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So the other shoe has dropped.
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The Houston Astros were disappointed though hardly shocked when Roger Clemens chose the New York Yankees on Sunday, pointing to the Yankees’ deep pockets and the Andy Pettitte factor. Clemens and Pettitte were Astros teammates the last three seasons, and now Clemens has followed Pettitte to New York with a $28 million, one-year contract that [...]

Phillies right-hander Freddy Garcia was injured Sunday night when he ran into an equipment cart that had stopped along the warning track in San Francisco’s ballpark. Garcia bruised his left leg in the collision, raising question as to whether he will be able to make his scheduled start Monday night in the opener of a [...]

David Ortiz was putting the finishing touches on his three-piece suit when he was asked about Roger Clemens signing with the New York Yankees.
“Who?” the Boston slugger asked, innocently.
Roger Clemens. He signed with the Yankees on Sunday.
“Oh, he did?” Ortiz said after Boston’s 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins, his mischievous eyes hidden behind a [...]

Staffs of the Week
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The Arizona Diamondbacks’ long New York nightmare is over. Livan Hernandez gave up one run in seven innings and the Diamondbacks beat the Mets 3-1 Sunday to end a 13-game home losing streak to New York. The Diamondbacks hadn’t beaten the Mets in Chase Field since May 11, 2004. None of Arizona’s nine starters were [...]

The Washington Nationals placed right-hander John Patterson on the disabled list after Sunday’s 4-3 10-inning loss to the Chicago Cubs because of elbow inflammation and he could miss at least a month, manager Manny Acta said. They also activated shortstop Cristian Guzman (strained left hamstring) and outfielder Nook Logan (sprained left foot) and sent outfielder [...]

Maybe it’s Kansas City’s juicy barbecue ribs that bring out the best in the Detroit Tigers. Or maybe it’s the fact the Tigers are very good these days and the perpetually rebuilding Royals are losing 100 games a year.
For whatever reason, the Tigers are almost unbeatable when they set foot in Kauffman Stadium.
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Detroit reliever Joel Zumaya had a heavy bandage on his painfully swollen middle finger Sunday and was headed for New York for an appointment with a hand specialist.
The hard-throwing right-hander, whose fastball has been clocked at 100 mph, described the sensation as a “shocking pain” and said he had no idea how long he might [...]

Detroit reliever Joel Zumaya had a heavy bandage on his painfully swollen middle finger Sunday and was headed for New York for an appointment with a hand specialist. The hard-throwing right-hander, whose fastball has been clocked at 100 mph, described the sensation as a “shocking pain” and said he had no idea how long he [...]