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History replete with Cubs and Sox draft hits and misses
Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo was working for White Sox scouting director Al Goldis in 1989 and was assigned to watch Auburn University in some early-season games. He couldn't stop thinking about how much damage the first baseman could do. In a...
Tags: Tampa Bay Rays, Baseball, MLB Most Valuable Player Award, Chicago White Sox, Manny Ramirez
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Mayweather-'Canelo': gran negocio detrás de una gran pelea
En una decisión tan sensata como salvadora, la Confederación Caribeña del Béisbol autorizó finalmente esta semana el retorno de Cuba a la agonizante Serie del Caribe. El movimiento, que se venía gestando desde hace algunos meses, le devolvería...
Tags: Jeffrey Loria, Los Angeles Dodgers, Rafael Furcal, Baseball, LeBron James
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Chicago-area teen starts charity from childhood passion
RedEyeEver since John Makowiec strolled into a local hobby shop at 5 years old, he was hooked. He loved to collect sports cards. Baseball, football, basketball or hockey--it didn’t matter. He longed for the feeling of thumbing through a freshly opened...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Ice Hockey, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Sports, National Hockey League
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Whispers: Sosa record safe
Sammy Sosa homered in 45 big-league stadiums and is in no danger of losing that record soon. The Rangers' Adrian Beltre leads active players with homers in 39 ballparks. There are only four current parks in which he hasn't homered and no new stadiums in...
Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Tigers, Baseball, Marlins Park
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Patrick Reusse: For major league baseball, here we go again
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)MINNEAPOLIS The commissioner has another PED scandal on his hands. The results of the 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame vote were announced in early January. None of the players on the ballot received the needed 75 percent for induction. The rejected...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Melky Cabrera, Baseball, Bill Belichick, Roger Clemens
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Don't hold back on baseball asterisks
For RedEyeIt's time for Major League Baseball to have a grown-up conversation about the legacies of its players, past and present. Ever since the true origin of how the monstrous power numbers of Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa along with current superstars Alex...Tags: Jackie Robinson, Ryan Braun, Baseball, Mark McGwire, Sports
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3 homers do more than brighten Navarro's day
Oh, yeah. That's what a curtain call looks like. You could understand if Wrigley Field fans had forgotten, chugging toward the All-Star break in the fifth season with the ivy-covered walls surrounding a playoff-free zone. But it turns out they remember,...
Tags: Tampa Bay Rays, Robin Williams, Baseball, Adam Dunn, Chicago White Sox
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Samardzija, Hairston excited about Cell visit
CINCINNATI — The Cubs are marketing the City Series as "Ivy vs. Concrete" in a misguided attempt to paint Wrigley Field as an idyllic ballpark and U.S. Cellular Field as bland. But two Cubs players beg to differ. Jeff Samardzija and Scott...
Tags: Scott Hairston, U.S. Cellular Field, Mark Appel, Chicago White Sox, Jose Quintana
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99 problems, Cubs-style
For RedEyeThe pieces aren't in place yet for the Cubs, but the plan is and so is the braintrust. Whether Tom Ricketts, Theo Epstein and Dale Sveum will succeed remains a mystery, and the fact is there's more to be done. A lot more. So on the cusp of Wrigley...Tags: Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Jeff Samardzija, Ryan Theriot, Albert Pujols
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Review: "Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club" by Roberts Ehrgott
Yankee fans, including my wife, find it endearing and slightly pathetic that while they invoke the names of World Series-winning heroes to exalt their team's history — Ruth! Gehrig! DiMaggio! Reggie! Derek! — Cub fans grow dewy-eyed to...
Tags: NPR, Baseball, Authors, PBS (tv network), Spring Training
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Jenn's Blog: Reliving the memories
KWCH 12 Eyewitness SportsThe city of Atlanta has been good to me sports-wise over the years. I grew up just about a 5 hour drive away so Atlanta was always kind of a destination for my family when it came to sports, especially baseball. The Braves are the closest Major...Tags: Atlanta Braves, Florida Gators, Baseball, Basketball, Sports
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To back up their turnaround, Orioles must buck history
The Orioles are coming off a 93-win season in which they improved their record from 2011 by 24 games, finished second in the mighty American League East and appeared in the playoffs for the first time since 1997. But heading into 2013, the Orioles,...
Tags: Oakland Athletics, Baseball, Lance Johnson, Pedro Strop, Buck Showalter
Jun 4, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jun 8, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jun 7, 2013
|Story| RedEye
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|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jun 5, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Jun 5, 2013
|Story| RedEye
May 29, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 26, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 7, 2013
|Story| RedEye
Apr 5, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 3, 2013
|Story| KWCH
Mar 30, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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