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Update: Start of World Series Game 3 delayed, but now on

8:58 PM Sat, Oct 31, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

The tarp is now off the field in Philadelphia. The start of Game 3 of the World Series was placed on hold because of rainy conditions in Philadelphia, according to MLB.com At around 8:30 Fox Sports turned from live TV......

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 Tags  rain delay   World Series  

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PawSox release tentative 2010 schedule

11:51 AM Fri, Oct 30, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here to see the schedule.......

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Canseco now says 'Juiced' ruined his life

3:17 PM Thu, Oct 29, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

In an interview this week on ESPN Radio in St. Louis, 40-40 man turned power-hitting freak show turned steroid advocate turned steroid whistleblower turned celebrity boxer Jose Canseco congratulated his former Oakland A's teammate Mark McGwire for landing a job......

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 Tags  Jose Canseco   steroids  

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Pedro: Most influential player in history of Yankee Stadium?

7:44 AM Thu, Oct 29, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

At a news conference yesterday, the day before Pedro Martinez faces the Yankees in Game Two of the World Series, the onetime Red Sox great had some eye-opening comments about his history in The Bronx. In a comment that seemed......

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Lawyer: Woman in sex-for-tix case has Phils fever

6:22 PM Wed, Oct 28, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A lawyer for a Philadelphia woman charged with offering sex for World Series tickets says she is "a nice lady overcome with Phillies fever." Lawyer William J. Brennan says Susan Finkelstein might have dropped double entendres......

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Dodgers and divorce don't mix, observers say

6:06 PM Wed, Oct 28, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The last couple of weeks have been downright brutal for Dodger fans. Not only did the team get booted for the second consecutive year by the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League championship series, but now......

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Death penalty for dog that bit Wakefield's wife

1:24 PM Wed, Oct 28, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Mark Divver    Email

HINGHAM, Mass. (AP) -- An English mastiff dog that bit two customers at a Hingham art gallery, including the wife of a Boston Red Sox pitcher, has been ordered euthanized. The Hingham Board of Selectman on Tuesday night unanimously voted......

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Scout who discovered Pedro: 'He wasn't afraid of anybody'

9:47 AM Wed, Oct 28, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mark Divver    Email

By David Murphy Philadelphia Daily News NEW YORK -- The legend was born in the summer of 1988, on an otherwise anonymous field in the small town of La Vega, Dominican Republic. Ralph Avila was scheduled to provide color commentary......

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 Tags  Pedro Martinez   Philadelphia Phillies  

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New Yankee tradition: A pie in the face

9:42 AM Wed, Oct 28, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mark Divver    Email

By JAMES BARRON The New York Times NEW YORK -- There has been a lot of talk about Yankee traditions as the team prepares for its 40th appearance in a World Series, traditions that tie the names on the current......

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Watching the World Series? Here's a pitch for a TV workout

12:06 AM Wed, Oct 28, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Plan on watching the World Series starting Wednesday night? (even if it's just to root against the Yankees?) If the series goes to 7 games, and the average game last more than 3.5 hours, that's a lot of sitting......

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Could Johnson replace Mills?

9:11 PM Tue, Oct 27, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer So the Astros snatched bench coach Brad Mills from the Red Sox and named him as Houston's next manager. It's not surprising given his knowledge, talent and love for the game of baseball that......

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 Tags  Brad Mills   Ron Johnson   Terry Francona  

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New York Post makes fun of the Phillies

4:02 PM Tue, Oct 27, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

If the defending champions are looking for respect, they ain't gonna find it in the pages of the New York Post. The big-city tabloid's back page today features a Photoshopped (I'm pretty sure, at least) picture of Philadelphia center fielder......

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 Tags  New York Yankees   Philadelphia Phillies   Shane Victorino   World Series  

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Astros will hire Red Sox bench coach as new manager

3:48 PM Tue, Oct 27, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Houston Astros have hired Brad Mills, Terry Francona's bench coach during his entire career with the Red Sox, as their new manager. Mills will replace the fired Cecil Cooper. A news conference is scheduled at 4 p.m. This will......

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 Tags  Brad Mills   Houston Astros   Terry Francona  

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Martinez to start Game Two of World Series, Phils manager says

10:10 AM Tue, Oct 27, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mark Divver    Email

Pedro Martinez will start Game Two of the World Series for the Phillies, manager Charlie Manuel said this morning on a Philadelphia radio show. Cole Hamels will be the Game Three starter.......

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 Tags  Boston Red Sox   Philadelphia Phillies   World Series  

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Gallery: Yankees celebrate, Phillies head to New York

10:55 PM Mon, Oct 26, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

In this gallery of AP pictures, Yankee players celebrate their league championship series-clinching Game Six victory, Philly fans hold a send-off rally for their team, and the Phils practice at Citizens Bank Park before leaving the city and arriving at......

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 Tags  New York Yankees   Philadelphia Phillies   World Series  

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ESPN will fire Steve Phillips

8:59 PM Sun, Oct 25, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (3)
By Mike McDermott    Email

Baseball analyst Steve Phillips has been fired by ESPN after admitting to an affair with an assistant at the cable network. ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said Sunday night the network determined Phillips' ability to be an effective analyst was "significantly......

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