Archive for March, 2007
Angels 4, Dodgers 2 (AP)
Maicer Izturis had an RBI single and scored the go-ahead run on Tommy Murphy’s groundout, helping the Los Angeles Angels beat the Dodgers 4-2 Saturday night in the preseason finale for both teams. The Angels won the three-game Freeway Series 2-1. Joe Saunders, beginning the season in the starting rotation along with Dustin Moseley because [...]
Posted: March 31st, 2007.
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BASEBALL 2007: A look at free-agent deals this offseason (AP)
A look at free-agent deals this offseason: Top 10 players who signed free-agent deals in the offseason Listed by size of contract OF Alfonso Soriano, Chicago Cubs, $136 million, eight years LHP Barry Zito, San Francisco, $126 million, seven years OF Carlos Lee, Houston, $100 million, six years 3B Aramis Ramirez, Chicago Cubs, $75 million, [...]
Posted: March 31st, 2007.
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BASEBALL 2007: Radar gun readings are all the rage (AP)
The little righty wearing the Bob Feller jersey squeezed the ball, cranked up and let fly with all his might. Seemed pretty pleased with his heater, until he stepped back and saw the radar reading: 29 mph. As the 9-year-old trudged away, too embarrassed to look at his dad, the man running the speed [...]
Posted: March 31st, 2007.
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"The 3-2" (Yahoo! Sports)
LOS ANGELES — "The 3-2," a pickoff play unique to Los Angeles Angels sidearmer Matt Wilhite and…
Posted: March 31st, 2007.
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Dodgers 13, Angels 4 (AP)
If Jason Schmidt gets this kind of run support on a regular basis this season, the Los Angeles Dodgers could have their first 20-game winner in 17 years. Wilson Betemit capped a five-run first inning with a two-run homer, Russell Martin and Matt Kemp also homered and Olmedo Saenz drove in three runs with a [...]
Posted: March 31st, 2007.
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Baseball ticket prices up 2.5 percent; Red Sox have highest average again (AP)
The increase in baseball ticket prices slowed this year. Baseball’s major league average is $22.69 this season, the Team Marketing Report said Friday, up 2.5 percent from last year’s adjusted average of $22.14. Boston has the highest average for the 10th straight season, going up 2.7 percent to $47.71.
Posted: March 30th, 2007.
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Preseason Q&A: NL West (SportingNews.com)
To get inside players’ heads, check these Q&A’s from players on teams in the National League West. For more 2007 preview info, get this week’s Sporting News.
Posted: March 30th, 2007.
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‘The more perfect pace’ (Yahoo! Sports)
LOS ANGELES – With a roster whose sum is greater than its parts, the Dodgers have remade themselves into a team that puts a premium on winning.
Posted: March 30th, 2007.
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Angels (ss) 6, Dodgers (ss) 1 (AP)
Gary Matthews Jr. doesn’t seem to be allowing unwanted attention to become a distraction. Matthews doubled home a run and prevented another with a great catch Thursday night in the Los Angeles Angels’ 6-1 split-squad victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Freeway Series opener. Matthews, who signed a five-year, $50 million contract with [...]
Posted: March 30th, 2007.
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Female ump flawless in big league exhibition game (AP)
Kenny Rogers and Eric Gagne will start the season on the disabled list, while Freddy Sanchez and Jim Edmonds might be ready soon. But the most intriguing person on the field at spring training Thursday has no shot at being in the big leagues next week — she’ll be making close calls in the [...]
Posted: March 29th, 2007.
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