With Okajima, all hasn't been OK of late
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Oki-palooza, one of the summer's unexpected pleasures for the Red Sox, has picked an inopportune time to look like it has run its course, especially when the Yankees are involved.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. - Ichiro Suzuki has had a great season, but it had to be said - the major league single-season hits record was sliding away.
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For whatever reason, or for many reasons, the Yankees are a team that has become incapable of challenging for a playoff spot. â¢
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The league is belatedly waking up to its behavioral problems, with the players leading the charge for harsher punishments.
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Overcoming a poor history can be tough in sports. Keeping a strong team consistently on top might be even harder.
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They haven't hit the way they can, or pitched the way they should, or executed fundamentals the way good teams are expected to in October.
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Japanese goaltender Yutaka Fukufuji says he had trouble keeping his emotions in check as he took the ice for the warmup prior to the Los Angeles Kings' National Hockey League game on Saturday.
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The sacrificial firing of the Metsâ hitting coach has exposed tensions that until now have been held below the surface.
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The hours are dwindling to a precious few, and Daisuke Matsuzaka remains unsigned. If midnight Thursday comes and he remains so, we can then indulge in one of modern America's favorite rituals: The Blame Game.
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Q. It&#39;s a slow road back, isn&#39;t it? You&#39;ve had the illness and injury problems earlier in this year. Did you lose confidence or what? ...
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There is a long checklist of issues to be addressed during the upcoming Red Sox season, but one that has been in hibernation since the winter meetings in December is Manny Ram&#xED;rez's frame of mind.
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After missing the final month of this past season and the American League Division Series, Tim Salmon will be sidelined quite a bit longer.
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The Red Sox agreed to a contract with a Japanese pitcher &#151; no, not that one. In the midst of negotiations with potential ace Daisuke Matsuzaka, the Red Sox agreed Thursday to a two-year contract with left-handed reliever Hideki Okajima.
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For a player whose first pitch in Major  League Baseball was smashed out of the ballpark, Boston's  Hideki Okajima has a lot to smile about.
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SEATTLE -- He once said Ichiro would never be an everyday player in the major leagues. He used to feel like ``I&#39;m going to puke if I see another one of those `Refuse to Lose&#39; signs&#39;&#39; in Seattle.
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If the Mets were not on the verge of an historic collapse, Moises Alou would have rested his ailing left quadriceps. But Alou does not have time to get better.
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He's been pretty much a forgotten man this season. He was sent to the minors, then went home to Korea, with some wondering whether he'd ever come back and others not caring a hoot if he did.