Notes: Staff must throw strikes
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When you lose two straight games, and allow 17 runs in those two games, more than one thing went wrong. But one big thing has gone wrong for the Cardinals thus far in the World Series: they&#39;re not throwing strikes.
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Q: I keep hearing about these supposed new rules for overtime pay and I am confused. Are there new rules, and if so, what are they?
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Japanese professional baseball players are set to strike this weekend for the first time since the game was introduced from the US 70 years ago.
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The finger-pointing and the blame game are getting old. It accomplishes nothing except to allow angry Red Sox observers to vent. In the end, John Henry, Tom Werner, Larry Lucchino, and Theo Epstein are responsible, and there's been no sign that they're ducking responsibility.
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Before we get to the major order of business, I invite you to ponder the following pitching lines.
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Phoenix -- Baseball&#39;s union leaders, facing calls from some of its members to crack down on steroids, will discuss changing its drug-testing policy today after reports of Barry Bonds&#39; and Jason Giambi&#39;s explosive grand jury testimony in the BALCO case.
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Â· Unanimous backing for action on public sector pay  Â· Postal workers announce new wave of disruption
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The bullpen blew another one. The reliable relievers who carried the New York Yankees all season are coming apart at the most important moment. Mariano Rivera must be tired by now. Tom Gordon is struggling. Paul Quantrill is hurt. And the Yankees are halfway to the biggest collapse in postseason history.
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John Wright: Security is a matter of concern for the governments. Iâm focusing on the series ahead. Sourav Ganguly: I donât think we can go into a Test match thinking of records ... itâll happen when it happens.
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Manager Art Howe met with New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon and general manager Jim Duquette yesterday, one day after saying if the team planned to fire him, it should do it now. &quot;When something should be announced, it will be announced,&quot; Howe said. &quot;Nothing is being disclosed at this time. I take it one day at a time. It's ...
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General manager Mark Shapiro had set his sights on three pitchers who were free agents, and Shapiro has taken called strikes on each of them.
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Lose the choreography and dial back the frivolity. Thatâs my advice for the Mets as they resume the season. The Yankees, on the other hand, could use a bit of strut.
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Business & money: Royal Mail management will talk to union leaders on Wednesday in a bid to avert the first national postal strike for a decade. By Mark Milner.
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The Yankeesâ rules for using Joba Chamberlain mandate that he not pitch on consecutive days. But there may be an amendment for the postseason.
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Workers could be offered pay settlements lasting up to three years
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Baseball is about to be offered some much-needed help pulling its head out of the sand.
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NEW YORK - Let's play two. No, better yet, let's play 13! The staff of the Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball team played for 24 hours nonstop over the weekend, battling little leaguers, circus clowns and waiters, among others, and raising $2,500 for local food pantries.