Call to lefty wasn't right one
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Jarrod Washburn is a starter by trade, not a closer, a man more accustomed to easing his way into games rather than nailing doors shut. Early in his career, the Angels lefthander saw his share of the relief biz, and it was just enough for him to know it wasn't really his calling.
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No doubt that Frank Francisco should have the book thrown at him for what he did in Oakland Monday night. But for that matter, so should the rest of us, for condoning the type of behavior that preceded the Texas Rangers relief pitcher&#39;s errant toss.
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BOSTON Go figure this World Series. An old maxim in baseball is you always give away more runs with shoddy defense than you gain with torrid bats.
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Left-handers are supposed to have a tough time in Fenway Park. Visiting southpaws are really supposed to struggle with the Green Monster looming over their shoulder. Nobody told Scott Kazmir.
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NEW YORK -- When Wily Mo Pe&#xF1;a pulled into first base on his ninth-inning single with a tight right quadriceps, it seemed to be the inevitable conclusion of a very long and frustrating night for the left fielder.
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F the Red Sox thought they could come into Yankee Stadium and change the direction of the American League East race, they have another thought coming.
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He was the dumbest guy in New England. Terry Fran-coma. Gomer Pyle in the dugout. Chewing that giant wad of stuff, making it look like he had a golf ball in his cheek. Not bunting. Not playing smallball. And taking the blame for every mistake his players made.
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With the decision yesterday to option Jon Lester to Double A Portland for one start, the Red Sox gained a lefthander out of the bullpen, something they didn't have last season during a crushing five-game sweep at the hands of the Yankees, who have plenty of lefthanded firepower on offense. The Sox have a three-game series against the ...
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The walls were closing in. Roger Clemens had to do something. Going all McGwire on us wasn't going to get him out of this one.
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Thank goodness for Bernard Hopkins&#39; left hand. _Not that I was_particularly rooting for either fighter when Hopkins clashed with Oscar De La Hoya on Saturday night,_but that vicious left
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- In the kind of performance that got him shipped out of New York, Jose Contreras was roughed up by the Texas Rangers on Tuesday.
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Should who's "right" and who's "wrong" have mattered when the very survival of the league was at stake?
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When you&#39;ve lost 21 games in a season, how tough can it be to deal with a runner in scoring position and nobody out? Tigers left-hander Mike Maroth ruined three such opportunities for Cleveland
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It was a good start for Royals right-hander Mike Wood. It was a bad finish for the bullpen. Closer Jeremy Affeldt gave up a three-run homer to Joe Crede in the ninth inning
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Alex Rios lent the Boston Red Sox a hand, and he wasn't very happy about it.
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There was one word Josh Beckett had for his mistake pitches last night, and it wasn't suitable for a family publication. Nevertheless, Beckett -- a notoriously harsh critic of himself -- was not afraid to use it. Not in an angry tone, rather a disgusted one.
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&#39;You suck! You&#39;re a piece of &amp;%$#*! You can&#39;t play worth *$#!% you loser, so SIT DOWN!!!&quot; That&#39;s what a guy was yelling at a visiting player during a White Sox-Angels game earlier this summer.