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Ramirez to return to Dodgers next season

9:09 PM Fri, Nov 06, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mark Divver    Email

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Manny Ramirez is coming back to the Dodgers next season. The team said Friday that the slugger exercised his $20-million contract option for 2010. His agent Scott Boras informed general manager Ned Colletti of the decision,......

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 Tags  Los Angeles Dodgers   Manny Ramirez  

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Damon wants to return to Yanks, but will explore other options

8:46 PM Fri, Nov 06, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Mark Divver    Email

NEW YORK (AP) -- Johnny Damon soaked it all in as he shared a float with first-timers Nick Swisher and Jerry Hairston Jr. for the New York Yankees' championship parade through the Canyon of Heroes on Friday. The whole scene......

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 Tags  Johnny Damon   New York Yankees  

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It's Not How Much; It's How Much More

7:00 PM Fri, Nov 06, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (3)
By Jim Donaldson    Email

I could not care less how much money teams spend on talent. The amount, in and of itself, isn't what's important. The problem in MLB, which doesn't have a salary cap, is that major-market teams such as the Yankees......

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Sox acquire OF Hermida from Marlins for two pitchers

8:07 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein has a lot on his docket this offseason and it officially began on Thursday with a minor deal that he hopes turns into something major. The Sox acquired......

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 Tags  Hunter Jones   Jeremy Hermida   Theo Epstein  

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Greatest Ever? 2009 Yankees vs. 1927 Yankees

11:08 AM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Jim Donaldson    Email

The 2009 Yankees are one of the best teams ever assembled. How do they compare with the 1927 Yankees -- generally regarded as the best team in baseball history? Here's a position-by-position breakdown: Catcher -- This was the only......

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Yankees Win! Thuh-uh-uh-uh Yankees Win! Yawn...

10:37 AM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (13)
By Jim Donaldson    Email

Well, whoop-dee-do, the team with the payroll of $200-plus million, the team that committed $423.5 million during the last offseason to sign free agents C.C. Sabathia, Mark Teixeira, and A.J. Burnett, won the World Series. Weren't they supposed to?......

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Dodgers pitcher shoots himself in the leg

2:14 PM Wed, Nov 04, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla accidentally shot himself in the leg in Nicaragua. Dr. Eduardo Reguera said Padilla didn't need surgery after spending time at Managua's Metropolitan Hospital. Police spokesman Vilma Reyes said Wednesday that......

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 Tags  Los Angeles Dodgers   Vicente Padilla  

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New York tabs put Pedro in diapers, and Girardi on notice

2:04 PM Wed, Nov 04, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Very different themes today on the front cover of the New York Post (above) -- which promises a tough night for Pedro Martinez -- and the back page of the New York Daily News, which speaks of the long,......

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 Tags  New York Yankees   Perdro Martinez  

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Old Timers Game at Yankee Stadium

12:15 PM Wed, Nov 04, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Jim Donaldson    Email

Who's on first? Chris Chambliss? How about suiting up Reggie Jackson and putting him in right field -- or at least at DH -- so he can keep Chase Utley from breaking his HR record? Perhaps Robin Roberts should......

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 Tags  Pettite; Utley; Howard; Martinez; Yankees; Phillies; Roberts; Chambliss; Jackson  

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Pedro says he considers himself 'a Bostonian'

8:43 AM Wed, Nov 04, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Pedro Martinez will be wearing a Phillies uniform when he takes the mound tonight in Game 6 of the World Series, but he said yesterday during a news conference at Yankee Stadium that he does not mind carrying the hopes......

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 Tags  New York Yankees   Pedro Martinez   Philadelphia Phillies  

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Joba Chamberlain's mother faces up to 20 years in prison

3:36 PM Tue, Nov 03, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The mother of New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain faces up to 20 years in prison on a felony drug-sale charge. The Lincoln Journal Star reported Tuesday that Jackie Standley pleaded no contest Monday to delivery......

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 Tags  Jackie Standley   Joba Chamberlain   New York Yankees  

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Hazen to stay with Red Sox, according to report

2:09 PM Tue, Nov 03, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Red Sox director of player development Mike Hazen has decided to turn down a an offer to be assistant general manager with the San Diego Padres, according to a report by Amalie Benjamin of The Boston Globe. The Padres' offer......

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 Tags  Jed Hoyer   John Hazen   San Diego Padres  

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Mothers Love Posada

8:48 PM Mon, Nov 02, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Jim Donaldson    Email

All over America, mothers are suggesting to their children that they should come to visit and talk as often as Jorge Posada visits the mound to talk to his pitcher.......

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Newspaper ad congratulates Phillies for winning World Series

2:32 PM Mon, Nov 02, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Philadelphia Inquirer is finding itself the subject of some ridicule today, after a large Macy's ad ran on the back page of its front section, congratulating the Phillies for winning a second consecutive World Series. "Show your Phillies pride......

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 Tags  New York Yankees   Philadephia Phillies   World Series  

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Ratings up for World Series, despite 80-minute delay of Game 3

5:46 PM Sun, Nov 01, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Wondering if Saturday night's rain delay drove viewers away from Fox's coverage of World Series Game 3? It appears not. Ratings for Game Three of the World Series was up 49 percent, a 57-percent increase from last year's series, the......

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 Tags  Game 3   TV ratings   World Series  

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