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| Rays host White Sox in first-ever postseason game at the Trop |
MLB Baseball |
10/02/2008 |
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| ed the 1991 Atlanta Braves as the only teams to make the playoffs a year after finishing with the worst record in the majors. They are also the second AL team - 11th overall - to earn a postseason berth a year after finishing in last place. The 1991 Minnesota Twins were the other AL team. AL Rookie of the Year front-runner Evan Longoria was the offensive catalyst for a Rays team that won an AL-best 29 one-run games. Longoria batted .272 in his first year with 27 home runs and 85 RBI. However, he struggled agai |
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| Mets P Santana has surgery |
MLB Baseball |
10/01/2008 |
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| t Santana suffered the injury prior to Saturday's game against the Florida Marlins, but he started the game on three days rest and threw a three-hitter in a 2-0 victory to help the Mets into a tie for the NL wild card. However, New York dropped a 4-2 decision to Florida the following day, and the Brewers won to take the wild card spot. Acquired in a blockbuster offseason deal with the Minnesota Twins, Santana went 16-7 with a career-best 2.53 ERA. The lefty had 206 strikeouts in a career-high 234 1/3 innings. |
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| ALDS Preview - Chicago White Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays |
MLB Baseball |
10/01/2008 |
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| ed the 1991 Atlanta Braves as the only teams to make the playoffs a year after finishing with the worst record in the majors. They are also the second AL team - 11th overall - to earn a postseason berth a year after finishing in last place. The 1991 Minnesota Twins were the other AL team. Chicago, meanwhile, is back in the postseason for the first time since 2005 when it won its first World Series championship since 1917. But, it needed more than the 162-game schedule to get there, as the White Sox beat the Mi |
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| Now the real season starts |
MLB Baseball |
10/01/2008 |
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| l undoubtedly be the Chicago Cubs' pursuit of their first World Series title since 1908. The Cubs, though, are not the only Windy City representatives, as Ozzie Guillen's White Sox punched their ticket on Tuesday, winning a one-game playoff over the Minnesota Twins to capture the AL Central title. It is the first time since 1906 that both the Cubs and White Sox will be participating in the playoffs. If anyone has visions of another all-Chicago World Series, though, think again. In fact, I have them both going |
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| Danks, Thome carry White Sox into postseason |
MLB Baseball |
09/30/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - John Danks dominated for eight innings, and Jim Thome's solo homer in the seventh was all the offense Chicago needed, as the White Sox edged the Minnesota Twins 1-0 on Tuesday in a one-game playoff to decide the American League Central title. Danks (12-9) gave up just two hits with four strikeouts and three walks for the White Sox, who won their third straight to take the division after a crushing three-game sweep in Minnesota last week. Nick Blackburn (11-11) gave up just four |
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| White Sox, Twins clash to decide AL Central crown |
MLB Baseball |
09/30/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox will meet in a one-game tiebreaker this evening at U.S. Cellular Field to determine the American League Central title. Chicago, which was swept in a three-game set by the Twins last week, caught a break when it won the coin toss, allowing the game to be played in the Windy City, where Minnesota lost seven of its nine games played this season. This is the AL's fourth tiebreaker contest and the first since Seattle beat the California Angels for the AL |
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| Twins try to move closer to Central title in finale with KC |
MLB Baseball |
09/28/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Twins aren't making it easy on themselves, as they continue their pursuit of a fifth AL Central title in the last seven years. The Twins will try and lock it up today, but first they must salvage the finale of their three-game series with the Kansas City Royals at the Metrodome. A win by Minnesota, which leads Chicago by a half game in the AL Central, and a loss by the White Sox would give the Twins the division crown. That could have happened on Saturday, but the Twins contin |
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| Indians deal ChiSox another stinging defeat |
MLB Baseball |
09/28/2008 |
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| l Cabrera had two hits, scored two runs and drove in three more as the Indians handed the White Sox a crippling 12-6 defeat in the second of three games at U.S. Cellular Field. The loss keeps the White Sox one-half game behind the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins, who lost to the Royals for the second consecutive day. If the gap between Chicago and Minnesota is one-half game either way after Sunday's play, the White Sox will play a make-up game at home against Detroit on Monday. Nine different Indians record |
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| Santana cooks Fish to keep Mets in playoff picture |
MLB Baseball |
09/27/2008 |
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| (15-8) was the hard-luck loser, as he struck out 10 over seven innings, giving up two runs on five hits with one walk. Santana pitched on three days' rest for the first time in the regular season in his career. He pitched on three days' rest for the Minnesota Twins in Game 4 of the 2004 AL Division Series against the New York Yankees, allowing one run in five innings in a no-decision, an eventual season-ending 6-5, 11-inning loss for the Twins. It was a playoff elimination game that brought Santana to the moun |
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| Twins try to move closer to Central title vs. KC |
MLB Baseball |
09/27/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Twins try to move one step closer to their fifth AL Central title in the last seven years when they play the middle tilt of their three-game series with the Kansas City Royals at the Metrodome. Minnesota dropped the opener of this set on Friday, but saw its magic number dwindle to three thanks to Chicago's 11-8 loss to Cleveland. The Twins still lead the White Sox by a half game in the division. On Friday, Kyle Davies hurled six solid innings, and Billy Butler and Mike Aviles |
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