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Pressure on Rangers and Washington
Down 2-0 to the Rays in the eighth inning Wednesday, the Rangers got runners to second and third with one out. Right-hander Joel Peralta was on the mound, and the Rangers had switch-hitter Lance Berkman and the left-handed-hitting A.J. Pierzynski on the...
Tags: Oakland Athletics, Wrigley Field, Mike Trout, Chicago White Sox, Jason Motte
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Series foes fighting for playoff lives
Life's cruel, sometimes. A year ago, the Cardinals and Rangers were atop the baseball world. They rode their talent and ability to deliver in the clutch all the way to the World Series. Now they're fighting for their lives in a new form of torture,...Tags: Texas Rangers, World Series, Tony La Russa, Washington Nationals, Major League Baseball
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Showalter baseball's biggest difference-maker of 2012
At the risk of messing with the sabermetric lobby, Mike Trout wasn't the biggest difference-maker in baseball this season. No, this is not just another plug for Miguel Cabrera and calculations you can do in your head. It's actually an endorsement for...
Tags: Scott Rolen, Yadier Molina, Mike Trout, San Francisco Giants, Clayton Kershaw
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Dodgers flaunt status as game's new spending king
While Hyun-jin Ryu is not yet a big name in North America, losing him was a bigger blow for the Cubs than you probably think. President Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer wanted the rights to the 25-year-old South Korean left-hander because they...
Tags: Theo Epstein, Derek Jeter, American League East, Cliff Lee, Miami Marlins
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Cabrera worthy AL MVP selection over Trout
Hey, what do you know? We got it right. My 28 fellow baseball writers who are empowered to pick the American League Most Valuable Player Award did the right thing in picking Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera over the remarkable Mike Trout, with the...
Tags: Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, Triple Crown, Mike Trout, Politics
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Sox taking big gamble with Flowers
Like the White Sox, the Rangers don't know who is going to catch for them beyond next year. But having recently gone through a transition featuring Gerald Laird, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Matt Treanor and Taylor Teagarden, they aren't turning over the...
Tags: Tyler Flowers, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Matt Treanor, Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls
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Summer beckons, but in L.A. it's still a winter's sports tale
Vin Scully is luring us back to the Dodgers with wonderful old stories and the promise of a new season, and the Angels will introduce new acquisition Josh Hamilton to their home fans Tuesday, but winter sports haven’t relaxed their hold on us just...Tags: National Basketball Association, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Clippers, Honda Center, Willie Mitchell
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Orioles carry the magic into Opening Day win over Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The same question followed the Orioles through a maddeningly uneventful offseason and a happily uneventful seven weeks of spring training. Would the magic that carried them to the playoffs for the first time in 15 years...
Tags: Cy Young Award, Nolan Reimold, New York Yankees, David Price, Matt Wieters
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Your Morning Phil: Marmol, Floyd, Appel
Talking baseball while wondering if the Chicago Bears can win without Brian Urlacher: 1. Maybe the Angels knew what they were doing when they tried to get Carlos Marmol. Maybe another good offer will come along for him before too long. Dale Sveum...
Tags: Baseball, Gavin Floyd, Anibal Sanchez, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs
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MLB power rankings
1. Tigers: Forget the concern at closer. They were loaded last year, and they're a lot better with Victor Martinez, Torii Hunter and a full year of Anibal Sanchez. 2. Dodgers: Hanley Ramirez's injury could slow them out of the gate, but they're deep and...
Tags: Kyle Lohse, Colorado Rockies, Yadier Molina, Miami Marlins, San Diego Padres
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Ho-hum greets opening day in Chicago
Chicago baseball returns Monday with a basis to be genuinely excited about possibilities of the future, but enough about Rosemont. As for citywide interest in the Cubs and Sox, the list of reasons to drop everything and pay attention is here somewhere...
Tags: Theo Epstein, Oakland Athletics, Kevin Youkilis, Tyler Flowers, Wrigley Field
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Spending quality time in the Angels', and Josh Hamilton's, orbit
PHOENIX — Let me tell you about Josh Hamilton's first rocket ship of spring. It isn't a perfect home run. He gets under it a bit more than he would've liked, so it's towering, corpulent, full of cha-cha. At last sighting, it was in...
Tags: Mike Trout, Mike Scioscia, Howie Kendrick, Ned Colletti , Baseball
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|Column| Los Angeles Times
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