On Baseball: Baseball Without Strikes? Talks Could Make It Happen
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Major League Baseball and the players union are negotiating a new contract, and the gameÂs rising attendance and revenue give both sides reason to keep the peace.
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TOKYO, Japan -- Japanese baseball players have gone on strike for the first time in the 70 year history of the game after last minute talks ended without an agreement.
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Bee Staff Writer. Which might be why Major League Baseball and the players&#39; union are moving to address the issue of reported steroid use by stars such Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield, sports marketing experts say.
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With all the questions that have flowed through Josh Beckett's initial season with the Red Sox -- Why all the home runs? When is he going to live up to his potential? Why did Anibal Sanchez, and not Beckett, throw the first no-hitter between the two? -- the final effort of the season from the prize trade acquisition seemed strangely ...
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Overspending isn't the point of the baseball meetings, it just seems that way.
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In most sports, there are athletes built for the long haul, and those who dazzle in quick, mercurial bursts. Track and field has distance specialists and sprinters. Baseball has starting pitchers, setup men, and closers. Based on anecdotal evidence collected from 40-odd years immersed in sports literature, I suspect sportswriters fall into roughly the same categories. Like the starting pitcher who is awkwardly relegated to the bullpen, some writers aren't a great fit for every project. Lars Anderson, author of "Carlisle vs. Army," is a case in point.
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The first trade at baseball's winter meetings was far from a blockbuster.
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Lose the choreography and dial back the frivolity. Thatâs my advice for the Mets as they resume the season. The Yankees, on the other hand, could use a bit of strut.
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If the Nationals fail to sign Alfonso Soriano at the end of the season, a new stipulation in the collective bargaining agreement may alter what the Nats get in compensation.
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Some might assume Ichiro Suzuki&#39;s bid to supplant Sisler as baseball&#39;s single-season hits king threatens to undermine the late Hall of Famer&#39;s relevance as a future conversation topic.
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The first trade at baseball's winter meetings was far from a blockbuster.
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There is a chance the Orioles could benefit from yesterday&#39;s failed three-way trade between the Yankees, Dodgers and Diamondbacks.
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Baseball fans anticipate the winter meetings for the trades they expect or hope to happen. But few meetings in recent years have lived up to expectations.
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Professional baseball in Japan has truly come of age: the nation is bracing for its first ever players&#39; strike. Athletes are angry about a proposed merger between two clubs, the
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Japanese baseball players will strike for the first time if owners proceed with a proposed merger of two teams, the players&#39; union said Monday.
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Japan&#39;s professional baseball players will go on their first strike in their union&#39;s seven-decade history unless a planned merger between two Pacific League teams is postponed
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A fight broke out at a major league baseball game between the Oakland A&#39;s and Texas Rangers Monday night, and the incident should spark action to eliminate this problem in the future.