| Joe Torre found a kinship with New Yorkers http://www.newsday.com/spor... Baseball Articles Newsday - By the time Torre walked away from the best job of his baseball career, he not only had restored the franchise's winning tradition but had done so with a humanity that transcended the sport and raised his stature to father figure among players and ... |
| Vote: Boston Red Sox vs. Colorado Rockies http://sports.espn.go.com/c... Baseball Articles ESPN.com - Regardless of how they got there, the Colorado Rockies and the Boston Red Sox will be facing off for baseball's biggest prize: a World Series championship. The Red Sox have been here before, while the young Rockies franchise is making its first trip ... |
| Fans erupt in joy after Sox comeback http://www.boston.com/sport... Baseball Articles Boston Globe - The Red Sox are the best team in baseball," said William MacKinnon, a Hudson, N.H., resident in the Cask 'n Flagon, as if he never had any doubt. Officers ringed the field before the ninth inning, after the Red Sox exploded for 6 runs in the eighth ... |
| Red Sox roar into World Series http://www.boston.com/sport... Baseball Articles Boston Globe - This must have been what it felt like in the early days of Fenway when the Royal Rooters ruled and the Red Sox were regular hosts of baseball's autumnal showcase. From 1915 through 1918, the Sox won three World Series. They did not win again until ... |
| A-PAUL-ING MESS FOR THE INDIANS http://www.nypost.com/seven... Baseball Articles New York Post - The pitcher would not say if he's still using HGH, a substance banned by Major League Baseball in 2005. The report, in the San Francisco Chronicle, stated Byrd bought $25,000 worth of HGH and syringes from 2002-05. "I have a pituitary tumor," Byrd ... |
| JOE GOES FIRST http://www.nypost.com/seven... Baseball Articles New York Post - Girardi is organized and heavily involved in the data gathering that is a large part of baseball in the 21st century. Like Mattingly, he knows the brutal Yankees landscape and understands what is expected. He turned down the Orioles' job this past ... |
| Baseball Notes | Rockies unfazed by Denver snow http://www.philly.com/inqui... Baseball Articles Philadelphia Inquirer - Two thoughts crossed Todd Helton's mind when he awoke to a snowstorm yesterday. "Good hunting weather," the Colorado Rockies first baseman said. "We don't have to go out on the field and practice today. That was my only other thought. It will be a ... |
| Indians pitcher, baseball at odds over purchase of HGH http://www.sptimes.com/2007... Baseball Articles St. Petersburg Times - BOSTON - Indians pitcher Paul Byrd claimed Sunday he did nothing wrong in taking human growth hormone because it was prescribed by a doctor. But there remained numerous questions, as well as a dark shadow over Game 7 of the AL Championship Series ... |
| Whatever it is, they'll probably drink to that http://seattletimes.nwsourc... Baseball Articles Seattle Times - One Question About The Baseball Playoffs: Why is Boston Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez allowed to walk onto the field every day wearing a batting helmet that looks like it's spent the past 10 years at the bottom of an outhouse? And Finally: 100 BNSF ... |
| Bond of brothers: Afflecks soak up the praise for "Gone Baby Gone" http://seattletimes.nwsourc... Baseball Articles Seattle Times - I played baseball until I was 15, but I wasn't good enough, really, so it was more appealing to go do summer musical that year, which was me and 19 girls. That was the first time I did theater. We had this amazing theater teacher who inspired ... |