Posts Tagged Champs
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Giant Expectations: Why the Defending Champs Stand a Chance to Repeat
Nobody predicted that the San Francisco Giants would conquer improbable playoff series deficits to climb atop the baseball world for the second time in three seasons.The same critics that doubted the Giants last October claim the rival Los Angeles Dodgers to be the team to beat in the National Leagu...
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Why the 2012 Giants Are Even More Complete Than the 2010 World Series Champs
Behind their second pitching masterpiece in as many nights, the San Francisco Giants defeated the Detroit Tigers 2-0 on Thursday night to take a two-games-to-none World Series lead.As it was in Game 1, when Barry Zito skunked reigning AL MVP Justin Verlander to the face-melting amazement o...
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San Francisco Giants: 3 Reasons They Can Be Better Than 2010 World Series Champs
You may have heard about that 2010 World Series Giants team by now.They won 92 games to win the National League West, then went on to win the World Series for the first time since the franchise headed west in 1958.There was that guy with the beard, another guy with long hair, a first baseman that ...
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MLB Power Rankings 2012: Defending Division Champs Who Are Slipping This Season
The 2012 MLB season has featured the decline of several teams that impressed last year.Teams that fought hard to win division titles in 2011 are now struggling to stay out of last place. Baseball's balance of power has shifted dramatically over the offseason, and here are the three teams that h...
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Rangers fan gets ‘World Champs 2011′ tattoo
It’s funny because the Texas Rangers did not triumph in the winner-take-all Game 7 of the World Series a few weeks ago. The St. Louis Cardinals did. Which means this guy’s tattoo is entirely inaccurate. The humor is in its complete lack of subtlety. And abject stupidity. Big League Stew ...
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Ranger fan gets ‘World Champs 2011′ tattoo
It’s funny because the Texas Rangers did not triumph in the winner-take-all Game 7 of the World Series a few weeks ago. The St. Louis Cardinals did. Which means this guy’s tattoo is entirely inaccurate. The humor is in its complete lack of subtlety. And abject stupidity. Big League Stew ...
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Wells throws 2-hitter vs. defending champs
Randy Wells pitched a two-hitter for his first career complete game, and Chicago hit four home runs - three off San Francisco ace Tim Lincecum - as the Cubs beat the Giants 7-0 on Monday night. Alfonso Soriano, Geovany Soto, Blake DeWitt and Carlos Pena all went deep for the Cubs, who snapped a fou...
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5 Reasons the San Francisco Giants Won’t Repeat as World Series Champs
It was hard to imagine in April that the San Francisco Giants wouldn't make another serious run for a World Series title in 2011.Most of the team was returning, including their nucleus of pitchers—Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Madison Bumgarner and Jonathan Sanchez—that had taken them to the ...
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MLB Trades: With New Additions, Will Texas Rangers Repeat as AL Champs?
The Texas Rangers are leading the American League West at the moment, and they got even better over the weekend.Will these new additions set them up for back-to-back World Series appearances? The Rangers traded for two relief pitchers just before they July 31 trade deadline, and in the process ...
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Texas Rangers: 7 Reasons the Rangers Will Repeat as American League Champs
After 10 straight years of no baseball in October, the Texas Rangers shocked the world by winning the 2010 American League pennant. They were a very good team during the regular season but proved to be very dominant in the division series against Tampa Bay and made the defending World Series champio...
