Articles filed under MLB
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Az. view: Wrigley Field just a beautiful disasterOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - It's April of 1988, and a 23-year-old first baseman for the Chicago Cubs is walking from the on-deck circle to home plate. Mark Grace knows he should be thinking about t...
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Red Sox fan helps team with catchOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON - As fan interference goes, Danny Vinik is more Jeffrey Maier than Steve Bartman. Vinik reached over the temporary photographers' box in front of the stands and k...
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Same old refrain for ChicagoOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - No funky foul balls, black cats or cursed goats to pin this one on. In fact, some crazy Cubs fan - is there any other kind? - actually hung what appeared to be a dead, s...
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Wrigley Field gets extreme makeoverOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - The Cubs may not be in great shape down 2-0 heading into today's crucial Game 3, but the playing surface in the Wrigley Field outfield sure is. Or at least it looks that...
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$8 million option keeps Isringhausen with St. LouisOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - ST. LOUIS - Closer Jason Isringhausen will be back in St. Louis next year, after the team picked up his $8 million option Friday night. The move was announced by John Mo...
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Hill wants to ignore pressure situationOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Asked to select the biggest game he'd ever pitched in his career, Rich Hill hemmed and hawed, thought for a moment, then reached into his memory bank and pulled ...
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Helton getting a feel for the playoffsOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - DENVER - Todd Helton was getting drenched in a waterfall of champagne following his 1,578th major league game when slugger Matt Holliday looked over and laughed. "He rea...
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An ultimate indignity in the makingOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - This isn't funny anymore, though many nationwide are laughing. In nearly a century of ignominy, the Cubs are on the brink of the ultimate ignominy, and not just because ...
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Cubs-D'Backs series by the numbersOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Here's a look at some interesting numbers from the Cubs-Diamondbacks series: 3 Consecutive months that Cubs relief pitcher Carlos Marmol has surrendered 2 runs during th...
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Bugged Yankees trail 2-0 in seriesOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - CLEVELAND -- These were truly sacrifice flies. Swarming bugs, millions and millions of them, bombarded the New York Yankees at the worst possible time Friday night, cove...