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Giants 10, Mets 2
On the Mets beatBY DAVID LENNON SAN FRANCISCO ??? As soon as Oliver Perez waved the white flag with a seven-pitch walk to Emmanuel Burriss, the Giants??? No. 8 hitter, manager Willie Randolph had seen enough. And it was only the first......Tags: Billy Wagner, Jose Reyes, Moises Alou, Pedro Martinez, Randy Winn
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'Switch-pitchers' a true rarity
Q: I got a huge kick out of that chess match between the ambidextrous minor league pitcher and switch-hitter last week. How many big league pitchers have thrown lefty and righty in the same game? Billy Weber A: Four. Tony Mullane was first to do it....Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, Tony Fernandez, Mark McGwire, Rod Carew, George Brett
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One watcher's ride on Mets history by the numbers
mark.herrmann@newsday.comA fleeting weekend of exhilaration, then a ton of heartache with a side of tumult and a touch of nostalgia mixed in. If the past week wasn't a Mets classic, then nothing is. It sure was enough to put anybody in mind of Mets history, especially with...Tags: Dave Mlicki, Jose Reyes, Howard Johnson, Jesse Orosco, Nolan Ryan
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Sports Museum in Manhattan covers all the bases
neil.best@newsday.comPhilip Schwalb doesn't start media tours of the Sports Museum of America at the museum itself, housed in John D. Rockefeller's former headquarters on lower Broadway. The building is impressive enough, but the first stop for journalists is a long block...Tags: Alex Rodriguez, Carl Lewis, NBC, Statue of Liberty, Values
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Piazza made Mets matter while Yankees owned N.Y.
mark.herrmann@newsday.comJust short of 10 years since the day that changed his life, Mike Piazza officially acknowledged it's time to start a new one. As he retired, he verbally tipped his cap to one special phase of his amazing baseball career, and it was a Mets cap, the one...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Atlanta Braves, Roger Clemens, Al Leiter, Pedro Martinez
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Bruised by injury
STAFF WRITERIt happened Saturday, on a seemingly harmless swing in a seemingly harmless at-bat in the sixth inning of Game 3 at Fenway Park, with the Yankees leading 15-6. A fluke play really, as the bat John Olerud used to ground out to short bounced up and hit...Tags: Tony Clark, Fenway Park, Joe Torre
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Omar makes the Boss fold
STAFF WRITERSFred Wilpon shook up his baseball hierarchy Sept. 30 when he hired Omar Minaya away from Montreal and promised him full autonomy to remake the Mets from an also-ran into a contender, both on and off the field. The Mets have yet to play a game in the...Tags: Sammy Sosa, George Steinbrenner, Carlos Beltran, The White House, Jose Reyes
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Sox take first game, AL East tied
Staff CorrespondentThe Yankees have bounced back from tough losses all season, and now have to do it again. And they don't have much time to recover. Chien-Ming Wang struggled with his control, Jason Giambi made a costly throwing error in a three-run sixth inning and the...Tags: Jason Varitek, Gary Sheffield, Chien-Ming Wang, Boston Red Sox, Luis Sojo
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Early plan to fill holes
STAFF WRITEREven if they had won last night's American League Championship Series Game 7, rather than suffer a humiliating 10-3 loss to the Red Sox, this offseason would have likely featured dramatic roster shuffling. But given how the Yankees ended their 2004...Tags: Alfonso Soriano, American League, Philadelphia Phillies, Derek Lowe, Al Leiter
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Tale of two series
GAME1: Mariano Rivera returns from Panama after family tragedy. He hurls 11/3 innings, earning save in 10-7 win. GAME 2: John Olerud's two-run homer in the sixth gives Yanks a 3-0 lead. They win, 3-1, behind Jon Lieber. GAME 3: Outfielders, from left,...Tags: Jon Lieber, Johnny Damon, Mariano Rivera, Fenway Park, Paul Quantrill
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