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(Newser) - President Obama will toss the ceremonial first pitch at the All-Star Game on July 14, Major League Baseball announced yesterday. He’ll be the fourth president to do so, following John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford, and the seventh to attend the game. He’s also got some... More »

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Barack Obama • St. Louis Cardinals • Tony La Russa • Chicago White Sox • MLB • All Star Game • St. Louis • baseball • George W. Bush • MLB All-Star Game • President Obama • first pitch

 Manny's Return 
 Captivates Albuquerque 

Ramirez heads to triple-A Isotopes

Jun 23, 09 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Manny Ramirez may play for the Albuquerque Isotopes tonight, and droves of locals are planning to be there, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Triple-A team sells 7,715 tickets for a typical game; tonight it expects up to 15,000. Fans aren’t much concerned about the slugger’s... More »

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MLB • Manny Ramirez • Los Angeles Dodgers • baseball • performance-enhancing drugs • minor league baseball • Albuquerque

A-Rod More Active in Clubs Than Clubhouse

Hard-partying Yankee seems too tired to get off the bench

Jun 21, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Yankees have kept Alex Rodriguez benched due to "fatigue" for most of the past two games, but that hasn't stopped the slumping slugger from hitting the clubs in South Beach with current flame Kate Hudson. And whether or not he partied until 2:30am the night before, A-Rod... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Kate Hudson • baseball

OPINION

 Top 'Rickey Being 
 Rickey' Moments 


Jun 21, 09 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Rickey Henderson set to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame next month, the Pepper blog rehashes top Rickey-being-Rickey moments. Some highlights:
  • “People are always saying, ‘Rickey says Rickey.’ But it’s been blown way out of proportion. People might catch me, when they know I’
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MLB • Baseball Hall of Fame • baseball • Rickey Henderson

 Astro Pudge Catches 
 in Game 2,227 

Rodriguez overtakes Fisk for most appearances behind the plate

Jun 18, 09 3:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Houston Astros' Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez overtook Hall of Famer Carlton Fisk by catching in his 2,227th game in the majors yesterday, the Houston Chronicle reports. The 13-time Golden Glove winner got a raucous cheer from a larger-than-usual crowd at Rangers Stadium. The night was a mixed... More »

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Texas Rangers • Houston Astros • Ivan Rodriguez • baseball

 Sosa Tested Positive in '03 


Jun 16, 09 7:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bad news for Sammy Sosa's Hall of Fame hopes: The Cubs slugger is among the players who tested positive for doping in 2003, the New York Times reports. The retired Sosa, sixth on the all-time homer list, has long been suspected of taking steroids but has never admitted it. The... More »

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steroids • Chicago Cubs • Sammy Sosa • home run • sports doping • baseball

 16-Year-Old 
 Quits School 
 for Pros 

Aims to get GED, qualifying him for 2010 draft

Jun 15, 09 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 16-year-old baseball player is skipping his last 2 years of high school to head to college—and hopefully a big-league contract, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Bryce Harper’s father acknowledges that “there are going to be critics” of the move, but says “Bryce is always looking... More »

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high school • MLB • draft • baseball • professional athletes • Bryce Harper

Iowa Ump Tosses Crowd From Ballgame

Police called to HS game after fans turn unruly

Jun 13, 09 5:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - A rowdy bunch of Iowa baseball fans weren't just taken out to the ball game, they were ejected from it, the Burlington Hawk Eye says. After a controversial play at a high school game in West Burlington, coaches from both teams argued with umpire Don Briggs, who gave the crowd... More »

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sports • Iowa • umpire • baseball • high school baseball • sports fans

(Newser) - A familiar name might someday being roaming the outfield for the Boston Red Sox. The team today drafted the grandson of Carl Yastrzemski, reports the Globe. The younger Yaz, Michael, is 18 and no sure thing to make the bigs. But it can’t hurt that he’s been tutored... More »

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Boston Red Sox • draft • baseball • Carl Yastrzemski • Michael Yastrzemski

(Newser) - Home runs have been flying out of the new Yankee Stadium, and the weather isn't to blame, writes Tim Buckley of AccuWeather.com. The team says the new park has the same dimensions as the old digs, but the right field wall is actually up to 9 feet closer to... More »

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New York Yankees • Yankee Stadium • home run • baseball

 Wife to Bonds: You're Out 

Wife seeks spousal support, joint custody in papers filed in LA

Jun 9, 09 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disgraced slugger Barry Bonds is facing the possible end of his marriage, the New York Post reports. Elizabeth, his wife of 11½ years, filed for separation Friday, citing irreconcilable differences. Bonds, who hasn’t played baseball since 2007, recently wrote on his website that he is enjoying “having a... More »

