http://worldbestsports.com News, Articles and Updates.... Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:22:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://worldbestsports.com/pitching-to-cabrera-cost-the-rangers-in-game-3/4158/ http://worldbestsports.com/pitching-to-cabrera-cost-the-rangers-in-game-3/4158/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:28:55 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=4158 Ron Washington managed as though there was nothing to fear. He was on a roll, a win on each arm, his pockets full, the guy across the table half off his chair. Then the Texas Rangers’ manager played it comfortable. With the American League Championship Series teetering between competitive and inevitable, his pitcher put three [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/pitching-to-cabrera-cost-the-rangers-in-game-3/4158/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/lincecum-pays-for-1-mistake-giants-lose-1-0/3947/ http://worldbestsports.com/lincecum-pays-for-1-mistake-giants-lose-1-0/3947/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:12:41 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3947 ATLANTA—Tim Lincecum was trying to get the pitch inside. It drifted back over the plate. That one mistake was enough to send the World Series champion San Francisco Giants to another tough loss. Mike Minor pitched six crisp innings and Chipper Jones homered off Lincecum for the only run, leading the Atlanta Braves to a [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/lincecum-pays-for-1-mistake-giants-lose-1-0/3947/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/mike-jacobs-positive-hgh-test-first-in-north-american-pro-sports/3916/ http://worldbestsports.com/mike-jacobs-positive-hgh-test-first-in-north-american-pro-sports/3916/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:24:35 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3916 Mike Jacobs, who has spent parts of six seasons in the majors, is not only the first professional baseball player to test positive for Human Growth Hormone. He is also first athlete in North American pro sports to have a positive HGH test, according to Major League Baseball. Jacobs, a 30-year-old Rockies Class AAA first [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/mike-jacobs-positive-hgh-test-first-in-north-american-pro-sports/3916/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/as-losses-mount-historical-precedent-turns-against-royals/3899/ http://worldbestsports.com/as-losses-mount-historical-precedent-turns-against-royals/3899/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:33:40 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3899 Here’s what people will be talking about today. Bubba Starling will meet the media for the first time since becoming a member of the Royals’ organization. He’ll be flanked by Scott Boras and Royals officials, and these type of introductions always take on a positive tone. But then, a couple hours later, a very young [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/as-losses-mount-historical-precedent-turns-against-royals/3899/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/local-baseball-star-signs-with-mariners-for-8-5-million/3892/ http://worldbestsports.com/local-baseball-star-signs-with-mariners-for-8-5-million/3892/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:29:28 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3892 Additional bonus money could bring the signing package to $10 million for Bethesda native and St. Albans grad Danny Hultzen. Bethesda’s Danny Hultzen signed with the Seattle Mariners at Monday’s midnight deadline for $8.5 million, plus additional bonus money that could take the overall package to more than $10 million, according to reports Monday night [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/local-baseball-star-signs-with-mariners-for-8-5-million/3892/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/adrian-beltre-injured-chris-davis-could-be-back-in-our-lives/3692/ http://worldbestsports.com/adrian-beltre-injured-chris-davis-could-be-back-in-our-lives/3692/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:59:06 +0000 admin http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3692 Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre(notes) is headed for an MRI on Saturday, following this unfortunate hamstring blowout on Friday night. Didn’t look good. The Rangers were cruising against the Jays, leading 6-0 in the fifth, when Michael Young(notes) lined a double off the left-field wall. Beltre raced from first to third, but he was [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/adrian-beltre-injured-chris-davis-could-be-back-in-our-lives/3692/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/yankees-legends-attend-their-family-reunion/3627/ http://worldbestsports.com/yankees-legends-attend-their-family-reunion/3627/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:52:03 +0000 admin http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3627 Joe Torre awoke about 5 a.m. Sunday in a mild panic. In a few hours, he would be going to Yankee Stadium for his first Old-Timers’ Day, and it occurred to him that he did not have any cleats. “That’s how old people think now,” Torre said. Torre was relieved to find a pair waiting [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/yankees-legends-attend-their-family-reunion/3627/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/johnson-set-to-take-the-nationals-job/3615/ http://worldbestsports.com/johnson-set-to-take-the-nationals-job/3615/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:29:43 +0000 admin http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3615 Davey Johnson is poised to take over as manager of the Nationals, replacing Jim Riggleman, who resigned Thursday. Washington general manager Mike Rizzo told Fox Sports yesterday that Johnson has agreed to terms but there are still details to be worked out before an announcement is made. It will be Johnson’s fifth managerial stop and [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/beckett-shuts-down-rays-with-one-hitter/3579/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/derek-jeter-injured-in-his-quest-to-reach-3000-hits/3563/ http://worldbestsports.com/derek-jeter-injured-in-his-quest-to-reach-3000-hits/3563/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:22:12 +0000 admin http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3563 Derek Jeter limped off the field with a sore right calf four innings after getting his 2,994th hit, and Carlos Carrasco escaped early trouble to pitch the Cleveland Indians past the New York Yankees 1-0 Monday night. There was no immediate word on the severity of Jeter’s injury. He was noticeably hurt as he jogged [...]

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