U.S. on brink of WBC elimination with loss to DRMIAMI -- Horns honked, percussion pulsed and school kids squealed. Miami can make quite a din when the Dominicans win. |
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Barry M. Bloom, MLB.com Erick Aybar came off the bench in the ninth inning on Thursday night at Marlins Park and drove home Nelson Cruz with a pinch-hit single off Craig Kimbrel, sending the D.R. on to a 3-1 victory over Team USA. |
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Tim Rohan, nytimes.com David Wright’s sizzling run in the World Baseball Classic was halted Thursday night because of an injury in his rib area. He will be examined at the Mets’ training complex on Friday. |
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Todd Zolecki, MLB.com Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels has been an All-Star and a Most Valuable Player in the World Series. And now he'll get to start on Opening Day for the first time. |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com The Mets' VP of business operations is "confident" that opening day will be sold out. So how come you can still buy 12 seats together in nearly every section of the ballpark? |
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Todd Zolecki, MLB.com Roy Halladay tried to fix some things with his delivery during his bullpen session Thursday morning at Bright House Field. "He looked wonderful," Phillies pitching coach Rich Dubee said. "He looked fine." |
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Andrew Keh, nytimes.com Dillon Gee's third start of spring training was one he would like to erase from his memory. |
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CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) -- Charlie Manuel figures he has plenty of time to see his grandchildren, play golf and travel the world during the offseason. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Charlie Manuel figures he has plenty of time to see his grandchildren, play golf and travel the world during the offseason. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com Laynce Nix of the Philadelphia Phillies did some investigating and has concluded that baseball cleats were the root cause of leg injuries plaguing him the past two seasons. He slugged a composite .461 from 2009-2011, but in '11 Nix started having Achill… |
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Barry M. Bloom, MLB.com Baseball can be a tough and heartless game at times as Team Italy and starting shortstop Anthony Granato learned once again on Wednesday night at Marlins Park. |
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Joe Frisaro, MLB.com On the brink of elimination from the World Baseball Classic, Puerto Rico rallied with three runs in the eighth inning to defeat Italy, 4-3, on Wednesday night in front of 25,787 at Marlins Park. |
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