Pitching Ensemble More Than One-Hit Wonders
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Starting pitchers are plentiful this off-season, more so probably than at any time during the 28 years of free agency.
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Aubrey Huff had a memorable game with four swings of the bat. Howie Kendrick spoiled it all with just one.
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Mike Matheny, Edgar Renteria, and the St. Louis Cardinals can win with singles, doubles, and triples, too.
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St. Louis is a collection of superstar position players and anonymous pitchers.
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HOUSTON - Roger Clemens has pitched as many important games as any pitcher of his generation, including nine All-Star games and seven World Series outings.
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Instead of a Barry Bonds splash shot, the defining hit at Tuesdayâs All-Star game was Ichiro Suzukiâs inside-the-park home run, the first in the gameâs history.
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Seven All-Stars, one hit. Chad Gaudin became the latest pitcher to dominate the New York Yankees' enigmatic offense, combining with Rich Harden on a one-hitter yesterday in the Oakland Athletics' 7-0 victory at Yankee Stadium.
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If the Mets were actually in the pennant race, and not a fourth-place team playing out the string with minor leaguers, it might have been considered classic.
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One team, two seasons. They have been the Sybil of the American League.
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VIERA, Fla., Feb. 17 -- Since 2001, no pitcher has appeared in more major league games than Ray King. In those six seasons, King has averaged 78 outings a year, becoming a durable and reliable left-handed reliever.
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You have to hand it to the Houston Astros -- the starting rotation they&#39;ve used in the first round of the playoffs has been not only effective, but interesting, too.
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They came into the World Series riding a wave of superlatives -- the best record in baseball during the regular season, anchored by a lineup with three MVP candidates, all capable of turning around a game in a heartbeat, unbeaten at home in the postseason.
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Ichiro Suzuki&#39;s 56 hits in August are still impressive -- only they&#39;re not the most in a month by a major leaguer in 68 years as originally reported.
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There's a method to spotting tomorrow's home runs.
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The Red Sox pitching rotation is suddenly a shell game. It started out as Curt, Pedro, Bronson, and Wake, with Derek as the odd man out. But then Curt's ankle made headlines, and that's why Derek will pitch for Curt in Game 5. No, wait. Now it's raining, and everyone gets an extra day off, so Pedro might pitch for ...
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DETROIT -- On a chilly October night, under a luminescent full moon, a soft-tossing 41-year-old with a horrid October record stifled the most expensive lineup in baseball and turned in the most improbable pitching performance of the year. In his virtuoso outing, Kenny Rogers struck out eight Yankees: four on dawdling changeups, one on a 94 mph -- 94! -- heater, another on a 91 mph fastball, and two on a pair of hellacious 74 mph curves.
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The top four hitters in the Sox lineup last night - Dustin Pedroia , Kevin Youkilis , David Ortiz , and Manny Ram&#xED;rez - combined to go 7 for 14 with 4 runs, 6 RBIs, and 4 extra-base hits (doubles by Pedroia and Ram&#xED;rez and a triple and home run by Youkilis).