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Sox hopes rest on Sale's shoulders
Chris Sale tried to be like a sponge whenever Mark Buehrle was around, soaking up pitching knowledge. It was the same way Buehrle had learned from David Wells, sitting next to him in the White Sox dugout during games in his first full season. The...
Tags: Jake Peavy, Cleveland Indians, Baseball, American League, Jim Leyland
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Peavy and Sox offer glimmers of hope
After the Tigers pounded the Red Sox 10-0 last weekend, Prince Fielder warned reporters there would be some tough days ahead. "We're not going to go 162-0, I don't think,'' he said. Nor even 161-1, as it turns out. The Tigers, who added Fielder to...
Tags: Jake Peavy, Cleveland Indians, Robin Ventura, American League East, Baseball
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Commissioner in bad spot regarding Marlins shameful salary dump
The best pitch in baseball? It's probably the fastball, although a good changeup is a close second. As Commissioner Bud Selig heads toward retirement, with a legacy for creating labor peace and growing a game that had stagnated badly under his...
Tags: Anibal Sanchez, Bud Selig, Baseball, Henderson Alvarez, Sports Illustrated
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White Sox GM Ken Williams making all right moves
They don't give away Comeback Executive of the Year awards. But as the first-place White Sox start a four-game series Thursday at Yankee Stadium against the best team in baseball, consider that Adam Dunn and Jake Peavy aren't the only professionals on...
Tags: C.C. Sabathia, Jake Peavy, Robin Ventura, Baseball, Sergio Santos
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Darvish-Suzuki matchup should make for great theater
ARLINGTON, Texas — On the other side of the globe, a nation will turn to video screens big and small at about 7:10 Monday night — or, 14 time zones away, 9:10 a.m. Tuesday in Tokyo. Yu Darvish, almost certainly the best pitcher ever in Japan,...
Tags: Ichiro Suzuki, MLB Rookie of the Year Award, Philadelphia Phillies, C.C. Sabathia, Baseball
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Quintana's emergence comes at right time
On a Monday night flight that originated in Barranquilla, Colombia, Abel Quintana landed in Chicago and the new world of opportunity created suddenly by his son's baseball career. Out of nowhere over the weekend, Jose Quintana arrived as a major league...
Tags: Culture, Jake Peavy, Robin Ventura, New York Mets, Baseball
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Battered Sox rotation could use stalwart like Buehrle
Are Mark Buehrle's old friends about to start missing him? Sooner or later, it is bound to happen. You don't win 161 games for a franchise and leave at age 32, with a sturdy arm still capable of 200-plus innings, without your name coming up in a...
Tags: James Baldwin, Jake Peavy, Baseball, John Danks, Gavin Floyd
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Phillies' fear: Becoming the new Cubs
Say this for the Phillies. They got a World Series title and five consecutive playoff seasons out of their payroll escalation. But are they about to suffer Cubs-like pain? That's the question that faces general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. as he faces a...
Tags: Shane Victorino, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Nationals, Baseball, Jarrod Dyson
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Opening match shows what Ryder Cup is all about
Jim Furyk and Brandt Snedeker kept fighting, and their gallery kept growing. What started as friends and family expanded to include an NBA icon, teammates Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley and the First Couple of Chicago golf, Luke and Diane Donald....
Tags: Golf, Kevin Na, Sergio Garcia, Graeme McDowell, Keegan Bradley
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Your Morning Phil: Loria, Selig, Tolleson
Talking baseball while hoping Jay Cutler gets well soon. 1. The Cy Young Award is going to be presented Wednesday night, and that, like the balance of power in the AL East, could be impacted by Jeffrey Loria, baseball’s worst owner. What does...
Tags: Steve Tolleson, Politics, American League East, Baseball, American League
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Good luck trying to buy a World Series
There are some things that can be bought. A space flight. The chance to be cryogenically frozen. Or maybe just some of the simpler things, like a 12-cylinder Ferrari Testarossa, beachfront property in Turks and Caicos or one of the socks Curt...
Tags: Melky Cabrera, Ned Colletti , Baseball, Sports Illustrated, Los Angeles Dodgers
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Pro's pro Buehrle just goes about business
BRADENTON, Fla. — Thirteen players and coaches have worn No. 56 for the Cubs. Could Mark Buehrle one day become the 14th? "What if?'' Buehrle said on a sunny Wednesday in the visiting clubhouse at McKechnie Field. I had asked him what would have...
Tags: John Gibbons, Melky Cabrera, Brandon Morrow, Baseball, Toronto Blue Jays
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