Archive | June 1st, 2012

Diminutive Altuve Drawing Fans Attention

HOUSTON — Jose Altuve is aware his body has been turned into a unit of measure, and he’s totally OK with that. “It’s funny, man,” he said. “When they told me how many Altuves was a home run, I just laughed.” There is a Web site for this. It is howmanyaltuves.com, and the concept is [...]

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Dodgers Look for Pitching, Lilly Schedules Arthrogram

The Dodgers finally have the resources to acquire additional talent, and its the year Major League Baseball has added an additional wild card team and precious few teams are out of the race and wanting to deal. And right now, it looks like the Dodgers could use an additional starting pitcher. Trainer Sue Falsone said [...]

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Verlander Clears Green Monster

Justin Verlander can pitch. He has an MVP and Cy Young in his back pocket to prove it. But can he hit? No so much. He’s 0-for-20 with 13 strikeouts in the majors. Verlander is determined to change that when interleague play resumes for the Tigers next weekend in Cinncinati, where he’s scheduled to start [...]

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Dodgers Not Down Despite Two Thursday Losses

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers entered their Thursday night affair with the Brewers after already having lost the series, dropping their third game in a row Wednesday night becoming the last team in the league to do so. Before the game started Thursday, they suffered another loss, learning Matt Kemp would return to the 15-day [...]

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Miley Goes for 4th Straight Win Vs. Padres

The Arizona Diamondbacks are back in the win column. The major league-worst San Diego Padres haven’t been there in more than a week. Diamondbacks rookie Wade Miley will try to win a career-best fourth consecutive start Friday night when these NL West rivals open a three-game series at Petco Park. Arizona (23-28) avoided a three-game [...]

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Twins Starting to Show Flashes of Improvement

Here’s a sentence you haven’t heard lately: The Twins are on a roll.They swept the Oakland A’s in a three-game series.And Francisco Liriano is coming off what, for him, was a brilliant performance. Liriano threw six shutout innings and struck out nine in the 4-0 Wednesday win that completed the sweep.Never mind that the A’s [...]

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