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Gameday Live 128: Mets vs. Braves
On the Mets beatGood evening Mets enthusiasts, Chris Mascaro here to bring you all of tonight's live game action, the first-place Metropolitans (70-57) look for a three-game sweep of the Braves (56-71). For the Mets, who have gone 12-4 since getting swept in......Tags: Baseball, New York Mets, All Stars, David Wright, Mike Hampton
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Hal Steinbrenner calls upon captain Jeter
Most weeks that the Yankees are at home, team co-chairman Hal Steinbrenner meets with general manager Brian Cashman and manager Joe Girardi at Yankee Stadium. Last Friday, Steinbrenner added one to the invite list: captain Derek Jeter. With time...Tags: Baseball, Spring Training, Joe Girardi, All Stars, Derek Jeter
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This is beginning to look like the Mets' year
Don't ask for a logical explanation because there is none. There really is no good reason to say this, but a person sure can't help have the feeling the Mets are going to win the division. Since when did logic have anything to say about the Mets winning...Tags: Atlanta Braves, Baseball, Billy Wagner, New York Mets, All Stars
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ESPN Signs Digital Rights Deal With MLB
Major League Baseball and ESPN signed a new digital rights agreement that will allow the sports network to put baseball content on multiple platforms, including video game consoles and portable players such as iPods. The deal announced Thursday extends...Tags: ESPN, Baseball, Walt Disney Co., Game Playing, Microsoft Corp.
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Business Topics by Industry
Stock in Fort Lauderdale-based Home Diagnostics Inc., a maker of diabetes testing supplies, rose nearly 5 percent, or 43 cents, to close at $9.81 Thursday following news of FDA approval for two new products, including what it calls "the world's smallest...Tags: ESPN, New Products, Baseball, Petroleum Industry, Abbott Laboratories
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U.S. taekwondo athletes celebrate family's achievements
Chicago TribuneBEIJING -- Of all the Lopez family's achievements in these Olympic Games, perhaps the most significant is this: Ondina Lopez boarded a plane. You see, Ondina is the mother of Steven, Mark and Diana Lopez, the first set of three U.S. siblings to...Tags: Baseball, Olympic Games, Multi-Sport Events, Taekwon-Do, Family
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Injury-prone Pavano activated by Yankees
Carl Pavano, written off by New York Yankees fans, will return and start for the team on Saturday at Baltimore. The Yankees chose the right-handed Pavano over fellow righty Phil Hughes, who is working his way back from a fractured rib. The 32-year-old...Tags: Baseball, Contracts, New York Mets, Clay Buchholz, New York Yankees
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Cubs fans: Keep your eye on the ball, not on history
With the Cubs only a handful of games in first place, their poor fans are worried, because it's August and their memories reach back through the wretched mists of time. So it's my duty, as a White Sox fan and as Mr. Predictor, to reassure Cubs fans...Tags: Carlos Zambrano, Baseball, Kosuke Fukudome, Chicago Bulls, New York Mets
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No shortage of 'respect' for Nationals
The National League's best team, the Cubs, plays host to the major league's worst, the Washington Nationals, this weekend with a comfortable lead in the NL Central but … "You respect every team and, obviously, we have to start swinging the bats...Tags: Baseball, Carlos Zambrano, Sam Fuld, Jason Marquis, Henry Blanco
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Taekwondo a family affair for Lopezes
BEIJING—Of the Lopez family's many achievements in the Olympic Games, perhaps the most significant is this: Ondina Lopez boarded a plane. Ondina is the mother of Steven, Mark and Diana Lopez, the first set of three U.S. siblings to qualify for the...Tags: Baseball, Olympic Games, Family, Taekwon-Do, Multi-Sport Events
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White Sox focus on own success
Chicago Tribune reporterAs far as hitting coach Greg Walker is concerned, there's too much at stake for the White Sox to pause and measure their improvement against Tampa Bay this weekend. "Everyone in baseball respects what they've done down there," Walker said of the Rays,...Tags: Bobby Jenks, Baseball, Gavin Floyd, Orlando Cabrera, Carlos Quentin
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Walk culprit in walk-off loss
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe wild pitch ended it, but it was another regrettable walk that put the Marlins on the precipice of Thursday's 4-3, walk-off loss to the Giants at AT&T Park. The sequence that sent the Marlins to their sixth loss in eight games was reminiscent of how...Tags: John Baker, Juan Pierre, Baseball, Florida Marlins, All Stars
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