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Fans Rooting Against Bonds
Fans Rooting Against Bonds
May 8, 2007 7:46 AM CDT

Fans Rooting Against Bonds

Majority of fans hope Barry's home-run chase ends in failure

(Newser) - An ABC-ESPN poll found that just 37% of baseball fans want embattled Giants slugger Barry Bonds to break Hank Aaron's career home runs record of 755.  After 10 quick homers to start the season, Bonds just needs 11 more to tie. Fifty-two percent of fans said they would prefer...

Rocket Returns to the Bronx
Rocket Returns to the Bronx
May 6, 2007 9:45 PM CDT

Rocket Returns to the Bronx

Yanks give Clemens one year, $28 million

(Newser) - Roger Clemens announced on Sunday to an ecstatic crowd at Yankee Stadium that he'd be joining New York this year. The news is well-timed for the best-paid team in baseball, which has suffered a catastrophic string of pitching injuries. Two of his other previous teams, Boston and Houston, had also...

Opportunistic Brewers Maul Cardinals, 4-0

Team in mourning loses three straight to surging Milwaukee

(Newser) - The Brewers have the best record in baseball after a sweep of the 2006 world champs, the Cardinals, who are still stunned by the death of reliever Josh Hancock in a car crash last weekend. At 18-9, Milwaukee is nine games over .500 for the first time since 1998, and...

Papelbon Suffers Rare Blown Save
Papelbon Suffers Rare Blown Save
May 1, 2007 10:17 PM CDT

Papelbon Suffers Rare Blown Save

Oakland first team to break through against star Boston closer

(Newser) - Jonathan Papelbon, Boston's marquee closer, blew his first save of the season against the Athletics, and saw his hitherto sparkling ERA swell. Rookie outfielder Travis Buck hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth, and Dan Johnson hit the go-ahead RBI double in the tenth off reliever Brendan...

Steinbrenner Supports Torre
Steinbrenner Supports Torre
Apr 30, 2007 11:10 PM CDT

Steinbrenner Supports Torre

Yankees boss gives lukewarm support for beleaguered coach, GM

(Newser) - George Steinbrenner is mellowing with age.  After a miserable April in which baseball's best-paid team went 9-14 and suffered an ungodly number of pitching injuries, the formerly trigger-happy Yankees owner gave a 127-word statement both supporting his manager, Joe Torre, and making it clear that the status quo was...

Cardinals Pitcher Killed In Crash
Cardinals Pitcher Killed In Crash
Apr 29, 2007 10:33 PM CDT

Cardinals Pitcher Killed In Crash

St. Louis reliever Josh Hancock drove into tow truck, died immediately

(Newser) - Josh Hancock, a Cardinals middle reliever who helped the team attain a championship last season, was killed after driving into a tow truck late at night. The death comes five years after St. Louis pitcher Darryl Kile died in his hotel room of coronary artery blockage.  It is not...

Sox Deny Sock Hoax
Sox Deny
Sock Hoax
Apr 27, 2007 5:39 AM CDT

Sox Deny Sock Hoax

Team shocked, shocked at allegations that Schilling faked the blood in 2004

(Newser) - Many past and current Red Sox rushed to the defense of Curt Schilling yesterday after Baltimore announcer Gary Thorne claimed the blood that famously turned the injured pitching ace's sock red in the 2004 ALCS against the Yankees was a hoax. Thorne said backup catcher Doug Mirabelli had told him...

Peavy’s 16 Ks Not Enough, as Padres Take It

Rookie drills walk-off homer after Peavy fans 9 in a row

(Newser) - Stephen Drew stole the spotlight from Jake Peavy, connecting on a two-run walk-off homer off Trevor Hoffman in the ninth inning as the Diamondbacks upended the Padres 3-2. The rookie’s blast off of the future Hall of Famer overshadowed a historic effort from Peavy, who tied a career high...

It Must Be Spring: Prior Out for Season

Injury-plagued Cubs righty undergoes first surgery, gets comfy on DL

(Newser) - Cubs right-hander Mark Prior underwent arthroscopic shoulder surgery Tuesday and will not pitch again this year. An 18-game winner in 2003, Prior has been on the DL once in each of his six big-league seasons but had not had shoulder surgery before. "This is a step in the right...

How A-Rod Got His Groove Back
How A-Rod Got His Groove Back
Apr 22, 2007 11:20 PM CDT

How A-Rod Got His Groove Back

New hitting coach, tighter swing, help erase memories of last October

(Newser) - A new hitting coach and newfound aggressiveness are two of the keys to a record-tying-hot start for Alex Rodriguez this season. That start, in turn, has helped ease the pain of a horrifically embarrassing 1-for-14 in the playoffs last season, during which the $252-million third baseman was dropped to eighth...

