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Phil Rogers' MLB power rankings
1. Rangers (1): How good of a team do you have to be to beat the Tigers when Miguel Cabrera hits three home runs? Texas did that after putting Ian Kinsler on the DL on Sunday. Alexi Ogando is another recent addition to the DL. 2. Cardinals (2):...
Tags: Brandon McCarthy, New York Yankees, Evan Longoria, Yasmani Grandal, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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Peavy campaign spotlights White Sox bond
With a stern voice usually reserved for stump speeches or Springfield, Gov. Pat Quinn stared into the camera and appealed to White Sox voters everywhere. "Band together in the best tradition of baseball fans and send our best, Jake Peavy, to theAll-...
Tags: Cy Young Award, Awards and Prizes, Charlie Sheen, Jerry Reinsdorf, Pat Quinn
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Phil Rogers' MLB power rankings
Last week's ranking in parentheses 1. Rangers (1): Ran their top three pitchers at the Red Sox in an impressive weekend sweep started by Derek Holland and finished by Yu Darvish, with Alexi Ogando in between. Looking very smart for letting Josh Hamilton...
Tags: Cy Young Award, New York Yankees, Cliff Lee, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Derek Holland
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NFL: Miami, con un estadio anticuado, se queda sin Super Bowl
El sur de Florida, con todo su glamour y eclecticismo, recibió un duro golpe esta semana cuando los dueños de equipos de la NFL hicieron pedazos el sueño de Miami de convertirse nuevamente en sede de un Super Bowl. En una votación que resultó en...
Tags: Michael Morse, Carlos Zambrano, Social Media, Derek Holland, Oklahoma City Thunder
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Your Morning Phil: Liriano trade, Gregg, Dunn
Talking baseball while hoping Kirk Hinrich gets well soon: 1. At some point every July, I make this point: The odds are always with the teams selling talent at the trade deadline, not the ones giving up prospects to try to meet short-term opportunities....
Tags: Cy Young Award, Don Cooper, Angel Sanchez, Adam Dunn, Francisco Liriano
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Darvish on blistering strikeout pace
A.J. Pierzynski had one of the great quotes of the season. "He had all seven of his pitches working,'' said Pierzynski, who jumped from the White Sox to the Rangers last winter. Pierzynski wasn't kidding. The catcher was giving an honest account of Yu...
Tags: Cy Young Award, MLB Rookie of the Year Award, Trips and Vacations, Michael Morse, Curt Schilling
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Like Cubs, Astros building from bottom up
Like his bosses, Mike Foltynewicz is a baseball optimist. He can see the Astros rising out of the ashes they find themselves in at the beginning of the Jim Crane era. "In three or four years, we're going to be a fun team,'' said Foltynewicz, a 21-year-...
Tags: The Boston Globe, Grapefruit League, Robert Earl, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays
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The emigrants: Departures for U.S. weaken baseball in Japan
Bud Selig would love to see a series between the World Series and Japan Series champions. But among the realities is that as problematic as that idea seems now, it might become even less viable in the future. Major League Baseball is lowering the talent...
Tags: Darren Oliver, Edwin Encarnacion, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Brian Cashman
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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: Tony La Russa, Nelson Cruz, St. Louis Cardinals, Albert Pujols, Chipper Jones
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Flagging U.S. interest reflected in mediocre WBC roster
Will the third time be the charm for the World Baseball Classic? Not if the underwhelming U.S. roster is any indication. While many of Commissioner Bud Selig's innovations have enjoyed immediate success — especially expanded playoffs and...
Tags: Cy Young Award, Michael Morse, Drew Storen, Adrian Beltre, Jeremy Affeldt
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Dodgers flaunt status as game's new spending king
While Hyun-jin Ryu is not yet a big name in North America, losing him was a bigger blow for the Cubs than you probably think. President Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer wanted the rights to the 25-year-old South Korean left-hander because they...
Tags: Josh Beckett, Hiroki Kuroda, New York Yankees, Mark McGwire, Brian Cashman
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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: MLB Rookie of the Year Award, Cy Young Award, Jon Daniels, Cliff Lee, C.J. Wilson (baseball)
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