thrills.
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The New York Yankees are comfortably the richest team in baseball. Their $180m annual wage bill is more than double that of most of their counterparts, and they have many of the game&#39;s most luminous stars in their line-up.
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com. As manager Terry Francona put it before this American League Championship Series began: &quot;These guys just like to play ball.
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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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SAN FRANCISCO If you&#39;re willing to pay some big bucks for Barry Bonds&#39; 700th home run ball, you don&#39;t have much time left.
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Hard to believe, wasn&#39;t it? But there it was, right on our TV screens: Boston closer Keith Foulke fielding Edgar Renteria&#39;s one-hopper on the infield at Busch Stadium in St.
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All the heat and pressure are on them for a change now, and if they lose the next two games and this playoff series to Boston, we may witness two unique phenomena simultaneously: the reversal of an 84-year-old Curse and George Steinbrenner&#39;s head
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The Boston Red Sox could offer Pedro Martinez the still-dizzying celebration of a city that he helped to a historic World Series championship.
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Dustin Pedroia, who has established himself as a strong contender for the American Leagueâs rookie of the year award, lives about 20 yards from Fenway Park.
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Just when you think you&#39;ve seen it all, the Yankees devise a new way to win a game and torture their opponents. Last night, they somehow landed a spot in the American League
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ST. LOUIS -- The Dodgers absolutely love the team persona that they nurtured throughout the long regular season, the never-say-die, don&#39;t-count-us-out, play-&#39;til-the-end Comeback King thing.
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Julian Tavarez&#39;s 2-2 slider to Carlos Beltran was theoretically a good pitch Sunday afternoon. It was low, outside and traveling 81 miles per hour.