A-Rod Notches Tenth Homer
A-Rod Notches Tenth Homer
Apr 19, 2007 10:58 PM CDT

A-Rod Notches Tenth Homer

Yank superstar caps two-out, ninth-inning rally over Tribe

(Newser) - Oft-embattled Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez hit his tenth home run in 14 games to sink Cleveland 8-6, matching the second-fastest ten-homer start in major-league history.  Cleveland closer Joe Borowski gave up six runs in the bottom of the ninth, all after achieving two quick outs.

Buehrle No-Hits Rangers; ChiSox Roll, 6-0

Chicago lefty pitches 16th no-hitter in White Sox history

(Newser) - Mark Buehrle, two starts from a minor injury to his throwing arm, thoroughly dominated the Texas Rangers today, giving up no hits and just one walk (to Sammy Sosa, whom he promptly picked off at first base).  Two Jim Thome solo shots and a grand slam from Jermaine Dye...

Sammy Blasts Homer in Chicago
Sammy Blasts Homer in Chicago
Apr 18, 2007 10:49 PM CDT

Sammy Blasts Homer in Chicago

Aging slugger now just nine away from 600

(Newser) - It was just like 1998. Sammy Sosa’s 3-run homer, number 591 of his career, propelled his team to an 8-1 win over the White Sox last night in Chicago. Only this time, it was on the North Side, Sosa was wearing a Rangers uniform, and the fans were booing...

Phillies Manager Assaults Reporter
Phillies Manager Assaults Reporter
Apr 18, 2007 10:43 PM CDT

Phillies Manager Assaults Reporter

Manuel physically restrained from attacking radio host

(Newser) - In a confrontation in his office, Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel blew up at radio host and long-time Manuel goad Howard Eskin and threatend to take him down. Later, in the Phillies clubhouse, two coaches physically restrained Manuel from making good on his threat.  Eskin had enraged the manager by...

Glavine Bests Moyer in Battle of Vets
Glavine Bests Moyer in Battle of Vets
Apr 13, 2007 10:11 AM CDT

Glavine Bests Moyer in Battle of Vets

Career victory number 292 gives Mets a series win

(Newser) - In a meeting between starting pitchers almost ready to collect their pensions, youthful 41-year-old Tom Glavine out-pitched 44-year-old Jamie Moyer as the Mets topped the Phillies 5-3 Thursday at Shea Stadium. Glavine earned victory number 292 of his storied career.

King Felix Eclipses Dice-K, One-Hits Sox

Suzuki-Matsuzaka matchup less riveting than anticipated

(Newser) - The much-ballyhooed matchup of Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki and Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka—MLB's best Japanese hitter versus its first-year Japanese pitching sensation—turned out to be far less impressive than the performance of Seattle's young ace, Felix Hernandez.  King Felix, who had just turned 21 on Sunday, had a no-hitter...

Cain Able, Giants Not; Padres Win 1-0

San Diego wins third straight one-run game with the shutout

(Newser) - The Giants continue to struggle to score runs and the Padres continue to excel at preventing them. The Padres' 1-0 win spoiled a brilliant outing by San Francisco’s Matt Cain, who allowed just one hit in seven innings, as the San Diego bullpen extended its season-opening scoreless innings streak...

Snow-Out Foils Cleveland Fans
Snow-Out Foils Cleveland Fans
Apr 9, 2007 11:26 PM CDT

Snow-Out Foils Cleveland Fans

Cleveland fans will have to commute 400 miles to Milwaukee

(Newser) - Three snowed-out Indians games, relocated to Milwaukee, will cost the city of Cleveland $150,000 in anticipated tax revenue, according to estimates by city officials.  The Indians' series against the Angels has been preemptively moved to Miller Park, where roughly 36,000 fans are expected to make the 400+...

Botched Sosa Check Swing Upends Red Sox

First RBI for Sosa in comeback attempt with Rangers

(Newser) - While attempting to check his swing, Rangers slugger Sammy Sosa accidentally hit an RBI single that would be the go-ahead run in a 2-0 victory over the Red Sox.  It was the first RBI of the season for Sosa, who is attempting a comeback with his 1989 rookie-season team.

Colangelo, Cuban: Picks To Buy Cubs

They' could both make long-suffering Cubs fans very happy

(Newser) - Team USA executive director Jerry Colangelo and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban are the two individuals most likely to buy the Cubs, argues Jon Heyman.  Both have track records of success, and Colangelo is a Chicago native. The zany renegade Cuban seems to be on the list beause he...

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