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Dodgers and the laws of improbability
The true Dodgers fan has these words committed to memory: "In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened." Those were the words Vin Scully used to describe Kirk Gibson's home run in the 1988 World Series. Gibson was hobbled, Orel...
Tags: Scott Van Slyke, Minnesota Twins, Kirk Gibson, San Francisco Giants, Chris Young (baseball, outfielder)
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Latest Angels loss is right out of left field
SAN DIEGO — There was a time this season when the Angels had too many outfielders. There was a time this season when the Angels fancied themselves World Series contenders. And then there was Sunday, when the Angels dropped back into last place in...
Tags: Peter Bourjos, Mark Trumbo, Mike Trout, Trout, American League West
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New owners seek new experience for fans at Dodger Stadium
The battle for the soul of Dodger Stadium is about to be joined. It is a battle for your eyes, for your ears, for your wallets. It is a battle over what it means to attend a baseball game in the new millennium. It is a battle sanitized by jargon: This is...
Tags: Peter Guber, New York Yankees, Jamie McCourt, National Basketball Association, Apple iPhone
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Dodgers win game behind Clayton Kershaw, but lose Mark Ellis
The Dodgers won another game, but lost another player. On the same day they defeated the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, 6-0, second baseman Mark Ellis underwent an emergency leg operation that is expected to sideline him for a...
Tags: Clayton Kershaw, St. Louis Cardinals, Allen Craig, Adam Kennedy, Jon Jay
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Curt Schilling shutters his game studios, lays off entire staff
Just three months after shipping his first game, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has reportedly laid off the entire staff of his two development studios, Big Huge Games and 38 Studios, and shut down the...
Tags: Baseball, Curt Schilling, Sports, The Boston Globe, Electronic Arts Inc.
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Letters: Kings are in, Lakers are out
Now that the Kings are back in the Stanley Cup playoffs, a little advice:
"The curvature of the blade of the stick shall be restricted in such a way that the distance of a perpendicular line measured from a straight line drawn from any point at the...Tags: Los Angeles Lakers, Scott Van Slyke, Peter Guber, Mitch Kupchak, Phoenix Coyotes
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Dodgers breeze past Padres, brace for tougher test
SAN DIEGO — Eleven more days until Matt Kemp is eligible to return from the disabled list. Kemp's absence was of minimal consequence Thursday, as the first-place Dodgers trampled the last-place San Diego Padres, 8-1, to earn a split of a two-game...
Tags: Don Mattingly, Rafael Furcal, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals, Adam Kennedy
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Jamie Moyer takes the long route to success
To prepare to face Jamie Moyer on Friday night, Dodgers outfielder Tony Gwynn Jr. could watch videos of his past at-bats against the Colorado Rockies left-hander.
Or he could talk to his father, Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn Sr., who also faced him.
Rookie...Tags: Scott Van Slyke, Tom Gordon, Minnesota Twins, Colorado Rockies, Clayton Kershaw
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C.J. Wilson returns to Texas to face Yu Darvish and the Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas — It's almost serendipitous the way it worked out, with the rotations of the teams expected to battle for American League West supremacy aligning so that Angels left-hander C.J. Wilson will face Texas right-hander Yu Darvish on...Tags: Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, Michael Young, Howie Kendrick
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Cole Hamels suspended for intentionally throwing at Bryce Harper
Cole Hamels earned a five-game suspension for the way he welcomed Bryce Harper to the big leagues. The 2008 World Series most valuable player was suspended for intentionally throwing at the Washington rookie in the Philadelphia Phillies' 9-3 win over the...
Tags: Philadelphia Flyers, Atlantic Coast Conference, Alex Gonzalez, Bryce Harper, Ron Roenicke
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Missed penalty kicks not the stuff of Champions
It was like Michael Jordan missing a game-winning free throw or LeBron James bouncing a dunk off the rim. It was Justin Verlander losing a World Series game on a wild pitch or Eli Manning blowing the Super Bowl with an interception in the end zone. It'...
Tags: Cristiano Ronaldo, Michael Jordan, Soccer, FIFA World Cup, Super Bowl
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Dodgers sale closes; McCourt era ends
Frank McCourt surrendered ownership of the Dodgerson Tuesday, closing a turbulent chapter in the history of one of baseball’s most historic franchises. The new owners wired the final payment on the record $2.15-billion purchase price on Tuesday,...
Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Time Warner Inc., Atlanta Braves, Colorado Rockies, Jamie McCourt
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