Archive for October 15th, 2007
Have bat, will travel: Lofton’s HR leads Cleveland Indians to 2-1 lead in ALCS (AP)
Kenny Lofton was on the move again — just 360 feet around the bases this time, but enough for the Cleveland Indians. He needed just one swing to help Cleveland take control of the AL championship series. “I just wanted to try to be aggressive at that point, and I got lucky,” Lofton said. The […]
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Westbrook grounds Red Sox as Indians win 4-2 to take 2-1 lead in ALCS
Not their best. Not even second best. Jake Westbrook, right at home in the Jake, was exactly what the Cleveland Indians needed.
Westbrook, an often overlooked third wheel in Cleveland’s starting rotation, kept Boston grounded for nearly seven innings Monday night, leading the Indians to a 4-2 win over the Red Sox and a 2-1 lead […]
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Have bat, will travel: Lofton’s HR leads Cleveland Indians to 2-1 lead in ALCS
Kenny Lofton was on the move again - just 360 feet around the bases, but enough for the Cleveland Indians.
The well-traveled Lofton’s two-run homer off Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka gave the Indians an early lead and they went on to beat Boston 4-2 Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the AL championship […]
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Stoneman expected to step down as Angels GM (AP)
Bill Stoneman, who built the Angels’ only World Series championship team, is expected to step down after seven years as general manager. The Angels called a news conference for Tuesday morning for what they described as a major announcement. “It’s going to be a baseball operations-related press conference,” Angels spokesman Tim Mead said.
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Matsuzaka, Boston’s $103 million man, flops again
The $103 million man has been almost worthless for Boston in the playoffs.
Daisuke Matsuzaka failed for the second straight time to make it out of the fifth inning in the postseason. His bust of a start resulted in a 4-2 loss to Cleveland on Monday night that put the Red Sox down 2-1 in the […]
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Indians top BoSox, take 2-1 ALCS lead
Kenny Lofton and the Indians jumped on Dice-K early, and didn’t let up. A Game 3 win gave Cleveland a 2-1 ALCS lead over Boston.
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Indians 4, Red Sox 2
Not their best. Not even second best. Jake Westbrook, right at home in the Jake, was exactly what the Cleveland Indians needed.
Westbrook, an often overlooked third wheel in the rotation, kept Boston grounded for nearly seven innings Monday night, leading the Indians to a 4-2 win over the Red Sox and a 2-1 lead in […]
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Westbrook grounds Red Sox as Indians win 4-2 to take 2-1 lead in ALCS (AP)
Not their best. Not even second best. Jake Westbrook, right at home in the Jake, was exactly what the Cleveland Indians needed. Westbrook, an often overlooked third wheel in the rotation, kept Boston grounded for nearly seven innings Monday night, leading the Indians to a 4-2 win over the Red Sox and a 2-1 lead […]
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Rockies’ grounds crew reigned over rain (AP)
The Colorado Rockies grounds crew kept dumping quick-dry clay on the field, and head groundskeeper Mark Razum didn’t hesitate to call for reinforcements when they ran out. Razum and his crew went through 120 bags of clay — weighing 50 pounds apiece — in Sunday night’s rainy Game 3 of the NL championship series.
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Source: Mitchell steroids investigation obtains documentation from Kirk Radomski about clients (AP)
Baseball investigator George Mitchell has received an extensive paper trail documenting performance-enhancing drugs sent to players by former New York Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski, a person familiar with the probe said Monday. Among the documents Mitchell and his staff have obtained are invoices detailing the substances sent to players, the person said, speaking on […]
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