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The Times' major league baseball rankings
With a nod to the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, Sunday's Indianapolis 500, Times staff writer Kevin Baxter offers a speedy look at Major League Baseball. (Statistics through Friday's game. Last week's rankings in parentheses): RUNNING IN CLEAN AIR 1....
Tags: American League West, Baseball, Indianapolis 500, Major League Baseball, Baltimore Orioles
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Vinny Del Negro, you just got played
Donald Sterling might be considered by some the worst owner in the history of professional sports, but it sure is refreshing to hear someone admit that in the NBA the inmates really do run the asylum. Richard Johnson Los Angeles :: Broderick...
Tags: James Loney, Orlando Magic, Don Mattingly, Baseball, Mike Napoli
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Nolan Ryan's son, Reid Ryan, hired as Houston Astros president
Reid Ryan choked back tears as he was introduced Friday as president of his beloved Astros, the team he grew up watching in the days when his Hall of Fame father, Nolan Ryan, starred as a pitcher for Houston. "My ties with the Astros go all the way back...
Tags: Physical Disabilities, Kansas City Royals, Andy Pettitte, Baseball, David Lough
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Letters: A lot of errors going around
Obviously the owners of the Angels and Dodgers have never heard of team chemistry. Arte Moreno and the Guggenheim Guy thought they could build better teams just by adding more expensive elements. Here's a lesson from Chemistry 101: You won't improve...
Tags: Don Mattingly, Tiger Woods, Baseball, Major League Baseball, Golf
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Take heart, Dodgers and Angels fans: Others are suffering too
The Dodgers — and their world-record payroll — have sunk to the bottom of the National League West. The Angels — and their collection of superstar hitters — are flailing in the depths of the American League West. We thought we...
Tags: American League West, Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, American League
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Rockies' Todd Helton is sentenced to a year of probation
Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton has been sentenced to a year of probation and 24 hours of community service after pleading guilty to driving while ability impaired. Helton entered his plea and apologized Tuesday in a courtroom in Brighton...
Tags: Pawtucket Red Sox, Joel Hanrahan, Physical Disabilities, Jason Motte, Baseball
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Rating the majors, Kentucky Derby style
With a nod toward Saturday's Kentucky Derby, these are Times staff writer Kevin Baxter's rankings as the teams come out of the clubhouse turn. (Statistics through Friday's game. Last week's rankings in parentheses): Setting the pace 1; BOSTON Trying...
Tags: American League West, Adam Dunn, Baseball, Major League Baseball, Chicago White Sox
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Helmets not a good fit for pitchers, so far
Heads up Brandon McCarthy was eager to inspect the pitcher helmets making the rounds this spring. Then he tried one on. "It felt like a cat was sleeping on my head," he said. McCarthy had emergency brain surgery after he was hit on the head by a...
Tags: College Baseball, Scott Kazmir, Brandon McCarthy, Baseball, Arizona Diamondbacks
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Umpire suspensions should follow Angels-Astros fiasco
The official word from Major League Baseball is that the umpiring fiasco in Thursday's game between the Angels and Houston Astros is that "the matter is being reviewed." However, since MLB already has acknowledged the umpires ruled in error, the real...
Tags: Houston Astros, Heart Attack, Baseball, Major League Baseball, Sports
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Angels win game and now may win protest as well
Wins have been few and far between for the Angels this season, but on Thursday in Houston, they may have gotten a pair of victories. Not only did they rally to win the game with the Astros, 6-5, they appeared to have won a protest over an umpire's...
Tags: Heart Attack, Baseball, Major League Baseball, Mike Scioscia, Minute Maid Park
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MLB admits umpires' mistake cost the A's a tying home run
Major League Baseball admitted what everyone knew, particularly A's Manager Bob Melvin: The double hit by Oakland's Adam Rosales in the top of the ninth inning against the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday night should have been ruled a home run after a...
Tags: Heart Attack, Adam Rosales, Baseball, Major League Baseball, Sports
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Baseball isn't Mickey Hatcher's job now, but it's still his life
Here it was May, baseball season, and Mickey Hatcher had gone fishing. Something wrong there. Upon his return, the longtime Dodgers player and Angels batting coach had the fishing routine down perfectly. "The day I got there [Mammoth]," he says, "they...
Tags: Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Sports, Kirk Gibson, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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