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MLB World Series 2008 News | Archive September 4, 2009
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The Braves, like Chipper, go nowhere
By Gordon Edes
September 4, 2009
MIAMI — How long has it been that Chipper Jones hasn’t felt right?
“About the last five years,” he said with a chuckle. “You want me to be honest, the last five years.
“But it’s no excuse for not performing. I’m not going to make excuses. I’ve not had a good year.”
And neither has his team, the Atlanta Braves, who can’t seem to gain traction in the National League wild-card race.
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HOF brodcaster Harwell fighting cancer
By Jason Beck
September 4, 2009
DETROIT — Hall of Fame broadcaster Ernie Harwell, the voice for the Tigers for more than four decades and an icon for the Tigers well beyond his retirement from broadcasting in 2002, has been diagnosed with cancer.
Harwell has an incurable tumor around his bile duct. He revealed the diagnosis in Friday's edition of the Detroit Free Press, for whom he has worked as a columnist for several years, and where he explained his outlook. Gary Spicer, his longtime friend and attorney, confirmed the condition to MLB.com.
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Crucial weekend series set to start up
By Rhett Bollinger
September 4, 2009
Division leaders will be hoping to add on to their leads with several aces taking the mound on Friday with many new crucial weekend series starting up.
The Tigers' Justin Verlander will try to tame the Rays, the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw will aim to top the Padres, the Cardinals' Adam Wainwright will look to beat the Pirates and the Phillies' Cliff Lee will try to continue his run of dominance in the NL against
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Power Rankings: Cardinals get boost
By Tim Brown
September 4, 2009
After a 21-win August, Yanks take a quick breather. Or, as the schedule-maker called it, three days in Baltimore.
Week 22:
1. New York Yankees (85-48; Previous: 1) – Jeter rumored to be engaged, single males age 21 to 45 stampede to New York for leftovers.
2. St. Louis Cardinals (79-55; Previous: 4) – Holliday suggests he might consider extension, Boras gets good laugh, thinks Holliday looks just fine bald.
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MLB World Series 2008 News | Archive July 17, 2009
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2009 MLB World Series Odds
July 17, 2009
Oddsmakers from online sportsbook Sportsbook.com have made the New York Yankees 5/2 favorites to win the 2009 World Series. After signing starting pitchers CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett, as well as adding top free agent hitter Mark Teixeira, it’s easy to see why oddsmakes believe the Bronx Bombers will win baseball’s championship next season.
Last year’s World Series champs, the Philadelphia Philles, are currently 11/1 long shots to win a title this season. The Boston Red Sox (15/2), Chicago Cubs (7/1) and New York Mets (7/1) all have better odds to win than the Phillies, who are still trying to sign slugger Ryan Howard to a long-term contract.
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MLB - Roy Halladay Trade Talks Continue
Crunch Sports Staff
July 17, 2009
Roy Halladay would be a welcome addition to several teams.
As we write this, Roy Halladay of the Toronto Blue Jays is taking his regular turn against the Tampa Bay Rays. Whether or not it is his last start for the Jays may depend on how quickly Toronto management can act.
The Blue Jays, who held the American League East lead for a while, even after sustaining injuries in the starting rotation, have recently begun to fade. They went into Thursday's action at the .500 mark, and they are well off the pace that is now set by the Boston Red Sox, as well as eight games out of the wild card race. The pitching problems have continued, and there have been no less than twelve different hurlers who have taken the mound for a start.
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Buchholz proves he's ready for Majors -- In spot start, Sox's top pitching prospect keeps Jays at bay
By Ian Browne
July 17, 2009
TORONTO -- It might have just been a one-day pass back to the Major Leagues, but Clay Buchholz provided convincing proof that once he returns, it might be for good.
Looking nothing like the overwhelmed prospect who was admittedly shell-shocked last year, Buchholz was sharp and in control, leading the Red Sox to a 4-1 victory over the Blue Jays on Friday night at Rogers Centre.
Boston's top pitching prospect, Buchholz held the Jays to four hits and one run over 5 2/3 innings, walking three and striking out three. He threw 103 pitches.
