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/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/manny-ramirez-retires-from-major-league-baseball-following-another-issue-with-mlb-drug-policy/3215/ http://worldbestsports.com/manny-ramirez-retires-from-major-league-baseball-following-another-issue-with-mlb-drug-policy/3215/#comments Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:21:13 +0000 admin http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3215 Manny Ramirez has retired from Major League Baseball. MLB made the announcement on Friday afternoon. The league said it notified Ramirez of an “issue” with him regarding the MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, and rather than undergo the process, Ramirez opted to retire. Ramirez, 38, got off to a slow start for Tampa [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/manny-ramirez-retires-from-major-league-baseball-following-another-issue-with-mlb-drug-policy/3215/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/wilson-to-concentrate-on-baseball-%e2%80%a6-at-least-for-now/2433/ http://worldbestsports.com/wilson-to-concentrate-on-baseball-%e2%80%a6-at-least-for-now/2433/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:34:45 +0000 admin http://worldbestsports.com/?p=2433 N.C. State fans who were hoping for a quick decision on quarterback Russell Wilson’s athletic future are going to have to be patient. Although Wilson issued a statement Monday saying that he plans to concentrate on his baseball career and will leave for Arizona next month to participate in spring training with the Colorado Rockies, [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/wilson-to-concentrate-on-baseball-%e2%80%a6-at-least-for-now/2433/feed/ 1 http://worldbestsports.com/texas-am-extends-rob-childress-contract-through-2015/2409/ http://worldbestsports.com/texas-am-extends-rob-childress-contract-through-2015/2409/#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:27:25 +0000 admin http://worldbestsports.com/?p=2409 Texas A&M University officials announced Friday that Aggie baseball head coach Rob Childress has agreed to a contract extension through the 2015 season. Childress is entering his sixth season at the helm of the Texas A&M baseball program where he has enjoyed consistent success and maintained the school’s great tradition of winning on the baseball [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/texas-am-extends-rob-childress-contract-through-2015/2409/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/alomar-to-enter-hall-of-fame-as-a-blue-jay/2357/ http://worldbestsports.com/alomar-to-enter-hall-of-fame-as-a-blue-jay/2357/#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:12:56 +0000 admin http://worldbestsports.com/?p=2357 Just as he hoped, Roberto Alomar will enter baseball’s Hall of Fame as a Toronto Blue Jay when he is officially enshrined in Cooperstown at a ceremony this summer. Alomar’s cap choice was confirmed by the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Thursday, making the retired second baseman the first inductee to wear Blue Jays [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/alomar-to-enter-hall-of-fame-as-a-blue-jay/2357/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/reconfigured-wrigley-set-for-football/1966/ http://worldbestsports.com/reconfigured-wrigley-set-for-football/1966/#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:34:22 +0000 admin http://worldbestsports.com/?p=1966 For any baseball fan, there is an undeniable thrill in mounting the steps behind home plate at Wrigley Field and emerging to see an expanse of green. Fans who make the same climb Saturday will find a different kind of field laid out before them, one that is adorned with a lot of purple. For [...]

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