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Blue Jays rekindling memories of the 1980s?
Good morning kids, here is your Toronto Blue Jays history lesson for the day. Way back in the days before steroids and Moneyball, there was a plucky young team known as the (Labatt) Blue Jays. They...
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Little Leaguers invade city hall, get photo with mayor, leave smiling
The following statement may blow some city hall watchers’ minds: Your faithful scribe can find attending a council meeting a bit of a snoozer some days. I know, quelle horreur. But with all the...
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Beer and champagne goggles
The couch potatoes and sofa yams at K&K don’t watch that much baseball. The games tend to be a little long, nobody sweats, there are hardly any fights, and the sight of 70-year-old managers wearing...
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Gallery – World Series Game 7: Kansas City Royals vs San Francisco Giants
Kansas City Royals pitcher Jeremy Guthrie throws. (AP Photo/Peter G. Aiken, Pool) Jeremy Affeldt #41 of the San Francisco Giants pitches against the Kansas City Royals. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty...
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San Francisco Giants win World Series with 3-2 Game 7 victory over Kansas...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A giant, indeed. Madison Bumgarner punctuated one of the finest World Series performances in baseball history by pitching the San Francisco Giants to their third title in five years...
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Madison Bumgarner the star, but manager Bruce Bochy should get his due after...
The easiest decision Bruce Bochy had all night was when to put Madison Bumgarner in the game. The hardest thing was supposed to be deciding when to take him out. Actually it wasn’t that tough. You...
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Police: 40 arrested during San Francisco Giants’ victory celebration
SAN FRANCISCO — The celebration in San Francisco’s streets following the Giants’ World Series victory turned raucous and violent, with two people shot, two stabbed and 40 arrested, as revelers...
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Should the Kansas City Royals have waved home Alex Gordon in ninth inning?
Madison Bumgarner was pitching a gem of a game in relief for the San Francisco Giants but in the ninth inning, he hung a pitch high that Kansas City Royals Alex Gordon crushed to right field. As Gordon...
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San Francisco Giants fans arrive early to snag prime spots for World Series...
SAN FRANCISCO — Thousands of fans in Giants gear who were eager to cheer the World Series champions in rainy downtown San Francisco grabbed prime viewing spots early Friday, hours ahead of the...
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Chicago Cubs introduce Joe Maddon as 54th manager in franchise history
CHICAGO — When Joe Maddon and the Tampa Bay Rays visited Wrigley Field in August, the manager raved about National League baseball and praised the iconic neighbourhood ballpark. Couple that with...
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Los Angeles Dodgers hire Canadian Farhan Zaidi to be their general manager
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers hired Canadian-born Farhan Zaidi as general manager and Josh Byrnes as senior vice-president of baseball operations Thursday. The moves are the first major ones under Andrew...
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Williams voted NL Manager of the Year, Showalter takes AL honour
NEW YORK — Matt Williams was chosen NL Manager of the Year after guiding the Washington Nationals to the league-best 96 wins in his first season on the job while Baltimore’s Buck Showalter took the AL...
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Official: Cardinals’ Taveras was drunk at time of fatal car crash
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — St. Louis Cardinals rookie outfielder Oscar Taveras was drunk at the time of his fatal car crash last month in his Caribbean homeland, an official in the Dominican...
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Victor Martinez’s new deal with Detroit Tigers worth $68 million over four years
DETROIT — Victor Martinez has agreed to a $68 million, four-year contract to stay with the Detroit Tigers, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The person spoke on condition of anonymity...
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Clayton Kershaw unanimous pick for NL Cy Young, Kluber wins AL honours
NEW YORK — Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was a unanimous choice for his third NL Cy Young Award, and Cleveland’s Corey Kluber edged Seattle’s Felix Hernandez to win the AL honour for the...
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Report: Billy Butler and A’s reach three-year deal
OAKLAND, Calif. — A person with knowledge of the negotiations says free agent designated hitter Billy Butler and the Oakland Athletics have agreed to a $30 million, three-year contract. The person...
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Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton signs $325 million, 13-year deal, MLB record for...
MIAMI — Giancarlo Stanton signed his record $325 million, 13-year contract with the Miami Marlins at a news conference formally announcing the deal Wednesday. Stanton signed the agreement at the start...
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Red Sox make double free agent splash, land Pablo Sandoval, Hanley Ramirez
SAN FRANCISCO –The Red Sox are hoping to spend their way out of the AL East cellar with two big free agent signings. The first team in major league history to go from worst to first and back again has...
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Red Sox finalize $95M agreement with Pablo Sandoval; Hanley Ramirez’s deal next
BOSTON — Pablo Sandoval and Hanley Ramirez spent the last two seasons as NL West rivals. Now they’re teammates, signing with the Boston Red Sox as free agents to try to boost Boston out of the AL East...
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Chicago White Sox officially sign 1B Adam Laroche to two-year, $25M deal
CHICAGO — When Adam LaRoche was a kid, he used to hang with his father at old Comiskey Park when Dave was a coach with the Chicago White Sox. Now LaRoche gets to play for one of his dad’s old teams....
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