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Dempster, Cubs agree on deal
Pitcher Ryan Dempster and Chicago agreed Tuesday on a $52 million, four-year contract that includes a player option for 2012. He gets a $4 million signing bonus, $8 million next year, $12.5 million in 2010 and $13.5 million in 2011. Dempster was 17-6...Tags: Diplomacy, Baseball, Arizona Diamondbacks, Fran Drescher, Cal Ripken Jr.
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Cabrera on 0-2 hole: We're pretty calm
Chicago Tribune staff reporterOrlando Cabrera observed the mood on the White Sox's charter flight from Tampa late Friday night and took the clubhouse temperature before Saturday's workout. And it brought back positive thoughts similar to what Cabrera experienced in 2004 with Boston...Tags: Baseball, Jim Thome, All Stars, Boston Red Sox, U.S. Cellular Field
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Letters of the week
Cheers for Pierzynski MAPLE GROVE, Minn.—This is one Twins fan who hopes they can play the White Sox again, as long as the outcome is the same. Two evenly matched teams with different styles playing for the division title in extra innings, it can'...Tags: Baseball, Wrigley Field, Alexei Ramirez, A.J. Pierzynski, Charles Tillman
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Phillies in the postseason
1915 WORLD SERIES Boston Red Sox 4, Phillies 1 The Phillies prevent an all-Boston World Series by winning their first NL pennant by seven games over the Boston Braves behind Gavvy Cravath (.285 batting average, 24 homers, 115 RBIs) and Grover...Tags: Houston Astros, Grover Cleveland, Montreal Expos, All Stars, Philadelphia Phillies
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White Sox get 'last laugh'
Chicago TribuneThere's nothing like defending your home turf in a playoff-type atmosphere. Just ask John Danks, Jim Thome and A.J. Pierzynski. Each of them stood tall in lifting the Chicago White Sox to the American League Central title last night with a 1-0 victory...Tags: Baseball, Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Tigers, Bobby Jenks, Jim Thome
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Mark Gonzales' White Sox mailbag
Here's my problem with Konerko -- he doesn't try anything different. Same stance, same swing, same result. His bat looks a lot slower. Yet his stance still has the bat angled at 2 o'clock. Why not start with the bat at 12 o'clock to see if that speeds...Tags: Torii Hunter, Golf, J.D. Drew, Sandy Alomar, Ben Sheets
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Ken Griffey Jr. in a Sox uniform? I'm stoked
I zipped over to the Web sites as fast as my fingers could type Thursday to find out if it was fiction or fact. Cincinnati Enquirer, 9:47 a.m.: "Reds trade Griffey." Not might trade. No "trade Griffey?" with a question mark. Did trade. And to the White...Tags: Mark McGwire, Jim Thome, All Stars, Ted Williams, Major League Baseball
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Griff, it's time you met Mr. Gruff
So, I guess this isn't going to be easy. I wasn't naive enough to think it was. You know where we live. This is Chicago, where we always have a problem with smaller Midwestern neighbors. The Bears have Green Bay; the Sox have the Twins. We'll start...Tags: Luol Deng, Manny Ramirez, Ozzie Guillen, Carlos Zambrano
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Ken Griffey Jr. hits 600th homer
South Florida Sun-SentinelMIAMI -- Certain privileges come along with Ken Griffey's stature in baseball, like pep talks from Hall of Fame players. Griffey homered against Florida Marlins starter Mark Hendrickson on Monday night for his 600th home run in the Cincinnati Reds' 9-4...Tags: Baseball, Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, Sammy Sosa, Hank Aaron
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Gameday Live 99: Mets at Cincinnati
On the Mets beatMets (52-46) v. Reds (48-51) And it was going so well for the Mets, too. After something of an improbable winning streak, the Mets come into today's game against the Reds on the verge of losing the series. They wasted......Tags: Baseball, Endy Chavez, Marlon Anderson, Jolbert Cabrera, David Weathers
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Old Timer's Day lineup
On the Yankees beatBY RODERICK BOONE The Yankees today announced the scheduled attendees for next month's Old Timer's Day. With this being the last one held at The Stadium, it's no surprise the number of former players invited will surpass that of any......Tags: Rickey Henderson, Tony Fernandez, Bobby Brown, Tino Martinez, Joe Girardi
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1975 Cincinnati Reds (Photo)
The Big Red Machine had a lineup that would probably be feared even today. The was the first of back-to-back World Series wins with Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose, Ken Griffey Sr. and Co.Tags: Baseball, Johnny Bench, Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds, Joe Morgan
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