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| Yankees part ways with 3B coach, pitching instructor |
MLB Baseball |
10/14/2008 |
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| odgers. A former infielder, Meacham played for the Yankees from 1983 to 1988. Monteleone, a former first-round pick by the Detroit Tigers who pitched 10 seasons in the big leagues with the Seattle Mariners, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Yankees and San Francisco Giants, had been a Yankees instructor for the past four seasons after serving as a bullpen coach from 2002-04. The other members Girardi's staff -- bullpen coach Mike Harkey, hitting coach Kevin Long, bench coach Rob Thomson, first-base coach Tony Pena and |
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| Now the real season starts |
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10/01/2008 |
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| tted .352 (31-88) with seven doubles, two triples, 11 home runs, 32 RBI and 26 runs scored. He is your MVP, and it is not even close. NL CY YOUNG: TIM LINCECUM I really wanted to go Johan Santana here, but Lincecum winning 18 games for that pathetic San Francisco Giants team gives him the nod. Not to mention he carried me to my first-ever fantasy baseball title. The Freak was amazing, striking out 265 in 227 innings, while pitching to a 2.62 ERA. Rumor has it that Sabathia wants to pitch for the Giants. Imagine hav |
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| Lincecum's strong outing helps Giants edge Dodgers |
MLB Baseball |
09/28/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (MySportsbook) - Tim Lincecum put the finishing touches on a possible Cy Young campaign by tying a career-high with 13 strikeouts in seven more brilliant innings on the mound, as the San Francisco Giants ended the season with a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Lincecum (18-5) allowed just a run on four hits and two walks while registering nine strikeouts in the first three innings for the Giants (72-90), who had two wins in the three-game set. Nate Schierholtz was 2-for-4 with a double |
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| Lincecum makes final case for Cy Young Award against playoff-bound LA |
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09/28/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Tim Lincecum will make one last case for the NL Cy Young Award this afternoon when he leads the San Francisco Giants in the finale of a three-game series versus the Los Angeles Dodgers at AT&T Park. Lincecum is 17-5 with a 2.66 earned run average and a major league-best 252 strikeouts in 33 games (32 starts) this season. However, the youngster has dropped back-to-back starts and was beaten by Colorado the last time out on Tuesday after giving up six runs in 4 1/3 innings of a 9-4 setback. Th |
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| DeWitt provides the offense for Dodgers in defeat of Giants |
MLB Baseball |
09/28/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (MySportsbook) - Blake DeWitt homered and drove in the go- ahead run in the seventh inning, as the Los Angeles Dodgers edged the San Francisco Giants, 2-1, in the middle test of a three-game series from AT&T Park. Greg Maddux (8-13) allowed one run on two hits over six solid innings for Los Angeles to earn his 355th career victory. The historic win moved Maddux past Roger Clemens into sole possession of eighth place on the all-time list. "I never thought about it (355 wins)," Maddux said. " |
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| Dodgers send Maddux to hill against Giants |
MLB Baseball |
09/27/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Greg Maddux will shoot for another milestone in his Hall of Fame career when he leads the NL West-champion Los Angeles Dodgers tonight in the second test of a three-game series against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park. Maddux is currently tied with Roger Clemens with 354 career wins and a victory this evening over the Giants would put him into sole possession of eighth place on the all-time list. Maddux hasn't fared too well since re-joining the Dodgers, going 1-4 with a 5.71 ERA in six |
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| NL West champion Dodgers close regular season in San Fran |
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09/26/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Derek Lowe will get one final postseason tuneup tonight, as the National League West-champion Los Angeles Dodgers begin a regular- season ending three-game set with the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park. Lowe has been outstanding over his last five starts, and could be tapped to start Los Angeles' opening-round playoff series. The 35-year-old is 4-0 over his last five starts, posting a 0.54 earned run average in that span. He hasn't allowed more than three runs in any of his last night start |
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| Rockies break out brooms with sweep of Giants |
MLB Baseball |
09/26/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (MySportsbook) - Jorge De La Rosa was stellar on the hill and Clint Barmes slugged a solo homer, as the Colorado Rockies completed a three-game sweep with a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants. De La Rosa (10-8) went seven scoreless innings and gave up just three hits while fanning seven and walking two to get the win. The lefty also helped his own cause with an RBI single and retired the final 11 batters he faced. Brian Fuentes tossed a scoreless ninth to pick up his 30th save of the yea |
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| Rolling Rockies shoot for sweep of Giants |
MLB Baseball |
09/25/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Even though the Colorado Rockies are out of the playoff race they are still playing solid baseball as the season winds down. Tonight, the defending National League champions will shoot for a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park. After handing the Giants a 9-4 loss in the series opener on Tuesday, the Rockies broke the bats out again last night in a 15-6 pounding of San Francisco. Clint Barmes finished 4-for-5 with a homer, four runs scored and four RBI to lead the way fo |
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| Dodgers try to wrap up NL West division |
MLB Baseball |
09/25/2008 |
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| llclub on Thursday and he is just 1-4 with a 5.71 earned run average in six starts with Los Angeles. Maddux, who is 7-13 with a 4.31 ERA with San Diego and LA this season, is 0-2 in his previous three starts. Maddux last pitched on Friday versus the San Francisco Giants and suffered the loss in the 7-1 setback, allowing seven runs and nine hits in five frames. The right-hander recently faced San Diego on September 8 at Petco Park and was roughed up for four runs in six innings of his team's 4-0 loss. Maddux beat th |
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