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John Shea: Yankees can't resist free agents
Now that No. 27 is in the books, it's time for the Yankees to seek their 28th championship with the help of John Lackey and Matt Holliday, and when do Roy Halladay and Joe Mauer become free agents again? Reports out of New York, one from longtime New York...
Yankees can't resist free agents
Now that No. 27 is in the books, it's time for the Yankees to seek their 28th championship with the help of John Lackey and Matt Holliday, and when do Roy Halladay and Joe Mauer become free agents again? Reports out of New York, one from long-time New York...
Phillies should have let Lee start 3
Four days' rest or three days' rest. Other than whether to replace umpires with cameras, managers' rotation decisions have generated the most heated debates of the World Series. The Yankees' Joe Girardi sticks with a three-man rotation and gets criticized for...
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Four days' rest or three days' rest. Other than whether to replace umpires with cameras, managers' rotation decisions have generated the most heated debates of the World Series. The Yankees' Joe Girardi sticks with a three-man rotation and gets criticized for...
In this technological age, replay a must
An informal survey of baseball-loving fans confirms that this postseason has yielded an unprecedented number of umpiring errors (it's not as if anyone keeps official stats on this). The volume of errors is bewildering. Why would this be the year of so many...
In this technological age, replay a must
An informal survey of baseball-loving fans confirms that this postseason has yielded an unprecedented number of umpiring errors (it's not as if anyone keeps official stats on this). The volume of errors is bewildering. Why would this be the year of so many...
Kennedy says he's interested in rejoining A's
Adam Kennedywas one of the final additions to the A's in 2009, but he might be one of the first to join the roster this offseason. The veteran second baseman, who spent most of the year at third for Oakland after coming from Tampa...
Kennedy says he's interested in rejoining A's
Adam Kennedywas one of the final additions to the A's in 2009, but he might be one of the first to join the roster this offseason. The veteran second baseman, who spent most of the year at third for Oakland after coming from Tampa...
Lineups get attention, but pitching may decide it
The Phillies must have felt at home when they left their own shoe box of a ballpark to play the first game at the new Yankee Stadium on May 22. The teams combined for seven home runs - the Phillies hitting four of them in a 7-3 win. Despite all the talk about...
Powerhouse matchup
Story line: What constitutes a dynasty in 21st century baseball? Baseball has reached a modest level of parity since the Yankees won the last of three consecutive World Series in 2000. So maybe a repeat by the Phillies this year would mark a modest dynasty,...
Lineups get attention, but pitching may decide it
The Phillies must have felt at home when they left their own shoe box of a ballpark to play the first game at the new Yankee Stadium on May 22. The teams combined for seven home runs - the Phillies hitting four of them in a 7-3 win. Despite all the talk about...
Powerhouse matchup
Story line: What constitutes a dynasty in 21st century baseball? Baseball has reached a modest level of parity since the Yankees won the last of three consecutive World Series in 2000. So maybe a repeat by the Phillies this year would mark a modest dynasty,...
ALCS / Slumping Swisher looks to snap his playoff funk
Nick Swisher had the same cocky grin he wore for much of the season when he walked into the New York Yankees' clubhouse Friday afternoon. The way he sees it, the end of his postseason slump is near, maybe even tonight's Game 6 of the American League...
NOTES / Phillies not bored with the taste of champagne
Pedro Martinez broke out the first bottle of champagne, Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth puffed on victory cigars, and beer flew everywhere. Celebrations are becoming a tradition for the Philadelphia Phillies. It doesn't get old. "We won the World Series last...
NOTES / Phillies not bored with the taste of champagne
Pedro Martinez broke out the first bottle of champagne, Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth puffed on victory cigars, and beer flew everywhere. Celebrations are becoming a tradition for the Philadelphia Phillies. It doesn't get old. "We won the World Series last...
Giants, A's remember day that shook baseball
Twenty years ago today, at 5:04 p.m., a half-hour before World Series Game 3 at Candlestick Park, Al Michaels told a national TV audience, "I think we're having an earth..." The Giants and A's were rendered irrelevant after the Loma Prieta quake shook the...
Pitching project down, lineup revamp up next
If the A's were conducting a clinical trial or product testing, this past season might be considered Phase 1: Pitching. Next year, then, would be Phase 2: Position Players. That means more growing pains as Oakland adds players such as first baseman/outfielder...
Giants, A's remember day that shook baseball
Twenty years ago today, at 5:04 p.m., a half-hour before World Series Game 3 at Candlestick Park, Al Michaels told a national TV audience, "I think we're having an earth..." The Giants and A's were rendered irrelevant after the Loma Prieta quake shook the...
LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE: Remembering the 1989 A's / One of the best teams ever
Spring training brought its usual spirit of renewal in 1990, but it wasn't the same around the A's camp. In a sense, the ground was still trembling. Oakland had just won a World Series interrupted by earthquake, rendering more trivial matters insignificant...
One of the best teams ever
Spring training brought its usual spirit of renewal in 1990, but it wasn't the same around the A's camp. In a sense, the ground was still trembling. Oakland had just won a World Series interrupted by earthquake, rendering more trivial matters insignificant...
Kate Hudson added to Yankees' all-star lineup
The Yankees always skim the cream of the free-agent pool, but this is ridiculous. Now they've landed Kate Hudson. Remember when Hudson helped inspire the Warriors to their greatest (and only) playoff series victory in the last 15 seasons, as part of Baron...
Baseball after death, and destruction
There is no cheering in the press box, but there is weeping. I try to keep my weeping to a minimum and reserve it for important stuff, like when the popcorn machine breaks or a writer with a fat head camps in the row in front of me. Oct. 27, 1989, was...
For losers, little relief in playoffs
Say what you want about whether baseball's first-round playoff series should extend to a best-of-seven, the three-man vs. four-man rotation strategies or the sloppy job by umpires. If we've been reminded of anything so far in the 2009 postseason, it's that...
Shedding tears both of sorrow and of hope
There is no cheering in the press box, but there is weeping. I try to keep my weeping to a minimum and reserve it for important stuff, like when the popcorn machine breaks or a writer with a fat head camps in the row in front of me. Oct. 27, 1989, was...
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