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Selig looking to help Cubs with Wrigley restoration
While the stadium issues in Oakland and Tampa Bay are viewed as the most critical in baseball, Commissioner Bud Selig quietly is trying to help the Cubs secure funding for a public-private partnership that would allow Wrigley Field to be updated along the...
Tags: Barack Obama, American League, Sports, Chicago Mayor, Wrigley Field
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It's time for more instant replay — for World Series
Bad calls didn't put the Yankees in 2-0 hole; the pitching of all Tigers not named Jose Valverde did. Nor did that bad infield fly rule call send the Braves home after one game; three infield errors did. Yet you won't be able to tell the story of the...
Tags: Omar Infante, American League, Jose Valverde, Sports, Mike Scioscia
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Commissioner in bad spot regarding Marlins shameful salary dump
The best pitch in baseball? It's probably the fastball, although a good changeup is a close second. As Commissioner Bud Selig heads toward retirement, with a legacy for creating labor peace and growing a game that had stagnated badly under his...
Tags: Jeffrey Loria, Los Angeles Dodgers, Anibal Sanchez, Hanley Ramirez, Henderson Alvarez
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I've got some issues with hot topics in baseball
Baseball, perhaps more than any other sport, is a game of strategy. The glory is, that with 162 games, managers and coaches get the chance to tinker with things much more than football, ice hockey and basketball coaches. The downside to that is it means...
Tags: Cliff Lee, Jayson Werth, New York Yankees, Minute Maid Park, Raul Ibanez
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Adding wild cards will increase late-season drama
Hear that noise? That's the sound of baseball conservatives and traditionalists gnashing their teeth over the latest positive development for the sport.
When have we heard that before?
Major League Baseball, according to sources, is expected to announce...Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Baseball, Major League Baseball, Chicago White Sox
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U.S. should have world-class WBC pitching staff
Thirteen pitchers eligible to play for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic received points in Cy Young voting. That, sports fans, should largely be the pitching staff for the team Joe Torre will manage. Imagine a starting rotation of R.A. Dickey,...
Tags: Craig Kimbrel, Piracy, Chris Sale, Cole Hamels, Miami Marlins
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Unbalanced schedule favors White Sox
Can a playoff team vote an opponent a playoff share? Can it tip the schedule maker? We might find out this season if the White Sox edge the Indians for the American League Central title or finish just ahead of the Orioles for one of the two wild-card...
Tags: Chris Sale, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Franklin Morales
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Mattingly, Scioscia on thin ice in LA
How much patience do Mark Walter, Stan Kasten and Magic Johnson have? We're in the process of finding out, as the $217 million Dodgers are playing like somebody misplaced a decimal point, just as they did after the midseason trades that brought in...
Tags: Matt Moore (baseball), Brandon League, Craig Kimbrel, Adam Rosales, Mike Scioscia
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Your Morning Phil: Loria, Selig, Tolleson
Talking baseball while hoping Jay Cutler gets well soon. 1. TheĀ Cy Young Award is going to be presented Wednesday night, and that, like the balance of power in the AL East, could be impacted by Jeffrey Loria, baseball’s worst owner. What does...
Tags: Jed Hoyer , Adam Greenberg, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, Miami Marlins
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Good luck trying to buy a World Series
There are some things that can be bought. A space flight. The chance to be cryogenically frozen. Or maybe just some of the simpler things, like a 12-cylinder Ferrari Testarossa, beachfront property in Turks and Caicos or one of the socks Curt...
Tags: Brandon League, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Josh Johnson (baseball), Sports Illustrated
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La Russa still interested in learning — and winning
Future baseball Hall of Famer Tony La Russa stood next to Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau on the Patriots sidelines Wednesday in Foxborough, Mass., as both watched coach Bill Belichick teach football at minicamp. Neither man was there to pick Belichick's brain...
Tags: Bill Belichick, Robin Ventura, New England Patriots, Sports, Tony La Russa
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Valentine right man to right Red Sox's ship
FORT MYERS, Fla. — As he starts his job as the Red Sox's manager, Bobby Valentine gets to be one part Tommy Lasorda, two parts James Carville and three parts the guy who walks behind the elephants in the circus parade. And he loves every minute of...Tags: American League, Ryan Sweeney, Boston Red Sox, Sports, New York Yankees
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