No homers, no problem
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ST. LOUIS - Mike Matheny, Edgar Renteria and St. Louis can win with singles, doubles and triples, too. After tying a postseason record with five home runs in the opener, the Cardinals stayed in the ballpark for Game 2 Thursday night.
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MILWAUKEE -- How many home runs does Barry Bonds have to hit to get beyond the lack-of-lovability issue? The correct answer is: It just doesn&#39;t matter.
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THE ON-FIELD manners of Manchester United s striker, Wayne Rooney, are no concern of mine.
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And here's a no-muss, no-fuss way to snag 'em all.
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Barry Bonds didn&#39;t have to worry about another &quot;not-in-my-ballpark&quot; manager ordering his team to pitch around the San Francisco slugger.
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He enters a game now not to the menacing sound of Metallica. Mariano Rivera does that -- and Rivera is on the outside looking in. Keith Foulke needs no impending-doom tune to signal his arrival. His pitching seems to be working just fine.
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The San Francisco Giants finally found a way to win a one-run game.
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com. This was not vintage Roger Clemens. On this afternoon, however, the hottest team in baseball didn&#39;t need their old ace to be at top form.
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Curt Schilling was missing his overpowering stuff. Brian McCann and the Braves sure took advantage of it. McCann homered and drove in four runs off Schilling, who endured his first strikeout-free start since 1993 in Atlanta's 9-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night.
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Mike Mussina pitched seven scoreless innings on Tuesday night. (John Dunn for The New York Times) âI canât say that, because we havenât allowed ourselves the luxury of thinking that,â Joe Torre said. âNot only for him, but for anybody.â Maybe I should have known better than to ask that question before the Yankees have clinched. But [...].
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Forget about The Curse. And for the moment, forget about the first two games in the American League Championship Series. They&#39;re history now and have little if no impact on what comes next.
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Curt Schilling&#39;s ankle shouldn&#39;t be a problem when the AL Championship Series starts Tuesday. Neither should Tim Wakefield&#39;s time off.
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In order to get back in this series with the Yankees, the Red Sox don't need divine intervention or a roster turnover. They need base runners.
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Paul Byrd pitched his best game of the season without his best stuff.
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The long list of disgraced players in the Mitchell Report didn't surprise Cubs fan Bob Burman. Didn't disappoint him. Didn't anger him. Didn't do much of anything, really.
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This is why manager Terry Francona never did tighten the reins on the free spirits in the Red Sox clubhouse. Free spirits can bounce back with the best of them.
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Johan Santana doesn't frighten the Cleveland Indians at all.