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NEW YORK -- If you are big on the idea that America must always be top dog on the block, the U.S. Open will bring about nothing but heartburn.
NEW YORK -- There's the usual talk at the U.S. Open about how women's tennis is in great hands, how it's better than ever because the players are stronger and hit the ball with speedier dispatch than ever before.
NEW YORK -- Sam Querrey had just walloped his way to one of the biggest wins of his tennis career but now, a bit later, he couldn't find his coach or his parents.
NEW YORK -- It wasn't supposed to be this tough.
NEW YORK -- It is wholly appropriate that Rafael Nadal come to this city in his effort to twist one last bit of muscle into the hard headlock he now has on men's tennis.
The hometown team was up 1-0 and off to a good start, but in the stands my guest was less interested in Matt Kemp than he was in the Dodgers organization as a whole.
Times change.
One of the all-timers, longtime Yankee Don Mattingly, now the Dodgers' hitting coach, listened intently to a simple question.
He fooled me. Or maybe I fooled myself because I did not want fate to unfold as it did.
With all the hype surrounding the deal that brought the dreadlocked one to Southern California you may have forgotten that just before the trade deadline the Angels of Orange County made their own blockbuster move. Off went homegrown first baseman Casey Kotchman to Atlanta in exchange for Mark Teixeira, possessor of the powerful bat they've long coveted.