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Barry Bonds • joint custody • baseball • celebrity divorces • separation • Elizabeth Watson Bonds

(Newser) - Twitter's in trouble again for another celebrity impersonator. St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is suing the site after someone tweeted off-color remarks under his name and likeness, reports Mashable. His lawsuit charges trademark infringement and says La Russa suffered "emotional distress" and damage to his reputation. Two... More »

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(Newser) - Randy Johnson could become the 24th pitcher to hit 300 wins tonight, but few in that elusive club can challenge Johnson’s most impressive stat, Darren Everson writes in the Wall Street Journal: The Big Unit has hit a whopping 188 batters, a total topped only by Walter Johnson and... More »

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San Francisco Giants • Randy Johnson • pitcher • pitch • baseball • pitching • Walter Johnson • Eddie Plank • Al Leiter

Book Review

 Baseball May 
 Kill You 


May 26, 09 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you’re thinking about a trip to the ball park, you’d better have some good insurance. In their new book, Death at the Ballpark: A Comprehensive Study of Game-Related Fatalities, Robert Gorman and David Weeks chronicle 850 baseball-related deaths, listing them in reference-like fashion. You’d... More »

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OPINION

 Worst (Un)Retirements 
 in Sports 


May 21, 09 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Brett Favre mulling yet another unretirement, Will Leitch of New York magazine looks back on the worst unretirements in sports history. They range from cringe-worthy to incomparably cringe-worthy:
  • Ricky Williams: How many drug tests can one man fail?
  • Lance Armstrong: "It’s difficult to come
... More »

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NFL • Chicago Cubs • Washington Wizards • Chicago Bulls • Roger Clemens • Brett Favre • Green Bay Packers • cycling • football • Michael Jordan • Miami Dolphins • retirement • Tour de France • Evander Holyfield • New Orleans Saints • Lance Armstrong • New York Jets • bicycling • Ricky Williams • baseball

 World Series Games 
 Get Earlier Start Time 

Games to start before 8 in the East

May 18, 09 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - For the first time in 34 years, World Series games will start before 8pm in the East, USA Today reports. First pitches will be thrown at 7:57 (except on Sundays, due to broadcaster Fox’s NFL coverage); in recent years, the average was around 8:30, and games often... More »

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MLB • Bud Selig • World Series • Fox • baseball • network television

ANALYSIS

 Yanks' $1.5B Park 
 a Big Strikeout 
 So Far 

New stadium draws small, bitter crowds, opponent home runs

May 16, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - With its $1.5 billion price tag, you’d think the new Yankee Stadium would be pretty much perfect, right? But even the most loyal fans are griping as the “Taj Mahal” isn’t turning out to be everything it promised. From outrageous ticket prices to questionable outfield dimensions,... More »

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New York Yankees • Yankee Stadium • stadium • arena • baseball • Jay-ZTV • baseball fans • ticket prices • Camden Yards • Veterans Stadium • Olympic Stadium • Miami Arena

 Manny to Dodgers: Sorry   


May 15, 09 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Manny Ramirez met with his Dodgers teammates today to personally apologize for flunking a drug test and drawing a 50-game suspension, the Los Angeles Times reports. Team management had encouraged the outfielder to talk with the squad. “He knows he made a mistake. I forgive him,” third... More »

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MLB • Manny Ramirez • Joe Torre • Los Angeles Dodgers • apology • Casey Blake • sports doping • baseball • drugs in sports

'Baseball Savior' Sotomayor on Justice Shortlist

Federal judge ended strike to save '95 season

May 15, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most federal judges live anonymous lives, but for a moment in 1995, Sonia Sotomayor was the toast of the town. That was the year Sotomayor ended baseball’s players strike, saving the ’95 season. The Philadelphia Inquirer declared her a baseball hero on par with DiMaggio, Robinson, Mays,... More »

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Barack Obama • baseball • US Supreme Court • David Souter • Sonia Sotomayor • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Roger Clemens again denied past steroid use today, and criticized a new book that claims to detail his transgressions, the New York Daily News reports. It’s “impossible” that trainer Brian McNamee injected the pitcher with steroids “because he’s never given me any,” he told an... More »

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New York Yankees • Roger Clemens • New York Daily News • baseball • Brian McNamee • steroid use • investigative journalism • Nathaniel Vinton • Jay-ZTV

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