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Ready for spring training
The power-outage controversy at the Superbowl may live on, but the football season is over. which means it is time to turn to thoughts of spring, and baseball. Later this week, spring training begins for the White Sox, Cubs and Tribune beat writers Mark...
Tags: Jeff Samardzija, A.J. Pierzynski, Edwin Jackson, Mike Quade, Apple iPad
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Spring training: AL Central preview
Never underestimate Mike Ilitch's appetite for a championship. While the Tigers loved what they got from Anibal Sanchez a year ago, they didn't have $80 million budgeted to keep him off the free-agent market. But that's what Dave Dombrowski persuaded...
Tags: Vin Mazzaro, George Kottaras, Ryan Raburn, James Shields, Nick Swisher
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Twins biggest winners at winter meetings
Terry Ryan has nothing against free-agent outfielder Michael Bourn. Honest. But the general manager knows his Twins aren't going to compete again in the American League Central — Joe Mauer or no Joe Mauer — until they fix a starting rotation...
Tags: Nick Swisher, Tampa Bay Rays, Bo Porter, Mike Napoli, C.J. Wilson (baseball)
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Sox's Ventura looks back, peeks at the future
Tribune reporterNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Manager Robin Ventura didn't beat himself up over the Chicago White Sox's 2-10 slide late last September that cost themselves the American League Central title. "It’s baseball," Ventura said Tuesday. "When you lose, you can...Tags: Sports, Chicago White Sox, Robin Ventura, World Baseball Classic, Spring Training
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Cubs pound 5 homers in 12-3 rout of Sox
The City Series — or, more appropriately Monday, the Windy City Series — resumed with a big surprise and the smallest crowd in series history. By the time it was over, the team that keeps wind trends as part of its records naturally was the...
Tags: A.J. Pierzynski, Starlin Castro, Hector Santiago, Bryan LaHair, National League Central
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Battered Sox rotation could use stalwart like Buehrle
Are Mark Buehrle's old friends about to start missing him? Sooner or later, it is bound to happen. You don't win 161 games for a franchise and leave at age 32, with a sturdy arm still capable of 200-plus innings, without your name coming up in a...
Tags: Seattle Mariners, John Danks, Philip Humber, James Baldwin, Baseball
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Unbalanced schedule favors White Sox
Can a playoff team vote an opponent a playoff share? Can it tip the schedule maker? We might find out this season if the White Sox edge the Indians for the American League Central title or finish just ahead of the Orioles for one of the two wild-card...
Tags: New York Mets, Starlin Castro, Welington Castillo, Paul Maholm, National League Central
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La Russa still interested in learning — and winning
Future baseball Hall of Famer Tony La Russa stood next to Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau on the Patriots sidelines Wednesday in Foxborough, Mass., as both watched coach Bill Belichick teach football at minicamp. Neither man was there to pick Belichick's brain...
Tags: Bud Selig, Bill Belichick, Jerry Reinsdorf, Baseball, Major League Baseball
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Phil Rogers' MLB power rankings
1. Nationals (1): Look for the lineup to start clicking soon with Ian Desmond back in the lineup and Bryce Harper heating up. Jayson Werth has been a major contributor since he came off the disabled list. 2. Reds (2): Doubleheader on Saturday caused...
Tags: Wei-Yin Chen, Starlin Castro, Stephen Drew, Paul Maholm, Tampa Bay Rays
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Improving home record could push Sox over top in AL Central
Not one team in the American League Central has a winning record at home this season. If the first-place White Sox can take care of business at U.S. Cellular Field, the division title could be attainable. The Sox are 16-19 at the Cell and 19-13 on the...
Tags: Starlin Castro, Cincinnati Reds, Bryan LaHair, Theo Epstein, Anthony Rizzo
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Tribune All-City team
Contact a Hollywood agent, quick. It's time for someone to do the miniseries "Trading Sori: Inside the Cubs' Quest for the Holy Grail.'' The conversations about the Alfonso Soriano situation that have taken place recently and will take place for who...
Tags: Starlin Castro, Welington Castillo, Tampa Bay Rays, Theo Epstein, Baseball
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White Sox following Ventura's lead toward playoffs
This was the kind of September slide the South Side embraced rather than feared, one that brought the White Sox nearer the playoffs instead of farther away. This was right fielder Alex Rios, the team's most valuable player, proving it yet another way by...
Tags: Don Cooper, Baseball, Prince Fielder, Gordon Beckham, Sports
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