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Suspensions Handed Down for Dodgers/D'Backs Brawl

Jay Walker — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:00:00 +0000

Kennedy gets ten games

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Check Out Mikie Mahtook's Incredible Catch

Jay Walker — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:15:57 +0000

This is Big Time.

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MLB Looking To Suspend Numerous Players, Including Alex Rodriguez & Ryan Braun

Steve Peloquin — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:35:23 +0000

ESPN is reporting that Major League Baseball is seeking to suspend about 20 players, including Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun, two former Most Valuable Player Award winners, connected a Miami-area clinic that has been at the heart of an ongoing performance-enhancing drug scandal.

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Astros Sign Trevor Crowe & Sergio Escalona To Minor League Contracts

Steve Peloquin — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:28:26 +0000

The Houston Astros signed outfielder Trveor Crowe and pitcher Sergio Escalona to minor league deals on Tuesday.

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Baseball's Player Rep Marvin Miller Dies at 95

Jay Walker — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:49:17 +0000

Man headed the fight for free agency.

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Dickey, Price Win Cy Young Awards

Jay Walker — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:48:58 +0000

A journeyman knuckleballer and a young fireballer are the winners of this year's Cy Young Awards in Major League Baseball.

38 year old R. A. Dickey of the New York Mets and David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays are this year's winners of the coveted prize.

Dickey was actually cut by the Met

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Giants or Tigers–Who You Got – From the Bird's Nest

Jay Walker — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:57:17 +0000

The Tigers can swing it...but the G-men can really pitch

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Miguel Cabrera Wins Baseball's Triple Crown

Jay Walker — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:08:21 +0000

Baseball had back to back triple crown winners when Frank Robinson of Baltimore and Carl Yastrzemski of Boston did it in 1966 and 1967.

And then baseball didn't have another one....until now.

The Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera officially accomplished the feat yesterday, finishing as t

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Could Texiera Be Out For the Season?

Jay Walker — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 20:31:37 +0000

Mark Texiera, who missed ten games because of a calf injury, re-aggravated the calf Saturday and might be lost for the season.

Texiera, who was hurt hustling to first base to try to beat a game ending double play, will miss at least the

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Oakland A's Colon Gets 50-Game Ban For Performance Enhancing Drugs

Jay Walker — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:32:46 +0000

Just a week after San Francisco's Melky Cabrera received a 50 game suspension for a positive testosterone test, another major leaguer is getting the same ban for the same reason.

Oakland Athletics' righthander Bartolo Colon also

Major League Baseball To Experiment With New Replay Systems

Scott Prather — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:39:28 +0000

"Hawkeye" is named for a camera-based replay system in tennis. Major League Baseball will experiment with it next month, as well as a replay system that uses radar detection in golf. Both experiments will take place in...

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A-Rod Hit By Pitch, Breaks Hand

Jay Walker — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:07:23 +0000

Despite having the best record in all of baseball, the New York Yankees have had their share of injuries this season, some of them to key players.

You can now add Alex Rodriguez to that list.

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Weekly MLB Report: Josh Hamilton Sets Record For All-Star Votes Received [VIDEO]

Joe Student — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 06:03:34 +0000

Major League Baseball announced which players will represent their respective leagues at the All-Star Game in Kansas City on July 10. Here’s what’s happening in MLB this week:

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Who Is The Most Surprising Team In MLB This Year?

Steve Peloquin — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:30:50 +0000

Pittsburgh Pirates' outfielder Andrew McCutchen

We're about halfway through the 2012 Major League baseball season, and there have been a number of surprises in the first half of the season.

Most people aren't surprised that the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers lead their respective divisions, but what about the other divisions, where the the Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Washington Nationals, and Chicago White Sox lead the way?

The Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, and Baltimore Orioles are three other teams that have raised more than a few eyebrows

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MLB Weekly Report: Streaking New York Yankees Sweep Washington Nationals For Ninth Straight Win

Joe Student — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:03:23 +0000

The New York Yankees and Texas Rangers are the best teams in the American League thus far, while the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Nationals lead the National League. Here’s what’s happening in Major League Baseball this week:

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MLB Teams Without Closers Performing Well

Steve Peloquin — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:39:58 +0000

For years, I've argued that the closer role in Major League Baseball is an overrated, overvalued position.

Now, don't get me wrong, I think bullpens, as a whole, are underrated, but the closer role is overrated.

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Will Josh Hamilton Win The Triple Crown?

Steve Peloquin — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 05:30:07 +0000

Major League Baseball hasn't had a Triple Crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox accomplished the feat back in 1967.

Currently, outfielder Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers leads the American League in both home runs and RBI's, and is second in batting average

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Rangers' Hamilton Blasts Four Homers Against O's

Jay Walker — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:21:37 +0000

A .405 batting average.

Fourteen homers.

36 runs batted in.

It would be safe to say the Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton is off to a good start to the 2012 season.

And, last night, against Baltimore, he joined baseball immortality

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Fenway Park Turns 100

Jay Walker — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:54:37 +0000

Many baseball parks were built in the early 1900's.

Only one has survived.

Boston's Fenway Park has survived more than one fire, and more than one attempt to replace it with another new, state of the art park

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Ivan Rodriguez Set to Announce Retirement

Jay Walker — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:03:34 +0000

There's a little bit of irony that two of the greatest catchers ever are nicknamed "Pudge."

Carlton Fisk had that nickname on his way to catching the most games in major league history with the Red Sox and White Sox

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