Baseball: Rodriguez gets wish: Yankees oust Twins
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MINNEAPOLIS This was the purpose of his winter, the vision behind all the haggling and hurt feelings. Alex Rodriguez wanted baseball to matter again.
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Time heals, they say, but apparently not in the 24 hours that passed after the Yankees learned that Alex Rodriguez was opting out of his 10-year, $252 million deal. The resolve of Yankees management and ownership seemed only stronger.
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Shelley Duncan homered twice, including a three-run drive that capped a 10-run fourth inning Sunday in the surging New York Yankees' 21-4 rout of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Alex Rodriguez, batting with sunglasses on a sunny afternoon, hit his major league-leading 34th homer and No. 498 of his career.
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Baseball Alex Rodriguez hasn't decided whether he will play in Tuesday's All-Star Game or use the three-day break to rest his strained hamstring. The New York Yankees slugger, who topped fan voting for the game in San Francisco with 3.89 million votes, hurt his left hamstring Monday night when he tripped over Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau's ankle while ...
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Alex Rodriguez seized a chance to bury Minnesota in the 11th inning on Saturday, lifting the Yankees to the A.L. Championship Series with a 6-5 victory.
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The New York Yankees begin their quest towards a 27th World Series title on Tuesday when they welcome the Minnesota Twins to the Bronx for Game
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Alex Rodriguez was called out for interference when he swatted at Boston pitcher Bronson Arroyo's glove and knocked the ball loose during a play near first base in the eighth inning of Game 6 of the AL championship series Tuesday night.
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New York Yankees All-Star third baseman Alex Rodriguez did not play in their series final against the Minnesota Twins on Thursday, undergoing an MRI on a strained hamstring.
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Right from the get-go, the Minnesota Twins will be on their toes. Because last year, they got off on the wrong foot in Game 1 of the playoffs at Yankee Stadium...
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MINNEAPOLIS - A big home run by Ruben Sierra, a clutch 11th-inning hit by Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees are headed right back where most people figured - playing the Boston Red Sox for the AL pennant - after beating the Minnesota Twins 6-5.    In National League games Saturday, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the St...
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Alex Rodriguezâs decision to wait until the end of the season to negotiate a contract leaves him with the option of becoming a free agent and leaving for another team.
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Alex Rodriguez ended a tumultuous weekend with a tiebreaking homer in the ninth inning against the Yankees' biggest rival. Rodriguez's solo shot on an 0-2 pitch from star closer Jonathan Papelbon gave New York a come-from-behind 6-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night and a 2-1 edge in the series.
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It's only one game, but it's a big deal to the Tigers. Detroit catcher Ivan Rodriguez was incredulous and manager Jim Leyland was irate at what both feel is an unjustified one-game suspension issued Saturday by Major League Baseball.
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Alex Rodriguez scored from third base  on a wild pitch by Kyle Lohse in the top of the 11th inning,  giving the New York Yankees a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins  in their American League Divisional Series in Minneapolis  Saturday.
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They had just been on the bottom side of the greatest el foldo in major league baseball playoff history. Maybe at some point down the road, that will irk the Yankees.
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Alex Rodriguez is not in a full-fledged hitting streak yet, but he may finally be on his way, with two home run Friday night to lead the Yankees rout of the Twins.
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A division winner faced a division leader when the Twins played a doubleheader Wednesday in Yankee Stadium. However, it wasn&#39;t exactly a playoff preview.