Starters strike it rich
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As general managers stampeded toward the airport, and Pedro Martinez reflected on the beauties of Flushing Meadow, another edition of baseball&#39;s winter meetings ended Monday.
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Imagine. You play college baseball in Boston. You spent the winter hitting in poorly lit indoor cages with poor backgrounds. Finally, you get to play outside for the first time and you step in to face . . .
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Shawn Hill's encouraging performance Wednesday is a rare treat for the Nationals, whose starters have struggled this spring.
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It&#39;s an unspoken rule, probably written by a player, that a starter shouldn&#39;t lose his job to injury. Try selling that line to Pittsburgh Steelers fans who are busy chatting up rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger as the second coming of Terry Bradshaw.
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Warm up to some real winners this year.
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You&#39;ve already got two of the hottest pitchers in the National League facing one another. How could the under be any sweeter? Try knocking the clean-up hitter out of each club&#39;s lineup.
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Gracefully tagging out runners? Not exactly at the top of Julian Tavarez's list. But starting pitching? He's getting to be pretty good at that.
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After passing off the opening day honors last season, John Smoltz is all set to handle the Atlanta Braves' first start of 2007. To the surprise of no one, manager Bobby Cox aligned his spring training rotation to ensure that Smoltz would be ready to pitch the April 2 opener at Philadelphia.
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Get in the game with a visit to these intimate ballparks.
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You have to hand it to the Houston Astros -- the starting rotation they&#39;ve used in the first round of the playoffs has been not only effective, but interesting, too.
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Anibal Sanchez won his major league debut at Yankee Stadium. In his third start he got the best of Roger Clemens. Not a bad month.
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The rookies keep coming through for the Boston Red Sox.
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The star starter and the key reliever for the Mets may seem to have little in common, but both are seeking to defy expectations.
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Mike Matheny, Edgar Renteria and the St. Louis Cardinals can win with singles, doubles and triples, too.
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Alex Rodriguez, Frank Thomas, Manny Ram&#xED;rez, and Jim Thome all could join the 500-home run club this season (with Gary Sheffield having an outside shot).
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The Yankees introduced a towering starting pitcher on Wednesday, though it was not the one that the baseball world had been waiting to see.
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A weekend in Anaheim apparently in search of a reliever netted the Reds a starter from the local big league club. General manager Dan O&#39;Brien announced Tuesday that