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Phil Rogers' power rankings
1. Rangers (1): Not quite as secure at the top as they were a week ago, but they still are baseball's best team. Neftali Feliz's DL stint marks the first change to their opening-day roster. 2. Dodgers (2): With Matt Kemp sidelined, Scott Van Slyke has...
Tags: New York Yankees, Lance Berkman, Minnesota Twins, Kyle McClellan, Detroit Tigers
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Yahoo Unveils Genome, New Service to Make Ads More Transparent
ReutersYahoo May 14 (TheWrap.com) - will launch Genome, a data analytics service targeted toward marketers, in July, Rich Riley, Yahoo's EVP of the Americas, announced on Monday in New York. Riley (pictured left) said Genome is the product of Interclick, which...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Marketing, Real Estate Sellers, New Products, Google Inc.
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Catty's Anthony Recker has blossomed into major league catcher
It's never been easy for Anthony Recker. The first time that Tim Hurd saw the future major leaguer, Recker was an undersized freshman, perhaps 5-foot-9, trying out for Herd's Catasauqua's baseball team. It wasn't until Recker's junior season that he...
Tags: Minor League Baseball, Josh Donaldson, Moneyball (movie), Sports, Oakland Athletics
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Lehigh's commitment to basketball paying off in big ways
— The familiar coach on the other end of the phone was speaking from Oregon, where he was preparing his newest team, the University of Iowa, for a second-round NIT game. Franny McCaffery is a grizzled 52 years old now. Heck, even his voice has...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Theo Epstein, Sports, NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, National Invitation Tournament
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Selig has little to gain from Braun battle
Why not just let Ryan Braun walk?
Claiming the high ground in a nationally televised news conference Friday, Braun lamented how his appeal of a positive test for performance enhancing drugs had "become a PR battle'' with officials from Major League...Tags: New York Yankees, Miguel Cabrera, Oakland Athletics, Bursitis, Chicago White Sox
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Cespedes doesn't disappoint in debut
PHOENIX — Jeff Francis had thrown everything in his repertoire — slow curves, hard curves, changeups. If ever he had a hitter set up for a fastball, this was it. But he didn't count on Yoenis Cespedes' ability to make an adjustment.
Of...Tags: Jeff Francis, Oakland Athletics, Sports, Spring Training, Manny Ramirez
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Blue Jays ready to chirp
Looking for a team that could pull off a surprise this season? The Dodgers are upwardly mobile with Magic Johnson at the top of the organization chart. The Nationals are a surprisingly confident bunch. But the team to watch is the one that has crushed...
Tags: New York Yankees, Frank McCourt, Oakland Athletics, Yunel Escobar, Michael Pineda
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Sox never had chance for La Russa
Tony La Russa might be managing the 2012 White Sox if not for one reason — if he returned to Chicago, he would have had to manage against his best friend in baseball, Jim Leyland. That wasn't going to happen, according to some who know La Russa...Tags: New York Yankees, Trevor Cahill, Jake Fox, Oakland Athletics, Jerry Reinsdorf
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Cubs' Epstein not interested in seeing 'Moneyball'
MESA, Ariz. -- Brad Pitt is up for an Academy Award for best actor at next week's Oscars, thanks to his dead-on portrayal of Oakland general manager Billy Beane in the film version of "Moneyball."
But the Cubs' new president of baseball operations hasn't...Tags: Theo Epstein, Sports, Moneyball (movie), Oakland Athletics, Entertainment Events
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Baseball writers need guidance from Hall
One year. One measly year.
That's all the time left before the three-player crash that proves once and for all how broken the Hall of Fame voting process has become.
Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa are due on the Hall ballot for the first time...Tags: New York Yankees, Voting, David Ortiz, Theo Epstein, Wrigley Field
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VOD Spotlight: In “Moneyball,” Brad Pitt takes on baseball economics
Channel Guide MagazineI’ve never been a huge fan of baseball. I grew up in the era of free agency and the idea that pouring money on the field was the way to win, and that wasn’t particularly interesting to me. And from that perspective, I found the Brad Pitt-... -
Brad Pitt's double play
Like a mid-season coaching hire for a losing ballclub, director Bennett Miller inherited an uphill battle when he was brought in as the director of a shaky project called "Moneyball," but he had two key players on his side — and both of them were...Tags: Oakland Athletics, Jonah Hill, Customs and Tradition, Entertainment Events, Brad Pitt
May 21, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 14, 2012
|Story| Wrap
May 10, 2012
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Mar 19, 2012
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Feb 25, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Mar 10, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Mar 31, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Feb 18, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Feb 18, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Dec 31, 2011
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jan 10, 2012
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Jan 3, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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