ATLANTA – Dan Uggla drop-kicked his bat after striking out on three pitches. Chipper Jones slammed his bat into the dirt after popping up. Derek Lowe just trudged off the mound to another round of boos from the home crowd, wondering how it all went wrong.
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Ricky Adams, a utility infielder on the Los Angeles Angels’ 1982 Western Division championship team, died Friday after a long battle with cancer. He was 52. The team said he died in Rancho Cucamonga. Adams was a first-round pick of the Houston Astros in 1977. He signed with the Angels in 1980 and went on to make his major league debut with them in September 1982.
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By John Perrotto, The Sports Xchange ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals know all about coming back from back the dead. The Cardinals were 10 1/2 games behind the Atlanta Braves in the National League wild-card race on Aug. 25, and even many of their players admitted they thought…
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The Reds 2011 draft received a promising review in the latest issue of Baseball America . The magazine lavished much praise on the prospects Cincinnati selected, even beyond pitcher Robert Stephenson (first round) and third baseman Gabriel Rosa (second round).
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The new prospective owner of the Houston Astros wants compensated if his team gets orced to move into the American League West. The idea is that Jim Crane would get a certain amount of money cut off the purchase price if he agrees to take the franchise into the AL.
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The new prospective owner of the Houston Astros wants compensated if his team gets orced to move into the American League West. The idea is that Jim Crane would get a certain amount of money cut off the purchase price if he agrees to take the franchise into the AL.
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As the innings of postseason baseball piled up on Monday night, Houston Astros pitcher Bud Norris finally decided enough was enough. Annoyed that the endless loop of Brian Wilson’s Taco Bell commercial was only being broken by some occasional baseball action … Continue reading →
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The entire Houston Astros coaching staff will remain intact for next season after the team agreed to one-year contracts with pitching coach Doug Brocail and hitting coach Mike Barnett on Tuesday. The Astros signed manager Brad Mills, third base coach Dave Clark, first base coach Bobby Meacham, bench coach Al Pedrique and bullpen coach Jamie Quirk to two-year contracts at the end of last season…
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Andy MacPhail will no longer be the man making personnel decisions for the Baltimore Orioles soon enough and the…
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Theo Epstein and the Chicago Cubs have agreed to a five-year deal worth nearly $20 million, according to ESPN.com, although other reports put the contract’s value at closer to $15 million. As part of the agreement, the Cubs will pick up the conclusion bonus of Epstein’s Red…
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