Buchholz, 24, was given a one-day promotion so that All-Stars Josh Beckett and Tim Wakefield could get additional rest heading into the second half. He is likely to be optioned back to Triple-A to open up a roster spot for shortstop Jed Lowrie, who is expected to play on Saturday afternoon.
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Red Sox, Bay table contract talks -- Sides assuage potential distraction by halting negotiations
By Ian Browne
July 17, 2009
TORONTO -- The Red Sox have come to a mutual decision with left fielder Jason Bay that it is probably best to table any further contract negotiations until after the season. That said, both sides remain hopeful that a deal will later be struck that can keep the consistent slugger in a Boston uniform for the next several years.
Bay said he'd be open to talking again with the Red Sox before he is eligible to file for free agency. Free agents aren't eligible to sign with another team until 15 days after the World Series, which means there could still be time for Bay to strike a deal with Boston.
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MLB World Series 2008 News | Archive June 30, 2009
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2009 World Series
Now is a good time for baseball bettors to look ahead and wager on the 2009 World Series winner at betED.com.
The money-burning New York Yankees are +400 favorites to win the Fall Classic in World Series Betting Odds at betED.com.
After missing the playoffs for the first time since 1993, the Yankees blew $423.5 million to add three players in the off-season: pitchers CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett, and first baseman Mark Teixeira.
The Boston Red Sox are at +775 odds to win the World Series, followed by the Chicago Cubs at +800. The Los Angeles Angels (+875) and New York Mets (+1100) round out the top five 2009 World Series favorites at betED.com.
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Pujols, Wright head predicted N.L. All-Star roster
By Stan McNeal
June 30, 2009
Give the fans their props. In the latest voting for National League All-Star starters, they have the right player at each of the eight positions. With less than three days left before voting ends Thursday night, there isn't much time to mess up.
Selecting the starting lineup is the easy part. Picking the remaining 24 players is more challenging (players pick a backup at every position, five starting pitchers and three relievers. N.L. manager Charlie Manuel then oversees managers' selections for seven spots, and the final spot is determined in an online vote featuring five players chosen by the commissioner's office).
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Stars help give baseball a pulse in inner cities
By Tim Brown
Jun 29, 2009
LOS ANGELES – A baseball rolled through a dirt infield into center field.
A little boy flung his tiny aluminum bat and took off.
Two others chased the ball into center field.
Parents, dozens of them, yelled encouragement, and coaches official and unofficial waved that little boy past first base and then around third and toward home.
Dust swirled at home plate when the little boy arrived, and the umpire shouted, “Safe!” and the people cheered as though Manny Ramirez(notes) himself had hit this home run.
Covered in half the infield and some of the third-base line, the boy stood and didn’t bother to dust himself off, but turned and found his parents in the stands.
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MLB World Series 2008 News | Archive June 7, 2009
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Sox, Yanks to Batlle for Top spot in the East
Boston (33-24) vs, New York (33-23)
June 7, 2009
BOSTON -- Order has been restored in the American League East heading into the latest rivalry showdown, which begins Tuesday night at Fenway Park.
Unlike the first two series, when both teams were still looking up at the Blue Jays in the standings, the Yankees and Red Sox are now at the top of the division.
That is what baseball fans have been accustomed to for the better part of the last decade. Last year was different, as the Rays led the AL East for almost the entire season before beating the Red Sox in a seven-game American League Championship Series.
This could be another one of those epic Red Sox-Yankees summers that stretches into October, as was the case in 2003 and '04. Both teams appear positioned to be on a collision course.
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Dice-K roughed up early in loss to Texas
Red Sox righty fans eight, but allows five runs on 10 hits
By Maureen Mullen
June 7, 2009
BOSTON -- After nearly being subjected to a perfect game Saturday night, the Rangers wasted little time breaking out their bats Sunday afternoon in a 6-3 victory against Daisuke Matsuzaka and the Red Sox in front of 37,537 at Fenway Park.
Michael Young, who broke up Jon Lester's perfect game with one out the seventh inning Saturday night, hit a solo home run off Matsuzaka into the Boston bullpen in the first inning.
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MLB World Series 2008 News | Archive February 13, 2009
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Phils have the right to think bigger
By JACK McCAFFERY
February 13, 2009
PHILADELPHIA — Ever welcome and far too rare, more memorable than some of the greatest on-field plays in sports, easy to monitor and easier to someday regurgitate, it is the good, healthy, honest preseason boast.
