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Hal Steinbrenner: Offer to CC will have time limit - Herald & Review
In this Sept. 28, 2008 file photo, Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher CC Sabathia throws during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Milwaukee. The Yankees formulated a proposal to the big lefty that would exceed Johan Santana's $137.5 million, six ... (more...)
Ex-Pa. baseball coach convicted in fatal crash - Evening Sun
WASHINGTON, Pa.?A former Washington Wild Things minor league baseball team coach has been convicted of homicide by vehicle in a crash that killed two people, but was cleared of the two most serious charges. The Washington County jury cleared 29 ... (more...)
Full count: Five best baseball movies - San Francisco Examiner
Hollywood's batting average when it comes to baseball movies definitely wouldn't be hall-of-fame worthy: For every home run like The Bad News Bears (1976 Walter Matthau version), Tinseltown pitches us Bucknered balls like Mr. 3000 , The Babe and, yes ... (more...)
Former Dunbar baseball coach pleads not guilty - Lexington Herald-Leader
Former Paul Dunbar High School baseball coach Mickey Marshall entered a not guilty plea Friday in Fayette Circuit Court to charges of theft "by failure to make a required disposition" involving baseball booster club funds. Marshall, 38, is charged ... (more...)
Cuba throws 2 baseball stars off top team - Washington Post
HAVANA -- Ace pitcher Yadel Marti and star outfielder Yasser Gomez have been thrown off Cuba's top league team for "a grave act of indiscipline," likely ending their hopes of playing in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The one-sentence announcement ... (more...)
There's a lot more to baseball statistics than the Big Three - CNN Sports Illustrated
If you are about my age*, then you grew up as a baseball fan with three statistics and only three statistics. There was batting average. There were home runs runs. And there were RBIs. That was it. *You might also groan when you get out of a chair ... (more...)
2 players thrown off Cuba baseball team for `indiscipline' - Miami Herald
HAVANA -- Cuba said Friday that right-hander Yadel Martí, who was named top pitcher at the inaugural World Baseball Classic, and hard-hitting outfielder Yasser Gómez had been thrown off the island's top team, Havana's Industriales, for committing ... (more...)
We'll Miss You Moose: Mike Mussina Announces Retirement After 18 ... - Bleacherreport.com
It happens all the time in sports. An athlete holds on to the game longer than they should have and ends up being forced into retirement because of injuries or just not being able to hack it anymore. Sports announcers and analysts will then mull over ... (more...)
Is It Really This Hard to Select Award Winners in Baseball? - Nymag.com
Yesterday on Max Kellerman?s ESPN Radio show, a discussion of Mike Mussina and his twenty-win season on a subpar 2008 Yankees team morphed into a discussion of whether a baseball player should be penalized for being on a bad team when it comes to ... (more...)
USAID Providing $1 Million to Support Baseball Alliance for Dominican ... - Biloxi Sun Herald
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Peace Corps signed an historic alliance with six well known Dominican non-profit organizations to ... (more...)
Twins stadium project ahead of schedule
The downtown Minneapolis skyline provides a backdrop for the new Minnesota Twins stadium, which is taking shape in the warehouse district. (more...)
By The Numbers
A.J. Burnett is a Hot Commodity Everyone is backing up the money truck and dumping bags of cash at the feet of A.J. Burnett , who is the second-best starting pitching option on the open market behind CC ... (more...)
Blackout policy update
You know how MLB was going to revise its ridiculous blackout policy vis-a-vis televised games? Well, nevermind. (more...)
Marlins can proceed with ballpark
A key legal obstacle was removed Friday for a new downtown Florida Marlins stadium, and the team will now determine whether the ballpark can open for the 2011 season. (more...)
Cuba throws 2 baseball stars off top team
Ace pitcher Yadel Marti and star outfielder Yasser Gomez have been thrown off Cuba's top league team for 'a grave act of indiscipline,' likely ending their hopes of playing in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. (more...)
Goodell: Economic bite may hit in 2009
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says the real impact of the economic downturn could hit the league next spring, when teams start selling tickets for the 2009 season. (more...)
Sports talk DJ F.P. Santangelo sacked by radio station
Former baseball player F.P.Santangelo participates with the Rise Guys Radio Show at KHTK in Sacramento. (more...)
Goodell: Economic bite may hit NFL in 2009
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says the real impact of the economic downturn could hit the league next spring, when teams start selling tickets for the 2009 season. (more...)
Making the transition
They often say money makes the man. In Dan O'Leary's case, a lack of money during his childhood may have made the man. (more...)
Ex-Pa. baseball coach convicted in fatal crash
A former Washington Wild Things minor league baseball team coach has been convicted of homicide by vehicle in a crash that killed two people, but was cleared of the two most serious charges. (more...)
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