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Baseball & politics: the First Fan's dilemma
The Swampby Mike Memoli Knowing that President Obama is an avowed White Sox fan, it may not have been a coincidence that Major League Baseball scheduled a Washington visit for the South Siders on the interleague slate this year. Whether Obama......Tags: Education, George W. Bush, Multi-Sport Events, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox
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MLB should consider Davey Johnson for next commissioner
Bud Selig will be done with his reign of power in Major League Baseball effective 2014 and the search for a new leader is under way. So who are some of the names — past and present — circulating in conversation to become the next...
Tags: Bud Selig, Billy Beane, George W. Bush, Texas Rangers, Television
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Phil Rogers' MLB power rankings
Last week's ranking in parentheses 1. Braves (1): They stopped scoring runs over the weekend in Pittsburgh but bought themselves time with the 13-2 start. 2. Giants (2): Tim Lincecum took a shutout into the seventh Saturday, his best start of the...
Tags: Travis Snider, Roy Halladay, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees, Miami Marlins
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Darvish on blistering strikeout pace
A.J. Pierzynski had one of the great quotes of the season. "He had all seven of his pitches working,'' said Pierzynski, who jumped from the White Sox to the Rangers last winter. Pierzynski wasn't kidding. The catcher was giving an honest account of Yu...
Tags: James Shields, Washington Nationals, Sports, Curt Schilling, MLB Rookie of the Year Award
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Time for Americans to embrace World Baseball Classic
The World Baseball Classic is coming back next spring, and it's time for the U.S. to remember who invented the game. While the chance to play against the best players in the world is a huge deal for the competitors and fans in places like Japan, Korea,...
Tags: Joba Chamberlain, Tampa Bay Rays, Joakim Soria, C.J. Wilson (baseball), Tampa
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Cardinals continue to thrive through all the upheaval
No baseball fans loved their guy more than Cardinal Nation loved Albert Pujols this time last year. But one October later, he has become the civic punch line. While Cardinal-for-life Stan Musial is treated like the pope in Vatican City, Pujols...
Tags: Chris Carpenter, Pete Kozma, Vatican City, New York Yankees, The Washington Post
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Phillies and Brewers back in wild-card playoff hunt
When the trade deadline rolled around at the end of July, the Phillies were 46-57, which put them only 21/2 games better than the Cubs in the National League's wild-card playoff standings. They were in ninth place, 13 games behind the Braves for the...
Tags: Roy Halladay, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Baseball Statistics
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Pirates present test case for draft's rules
New rules, new attitudes. That may be what's needed to understand the changes to the baseball draft. Always the quirkiest distribution system for talent in pro sports, Major League Baseball has added layers of complications with spending limits and...
Tags: College Baseball, USA Today, Jerry Reinsdorf, Gerrit Cole , Minnesota Twins
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Nationals raise expectations
Time must fly if you're Mike Rizzo. Less than three years ago, Rizzo was an interim general manager of the Washington Nationals, charged with getting Scott Boras to sign off on a deal for Stephen Strasburg, the San Diego State ace billed as a once-a-...
Tags: Prince Fielder, Philadelphia Phillies, Spring Training, Mike Rizzo, St. Louis Cardinals
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Showalter baseball's biggest difference-maker of 2012
At the risk of messing with the sabermetric lobby, Mike Trout wasn't the biggest difference-maker in baseball this season. No, this is not just another plug for Miguel Cabrera and calculations you can do in your head. It's actually an endorsement for...
Tags: Jason Heyward, Scott Rolen, David Price, Lobbying, New York Yankees
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Giants' success more than following lucky stars
Before they became the best organization in baseball, the Giants were Barry Bonds' team. They seemed unable to break free from the flawed slugger for a long time, sticking with the disgraced star for six years after his record-setting 2001 season....
Tags: Madison Bumgarner, Tampa Bay Rays, Brian Matusz, New York Yankees, Aaron Rowand
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Cubs working at pace sure to free up prime seats
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A friend was at Wrigley Field recently, picking out a location for his 2013 season tickets. He was struck by the abundance of choices. "Man, they have a ton of unclaimed seats this year,'' he said. "Attendance will be a big...
Tags: Grady Sizemore, Tampa Bay Rays, Alfonso Soriano, David Price, Ichiro Suzuki
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