Tag: baseball
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July 12, 2007 01:33 PM EDT --
LITTLE FALLS, New Jersey. Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra, one of the most quoted individuals of all time, appeared today at a forum for scholars of his work at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning . . .
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July 17, 2007 02:49 PM EDT --
ANN ARBOR, Michigan. Gary Sheffield, the outspoken outfielder for the Detroit Tigers who transformed an upper-body tic into a powerful home-run swing, was today named Director of Affirmative Action . . .
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September 12, 2007 04:42 PM EDT --
SAN FRANCISCO. If you thought the Barry Bonds steroid scandal couldn't get any weirder, think again. The San Francisco Giants today announced that Bonds is pregnant.
Bonds: "The . . .
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July 11, 2007 11:22 AM EDT --
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin. In a testy exchange with reporters today Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announced that he would try to attend the game in which Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's . . .
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July 27, 2007 03:40 PM EDT --
News item: NASA allowed astronauts to fly drunk. Associated Press
GROUND CONTROL: Shuttle Commander, this is Houston, do you read me?
Van Morrison
SHUTTLE COMMANDER: You, my-y, Brown . . .
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September 17, 2007 01:12 PM EDT --
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays, the team with the worst record in baseball, today announced that they will dedicate their 2008 season to Mimi, the late French poodle owned by Valerie . . .
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October 09, 2007 01:36 PM EDT --
BOSTON. Concerned that the Cleveland Indians' use of flying insects made the difference in their Division Series triumph over the New York Yankees, the Boston Red Sox today began . . .
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February 14, 2008 07:57 AM EST --
WASHINGTON. As she watched her husband's defiant testimony before Congress yesterday, Debbie Clemens could only shake her head in sadness over how far she has fallen. "I . . .
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May 19, 2008 11:31 AM EDT --
MILWAUKEE, Wis. There have been ups and downs in the career of Guido, an Italian sausage who races during every game at Miller Park, but reporters who cover the Milwaukee Brewers say they've . . .
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October 08, 2008 08:30 AM EDT --
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida. Mel Spinogle started working at Tropicana Field here when it was known as the ThunderDome and before that the Florida Suncoast Dome, but this week brought a new . . .
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August 23, 2006 08:43 AM EDT --
KANSAS CITY, Mo. With first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz on the 15-day disabled list and the Royals thirty-five and a half games out of first place with thirty-five games to go, team officials have . . .
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May 18, 2009 07:46 AM EDT --
Don't come 'round here looking for the fresh, clean, family-friendly content this site is known for this afternoon. I'm taking off at 3:30 to watch my kid pitch what may . . .
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September 13, 2007 07:53 AM EDT --
MILWAUKEE. Major league baseball commissioner Bud Selig today announced a bold plan to revitalize ailing teams by converting them into "fantasy" franchises, thereby avoiding big payroll . . .
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October 25, 2006 07:40 AM EDT --
ST. LOUIS, Missouri. Detroit pitcher Kenny Rogers, the oldest starting pitcher to win his first career postseason game but also the most immature, agreed with MLB commissioner Bud Selig to undergo a full . . .
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October 30, 2006 07:07 PM EST --
ST. LOUIS, Missouri. A crowd estimated at 123,000 marched from Busch Stadium to the city's signature Gateway Arch today to celebrate the announcement that St. Louis had topped Detroit as America's . . .
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February 19, 2009 09:51 PM EST --
WORCESTER, Mass. Police in this gritty industrial city are used to collaring drug dealers, car thieves and pimps, so they can be excused for thinking the arrest they made last night of Rudolph . . .
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June 18, 2009 02:24 PM EDT --
WASHINGTON, D.C. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was placed on the twenty-day disabled list by President Barack Obama today after she suffered a broken elbow, and former Secretary of State . . .
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July 18, 2009 11:13 AM EDT --
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. Lyle Carroll is the starting left fielder for the Cape Girardeau River Rats, a AA affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, but opponents' scouting reports paint a pessimistic picture . . .
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July 19, 2009 12:17 PM EDT --
As someone who watches a great deal of baseball from the comfort of an easy chair, beer in hand, I often ask myself the question, "How do major league umpires manage to stay in such lousy shape all . . .
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September 23, 2009 08:32 AM EDT --
It was getting late, so I turned out the lights and headed upstairs. As I walked down the hall, I thought I heard crying from the boys' room, so I stuck my head inside.
"What's going on?" I asked. . . .
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