Articles filed under Baseball
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Cubs look for more home cookingMay 25, 2008 11:00 pm - PITTSBURGH -- The Cubs hope Wrigley Field remains home sweet home today when they return to open a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. After Sunday's 6-5 ...
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Piniella hashes out details of a lossMay 25, 2008 11:00 pm - PITTSBURGH -- Cubs manager Lou Piniella said he didn't meet with the media Saturday night because "I didn't feel like rehashing things last night. I had a stiff neck, an...
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Lester's father also has cancerMay 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Jon Lester's father has a highly treatable form of cancer, the Boston left-hander and lymphoma survivor said in an interview with ESPN. "It's very different than mine," ...
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The one that got away from CubsMay 25, 2008 11:00 pm - PITTSBURGH -- Alfonso Soriano just may be the most maddening player in all of baseball. Soriano giveth. Soriano giveth away. If the Cubs played hockey, Soriano would be ...
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Soriano stays in the lineupMay 24, 2008 11:00 pm - PITTSBURGH -- A check of Alfonso Soriano's confidence revealed it was higher Saturday than it was Friday, when Soriano ran the bases tentatively. Now here's the real kic...
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Budka delivers for North StarsMay 24, 2008 11:00 pm - At the beginning of the baseball season, Mike Budka wasn't even a member of the St. Charles North varsity. In the first week of postseason play, however, Budka has quick...
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Whips nab 1st sectional titleMay 24, 2008 11:00 pm - BYRON -- Immediately following Hampshire's 7-5 sectional semifinal victory over Milledgeville on Wednesday night, Ryan Burke was sick. The flu had hit Burke so hard that...
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Leibforth home run not enough for St. Charles EastMay 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The only question was whether it was fair or not. Wheaton North junior Trey Martin was as sharp on the mound as his fifth-inning blast down the left-field line was prodi...
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Neuqua Valley withstands rallyMay 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Even defending state champions lean on survival mode once in a while. On Saturday it was Neuqua Valley's turn. The top-seeded Wildcats hung on for a 7-5 win over No. 10...
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Pierzynski, Guillen tossedMay 24, 2008 11:00 pm - A.J. Pierzynski didn't reveal what he said, only that it wasn't what home plate umpire Alfonso Marquez wanted to hear. Whatever the magic words, they earned him his four...