Archive for July 15th, 2008

With one out in the ninth inning of Tuesday's All-Star Game, the 79th in Major League history, Mariano Rivera walked through the bullpen door at Yankee Stadium, and the scene was very much the same as it usually is. Yet it was also very much different.

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If Major League Baseball adopted instant replay, it would be used on fair and foul calls and for plays that happen over or near the outfield fence.

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It was a smart idea to have a ceremony where this year’s All Stars were joined by Hall of Famers at the positions that made them famous, but it would have been better to mic them.

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A former steroids dealer has turned over additional documentary evidence that raises questions about Roger Clemens’s suspected use of performance-enhancing drugs.

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Josh Hamilton on Monday joined a club of players who have almost achieved one of the few marks in baseball that still seems insurmountable: hitting a ball out of Yankee Stadium.

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Traffic mostly stopped Tuesday afternoon as a group of baseball All-Stars and Hall of Famers traveled up Sixth Avenue in a parade as part of the festivities at Yankee Stadium.

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The Yankees’ principal owner wept as he was driven across the outfield warning track and onto the field. He received a prolonged ovation.

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With a healthy demand for tickets during this year’s All-Star weekend, even the scalpers were running low Tuesday evening.

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The AL stole a record six bases in an All-Star game that stretched far into the night, finally beating the National League on a sacrifice fly in the 15th inning.

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This the longest All-Star Game ever, by time of game, and it has matched the longest in terms of innings, with 15. Incredible. Things are getting a little weird, safe to say. Scott Kazmir is the last available pitcher for the A.L., and the Rays didn’t even want him to pitch. A little while ago, Lou [...]

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Even to the casual fan, it was jarring to look at Red Sox and Yankees sharing the infield on Tuesday night.

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Along the All-Star Game parade route in Manhattan, fans and players got into the pageantry.

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The fourth and final All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium is a signature moment in a final season that will be filled with them.

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The first hit (and the first stolen base) of the 79th All-Star Game had to come from a Yankee, and Derek Jeter obliged. The first National League hit came from a player who has some extremely fond memories of that other ballpark in town: Chipper Jones, who named his son Shea. Don’t think that single [...]

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The auxiliary press box at Yankee Stadium is in the second deck down the right-field line, a good ways away from home plate, and it’s out here that I can try to appreciate just how far Josh Hamilton’s home runs last night traveled. He said the Bank of America sign beyond the right-center field bleachers [...]

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