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| Yankees' Rivera considering surgery |
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09/26/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - New York Yankees star closer Mariano Rivera is considering whether to have surgery on his sore right shoulder in the offseason. Yankees manager Joe Girardi downplayed the injury, however. "This isn't something that is a serious shoulder injury," Girardi said. "It wasn't affecting his stuff. It wasn't affecting his ability to get people out." One of the best closers in baseball history, Rivera has had another spectacular season. The right-hander is 6-5 with a 1.43 earned run averag |
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| BoSox scratch Dice-K |
MLB Baseball |
09/26/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Inclement weather has forced the Boston Red Sox to scratch star pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka from his scheduled start against the New York Yankees on Friday. Rain delayed the start of the game and the Red Sox, who have already cliched a postseason berth but trail the Tampa Bay Rays by two games in the AL East, decided to err of the side of caution with Matsuzaka (18-2). David Pauley was tabbed to start in the Japanese star's place. |
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| MLB Races: What are you doing this weekend? |
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09/26/2008 |
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| nds to tie. Tampa Bay needs just one win or a Boston loss to clinch the AL East, with the loser of that battle entering the postseason as the wild card. Simple enough. Tampa is playing a Detroit team that has seemingly quit, while the Red Sox play a New York Yankees team that would love nothing more than to spoil their hated rival's chances at a division crown. Los Angeles clinched the AL West what seems like a month ago, and will wrap up the best record and home field advantage throughout the playoffs with ano |
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| Red Sox try to stay in AL East race against Yanks |
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09/26/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Boston Red Sox try to keep their AL East title hopes alive this evening when they start a three-game series with the New York Yankees at Fenway Park. Boston has already secured a playoff spot, but would be eliminated from division title consideration with a loss or another win by the Tampa Bay Rays, who hold a two-game advantage in the East. After Tampa lost earlier in the day on Thursday, the Red Sox did their part, as Jon Lester took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and Kevin Youkilis |
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| Dodgers celebrate NL West title |
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09/26/2008 |
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| a postseason series, something the organization hasn't done since capturing the World Series in 1988. Since then, the Dodgers have won just one playoff game in a total of four series. It's been a sweet season for Torre, who unceremoniously left the New York Yankees in the offseason. His new team is in the postseason, while the Yankees aren't, ending their 13-season run in the playoffs. "I'm surprised the Yankees aren't in it, but they had some injuries," said Torre. "I had a lot of great memories in New York. |
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| Halladay tries for win No. 20 in finale with Yanks |
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09/25/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Right-hander Roy Halladay will try to reach 20 wins for the second time in his big-league career tonight when the Toronto Blue Jays host the New York Yankees in the finale of their three-game series at Rogers Centre. Halladay, a first-round draft pick - 17th overall - by the Blue Jays in 1995, earned a career-best 22 wins in 36 starts and 266 innings in 2003 en route to the AL Cy Young Award. He's won 12, 16 and 16 games in each of the last three seasons and has had great success against the |
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| Abreu slams Yankees past Blue Jays in 10 innings |
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09/24/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Bobby Abreu hit a grand slam in the 10th inning to push the New York Yankees to their seventh straight win, 6-2 over the Toronto Blue Jays in the middle contest of a three-game set. Xavier Nady drove in the other two runs for New York, which has only one loss over its last 11 games but was eliminated from postseason contention Tuesday. Juan Miranda went 2-for-4, recording the first two hits of his career. New York was without captain Derek Jeter on Wednesday. The All-Star shortst |
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| Pettitte's season over |
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09/24/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - The New York Yankees have shut down lefty Andy Pettitte for the remainder of the season. Pettitte was to have started Saturday at Boston, but instead with the Yankees already eliminated from playoff contention, New York manager Joe Girardi said Pettitte will have a chance to rest his sore pitching shoulder. For the season, the 36-year-old Pettitte compiled a 14-14 record with a 4.54 ERA in 33 starts. He is due to become a free agent this winter. Sidney Ponson will replace Pettitt |
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| Eliminated Yanks continue series in Toronto |
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09/24/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Former first-round pick Phil Hughes gets the start on day one of a new era of New York Yankees baseball tonight, when the Bronx Bombers visit Rogers Centre for the second of three games with the Toronto Blue Jays. The Yankees enter the game one day after officially falling out of contention for the American League playoffs, which they'll miss for the first time since finishing second in the AL East in 1993. New York won the World Series in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000, and was beaten in the Fal |
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| Blue Jays try and put Yanks out of their misery |
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09/23/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays could drive the final nail into the New York Yankees' coffin tonight when the two American League East Division also-rans open a three-game series at Rogers Centre in Toronto. New York, which, of course, has played in the last 13 postseasons, will be eliminated from AL Wild Card contention with one loss - or one Boston Red Sox win - in the final week of the season. The Yankees stayed alive for one more day when the Red Sox lost Monday to Cleveland. Veteran Mike Mussina, |
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