For the Phillies, as they turn now toward Clearwater with a world championship pennant flowing from the antenna of the team bus, that honor has gone to Charlie Manuel. In previous years, it was Jimmy “The Team To Beat” Rollins’ job; in other times, there were Buddy Ryan promising championships, Jeffrey Lurie setting standards and, in the classic of all preseason-boast classics, Moses Malone. That’s when the Sixers’ center, caught in the enthusiasm of the 1983 NBA championship, declared, “We will repeat, and peat, and peat.”
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Baseball's spring stories
Five story lines to follow as spring training opens
By Dan Connolly
February 13, 2009
The Orioles made plenty of moves this offseason.
There were also national steroid controversies and star free agents holding "Will work for fewer millions" signs.
It was a pretty entertaining winter, baseball-wise.
But, like the good, old days, the New York Yankees dominated the hot stove season. They did it with big-money signings, a dash of backbiting and the pedestal crash of the game's biggest star.
The Yankees are obviously the biggest story this spring, but there are other things to keep an eye on in Florida and Arizona after pitchers and catchers report. Here are five story lines to watch.
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MLB World Series 2009 News | Archive January 29, 2009
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David Heck | The Sauce
By David Heck
January 29, 2009
"At the rate the Yankees are going, I'm not sure anyone can compete with them. Frankly, the sport might need a salary cap." -- Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio
Oh, the problems I have with that statement. But before I go on to show that the only cap Mr. Attanasio should be concerned with is the one on his mouth, let's establish the context under which he said it.
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Sean Casey Inducted into Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame
January 29, 2009
Kinston, NC - Today the Kinston Indians induct former K-Triber and MLB All-Star Sean Casey into the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame. Casey, who retired on Tuesday after spending last season (his 12th at the Major League level) with the Boston Red Sox, is the 27th inductee into the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame.
Casey was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1995 amateur draft out of the University of Richmond where he was the NCAA Division I Batting Champ in 1995. As a Kinston Indian in 1996, Casey was a Carolina League All-Star at first base. Casey hit 12 home runs in 1996, leading the Carolina League with a .331 batting average and leading the league in slugging percentage. Casey was also second in the League in on-base percentage and third in doubles (31). Casey did all this in just 92 games, missing the last six weeks of the season due to injury. Casey's .331 mark is the third highest season batting average in Kinston Indians History. Casey led Kinston to a 76-62 overall record and a Southern Division Title.
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MLB World Series 2009 News | Archive November 21, 2008
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AL Most Valuable Player: Dustin Pedroia
By Jim Rogash
November 18, 2008
Dustin Pedroia, Boston•Why he won: Pedroia, 25, led the American League in runs, hits and doubles while finishing second in batting average and fourth in total bases. He was the AL’s starting second baseman in the All-Star Game and was previously honored as a Gold Glove winner for defensive excellence and with a Silver Slugger award as the top offensive player at his position. •In his words: “I’m not the biggest guy in the world. I don’t have that many tools. If you look at me — if I’m walking down the street, you wouldn’t think I’m a baseball player. That’s the biggest thing that (helps) me to be a good player.
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Discounts abound at the MLB.com Shop
Selected merchandise reduced by an unprecedented 30 percent
By Mark Newman
November 19, 2008
You had so much fun saving money on Wednesday, we're going to do it again. Everything at the MLB.com Shop is an unheard-of 30 percent off.
As you know, 30 percent can be a good number in baseball.
Rangers shortstop Michael Young has hit in exactly 30 percent of his official at-bats as a Major Leaguer, or .300 for a career.
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Howard finishes second in MVP voting
Slugger gets 12 first-place votes, but Cards' Pujols wins award
By Ken Mandel
November 17, 2008
PHILADELPHIA -- Two years ago, Ryan Howard edged Albert Pujols for the National League Most Valuable Player Award, despite the fact that Pujols led his team to the playoffs and eventually a World Series championship.
Despite missing the playoffs that season, the Phillies had a better record than the Cardinals, and Howard's 58 homers and 149 RBIs were too significant to ignore.
