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Gwynn’s bad news devastates Aztecs
SDSU playing with heavy hearts after Gwynn tells his squad he has cancer. Tony Gwynn stood in front of his San Diego State baseball team and just couldn’t mutter the words. He’s a Hall of Famer with an indestructible career. He’s a .338 hitter who never breaks down. So how was he going to look [...]
Glaring Umpiring Errors Threaten Baseball’s Biggest Month
Once again, the baseball playoffs are overrun with glaring umpiring errors, including some that affected have the outcomes of games. We neglected to bring this up in our earlier discussion of baseball’s PR problems, because frankly, the solution isn’t so obvious. Everyone is clamoring for instant replay to become a more integral part of the [...]
Baseball Playoff Ratings Likely To Fall
The playoff lineup is set for Major League Baseball. The Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants captured the last two spots leaving the San Diego Padres out in the cold. The playoffs start tomorrow with the Texas Rangers visiting the Tampa Bay Rays. First first pitch is scheduled for 1:37 on TBS. The question is: [...]
UC Berkeley Cuts 5 Intercollegiate Sports Teams
After more than a year of severe budget cuts across the campus, the University of California Berkeley announced it would eliminate five of its intercollegiate sports programs in 2011-12. According to The New York Times, Sandy Barbour, Cal’s athletic director, and Chancellor Robert Birgeneau made a painful and difficult decision to cut baseball, men’s and [...]
Fox picks up short-handed Twins in 4-3 win
Denard Span delivered the go-ahead single in the seventh inning, emergency starter Matt Fox pitched 5 2-3 innings in his major league debut, and the depleted Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 4-3 on Friday night. Fox allowed two runs and four hits, giving the Twins’ staff a major boost after scheduled starter Nick Blackburn [...]
Lincecum Finally Wins Again For Giants
: Pinch-runner Darren Ford scored the go-ahead run from second base on a wild pitch and throwing error in the eighth inning, helping Tim Lincecum end a career-worst five-start skid in the San Francisco Giants’ 2-1 victory over Colorado on Wednesday night. Ubaldo Jimenez (17-6) was denied in his fifth attempt at a franchise-record 18th [...]
Choo drives in 5 to power Indians
Shin-Soo Choo drove in five runs with a bases-loaded double and a two-run home run to give the Cleveland Indians a 6-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night. Choo, traded to the Indians by Seattle in 2006, hit a 3-1 fastball from Doug Fister (4-11) against the right-center-field wall in the Indians’ four-run [...]
Pena, Crawford Homer To Power Rays Past Red Sox
: Carlos Pena and Carl Crawford homered to back James Shields and help Tampa Bay retain a share of first place in the AL East with a 5-3 victory over Boston on Sunday night. Keeping pace with the New York Yankees, the Rays rebounded from losing the opener of a crucial weekend series to win [...]
McGehee lifts Brewers over first-place Padres 10-6
: Casey McGehee homered and drove in four runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers piled up 15 hits against baseball’s top pitching staff to snap the San Diego Padres’ five-game winning streak, 10-6 on Friday night. The Padres, owners of the best record in the National League at 73-48, had won 10 of 11. They lead [...]
Choo Helps Indians Rally Past Royals
: Shin-Soo Choo hit a tiebreaking RBI single in Cleveland’s five-run eighth inning and the Indians rallied to beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3 on Thursday night. Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits and drove in two runs for the Indians, who committed a season-high five errors and had a runner thrown out at every base. [...]
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