Browsing Tag Major League Baseball
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20 September 2011 at 06 : 23 AM
Yankees Mariano Rivera Becomes Baseball’s All Time Saves Leader At 602 Saves
Written By: Christopher Chavez Fact: Mariano Rivera is the greatest closer of all-time. In the past, there have been people that said as long as he doesn't have the All-Time record, the previous statement can not be official. The New York Yankees closer shut the door in a 6-4 win over the Twins on Monday afternoon to record the 602nd save of his career. ...
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19 April 2011 at 07 : 36 AM
Hall Of Fail: Reds Pitchers Mike Leake Steals $59.88 Worth Of Shirts From Macy’s
People often think that they can look at a person and tell if they are a criminal, and if they are capable of committing a crime. This is often the case when you have young teenage kids in the mall walking around in stores, the workers generally associate a higher risk of theft with these individuals and pay more attention to them. That is ...
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12 April 2011 at 08 : 41 AM
Are The Texas Rangers The Best Team In Baseball?
After losing in the World Series last year, and failing to re-sign their ace Cliff Lee in the off season Texas figured to be competitive and still the popular pick to win the American League West. The problem is another run through baseball's powerhouse teams in the playoffs seemed unlikely for the Rangers. The Rangers also failed to retain Vladimir ...
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7 April 2011 at 07 : 48 AM
Ray Of Hope? Lack Of Hitting Has The Tampa Bay Rays Searching For Answers.
Written By: Leslie Moteiro So much for the Tampa Bay Rays being a playoff team. After watching them in this home stand, they are 0-5 for a reason. They feature no hitters that scare the other team. It's not surprising Jeremy Guthrie, Chris Tillman, Zach Britton, Jered Weaver and Dan Haren had their way with them. These five games are not an ...
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10 March 2011 at 06 : 29 AM
Will The Rays Get Production Out Of Ramirez By Letting “Manny Be Manny”
The Tampa Bay Rays acquired Manny Ramirez in the off season after losing Carl Crawford in hopes of filling that void on offense. If you have followed baseball at all over the last few years, you know that Manny can be a clown. Most teams accepted subpar fielding and his antics because he was one of the best hitters in Major League Baseball, but did he ...
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2 November 2010 at 06 : 37 AM
The San Francisco Giants Solve Cliff Lee, Win First World Series Since 1958.
[caption id="attachment_1733" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Photo Courtesy of cnnsi.com"][/caption] The San Francisco Giants finished off the Texas Rangers 3 – 1 to win their first World Series title since 1958. It was a classic matchup with Cliff Lee vs. Tim Lincecum, and both pitchers were game as Lee pitched six scoreless innings before ...
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29 October 2010 at 08 : 58 AM
Matt Cain Dazzles as Giants take a Commanding Series Lead Over Rangers.
Of course everyone was expecting a great pitchers duel as the 2010 World Series began. Unfortunately, you were like most and thought you would see it in Wednesday’s night match up between Tim Lincecum and Cliff Lee. Instead, that dynamic duo combined to give up 11 runs (10 earned) in a little over nine combined innings of work. One night ...
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21 October 2010 at 08 : 05 AM
Is Cliff Lee The Greatest Post-Season Pitcher of All Time?
It's almost fitting that in what became "The Year of the Pitcher," we would see fantastic post-season pitching up to this point of the playoffs. Were you really that surprised that Roy Halladay fired a no-hitter in his first post-season appearance? If not, you couldn't have been that surprised that Tim Lincecum threw a two-hit shutout striking out ...
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6 October 2010 at 06 : 13 AM
Tampa Bay Rays vs. Texas Rangers ALDS Preview
Although, the Tampa Bay Rays have had trouble drawing a number of fans to their stadium that would satisfy them, they have continued to play on. The Rays made history and have won their second American League East title in their short history. The Rays won the division in hand once the Yankees lost to the Red Sox but would've won regardless by ...
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4 October 2010 at 06 : 03 AM
Monday Morning Sports Session – 10/4/2010
The Major League Baseball playoffs are set. The Rays, Yankees, Twins, and Rangers will represent the American league, while the Braves, Phillies, Giants, and Reds will represent the National league. The last day of the season on Sunday could have ended up with several play in games that would have happened on Monday and/or Tuesday, but the Giants and ...
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Sports Session’s 2011/2012 College Bowl Preview (3 of 4)
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Sports Session’s 2011/2012 College Bowl Preview (1 of 4)
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