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World Series win ends a long drought
By Joseph Turkos
November 4, 2008
Philadelphians have been waiting to party like it's 1983 since, well, 1983.For a couple of generations, that year has been known as the last year that Philadelphia won a major sports championship. One hundred seasons of constant disappointment have finally gone the way of Veterans Stadium and the Philadelphia Athletics. The long wait is over.
After 25 years, William Penn has lifted his curse and Philadelphia sports fans celebrated a World Championship as the Phillies defeated the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-3, last Wednesday night, taking the 2008 World Series 4 games to 1 and winning the team's first World Series title since 1980.
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Sleeper season ends in World Series dud
By Zach Perry
November 5, 2008
The line at the DMV, the sound of a drill at the dentist's office and the Major League Baseball season: all things that are long, boring and sometimes painful.
One would expect that the finale of a season composed of a grandiose 162-game schedule would be a celebrated event. I mean, after more than eight months of baseball, there should be some sort of mind-blowing payoff, right? Getting people to watch the World Series shouldn't be like pulling teeth, and yet, this year's championship featuring the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays became the lowest-rated of all time.
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MLB World Series 2009 News | Archive October 23, 2008
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2008 World Series Preview - Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay
By Chris Ruddick, MLB Editor
October 20, 2008
(Sports Network) - The Tampa Bay Rays will try to continue one of the most impressive turnarounds in sports history when they open the 104th edition of the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies.
This was supposed to be the year that the Rays were going to take a step forward. But, that leap was expected to be in the form of the franchise finishing somewhere near .500 for the first time in team history.
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Amazing Rays seven-sational
Garza and rookie Price close out Red Sox, lifting Tampa Bay into Series date with Phillies -- Rays 3 Red Sox 1 -- Rays win series 4-3.
By Richard Griffin, Baseball Columnist
October 20, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.–And on the third day they rose again. The Rays are in the World Series. The devil you say.
As unnatural as it seemed to celebrate baseball at Tropicana Field in October, the young Rays got the hang of it in a hurry. The dugout emptied and a jubilant bunch of recently no-name players, the longest of long shots at the start of the season, swarmed young left-hander David Price, who started the season in A-ball.
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Baseball: Professor Sees 59 Percent Chance Of Rays Win Over Phillies In World Series
October 20, 2008
ScienceDaily — NJIT's Bruce Bukiet, a mathematician who has applied mathematical modeling techniques to elucidate the dynamics of scoring in baseball, has computed the probability of the Rays and Phillies winning the World Series now that the Rays have defeated the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series.
He recently released the names of those most deserving of Major League Baseball's prestigious 2008 Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Cy Young awards.
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MLB World Series 2008 News | Archive July 10, 2008
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Final Vote battles tight as deadline nears
Record number of ballots cast in support of 2008 candidates
By Mark Newman, MLB.com
July 10, 2008
Evan Longoria of Tampa Bay and Corey Hart of Milwaukee each were leading close two-man races with only hours remaining in the Monster 2008 All-Star Game Final Vote, as the record number of votes by fans worldwide passed 42 million -- more than half as many as in all previous years combined.
Votes were coming in at one million per hour, indicating a last-day surge that probably will be unlike anything ever seen before at MLB.com -- and a volume that could change anything. Balloting will close at 5 p.m. ET, ending a four-day process that began at 3 p.m. on Sunday, following the announcement of 31 starters per league for the 79th All-Star Game on July 15 at Yankee Stadium.
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MLB All Star Break: Betting Report
Odds to win the 2008 World Series heading into the MLB All Star Break offer great incentive to start betting
Christopher Costigan, Publisher, Gambling911
July 10, 2008
As we head into the July 15 MBL All Star Game, oddsmakers have begun to form stronger opinions on which teams will ultimately have the best shot at winning the 2008 World Series. Coming into the All Star Break, exactly 15 teams have records above .500. Of those, 5 are just flirting with that number. 10 teams have won 50 or more games.
And amazingly it is the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and - drum roll please - the Tampa Rays who have the three best records in the league. The Rays have the best at 55-35.
The oddsmakers at BetOnline.com hardly seem impressed with Tampa's success. The Rays still have terrific value - offering a potential payout of $600 for every $100 bet.
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