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MLB Spring Training 2012: 5 Former Stars Now Fighting for Their Jobs
A baseball star goes through three stages in his career when he reaches the pros. First, he beats out the previous star, then he becomes the star, then he fights against another promising star. It's a vicious cycle, but it's life. Spring training is unkind to the older stars, who are often on t...
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All eyes on Darvish as pitchers, catchers report
SURPRISE, Ariz. Yu Darvish will throw with the other pitchers in the Texas camp Thursday as the team has its first full workout for pitchers and catchers. All pitchers except Colby Lewis and Scott Feldman are expected to throw five minutes in the bullpen and five minutes of live batting practice T...
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Rare battle for backup catcher is underway
JUPITER, Fla. - For the first time in several years, a true competition is taking place this spring to determine the Cardinals backup catcher. Since former catcher Mike Matheny - now in his first year as manager - left after the 2004 season, the Cardinals have made it a habit of signing veteran bac...
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MLB Spring Training 2012: 5 Former Stars Now Fighting for Their Jobs
A baseball star goes through three stages in his career when he reaches the pros. First, he beats out the previous star, then he becomes the star, then he fights against another...
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All eyes on Darvish as pitchers, catchers report
SURPRISE, Ariz. Yu Darvish will throw with the other pitchers in the Texas camp Thursday as the team has its first full workout for pitchers and catchers. All pitchers except ...
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Rare battle for backup catcher is underway
JUPITER, Fla. - For the first time in several years, a true competition is taking place this spring to determine the Cardinals backup catcher. Since former catcher Mike Matheny...
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Miami Marlins: Ranking 10 Biggest Ingredients for Locker Room Turmoil
As pitchers and catchers arrive for spring training, the team that is being talked about all around the league is the Miami Marlins. After finishing at the bottom of the N...
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Joe Mauer: 5 Keys to Minnesota Twins’ Hometown Hero Returning to Glory
Joe Mauer had a lousy 2011 by his standards. His streak of three consecutive All-Star appearances, Gold Gloves and Silver Slugger awards ended. He struck out more than he walked...
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Rickey Henderson: I Miss That Guy
As a Giants' fan of 20-plus years, many people—Athletics' fans chiefly—have openly wondered why my favorite player of all-time is Rickey Henderson.He is best known f...
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Yu Darvish: Japanese Phenom Arrives at Spring Training
Yu Darvish reported to spring training a day early, according to a report issued by the Associated Press in the Washington Post. The article goes on to say that he also threw hi...
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Seattle Mariners: Why It Makes Sense to Bat Chone Figgins Leadoff
Chone Figgins : NounDefinition: Big mistake free agent signingOrigin: Angels, Los Angeles, California or possibly AnaheimExample Sentences:"Chone Figgins just hit into a do...
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MLB Spring Training 2012: 5 Burning Questions for Opening Day
If you hibernated over the winter, you sure missed a lot of baseball action, even though no games were played.Remember the 2011 NLCS between St Louis and Milwaukee? Remember sta...
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Josh Johnson: Why Miami Marlins Ace Will Win NL Cy Young
As a fan, I sat in Sun Life Stadium on a warm, muggy Tuesday night in May of 2011 to watch, at the time, the two best pitchers in the National League square off in an epic duel....
