Archive for January 11th, 2007
Victim’s assistance (Yahoo! Sports)
Barry Bonds leans on a familiar crutch as the latest allegations about drug use hit the media.
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Hall of Fame vote: the good, bad, and ugly
The idea sportswriters are the only ones qualified to judge Hall of Fame credentials may have been valid in 1937. In 2007? Not so much. Kevin Kennedy looks into the voting process and wonders if candidates like Goose Gossage will ever get in.
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Martinez visits a Mets prospect — son Pedro E. Martinez (AP)
Pedro Martinez got an extra benefit from making a charity visit with teammates — he checked up on his 19-year-old son at the New York Mets’ training academy. Martinez drove up to the camp about 16 miles from Santo Domingo in a bright orange Dodge Charger. Still recovering from shoulder surgery that’s expected to sideline […]
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Food for thought: Dodgers offer all-you-can-eat seats (AP)
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack … and throw in a dozen Dodger Dogs, too. The Los Angeles Dodgers will give fans something to chew on next season: all-you-can eat seats. The right-field pavilion at Dodger Stadium will be converted into the special section, giving around 3,000 fans as many hot dogs, peanuts, popcorn, […]
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Bonds: Sweeney not involved in alleged failed amphetamine test (AP)
Barry Bonds said he did not get amphetamines from teammate Mark Sweeney, but did not deny a report Thursday saying he tested positive for the drugs last season. According to a story in the New York Daily News, the San Francisco slugger failed an amphetamines test in 2006. The newspaper reported that when first informed […]
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Back in the Bronx, Pettitte wants to pick up where he left off (AP)
Andy Pettitte walked into Yankee Stadium, put the pinstripes and navy cap back on, stepped to the podium and picked up as if he had never left. He got his old number back, 46. He got his old locker back, too. Now all he has to do is pitch the way he did for the […]
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Suppan wooed to Brewers after dinner, $42 million contract (AP)
Two dinners changed the direction of the Milwaukee Brewers. Jeff Suppan reaped the rewards both times. The first, in the midst of Brewers’ team meetings just after a disappointing 75-87 season, came in Arizona, where executives huddled in the back of a restaurant and wheeled in a television to watch Game 7 of the National […]
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Yankees: We want Rocket (AP)
Now that they have Andy Pettitte, the New York Yankees want Roger Clemens, too. “He’s kind of like your perfect employee,” general manager Brian Cashman said Thursday after welcoming Andy Pettitte back to Yankee Stadium. Clemens pitched for the Yankees alongside Pettitte from 1999-2003, helping them win two World Series titles and four AL pennants.
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Papelbon ready to return - as starter
The Boston Red Sox are still looking for a closer, even though they have one who was among baseball’s best in 2006.
Jonathan Papelbon saved 35 games in 41 tries last year and was the runner-up for AL rookie of the year despite ending his season early with a shoulder injury. Now he’s getting ready to […]
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Royals taking nominations for fans to sit in O’Neil’s seat
The Kansas City Royals are giving 81 people a chance to watch a game from Buck O’Neil’s seat.
The team announced the “Buck O’Neil Legacy Seat Program” on Thursday. It will honor the Negro Leagues star who became a goodwill ambassador for the game, and also reward others for their community service.
O’Neil sat in the same […]
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