Rivera Says He Plans to Return for Game 1
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Yankees closer Mariano Rivera said he plans to return from a family funeral in Panama on Tuesday in time for Game 1 of the AL championship series against Boston. Rivera flew home to comfort relatives after two members of his wife's family were electrocuted in his pool. The ALCS begins Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.
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Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera traveled from New York to his home in Puerto Caimito, Panama yesterday morning after two of his wife&#39;s relatives died in an electrical accident there on Saturday.
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Mariano Rivera, who has not pitched this month because of tightness near his right elbow, will wait until Wednesday to play catch.
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New York Yankees manager Joe Torre said Monday he was unsure if closer Mariano Rivera would be available for Tuesday's opener of the American League Championship Series against Boston after a tragic accident at the reliever's home in Panama over the weekend.
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Mariano Rivera pitched three innings in the regular season for the first time in almost 10 years, and Jason Giambi ended a homer drought that lasted almost a month.
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This was the way Curt Schilling imagined it when he arrived in Boston via trade last year. Clearing the way for his first appearance at Yankee Stadium in a Red Sox uniform, the club last night announced Schilling will start Game 1 of the American League Championship Series tomorrow night. He will be followed in the four-man rotation by Pedro ...
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Baseball Chien-Ming Wang will start the New York Yankees' playoff opener Tuesday and will be followed by Mike Mussina in Game 2. Randy Johnson , bothered by a bad back, will pitch Game 3 on the road, Yankees manager Joe Torre said yesterday. Torre didn't say whether Jaret Wright or Cory Lidle would start Game 4, if it's needed . ...
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NEW YORK - Mariano Rivera showed up just in time to save the New York Yankees. Rivera got Boston's Kevin Millar to pop out to strand the tying run at third base in the eighth inning, then finished out a thrilling 10-7 win for the Yankees in Tuesday night's opener of the AL championship series...
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Pedro Martinez plans to arrive at his first spring training with New York Mets on the voluntary reporting date.
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Trot Nixon, the former Red Sox outfielder who beat Boston with an extra-inning single in Game 2, was back in Cleveland's starting lineup for Saturday night's sixth game of the AL championship series.
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Johan Santana is ready to start against the New York Yankees on short rest. The left-hander told Minnesota Twins pitching coach Rick Anderson on Friday that
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NEW YORK -- Randy Johnson's first pitch in pinstripes was an apology.
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BOSTON - The Red Sox have a pulse today because they got to Mariano Rivera again. It&#39;s not much of a heartbeat, but enough to give them hope they can become the first team
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The Mariano Rivera incident puts a somber backdrop to a series that has been anticipated since the last one ended.
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The New York Mets announced on Saturday that three-time Cy Young Award winner Pedro Martinez will return from a season-long layoff caused by shoulder surgery and pitch against the Cincinnati Reds on the road on Monday.
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David Ortiz will play first base for Boston when the World Series resumes Saturday night, and Kevin Youkilis will be benched as the Red Sox adjust to life without a designated hitter.
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Mariano Rivera made it official Monday, finalizing a $45 million, three-year contract that will keep the ace closer in pinstripes.