Archive for October 6th, 2007
Yankees rookie pitcher Ian Kennedy marries USC basketball player (AP)
Moments after reciting their vows, Ian Kennedy and his new wife walked up the aisle to “Take Me Out To The Ball Game.” What else? The New York Yankees’ rookie pitcher married Southern California basketball player Allison Jaskowiak on Saturday evening in a ceremony outside St. Louis. “I was thinking, what’s more nerve-racking, pitching in […]
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New Cubs approach, same old refrain (AP)
No funky foul balls, black cats or cursed goats to pin this one on. In fact, some crazy Cubs fan — is there any other kind? — actually hung what appeared to be a dead, skinned goat on the Harry Caray statue outside of Wrigley Field this week, as though a ritual offering might somehow […]
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Phillies, Rockies in scoreless tie after lights go out at Coors Field (AP)
It’s not lights out for the Philadelphia Phillies just yet. Jamie Moyer escaped a bases-loaded jam, got some help from gusty winds after the lights went out at Coors Field and helped the Phillies stay in a scoreless tie with the Colorado Rockies through three innings of Game 3 in their NL division series Saturday […]
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Light out: Phils-Rockies Game 3 goes dark (Yahoo! Sports)
DENVER – At least one person was prepared for the unexpected. The stadium lights at Coors Field went out…
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Lights turned back on after 14-minute delay (AP)
After a 14-minute delay, the lights at Coors Field were turned back on Saturday night and Shane Victorino stepped into the batter’s box. The lights flickered off in the second inning, causing the brief stoppage of play in Game 3 of the NL Division Series between Colorado and Philadelphia. Just before the power outage, high […]
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Late minor league coach Mike Coolbaugh’s young sons throw out first pitch (AP)
Never had two pitches in the dirt drawn such a loud ovation from a crowd. Jake and Joey Coolbaugh, the young sons of Colorado Rockies minor league coach Mike Coolbaugh, who was killed by a line drive on July 22, trotted out to the mound with their uncle, Scott Coolbaugh, and bounced their pitches in […]
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Cubs go quickly, face uncertain offseason with tentative ownership situation (AP)
Make it 99 years and counting for the Chicago Cubs. And this time, they can curse what happened at the plate and on the mound instead of a billy goat or a black cat. The Cubs’ “big three” hitters were a big disappointment, and things weren’t much better on the mound as the Arizona Diamondbacks […]
Posted: October 6th, 2007.
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Diamondbacks finish first-round sweep with 5-1 win over Cubs (AP)
A sweet sweep for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Another cry of `Wait Til Next Year’ from the crestfallen Chicago Cubs. Chris Young homered on the game’s first pitch, Livan Hernandez wriggled out of several serious jams and Arizona beat the Cubs 5-1 on Saturday night to complete a three-game sweep of their NL division series.
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Wang a potential starter on short rest for Yankees in Game 4 (AP)
Chien-Ming Wang appears to be the Yankees’ likely starting pitcher Monday night if New York forces its series against the Cleveland Indians to a fourth game. Yankees manager Joe Torre said Saturday that Mike Mussina would be available in relief on Sunday night should Roger Clemens falter. Mussina also would have followed Luis Vizcaino had […]
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Banged-up Angels limp back home trailing Boston 2-0 (AP)
Get out those Rally Monkeys. Down 2-0 in their best-of-five AL playoff series with Boston, the banged-up Los Angeles Angels are back home, where their 54-27 record was the best in baseball this season. They’ll welcome the boost from a sellout crowd waving stuffed simians, especially because Vladimir Guerrero and Garret Anderson are hurting entering […]
Posted: October 6th, 2007.
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