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...converted, and believe that the Rockies should be a formidable foe over the long haul. The team did lose sparkplug second baseman Kaz Matsui to free agency, but outfielder Brad Hawpe won't be underrated for long. As long as the Coors Field humidor helps Colorado pitchers keep the ball from flying out of the park, the Rockies should keep rolling...
...blowout. “Going to San Diego was seeing a team that can beat you a lot of different ways,” Walsh said. “Very aggressive base running, bunting. It was good for the guys to see this because that is the type of ball club I would like to see us be.”Senior Brad Unger, who looked great in his first start of the season, took the loss after he was knocked for seven earned runs in 2.2 innings. Vance generated the Crimson’s only offense with...
...Ball clubs can spend their money the right way. It's been proven by clubs that have won [the World Series]--the Angels have won, the Marlins have won. Those clubs seem to spend their money on pitching. In my time with the Yankees, I always felt that, yeah, we got Jason Giambi, we got Alex Rodriguez--but what we really needed to do was shore up our pitching in order to be a better postseason club...
Perhaps the temptation to declaim on such a grand stage is too much to resist. And because the Olympics have become a sort of debutante ball for nations entering the global lite, governments must ask whether mere attendance confers a stamp of approval on the host. The boycott logic is easy enough to follow...
...London club that owes much of its success to a coach and half dozen players who are French. When France's President Nicolas Sarkozy took to the turf for photos with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, it was Sarkozy who looked keenest for a kick about, back-heeling a ball toward a much more bashful Brown. And while on paper, neither leader had to concede any precious ground in a summit declaration pledging closer ties between Britain and France, in spirit, Sarkozy's signature stood out the boldest...