Archive for July 4th, 2008

Shane Victorino drove Pedro Feliz in with a line single to right to propel the Phillies to victory in the opener of their four-game showdown with the Mets.

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The Red Sox used the creative approaches and aggressive plays the Yankee’s desperately needed to win on Friday.

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Raúl Ibáñez’s tiebreaking homer in the fourth was enough offense as the Seattle Mariners won for the eighth time in 11 games beating the Detroit Tigers on Friday.

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José Reyes and Keith Hernandez engaged in an intense conversation on Sunday about comments Hernandez had made about the Mets player that day.

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The notion that David Ortiz would be given the chance to imitate Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium, prompted the Yankees to modify the format of a home rum promotion.

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From the perspective of the news media, there are three attributes of the ideal player to cover: he should be available, honest and interesting. Few players embody all three, but Johnny Damon does. A day after speaking from the heart about the Yankees’ struggles – which followed his address to the team at a postgame [...]

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So much for meetings. Josh Beckett stifled the Yankees after a shaky opening, Mike Lowell hit a big three-run homer and Johnny Damon left with a left shoulder injury as the Red Sox rolled over New York, 6-4, on Independence Day at Yankee Stadium.

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Maybe it's time their games were carried by the Discovery Channel, because these Bombers still seem to be trying to discover who they are, and what their 2008 expectations should be.

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Damon hurt as ball sits on top of wall

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Robinson Cano's recent surge at the plate hasn't coincided with a Yankees winning streak, which the second baseman said he would sacrifice hits for in a heartbeat.

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When Tony Odierno took the mound to throw the first pitch on Thursday, he wasn't doing it just as a Yankees fan. He also wasn't doing it because it was a Yankees-Red Sox game. He was throwing it for much more than that.

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“I’m throwing it out for all of them that are still serving our country,” said Tony Odierno, the retired United States Army captain who is working as a team intern in stadium operations, who threw out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium on Friday.

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When he pitched on hot days, Dave Righetti liked to go to the clubhouse between innings to cool off. On July 4, 1983, 25 years ago today, Righetti was following his normal routine.

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According to one predictive Web site, the Tampa Bay Rays are very likely to make the playoffs.

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Less than 12 hours after he rocked the Yankees with a scathing team meeting, Joe Girardi was preaching coolness on Friday, proclaiming it a new day and urging his players to move on.

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