For the knuckleballer, latest twist is cruelest
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Does somebody out there still think these guys don't care? I was afraid Tim Wakefield was going to need a box of Kleenex.
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Tim Wakefieldâs knuckleball has revised his career and made him one of the of the most productive pitchers in Red Sox history.
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Incidents between baseball players and fans have long been part of the game. But they seem to be getting uglier with each year, and an imbroglio Monday night in Oakland, Calif.
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Hooligans have rarely been a feature of America&#39;s pastime, baseball, but fans and officials were creasing their brows yesterday over an ugly fracas that broke out at a game between
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In Connecticutâs win over St. Johnâs on Jan. 8, ESPN analyst Bucky Waters, while extolling Jerome Dysonâs nine steals, went too far with analogies of crime.
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ARMED with a shiny baseball bat and facing Andy Roddickâs infamous knuckle ball in a post-practice laugh-in, Rafael Nadal took three swishes and connected only with the mist his breath left hanging in the air.
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Woody Williams tried cutting the ball. He tried sinking it, tried spinning it. He threw fastballs over the middle, inside, up, down, and he changed speeds.
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It took until his arrival at spring training for Manager Willie Randolph to get past the bitter, nasty feeling of last seasonâs collapse.
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The face of Mariano Rivera, normally as placid as a pond in winter, was contorted in anger. &quot;Catch that ball, c&#39;mon,&quot; were the words that appeared
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Forget about the Curse and all that nonsense. The real ongoing issue with the Boston Red Sox is the fact that they are eternally held hostage by what we shall call &quot;Gilda's Law.&quot; (OK, Roseanne Roseannadanna's.)
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Alex Rodriguezâs behavior on Wednesday was clever or childish, cunning gamesmanship or borderline cheating, or maybe something in between.
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Here's the painful story of someone who did.
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Rookie Brad Halsey was taking the injured Kevin Brown&#39;s turn on Monday night, and the Yankees&#39; worst-case scenario was about to be realized at Kauffman Stadium.
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The month of August was rife with arrogance, malfeasance and criminality in professional sports, but all is not lost for cynical fans seeking a new start.
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You know it&#39;s bad when the heaviest hitter on the team in terms of doing damage these past two days turns out to be Kevin Brown, who took the prevailing new theme around Yankee Stadium - &quot;when the goin&#39; gets tough, the tough get goin&#39; &quot; - just a little
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At some point in a hard baseball season, it must occur to even the best manager that the fate of his club is out of his control, that the future is in the hands of the players and dumb luck.
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I find myself privately hoping that Barry Bonds gets nailed. Is that bad? Is it un-American? He&#39;s still innocent, you know, although less innocent than he was a few days ago.