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| Revamped Yanks to unveil Sabathia in Baltimore |
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04/06/2009 |
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| rs, Brian Matusz, Chris Tillman and Troy Patton almost ready to join the big league club, the team is predicted to endure its 12th straight season under .500. Not helping the Orioles' cause any is the fact that they not only have to compete with the Boston Red Sox and Yankees in the AL East, but the perennial doormat Tampa Bay Rays have evolved into a powerhouse. After striking out with Teixeira, the O's did secure Japanese hurler Koji Uehara, who is slated to pitch on Wednesday. Heading to the hill for Balti |
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| Rays/BoSox opener postponed |
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04/06/2009 |
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| Boston, MA (Sportsbooks) - Monday's Opening Day matchup between the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays, a 2008 American League Championship Series rematch, was postponed due to inclement weather. The game has been rescheduled for Tuesday at 4:05 p.m. (et). James Shields is scheduled to start for the defending AL champion Rays, while Josh Beckett will get the start for Boston. The Rays topped the Red Sox in seven games in last year's ALCS. |
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| Phils start defense of title against Braves at Citizens Bank Park |
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04/05/2009 |
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| against them, surrendering 14 runs (10 earned) in 8 2/3 innings. Atlanta, meanwhile, enters a season without John Smoltz for the first time since 1987, as the former Cy Young Award winning right-hander signed a one- year, $5.5 million deal with the Boston Red Sox. Armed with a new-look starting rotation, the Braves hope to bounce back from a fourth-place finish a year ago - their worst divisional finish since ending the 1990 season sixth in the West. The once-dominating franchise has now missed the playoffs |
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| Boston Red Sox 2009 Preview |
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04/01/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - The Boston Red Sox won 90 games for the eighth time in their last 11 seasons a year ago and came within one game of reaching the World Series. The good news is that they are returning basically the exact same lineup that reached Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. However, the bad news for the Red Sox is that not only is the team that beat you in the ALCS, the Tampa Bay Rays, in your own division, but your hated rivals, the New York Yankees, have also gained |
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| Tampa Bay Rays 2009 Preview |
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04/01/2009 |
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| e Tampa Bay Rays are left in the difficult position of providing their own encore. Unfortunately, trends suggest a repeat is unlikely at best. With a rapid reversal from 96 losses in 2007 to 97 wins in 2008, manager Joe Maddon's Rays joined the 1967 Boston Red Sox, 1991 Atlanta Braves and 2005 Detroit Tigers as the only teams to go from 90-plus losses one year to a World Series berth the next. Like the Rays, none of the previous three teams closed their runs with a trophy presentation, and only the Braves wer |
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| Toronto Blue Jays 2009 Preview |
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04/01/2009 |
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| twork) - The Toronto Blue Jays have produced three straight winning seasons for the first time in almost a decade. Unfortunately for the Jays they just happen to play in the best division in all of baseball. Not only do they have to contend with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, but now the once-perennial doormat Tampa Bay Rays have emerged as a powerhouse in the East. After John Gibbons was fired on June 20, former skipper Cito Gaston, who guided the franchise to its two World Series titles in 1992-93 |
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| Baltimore Orioles 2009 Preview |
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04/01/2009 |
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| ian Matusz, Chris Tillman and Troy Patton almost ready to join the big league club, the team is probably going to endure its 12th straight season under .500. Not helping their cause any is the fact that now, not only do they have to compete with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees in the AL East, but the perennial doormat Tampa Bay Rays have evolved into a powerhouse. Baltimore made a run at signing Maryland native Mark Teixeira only to see him sign a monster deal with the Yankees. The O's, though, did se |
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| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2009 Preview |
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03/31/2009 |
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| dered how that would affect the team come playoff time, given the Spring Training-like atmosphere over the final two months of the regular season. And naturally, it affected them greatly. In what has become an all-too-familiar postseason ritual, the Boston Red Sox knocked Los Angeles out of the divisional round for the third time in the last five seasons. A few big names jumped ship this past offseason -- namely, Francisco Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira -- and two key starters will begin this season on the disab |
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| Kansas City Royals 2009 Preview |
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03/30/2009 |
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| a starting spot. Well, he wasn't guaranteed a spot, but he is back anyway as the team's starter. Olivo appeared in 84 games last season and hit .255 with 12 home runs and 41 RBI. OUTFIELD Leadoff man Crisp was acquired early this offseason from the Boston Red Sox and will take over in center field for David DeJesus, who will shift over to left, where the club believes he is a natural fit. Crisp, a switch-hitter, will bring some speed to the top of the order, but hasn't hit .300 since 2005, while playing in t |
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| Hall of Famer George Kell dies |
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03/24/2009 |
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| ed Tuesday morning. He was 86 years old. According to Arkansas television station KAIT, Kell died in his sleep in Swifton, Arkansas. Kell was a career .306 hitter in 15 big league seasons from 1943-57 with the Philadelphia Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles. A 10-time All-Star, Kell led the American League in batting in 1949 with the Tigers, edging Ted Williams to deny the Boston slugger his third Triple Crown. He also led AL third basemen in fielding percentage |
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