Right-hander was key part of 2002 World Series win
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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
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There were other gifts, golf clubs and books and assorted Boston-themed baubles. But when Red Sox owners met with Daisuke Matsuzaka for the first time last December at owner Tom Werner's house in Pacific Palisades, Calif., the captivating moment came when Werner walked into the room carrying a replica of the 2004 World Series trophy.
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Momentum does not appear to play a big role in determining a World Series champion. For every example of a team that seemed to feed off its recent success, there is a counterexample.
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Much was made of the fact that in hitting a home run to lead off the game for the Red Sox in the World Series opener Wednesday, Dustin Pedroia duplicated a feat last accomplished by former Red Sox star Johnny Damon in Game 4 of the 2004 Series off the Cardinals' Jason Marquis . But it turns out that a ...
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Jeff Francis helped the Colorado Rockies to their longest winning streak since 2002.
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Look for a definition of a big-game pitcher anywhere, and you probably would not find Jeff Weaver&#39;s name. Weaver, a Los Angeles right-hander, after all, was 12-12
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Finding a different hero every night was a trademark of the 2003 World Series championship team. Damion Easley assumed that role Monday night, blasting a two-run home run
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He's supposed to be the jump-starter, the man who gets the Rockies going. First man up and, ideally, first man on. "It starts with me," said center fielder Willy Taveras. Problem is, after two games of the World Series, it had been ending with him, too.
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By Barry Bonds&#39; own humble assessment, this year&#39;s Most Valuable Player vote in the National League could have gone any way, could have gone three ways.
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Derek Jeter is still recovering from the Bombers&#39; unprecedented collapse in the ALCS, but the Yankee captain made some history of his own yesterday when he became the first Yank shortstop to win a Gold Glove.
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Boston Red Sox's hopes of a World Series  title may literally be hanging by a thread -- the one holding  together the ankle of Curt Schilling.  Schilling, who led the Major Leagues in wins this season with  21, will take to the mound Sunday to face the St. Louis  Cardinals in Game Two of the Fall Classic with as much  attention focused on his right ankle as his powerful right arm.
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Many fans think it wasn't just the clutch hitting of David Ortiz, the gallant performance of Curt Schilling or the collective effort of the bullpen that propelled the Boston Red Sox to their first World Series berth in nearly two decades.
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The righthander had Tommy John surgery on his elbow in August 2002 and missed the rest of the season as well as the entire 2003 campaign.
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The Boston Red Sox reached agreement with volatile left-hander David Wells on Saturday to bolster the rotation and join the frat house full of &quot;idiots&quot; who rebelled against baseball tradition and won the team&#39;s first World Series title since 1918.
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TORONTO -- It was one of the more unusual examples of contract leverage in recent memory. When third baseman Mike Lowell agreed to sign a four-year extension with the Florida Marlins after they won the World Series in 2003, it included this stipulation: If the cash-strapped Marlins didn't obtain financing for a new stadium by the following November, Lowell had ...
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(Sports Network) - Winners in four of their last five games, the Detroit Tigers hand the ball to 23-year-old lefthander Wilfredo Ledezma tonight for the middle portion of a three-game series with the Chicago White Sox at Comerica Park.
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Jim Thome's 500th career homer, which makes him just the 23rd player to reach the plateau, is more than just a milestone; it's also a game-winner.