Archive for February 23rd, 2007
Biggio grinding on (Yahoo! Sports)
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Craig Biggio is 70 hits away from the magical 3,000 plateau, and he’s paid for every one of them.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2007.
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Royals’ crown prince (Yahoo! Sports)
SURPRISE, Ariz. – After breezing through the minors, Alex Gordon’s next task is nothing less than rescuing the moribund Kansas City Royals.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2007.
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Larsen, Berra watch ‘56 World Series perfect game broadcast (AP)
More than 50 years after etching his name in baseball’s record books, Don Larsen finally got to see himself do it. Along with a crowd of about 100 people Friday night that included former teammate Yogi Berra, the pitcher who owns the only perfect game in World Series history watched the television broadcast of the [...]
Posted: February 23rd, 2007.
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Just how good is the AL Central?
The AL Central produced the World Series champ in 2005 and had three 90-game winners in 2006. But just how good is baseball’s new power division? Dayn Perry says you just might have to go back to 1978 to find a better collection of teams.
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Posted: February 23rd, 2007.
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Rangers owner hopeful of new deal for Young (AP)
Michael Young has a contract with Texas for two more seasons. Rangers owner Tom Hicks hopes the three-time All-Star shortstop is around a lot longer than that. “Michael’s the kind of guy that I think should be the face of this franchise,” Hicks said Friday after arriving at spring training. “He has been and he [...]
Posted: February 23rd, 2007.
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Sosa arrives, Johnson pitches (AP)
Sammy Sosa isn’t interested in answering the lingering questions about steroids. After a year out of baseball, he has more pressing issues with the Texas Rangers. “I don’t have to convince nobody,” Sosa said Friday. “I know who I am. I have been good to this game, I will continue to be great to [...]
Posted: February 23rd, 2007.
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Greinke diagnosed with `social anxiety’
Zack Greinke was diagnosed by a psychologist last year with “social anxiety” and thought his baseball career was over.
Greinke, a first-round draft pick in 2002 and in the Kansas City rotation at age 20, left the Royals’ spring training camp unexpectedly on Feb. 25, 2006, and returned to his home in Florida for what the [...]
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Garner has high hopes for Clemens (Yahoo! Sports)
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Roger Clemens is in minor-league camp here, looking reasonably fit and doing what he…
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Posted: February 23rd, 2007.
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Greinke diagnosed with `social anxiety’ (AP)
Zack Greinke was diagnosed by a psychologist last year with “social anxiety” and thought his baseball career was over. Greinke, a first-round draft pick in 2002 and in the Kansas City rotation at age 20, left the Royals’ spring training camp unexpectedly on Feb. 25, 2006, and returned to his home in Florida for what [...]
Posted: February 23rd, 2007.
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Pain in the foot: Jones struggles to cope with troubling disorder (AP)
Chipper Jones removed his shoe and pointed toward the joint at the bottom of the big toe. “Originally, the pain was up in this area,” he said. Then he moved to the other side. “Every time the toes bend up — which happens every time I take a step or run — it feels like [...]
Posted: February 23rd, 2007.
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