Umpire Hit in Head in Yanks-Rays Game
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Plate umpire Jerry Crawford was hit in the head by a deflected pitch Thursday, forcing him to leave after the second inning in the first game of a doubleheader between Tampa Bay and the New York Yankees.
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Yankees Manager Joe Torre said it was inappropriate for Alex Rodriguez to have distracted a Toronto fielder by shouting as he ran past him on the bases Wednesday.
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Saturday afternoon's Jorge Posada-Eric Hinske sixth-inning home plate collision brings into question why catchers do what they do for a living.
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HORTLY after 3 pm yesterday, when the first game of the Yankees&#39; doubleheader with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays was supposed to begin, about 2,000 fans, many of whom had been in Yankee Stadium
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The Tampa Bay Devil Rays batted around twice in the first five innings, as Mike Mussina tumbled to 4-7, allowing six runs and seven hits.
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His 3,000th hit -- a home run, of all things -- came in his hometown of Tampa while he was wearing those hideous colors of the Devil Rays. He won his World Series ring with the New York Yankees and rode a police horse around the warning track in Yankee Stadium -- wearing those hated pinstripes.
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The New York Yankees asked the commissioner's office to award them a forfeit over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays after they failed to arrive in time Monday because of travel problems due to Hurricane Frances. It was a request that had no chance of being granted.
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White Sox shortstop Juan Uribe was hit in the helmet with a pitch from Oakland&#039;s Dan Haren and had to leave Wednesday night&#039;s game in the bottom of the second inning.
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How touching it was to see George Steinbrenner and New York Yankees hearts go out to the Devil Rays during Hurricane Frances. The Empire, ever sensitive, made a mighty wind.
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OAKLAND, Calif. A woman is considering pressing charges after she was hit by a chair at an Oakland A&#39;s game last night. The chair was thrown by Texas Rangers reliever Frank Francisco.
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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 right fielder Gary Sheffield is listed as day to day after spraining his left ankle in the ninth inning Saturday night in Toronto. Sheffield, hitting .297 with 33 homers and 98 RBIs, hobbled off the field after jamming the ankle on third base. X-rays were negative. Although Sheffield said he could have played, Yankees manager Joe Torre ...
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Even Joe Torre says Alex Rodriguez was out of line. The New York Yankees manager concluded A-Rod shouldn't have distracted a Toronto fielder this week during a popup, joining a chorus of baseball people who said the two-time AL MVP broke the sport's unwritten code.
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The New York Yankees withdrew Tuesday their request that a postponed game with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays be forfeited, and Major League Baseball announced the game would be made up as part of a doubleheader Wednesday.
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Bob Davidson is among three umpires who will be rehired by major league baseball as part of a settlement of the nasty dispute that cost 22 umps their jobs in 1999. Six more will split &#36;2.3 million in severance pay.
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NEW YORK The Yankees could not help but watch the scoreboard. Their heads swiveled repeatedly toward the outfield as hit after hit for Cleveland sailed over or against the wall.
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Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella has been suspended for "aggressive and inappropriate actions" in Saturday's game during which he allegedly kicked third-base umpire Mark Wegner.