Ryan Howard is becoming a master of the waiting game Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard is learning to accept the fact that as a perennial 40-homer threat, opposing teams will usually do anything they can to avoid pitching to him.
PHILADELPHIA -- Aristotle believed patience to be a virtue.
It could be a much different club next season Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Some players, including Francisco Rodriguez and Garret Anderson, might not be back with the team, which will try to re-sign free-agent Mark Teixeira and pursue Milwaukee free-agent left-hander CC Saba
BOSTON -- The day after hanging a curve that Jed Lowrie smacked into right field to give the Boston Red Sox an American League division series-clinching walk-off win Monday night in Fenway Park, reliever Scot Shields cleaned out his Angel Stadium locker, straining to look ahead because it hurt to look back.
Don Mattingly is a big hit with the Dodgers Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:56:00 -0700 Batting coach, one of the great hitters in New York Yankees history, has been integral in L.A.¡¦s late-season offensive resurgence.
The offensive awakening of the Dodgers can be labeled a 3-M production: Manny, Mattingly and Maturity.
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Neel: Furcal's back on top Eric Neel Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:19:54 -0700 Rafael Furcal was the Dodgers' MVP until he got hurt. Now, 4&#189 months later, he's back on top &#133 in the lineup and in the clubhouse. Yanks' Rivera has surgery, can throw in 3 months Associated Press Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:56:58 -0700 New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera had surgery Tuesday on his right shoulder and is expected to resume throwing in three months, a month ahead of spring training. Mets' Burgos turns self in to Dominican authorities Associated Press Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:04:49 -0700 Mets pitcher Ambiorix Burgos turned himself in Tuesday night, a week after police say he was involved in a hit-and-run accident that killed two women.
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Gold Glove SS Vizquel undergoes eye surgery Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:13:38 -0400 Read full story for latest details.
October's studs and duds Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:54:05 -0400 Baseball history is filled with examples of players who go from clutching their throat in one postseason round to being Mr. Clutch in the next .Or the other way around. Craig Counsell, with the Diamondbacks back in '01, had just three hits in a five-game National League Division Series against the Cardinals. But the Diamondbacks, thanks to a couple of pitchers named Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, moved on, and in the NL Championship Series that year against the Braves, Counsell had eight hits in the five-game win, including three doubles. He drove in six runs and hit .381 in being named the NLCS MVP.
Bonds says he likes his 'freedom' from baseball Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:04:19 -0400 Read full story for latest details.