Bombers not surprised
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MINNEAPOLIS - The Yankees, pretty much to a man, agreed on one thing: Meeting the Red Sox [stats, schedule] was inevitable. It was written in stone long before the Yanks&#39; 6-5, ALDS-clinching win yesterday against the Twins.
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t was not one of the typical Jason Giambi home runs. It didn&#39;t dent the facade on the upper deck in right field or send bleacher fans scrambling for cover.
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Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein was neither surprised nor hurt after he read Pedro Martinez [stats, news]&#39; comments in yesterday&#39;s Boston Herald.
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Does somebody out there still think these guys don't care? I was afraid Tim Wakefield was going to need a box of Kleenex.
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No one had to remind Dallas and Minnesota about how little Sunday&#39;s opener at the Metrodome means over the course of a full season.
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BOSTONâThese Yankees are an arrogant bunch. Six consecutive first-place finishes tend to do that. But very rarely do you see a team in the heat of a pennant race facing the team chasing them send out a starting pitcher just to see him get work.
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They are the team of which the Boston Red Sox dare not speak. At least, not yet anyway. The Yankees may be somewhere on their minds, maybe even stuck in their craws.
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Given that it is 34 years since Great Britain won a series against Australia, this latest thrashing probably shouldn&#39;t have come as a surprise.
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The Cardinals are not in danger of failing to win the division title, but their season isnÂt turning out the way they expected.
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Barry Bonds admits he has amazed himself, so why shouldn&#39;t we all be amazed? Most of us weren&#39;t around to watch Babe Ruth hit more home runs in a season than many teams did.
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Cody Ross, Anibal Sanchez, Dan Uggla. The rookie-laden Florida Marlins certainly don't have the biggest names in baseball.
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BOSTON -- They smart-bombed the New York Yankees in four consecutive and stunning games, exposing George Steinbrenner&#39;s mercenaries as a collection of high-priced misfits instead of cohesive champions.
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American fans may not care for cheating players, but those players havenât stained the game sufficiently to keep fans away.
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You can&#39;t rely on the boxscore to quantify the type of impact Derek Jeter had on Game 2 of the Yankees-Twins series. Or the influence he has on his team.
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Athletes with flawless achievements say making history will not be on the New England Patriotsâ minds Sunday.
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The Angels weren&#39;t playing the same game as the Yankees this weekend. Not in the wide-angle sense of being a first-place team with the luxury of a comfortable lead.
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The Baltimore Ravens' offense doesn't exactly strike fear in the hearts of opposing defenses under the best of circumstances.