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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - APRIL 06: San Francisco Giants legend Willie McCovey waves to the crowd while seating between Jeff Kent (L) and Willie Mays during a ceremony honoring Buster Posey for winning the 2012 National League MVP before the Giants game against the St. Louis Cardinals at AT&T Park on April 6, 2013 in San Francisco, California.
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I know all these hitters in this division. How to position myself and where to play. In the National League, I didn’t really know a lot of those guys, never faced a lot of them either
Well, playing in the National League , you hit as a pitcher and I've batted seventh in a Major League game before so I was OK with it. I'll do anything to help the team. I'm not a guy who's going to be hitting every day in the game or anything like that but I'll do anything to go out there and be competitive.
When you're in a National League ballpark and you only have two bench players, and if one of them is your backup catcher, it limits the things you can do, and that's why you have Wesley Wright bunting ... In a situation where we have our full complement of players, we would not have been in that position.More quotes »
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Matt Harvey's WAR puts him on pace to join some elite company
is most often compared.Seaver's WAR was 9.8 during the 1971 season, when he was 20-10 with an MLB-best 1.76 ERA and National League-best 289 strikeouts. In the process, Seaver set the bar for every pitcher who would grace the mound in Flushing after him.Consider Read more »
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So far, 2013 has been a pain in the neck to R.A. Dickey
hits were home runs that accounted for all three of the Yankees ' runs."It doesn't always happen that way," last year's National League Cy Young Award winner said. "Today, it did."The 38-year-old knuckleballer was strong early, aside from a hiccup in the second Read more »
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Former motocross star Luke Crang to be given a chance to prove himself with Coventry Storm
club bosses with his early speedway exploits and will replace Richard Franklin Coventry have made a team change to their National League side midway through their Knockout Cup tie with Mildenhall. The Storm will travel to West Row on Sunday as underdogs after 6:12 AM from Coventry Telegraph Read more »
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Washington Nationals pitcher breaks pitching hand punching locker
15, 2012: Washington Nationals relief pitcher Ryan Mattheus leaves the field in the eighth inning at their MLB National League baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia.Reuters SAN FRANCISCO – Nationals reliever Ryan Mattheus 2:37 AM from FOX News Read more »
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National League Game Capsules
did the rest in pitching the Atlanta Braves to a 5-1 victory over the struggling Minnesota Twins in the opener of a three-game interleague series at Turner Field. The 22-year-old Teheran (3-1) allowed five hits and one walk while fanning four over 8 1/3 effortless 5/20/13 from The Sports Network Read more »
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MLB: Atlanta 5, Minnesota 1
out four in his third straight quality outing. Cory Gearrin recorded the game's final out for his first career save as National League East-leading Atlanta reeled off its fourth straight victory in the opener of a three-game set. Dan Uggla sparked the Braves' 5/20/13 from United Press International Read more »
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Votto named National League Player of The Week
the Majors with a .583 batting average (14-for-24) and a .655 on-base percentage. The three-time N.L. All-Star ranked among league leaders with a .917 slugging percentage (2d), 14 hits (T-2nd), 22 total bases (3rd) and seven runs scored (T-3rd) while clubbing 5/20/13 from Local 12 WKRC-TV Cincinnati Read more »
