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| Rangers rough up reigning Cy Young winner |
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| o about it now." Travis Hafner scored the lone Indians run and had one of only five Cleveland hits, all of which were singles. The Indians finished the 2008 campaign 81-81 and in third place in the AL Central, 7 1/2 games behind the division-winning Chicago White Sox. After a scoreless 1 1/2 innings, the Rangers broke through for four runs in the bottom of the second. Lee retired the first batter of the frame, but Blalock singled off the left forearm of the Cleveland ace and things got worse for the lefty. Marlo |
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| Angels, A's renew rivalry in season lid-lifter |
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04/06/2009 |
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| has hit .314 with 226 homers and 920 RBI in his career. Cabrera will see more time at shortstop this season, as the 12-year veteran will take over for Bobby Crosby. Cabrera hit .281 with eight home runs and 57 runs batted in over 161 games with the Chicago White Sox last season. A's manager Bob Geren will enter his third season as skipper and inked an extension through the 2010 season with a club option for 2011 at the end of March. Geren has guided Oakland to a pair of third-place finishes in the AL West the p |
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| Wakamatsu era to get underway for Mariners in Minnesota |
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04/06/2009 |
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| then left heartbroken after the star was granted his trade request following the 1999 season, as Seattle shipped him to Cincinnati. The Reds did not record a playoff appearance in Griffey's injury-filled time with the team, and he was traded to the Chicago White Sox before the trade deadline in 2008. For his career, Griffey ranks fifth all-time in homers with 611 and 18th in RBI with 1,772. He also won 10 consecutive Gold Gloves from 1990-1999 to go with his career .288 batting average and .547 slugging percent |
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| Cy Young winner Lee goes for Tribe in opener with Rangers |
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04/06/2009 |
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| ecord after the Sabathia deal, and their 40 wins following the All-Star break were the most among teams in the AL Central. Cleveland wound up finishing the season 81-81, good enough for third place, but still 7 1/2 games back of the division-winning Chicago White Sox. Injuries played a big part in the team's decline last season, as catcher Victor Martinez, designated hitter Travis Hafner and relief pitcher Joe Borowski all missed significant time with various ailments. The team was relatively quiet this offseaso |
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| White Sox/Royals opener pushed back to Tuesday |
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04/05/2009 |
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| Chicago, IL (BettingExpress) - The scheduled Monday season-opener between the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals at U.S. Cellular Field has been postponed due to the forecast of snow, cold and high winds and rescheduled for Tuesday at 2:05 p.m. (et). Mark Buehrle was scheduled to start for Chicago opposite the Royals' Gil Meche. It marks the White Sox first season-opening postponement since 1982, when each of their first five scheduled games from April 6-10 were snowed out. Scheduled Opening Day festiviti |
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| Diamondbacks place P Gordon, Scherzer on DL |
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04/05/2009 |
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| ght elbow inflammation. He went 5-4 with a 5.16 earned run average in 29 2/3 innings with two saves. Gordon, a three-time All-Star, has a career record of 138-125 with 158 saves and a 3.94 ERA over 887 games, including 203 starts. In 20 major league seasons, Gordon has played for Kansas City, Boston, the Chicago Cubs, Houston, the Chicago White Sox, the New York Yankees and Philadelphia. Scherzer, who is experiencing a right shoulder issue, went 0-4 with a 3.05 ERA in 16 contests -- seven starts -- last season. |
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| Tampa Bay Rays 2009 Preview |
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04/01/2009 |
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| sed balls and threw out 28-of-73 would-be base-stealers. OUTFIELD Already young and talented, two-thirds of the Tampa Bay outfield added crunch- time credibility to its resume with strong postseason play in the American League playoff defeats of the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox. Speedy left fielder Carl Crawford, just 26, returns after injuries held him to just 109 regular-season games, limiting his production to eight homers and 57 RBI. Additionally, he stole 25 bases in 32 attempts. Assuming full-time |
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| Oakland Athletics 2009 Preview |
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03/31/2009 |
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| ndo Cabrera, signing the former Gold Glove winner and All-Star to a one-year, $4 million deal during spring training. Cabrera, who will replace Bobby Crosby at the position, hit .281 with eight home runs and 57 runs batted in over 161 games with the Chicago White Sox last season. As good as Cabrera is defensively, his double play partner at second base could be even better. Mark Ellis led all major league second basemen in fielding last year (.993), the second time he has done so in the past three seasons, but b |
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| Seattle Mariners 2009 Preview |
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03/31/2009 |
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| with the Mariners. Griffey, though, is nowhere near the player he was when he left following the 1999 season. Last year, Griffey recorded a career-low .249 batting average, with 18 homers and 71 RBI in 143 combined games with the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox. Ichiro Suzuki is the face of the franchise now and is one of the few Mariners who produced last season. Wakamatsu has his work cut out for him with the rotation, which pitched to a 5.07 ERA a year ago. The bad news is that is basically the same goi |
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| Cleveland Indians 2009 Preview |
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03/30/2009 |
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| record after the Sabathia deal and their 40 wins following the All-Star break were the most among teams in the AL Central. Cleveland wound up finishing the season 81-81, good enough for third place, but still 7 1/2 games back of the division-winning Chicago White Sox. Injuries played a big part in the team's decline last season, as Victor Martinez, Travis Hafner and Joe Borowski all missed significant time with various ailments. There were some bright spots, though. Cliff Lee came out of nowhere and won an AL Cy |
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