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Hate the way Scott Brosius—Scott Brosius—has won three championships with the Yankees while great ballplayers like Tony Gwynn have retired with none. Hate Mariano Rivera’s sub-1.00 postseason ERA. Hate The Curse. Hate Tim McCarver’s obvious broadcasting bias. Hate how the sportscasters fawn over what class acts the Yankees are—as if Seattle’s John Olerud and Edgar Martinez ran around strangling cats in their spare time...
...suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA but said those held were not thought to be linked to a spate of recent bombings, including one at a tourist hotel in Salou or a boobytrapped toy that killed a woman and blinded her 10-month-old grandson. Interior Minister Mariano Rajoy blamed ETA's youth wing for this instance of kale barroka (street violence), while police connected those arrested to at least 12 political killings. UNITED STATES Mr. Stuntman, Meet Miss Liberty French paraglider Thierry Devaux dangled precariously 90 m above ground when his parachute caught...
...other four - outfielder Mike Cameron and pitchers Freddy Garcia, Kazuhiro Sasaki and Jeff Nelson - are there thanks to Torre (and injuries to Yankee closer Mariano Rivera and token Devil Ray Greg Vaughn...
...Yankees boast Andy Pettite, Roger Clemens, Orlando 'El Duque' Hernandez, and now Mike Mussina. And you think the Red Sox are the team to beat? Add Mariano Rivera, the undisputed best closer in the American League, and you've got yourself a pitching staff that might be invincible. The Yankees are again the favorite...
...look at the antics of Peter Angelos and the Baltimore Orioles and realize that money does not buy success. And even as the payroll of the vaunted New York Yankees ratcheted ever skyward, at least Yankee fans could point to the core of their team as homegrown--Andy Pettite, Mariano Rivera, Bernie Williams and, of course, Jeter...