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| Angels shelve Appier; activate Kennedy |
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04/22/2003 |
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| just three times in his first 14 seasons. Appier is in his second season with Anaheim. He was 14-12 with a 3.92 ERA last year. The veteran spent 11 1/2 seasons with Kansas City before being traded to Oakland at the deadline in 1999, then joined the New York Mets for the 2001 season before being dealt to Anaheim for Mo Vaughn. Kennedy, meanwhile, was injured in an April 2 game after colliding with Tim Salmon while chasing a fly ball into shallow right field against Texas. He went on the DL five days later. T |
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| The Flushing File: Plenty of cause for concern |
MLB Baseball |
04/22/2003 |
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| ckle a town as there is in the nation, if not the world. Emotions run wild in terms of the local sports franchises, with daily results of the various contests turning entire teams from heroes to bums in a matter of moments. Keeping this in mind, the New York Mets have had a bumpy ride through the first three weeks of the season. After a six-game slide, the Mets have won two consecutive series. Since no team in the division has run away and hid, and winning series is the name of the game, many Met fans have r |
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| Fogg lands on disabled list |
MLB Baseball |
04/22/2003 |
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| Sammy Sosa in the opening frame and did not return to the mound for the start of the second inning. Solomon Torres relieved the second-year pitcher. Fogg will miss at least three starts. He was originally injured April 15th while batting against the New York Mets. Last season, Fogg led NL rookies with 33 starts and 194 1/3 innings pitched while going 12-12 with a 4.35 earned run average. In a related move, the Pirates recalled pitcher Brian Meadows from Nashville. Meadows was 3-0 with a 1.00 ERA with the Tri |
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| Bierbrodt headed to the pen |
MLB Baseball |
04/21/2003 |
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| his career high with three homers and has driven in a team-high 15 runs, marking his best total for any month. Ordonez, who is also hitting .299, has more RBI, a higher batting average and would be tied for the home run lead on his former team, the New York Mets. WHO'S NOT Outfielder Carl Crawford is just 4-for-38 in his last eight games with no RBI and has scored only twice. For the year he is hitting .231. COMING UP Tampa will close its four-game set on Monday against the Orioles then return home for six |
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| Pirates slip into reverse |
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04/16/2003 |
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| he disabled list with an injured knee. Suddenly, the Bucs' offense has faded with only four total runs in the last three games --- all losses. Pittsburgh's power shortage continued on Wednesday in a 3-1 loss to veteran lefthander Tom Glavine and the New York Mets. The Pirates managed just five hits and scored their only run on pitcher Josh Fogg's RBI single in the second frame. "It happens to every offense in baseball," McClendon said of the team's offensive struggles. "We're not the only team struggling. I' |
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| Expos enjoying part-time home |
MLB Baseball |
04/14/2003 |
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| enery was in order. That is why Montreal was so excited about heading off the mainland to Puerto Rico to play a portion (22 contests) of its home schedule. On Friday, the Expos began a major experiment when they opened up a four-game set against the New York Mets at Bithorn Stadium in Puerto Rico. The question of whether the Puerto Rican crowd would embrace Montreal was answered quickly when 17.906 fans showed up for the game. The attendance was outstanding for the Expos, who had drawn less than 10,000 per c |
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| Orioles' Segui activated from disabled list |
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04/05/2003 |
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| in batting practice prior to an exhibition game against Boston on March 12. He was placed on the DL on March 27, with the move retroactive to March 21. The 36 year-old Segui has played in parts of 13 seasons in the majors, including stints with the New York Mets, Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers. He is a career .292 hitter with 133 home runs and 652 RBI. Segui was limited to only 108 games over the last two seasons due to injuries. In 2002, he hit two |
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| Piazza's suspension reduced to four games |
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04/01/2003 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza had his suspension reduced from five games to four after the union filed an appeal on March 21. Major League Baseball President and Chief Operating Officer Bob DuPuy ruled on the appeal on Tuesday, one day after Piazza played in the season-opener at Shea Stadium against the Chicago Cubs. Piazza has never missed a season-opener in his career. Piazza's $3,000 fine was upheld and he will begin serving the suspension on Wednesday, meaning the cat |
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| Marlins' Burnett to start season on DL |
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03/29/2003 |
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| t will start the season on the 15-day disabled list because of an injured right elbow. The move is retroactive to March 21, leaving him eligible to return April 5. The Marlins are hoping to have the righthander ready for an April 9 start against the New York Mets. Burnett would likely have been the Marlins' starter on Opening Day against Philadelphia on Monday, but that honor will fall to 22-year-old Josh Beckett. Beckett will become the youngest Opening Day starter in team history. Burnett felt tightness in |
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| Atlanta Braves 2003 Preview |
MLB Baseball |
03/29/2003 |
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| inning to show a few chinks in the armor. He did not throw a complete game last year, and his innings pitched were down 15% as compared to his five year average from 1997-2001. Hampton was tabbed as the next Tom Glavine a few years ago as he led the New York Mets to the World Series. That offseason, after the 2000 campaign, he signed with Colorado and fell apart over two seasons at Coors Field, a hitter's park if there ever was one. With renewed optimism and a new team, Hampton should be much better behind a |
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