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"The one constant through all the years... has been baseball. ...baseball has marked the time. ...it's a part of our past. ...It reminds of us of all that once was good and could be again..." 'Field of Dreams' 1989

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  • October 2007
    • Randolph's Job Appears Safe With Mets

      Randolph's Job Appears Safe With Mets

      (Newser) - Despite a late-season collapse that left the Mets on the outside of the playoffs looking in, manager Willie Randolph's job is safe, Newsday reports. The final decision will be made tomorrow, but the paper quotes an anonymous source saying that GM Omar Minaya won't give Randolph the boot. The Mets blew a seven-game lead with just 17 games remaining. More »

    • Braves Won't Re-Sign Outfielder Andruw Jones

      Braves Won't Re-Sign Outfielder Andruw Jones

      (Newser) - Andruw Jones’ won’t play for the Braves next season, after Atlanta GM John Schuerholz said the club won't bid for the center fielder's services now that he's a free agent, because of the high salary demands of Jones’ agent, Scott Boras. Schuerholz wouldn’t reveal the specific numbers Boras wanted, but described them as “top tier,” reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. More »

    • Steroids Probe Finds Link to Schoeneweis

      Steroids Probe Finds Link to Schoeneweis

      (Newser) - A source involved in the investigation of Signature Pharmacy told EPSN yesterday that Mets relief pitcher Scott Schoeneweis received six shipments of steroids in 2003 and 2004. Signature is suspected of having distributed steroids and other drugs through online orders from doctors. The doctor who wrote Schoeneweis' prescriptions has been suspended for writing thousands more, including some for Toronto's Troy Glaus. More »

    • Rockies' Comeback is Complete

      Rockies' Comeback is Complete

      (Newser) - The Colorado Rockies took their season down to the wire, finally clinching a post-season berth in a last-minute rally in the wild-card tiebreaker, reports the Rocky Mountain News . After San Diego broke a 6-6 tie in the top of the 13th, Matt Halliday tripled to tie it up again, then made the game-winning dive into home plate. More »

    • Sport's Top 100 Power Players

      Sport's Top 100 Power Players

      (Newser) - In sports you're really only a winner or a loser, so BusinessWeek compiled a list of the 100 most powerful people in sports—whether they're on the field or behind a desk: Roger Goodell, commissioner, NFL Tiger Woods, golfer David Stern, commissioner, NBA More »

  • September 2007
    • Rockies, Padres End Race in Tie

      Rockies, Padres End Race in Tie

      (Newser) - Rookie starter Ubaldo Jimenez pitched a lights-out game for Colorado, who held off Arizona in the season's final game to pull into a tie with San Diego for the NL wild card. The two teams will play an elimination gam