Archive for October 6th, 2006
Previewing Saturday’s division series action
Down 2-0 to the Mets, the Dodgers face elimination Saturday in Game 3 in Los Angeles. Likewise, the Yankees will be fighting for their playoff lives, down 2-1 to Detroit. MLB on FOX will televise both contests. Kevin Kennedy, who will be in the FOX studio, previews this weekend’s action.
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Posted: October 6th, 2006.
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Buck O’Neil, Negro League baseball great, dies at 94 (AP)
Buck O’Neil, the goodwill ambassador for the Negro Leagues who fell one vote shy of the Hall of Fame, died Friday night. He was 94. Bob Kendrick, marketing director for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, said O’Neil died at a Kansas City hospital. A star in the Negro Leagues who barnstormed with Satchel Paige, O’Neil […]
Posted: October 6th, 2006.
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Rogers shuts down Yanks; Tigers win Game 3
The Detroit Tigers didn’t waste this homecoming, and Kenny Rogers made every pitch count.
In a ballpark normally locked up by October, the Tigers got 7 2-3 shutout innings from Rogers and outplayed New York in a 6-0 victory, pushing Detroit within one win of shocking the Yankees into an early winter.
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Posted: October 6th, 2006.
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Tigers 6, Yankees 0
The Detroit Tigers didn’t waste this homecoming, and Kenny Rogers made every pitch count.
In a ballpark normally locked up by October, the Tigers got 7 2-3 shutout innings from Rogers and outplayed New York in a 6-0 victory, pushing Detroit within one win of shocking the Yankees into an early winter.
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Posted: October 6th, 2006.
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A-Rod flops again
Alex Rodriguez didn’t do anything once again, and neither did any of his teammates. Now the Yankees are one loss from another early exit from the playoffs.
Back in the cleanup spot, A-Rod was 0-for-3 in New York’s 6-0 loss to the Detroit Tigers in Game 3 on Friday night. He’s 1-for-11 in the first three […]
Posted: October 6th, 2006.
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A-Rod flops again (AP)
Alex Rodriguez didn’t do anything once again, and neither did any of his teammates. Now the Yankees are one loss from another early exit from the playoffs. Back in the cleanup spot, A-Rod was 0-for-3 in New York’s 6-0 loss to the Detroit Tigers in Game 3 on Friday night. He’s 1-for-11 in the first […]
Posted: October 6th, 2006.
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Tigers 6, Yankees 0 (AP)
The Detroit Tigers didn’t waste this homecoming, and Kenny Rogers made every pitch count. In a ballpark normally locked up by October, the Tigers got 7 2-3 shutout innings from Rogers and outplayed New York in a 6-0 victory, pushing Detroit within one win of shocking the Yankees into an early winter.
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Posted: October 6th, 2006.
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Beane, A’s get some vindication with sweep
With their 8-3 victory over the Twins on Friday, the A’s ended their stretch of nine straight losses in potential playoff clinchers and punched their ticket to the ALCS. Dayn Perry says Oakland GM Billy Beane and the club can finally feel vindicated for their crafty ways.
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Posted: October 6th, 2006.
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Dick Wagner dead at 78 (AP)
Dick Wagner, a former president of the Cincinnati Reds and Houston Astros who later became a top executive in the commissioner’s office, has died. He was 78. Wagner died Thursday at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix from injuries sustained in a 1999 car crash, his wife, Gloria, said Friday. Among the moves he helped […]
Posted: October 6th, 2006.
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Angels 1B Erstad has successful ankle surgery (SportsTicker)
ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim first baseman Darin Erstad on Friday underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his right ankle.
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Posted: October 6th, 2006.
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