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TV rights fees dispute could fuel O's, Nationals rivalry
There is some question whether the geographical proximity of the Orioles and Washington Nationals — and their annual home-and-home interleague series — combine to create a dynamic rivalry, but there is no denying that one has developed between...
Tags: Washington Nationals, Peter G. Angelos, Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, The Washington Post
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Initial take on Josh Hamilton to the Angels (and an Orioles wrinkle?)
The Baltimore SunThe news broke this afternoon that the Los Angeles Angels have agreed to a five-year, $125 million deal, pending a physical, with talented but troubled slugger Josh Hamilton. As a baseball writer, my first reaction was this: Maybe commissioner Bud Selig...Tags: Vernon Wells, Los Angeles Dodgers, Peter Bourjos, Josh Hamilton, Mark Trumbo
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Baseball will have in-season testing for HGH
Major League Baseball announced Thursday that it will begin in-season blood-testing for human growth hormone and additional testing for testosterone this year. Batting leader Melky Cabrera of the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics pitcher...
Tags: World Anti-Doping Agency, Spring Training, Bartolo Colon, Science and Technology, Melky Cabrera
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Marvin Miller dies at 95; baseball union chief led push for free agency
Nothing about Marvin Miller seemed feisty or controversial at first glance; the soft-spoken economist was a smallish man with gray hair and a tidy mustache. But as a union leader, it was Miller who took on baseball's establishment in the late 1960s,...Tags: Sandy Koufax, David Wharton, David Carter, Trials, Arbitration
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Remembrance: Marvin Miller was a transformative figure in sports
He didn’t look like much of a revolutionary. He looked like an economist, which he was, only with some serious attitude. Kind of bookish, but with an unnerving gleam in his eye. The last guy you ever wanted to get into a fight with was Marvin...
Tags: Ryan Madson, Interior Policy, Trials, Arbitration, Politics
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Your Morning Phil: Miller, Feldman, A.J.
Talking baseball while wondering how Tom Thibodeau is going to survive until Derrick Rose returns: 1. To say that Marvin Miller was as tough as nails is to compliment the strength of nails. Miller has passed away at the age of 95, and somewhere there...Tags: A.J. Pierzynski, Alexei Ramirez, Russell Martin, Trials, Arbitration
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La Russa still interested in learning — and winning
Future baseball Hall of Famer Tony La Russa stood next to Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau on the Patriots sidelines Wednesday in Foxborough, Mass., as both watched coach Bill Belichick teach football at minicamp. Neither man was there to pick Belichick's brain...
Tags: World Series, Tony La Russa, Bill Belichick, New England Patriots, Jerry Reinsdorf
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Series foes fighting for playoff lives
Life's cruel, sometimes. A year ago, the Cardinals and Rangers were atop the baseball world. They rode their talent and ability to deliver in the clutch all the way to the World Series. Now they're fighting for their lives in a new form of torture,...Tags: Detroit Tigers, Chipper Jones, Washington Nationals, World Series, Spring Training
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Phillies and Brewers back in wild-card playoff hunt
When the trade deadline rolled around at the end of July, the Phillies were 46-57, which put them only 21/2 games better than the Cubs in the National League's wild-card playoff standings. They were in ninth place, 13 games behind the Braves for the...
Tags: Detroit Tigers, Charlie Manuel, Orange County Register, Stephen Strasburg, Cincinnati Reds
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Selig looking to help Cubs with Wrigley restoration
While the stadium issues in Oakland and Tampa Bay are viewed as the most critical in baseball, Commissioner Bud Selig quietly is trying to help the Cubs secure funding for a public-private partnership that would allow Wrigley Field to be updated along the...
Tags: New York Mets, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Cubs, Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Citi Field
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Cubs and top pick setting up negotiating hardball
Lots of people out there are just waiting to see Theo Epstein fail. They think he gets too much attention, that his deal with Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts is too sweet. They think he should have received more criticism for a run of failed free-agent...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Jed Hoyer , Miami Hurricanes, Boston Red Sox, Financial Aid
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It's time for more instant replay — for World Series
Bad calls didn't put the Yankees in 2-0 hole; the pitching of all Tigers not named Jose Valverde did. Nor did that bad infield fly rule call send the Braves home after one game; three infield errors did. Yet you won't be able to tell the story of the...
Tags: Joe Torre, Detroit Tigers, World Series, Omar Infante, Tony La Russa
Dec 15, 2012
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Dec 13, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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Nov 28, 2012
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Nov 27, 2012
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Nov 27, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jun 13, 2012
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Oct 4, 2012
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Sep 16, 2012
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Jul 14, 2012
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Jun 6, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Oct 16, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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