World Series

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• Yankees uniform seems to bring best out of newcomers

  it was to be released by Boston in March, after 12 years with five previous teams, to be wanted by the 27-time World Series champions appears to have convinced Overbay he was fully capable of replacing injured first baseman Mark Teixeira ."It's like, OK, we   Read more »

• Q&A with Dontrelle Willis of the Long Island Ducks

  ready. I'm not even up to 100 pitches yet so there are things you have to do to build up to that." What do you do with your World Series ring? "I don't wear it that much, haha, but of course you keep it around. It was a good run for our team and one of those   Read more »

• Reports: Ex-Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano signs with Long Island Ducks

  part of a trio of talented young starters, along with Kerry Wood and Mark Prior , that led the Cubs to within one game of a World Series berth in 2003, but dugout tantrums and fights with teammates led to his ouster from Chicago following the 2011 season.   Read more »

• Farmingdale State baseball team targets Division III World Series

  school star at Shoreham - Wading River , has made Farmingdale a desirable destination.Osik thinks the program ultimately will take the final step. "I'd like to have a chance to get to the World Series to win it," he said. "That's why we're doing this."   Read more »

• Kevin Youkilis has been a perfect fit for Yankees

  is the uniform he's wearing. Together in Boston, the two had fierce battles with the Yankees, and the Red Sox won a pair of World Series rings during that time. When Francona was let go after the 2011 season, it didn't take long for the Red Sox to dump Youkilis   Read more »

Around the web

• Zone Read AM: Ducks struggle down stretch, Larry Scott highest paid commissioner

  Oregon Ducks baseball team has aspirations to play in the College World Series in Omaha. Coming within a game of the tournament last season, George Horton and his squad entered 2013 with a College World Series berth as one of their main objectives. Earlier 1:16 PM from Oregon Daily Emerald  Read more »

• First-quarter observations from the MLB season

  of the guy who won a pair of NL Cy Young Awards early in his career. Those pitchers wouldn't trade in their 2010 and 2012 World Series championships for anything, but one has to wonder whether their heavy workloads built up through long postseason runs have 12:57 PM from The News & Observer Read more »

• Baseball dignitaries will represent at '13 Draft

  Major League Baseball expects to have three Hall of Famers, 25 All-Stars, four Most Valuable Players and a trio of World Series-winning managers representing the clubs that made them famous at the Draft. The Hall of Famers will include all-time great third 12:57 PM from MLB.com Read more »

• World's Top Beach Volleyball Stars Converge For The ASICS World Series Of Beach Volleyball July 22-28, On NBC, NBC Sports Network, And Universal Sports Network

  than 20 hours of programming of the competitions, including telecasts of the men's and women's Grand Slam finals and ASICS World Series Cup Finals. Coverage begins Thursday, July 25 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network with women's Grand Slam quarterfinal competitions, 12:37 PM from PR Newswire Read more »

• GVSU baseball advances to NCAA World Series after winning Super Regional

  with 11 consecutive NCAA Division II tournament appearances, six NCAA Division II Midwest regional titles and six matching World Series appearances in what has been a continuation of what is already quite arguably the most prolific and successful decade run 11:36 AM from Grand Valley Lanthorn Read more »