Pirates' Bay, A's Crosby Selected as Baseball's Top Rookies
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Left fielder Jason Bay received 25 of 32 first-places votes in the National League. Shortstop Bobby Crosby was just a vote shy of being a unanimous pick for the A.L. honor.
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com. The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired veteran catcher Benito Santiago on Thursday from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for minor league right-hander Leo Nunez.
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Houston&#39;s Roger Clemens and Arizona&#39;s Randy Johnson finished 1-2 in the National League Cy Young Award voting. The Giants&#39; Jason Schmidt didn&#39;t even finish first in the under-40 division.
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Bobby Crosby barreled over catcher Vance Wilson for the winning run in the 10th inning, and just like that the Oakland Athletics had their second straight victory against the team with the best record in baseball. Not a bad lift for a club that got swept by the lowly Arizona Diamondbacks just last weekend.
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Rookie John Van Benschoten pitched eight strong innings to seize his first major league victory, powering the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Houston Astros 6-1 in the National League Friday.
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Pirates outfielder Jason Bay, named the National League&#39;s Rookie of the Year earlier this month, was a unanimous selection to the 46th annual Topps Major League Rookie All-Star Team, announced Thursday after balloting by Major League managers.
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PHOENIX (Ticker) -- Jack Wilson lofted a sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a wild 8-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. In the 10th, Jose Castillo drew leadoff walk against Greg Aquino (0-1) and stole ...
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Since Sidney Crosby sustained a high ankle sprain Jan. 18 against Tampa Bay, Evgeni Malkin â last seasonâs N.H.L. rookie of the year â has responded with several of the best games of his career.
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PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Shopping for a veteran catcher after trading Jason Kendall last month, the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired Benito Santiago from the Kansas City Royals on Thursday.
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After rewriting the Pirates&#39; record book, Jason Bay was named the National League Rookie of the Year yesterday by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
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Bobby Crosby has made his own fans in Oakland, and might have put an exclamation point on his magnificent rookie season with his bases-loaded double in the fifth
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OAKLAND, United States : Bobby Crosby belted a game-winning sacrifice fly as Oakland beat Seattle 6-5 but they couldn&#39;t prevent Japan&#39;s Ichiro Suzuki from posting his 252nd hit of the season.
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This is the Adam LaRoche the Pittsburgh Pirates expected when they traded with Atlanta to get him last winter. They can only wonder where they would be in the NL Central standings if they had this LaRoche all season.
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Oakland Athletics&#39; Bobby Crosby raises a fist and circles the bases after hitting a game-winning home run off Seattle Mariners&#39; pitcher Scott Atchison in the ninth inning of their game in Oakland, Calif.
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When Pittsburgh came to Oakland for an interleague series last summer, Billy Beane couldn&#39;t believe Jason Kendall was the lone catcher on the Pirates&#39; roster.
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The most successful season ever by a rookie quarterback was rewarded Wednesday with Ben Roethlisberger's unanimous selection as The Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.
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Francisco Liriano piled up 10 more strikeouts, while Jered Weaver won without his best stuff. Two of the top pitchers in the American League are rookies, and both have been nearly unhittable all season.