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| Oakland Athletics |
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04/09/2009 |
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| Claimed pitcher Dan Giese off waivers from the New York Yankees and optioned him Sacramento (PCL); designated pitcher Chris Schroder for assignment. |
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| Athletics claim P Giese off waivers |
MLB Baseball |
04/08/2009 |
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| Anaheim, CA (MySportsbook) - The Oakland Athletics claimed right-handed pitcher Dan Giese off waivers from the New York Yankees on Wednesday and optioned him to Triple-A Sacramento. Giese was 0-1 with a pair of saves and a 6.48 earned run average in nine relief appearances with the Yankees this spring before being designated for assignment on Saturday. For his career, the 31-year-old Giese is 1-5 with a 3.76 ERA in 28 appearances -- including three starts -- over parts of two seasons with the Yanks and San F |
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| Wang to make long-awaited return in Yanks' bout with O's |
MLB Baseball |
04/08/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New York Yankees' big-name free agent signings didn't pan out in the club's season opener. The Bronx Bombers will turn to an old friend tonight, as Chien-Ming Wang returns to the hill to pitch the second contest of a three-game series versus the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. Coming off a 2008 season that saw the Yankees go 89-73 and miss the postseason for the first time since 1993, New York brought in the likes of CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira and A.J. Burnett, who is set to make his |
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| Lincecum kicks off campaign against Brewers |
MLB Baseball |
04/07/2009 |
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| with a 90-72 record, ending a 26-year postseason drought for the franchise. But Sabathia, who went 11-2 with a sensational 1.65 earned run average in 17 regular-season starts following his trade from Cleveland to the Brewers, is now a member of the New York Yankees after signing a lucrative free-agent contract in December. The Brewers also no longer have four-time All-Star Ben Sheets, a 13-game winner last year, after not electing to re-sign the brittle hurler at season's end. The team did bring in legendary c |
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| Orioles rough up Sabathia, top Yankees in season-opener |
MLB Baseball |
04/06/2009 |
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| Baltimore, MD (MySportsbook) - Adam Jones went 3-for-3 with three runs scored, two RBI and a pair of walks as the Baltimore Orioles got to new- acquisition CC Sabathia early and beat the New York Yankees, 10-5, in the season-opener for both clubs. Aubrey Huff had a double and drove in three runs for Baltimore, which endured its 11th straight losing season in 2008, going 68-93. The Orioles had been 60-62 in mid-August but completely fell apart down the stretch, finishing a miserable 8-31. The horrific finish |
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| Angels, A's renew rivalry in season lid-lifter |
MLB Baseball |
04/06/2009 |
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| 00 AL MVP award. He played the first seven years of his career in Oakland, taking home league MVP honors for the A's when he hit .333 with 43 home runs and 137 runs batted in -- both career highs -- in 2000. However, two years after signing with the New York Yankees, Giambi found himself embroiled in the BALCO steroid scandal in 2003, as he admitted to using several different steroids during the offseasons from 2001 to 2003 and injecting himself with human growth hormone during the 2003 season. The five- time A |
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| Blue Jays, Tigers ready to begin season |
MLB Baseball |
04/06/2009 |
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| while, has produced three straight winning seasons for the first time in almost a decade. Unfortunately for the Jays, they just happen to play in the best division in all of baseball. Not only does Toronto have to contend with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, but now the once-perennial doormat Tampa Bay Rays have emerged as a powerhouse in the East. After John Gibbons was fired on June 20, former skipper Cito Gaston, who guided the franchise to its two World Series titles in 1992-93, was brought in to c |
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| Revamped Yanks to unveil Sabathia in Baltimore |
MLB Baseball |
04/06/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Prized free agent CC Sabathia returns to the American League this afternoon, when the new-look New York Yankees open the 2009 campaign against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. After their string of 13 straight postseason appearances came to a halt last year, the Yankees went on a spending spree this offseason, bringing in Sabathia (7 years, $161 million) and A.J. Burnett (5 years, $82.5 million) to shore up a rotation which was 59-53 with a 4.58 earned run average a year ago -- 19th be |
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| Diamondbacks place P Gordon, Scherzer on DL |
MLB Baseball |
04/05/2009 |
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| ht elbow inflammation. He went 5-4 with a 5.16 earned run average in 29 2/3 innings with two saves. Gordon, a three-time All-Star, has a career record of 138-125 with 158 saves and a 3.94 ERA over 887 games, including 203 starts. In 20 major league seasons, Gordon has played for Kansas City, Boston, the Chicago Cubs, Houston, the Chicago White Sox, the New York Yankees and Philadelphia. Scherzer, who is experiencing a right shoulder issue, went 0-4 with a 3.05 ERA in 16 contests -- seven starts -- last season. |
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| Phils start defense of title against Braves at Citizens Bank Park |
MLB Baseball |
04/05/2009 |
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| osting an impressive 11-3 mark in the playoffs. The Phillies return basically the same squad that won it all a year ago, as they begin their quest to become the first NL team since the Cincinnati Reds (1975-76) to win back-to-back championships. The New York Yankees were the last team to win consecutive titles, capturing three straight from 1998-2000 Seven of the eight position players who saw significant playing time return for 2009, including Ryan Howard, Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins, and some will argue tha |
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