Archive for October, 2009
Reyes surgery scheduled for Thursday
Mets shortstop Jose Reyes will undergo surgery on his injured right leg on Thursday in Dallas. Reyes is scheduled for a cleanup of some scar tissue remaining from a torn hamstring tendon behind his right knee. The Mets have said Reyes will not need an operation to repair his torn right hamstring. Reyes batted .279 [...]
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A capsule look at the AL championship series
A look at the best-of-seven American League championship series between the Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees. Schedule: (All times EDT) Game 1, Friday, at New York (7:57 p.m.); Game 2, Saturday, at New York (7:57 p.m.); Game 3, Monday, Oct. 19, at Anaheim, Calif. (4:13 p.m.); Game 4, Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Anaheim, [...]
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Athletics bring back coaching staff for 2010
The Oakland Athletics will bring back their entire coaching staff in the same positions for the 2010 season. The team announced the decision to keep manager Bob Gerens staff on Tuesday, just more than a week after finishing a 75-87 season that left the As in last place in the AL West. Pitching coach Curt [...]
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A capsule look at the NL championship series
A look at the best-of-seven National League championship series between the Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees. Schedule: (All times EDT) Game 1, Thursday, at Los Angeles (8:07 p.m.); Game 2, Friday, at Los Angeles (4:07 p.m.); Game 3, Sunday, at Philadelphia (8:07 p.m.); Game 4, Monday, Oct. 19, at Philadelphia (8:07 p.m.); x-Game [...]
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National League Series Results
w-World Series winner. (x-wild card team) 2009 Los Angeles (West) def. St. Louis (Central), 3-0 Philadelphia (East) def. Colorado-x (West), 3-1 2008 Los Angeles (West) def. Chicago (Central), 3-0 Philadelphia (East) def. Milwaukee-x (Central), 3-1 2007 Arizona (West) def. Chicago (Central), 3-0 Colorado-x (West) def. Philadelphia (East), 3-0 2006 New York (East) def. Los Angeles-x [...]
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Former big league pitcher Larry Jansen dies
Larry Jansen, the winning pitcher for the New York Giants in the 1951 playoff game decided by Bobby Thomsons Shot Heard Round the World, has died. He was 89. The San Francisco Giants said Jansen died at his home in Oregon on Saturday. Jansen spent nine years in the major leagues, making his biggest mark [...]
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A capsule look at the AL championship series
A look at the best-of-seven American League championship series between the Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees. Schedule: (All times EDT) Game 1, Friday, at New York (TBA); Game 2, Saturday, at New York (TBA); Game 3, Monday, Oct. 19, at Anaheim, Calif. (TBA); Game 4, Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Anaheim, Calif. (TBA); x-Game [...]
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Temp at game time could set postseason record
The Philadelphia Phillies and Colorado Rockies bundled up Sunday night for Game 3 of the NL playoffs, wearing stocking caps, gloves and thick, hooded sweat shirts while taking batting practice in the biting cold. The forecast called for a temperature of 33 degrees at first pitch, which would break the record for the coldest postseason [...]
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Sundays baseball playoff capsules
BOSTON -Vladimir Guerrero hit a two-out, two-run single off Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon in the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Angels rallied past Boston 7-6 in Game 3 Sunday, advancing to the AL championship series with their first postseason sweep in franchise history. The Red Sox intentionally walked Torii Hunter with runners on [...]
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Puntos gaffe dooms Twins in Metrodome finale
The Minnesota Twins ran themselves right out of the Metrodome. Nick Puntos baserunning blunder cost the Twins a chance to tie the game in the eighth inning, and the New York Yankees eliminated Minnesota with a 4-1 victory in their division series that shut the doors for good on professional baseball in the raucous, quirky [...]
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