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| Mets give GM Minaya extension |
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10/02/2008 |
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| or the former Montreal Expos from 2002-2004. Despite being owned by the other 29 major league baseball teams and having a limited payroll, Minaya was able to lead the team to two 83-79 records before the team moved to Washington. After his playing career ended, Minaya served as a scout for the Texas Rangers from 1985 until the mid-1990s, when he joined the Mets' staff. He worked himself all the way up to assistant general manager behind Steve Phillips before leaving in 2002 to take the GM job with Montreal. |
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| Zobrist, Blalock share AL weekly honor |
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09/29/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Tampa Bay Rays infielder Ben Zobrist and Texas Rangers infielder Hank Blalock earned a share of the top player honor in the American League for the final week of the season. Zobrist hit .455 down the stretch for the AL East champion Rays. He added four multi-hit performances during the span, ending the campaign by going 7-for-15 with four home runs and seven RBI in a four-game series against the Detroit Tigers. It was the first weekly award for the 28-year-old. Blalock posted |
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| Angels top out at 100 wins with season-ending win over Rangers |
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09/28/2008 |
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| Anaheim, CA (MySportsbook) - Mike Napoli had three hits, including a solo home run, two doubles and four RBI as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim defeated the Texas Rangers, 7-0, to avoid a season-ending three-game sweep. Gary Matthews Jr. finished with three hits, an RBI and three runs scored, while Reggie Willits and Kendry Morales chipped in with an RBI apiece for the Angels, who split their final six games. Los Angeles, which is heading to postseason play after winning the American League West divisio |
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| Mariners cap disappointing season against A's |
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09/28/2008 |
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| in two innings. Dickey is 0-4 lifetime against the A's with a 6.82 ERA in nine games, six of which have been starts. Oakland will counter with lefty Josh Outman, who is 1-1 with a 4.58 ERA. Outman did not get a decision his last time out on Tuesday against the Texas Rangers, as he allowed three runs and 10 hits in six innings of a 6-4 win. Outman has never faced the Mariners. Oakland is 10-8 against the Mariners so far this season and has lost five of the nine battles between the squads in Seattle in 2008. |
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| Rangers double up Angels for fourth straight win |
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09/28/2008 |
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| Anaheim, CA (MySportsbook) - Nelson Cruz launched a two-run homer to lead the Texas Rangers to an 8-4 victory over the LA Angels of Anaheim at Angel Stadium. Joaquin Arias went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI while Chris Davis also homered for the Rangers, who have won four straight. Hank Blalock hit an RBI double in the third, giving the Rangers the most doubles in a single season in major league history. Texas came into the game with 373 doubles -- tied with three other teams, including the 2004 Bo |
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| Mariners, A's resume series in Emerald City |
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09/27/2008 |
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| for Oakland, which has lost three straight. Sean Gallagher (2-3) was tagged for eight runs on 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings for the A's. Oakland will hand the ball to lefty Greg Smith, who is 7-15 with a 4.07 ERA. Smith did not get a decision against the Texas Rangers on Monday, surrendering two runs and six hits in five innings of his team's 4-3 win. Smith tossed six scoreless innings to defeat the Mariners the last time he faced them and is 1-0 against them without allowing a run in 12 innings. Seattle will cou |
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| Reds' Volquez scratched from start in season finale |
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09/26/2008 |
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| nee tendinitis. Volquez was sent back to Cincinnati for further examination while left-hander Adam Pettyjohn will make his lone start of the season in place of Volquez. The right-handed fireballer, acquired in the deal that sent Josh Hamilton to the Texas Rangers, went 17-6 with a 3.21 earned-run average in 33 games (32 starts) this season. He was the first Reds' pitcher to compile at least 17 wins since Pete Schourek went 18-7 in 1995. The Reds close out their season with a three-game set in St. Louis start |
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| Angels try to inch closer to home-field advantage vs. Texas |
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09/26/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - On the verge of wrapping up home-field advantage throughout this year's playoffs, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim close out their regular season with a three-game home series with the Texas Rangers that begins tonight. The American League West champions need only to win one of their three matchups with the Rangers, or have Tampa Bay lose one of its three remaining games, to secure the AL's top seed. The Junior Circuit has the home-field edge in the upcoming World Series by virtue of its |
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| Rangers INF Vazquez suspended |
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09/25/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Texas Rangers infielder Ramon Vazquez has been suspended for one game and fined an undisclosed amount stemming from his actions in a game on September 20, Major League Baseball announced on Wednesday. The 32-year-old was scheduled to serve his suspension on Wednesday as the Rangers hosted the Athletics, however, he has elected to appeal the decision. Vazquez was ejected, along with team manager Ron Washington, in the seventh inning of last Saturday's 7-3 loss to the Angels. O |
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| MLB |
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09/25/2008 |
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| Suspended Texas Rangers infielder Ramon Vazquez for one game and fined him an undisclosed amount. |
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