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7 hrs ago | Detroit News

Rod Carew's career batting average was .328 and he had 3,053 hits over 19 seasons.

It is a tranquil Saturday morning riding the hook -- the anchor -- on the ship at this Pacific Ocean terminus of the Panama Canal.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees, Opinion

12 hrs ago | KHWB-TV Houston

Phil Rogers: Commissioner plans to step down after 2012

When Bruce Springsteen played the Bradley Center in Milwaukee earlier this month, he led into his encore with "No Surrender," sending its haunting refrain of "no retreat, no surrender" echoing around the arena.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Joe Mauer, Baseball Players, St. Louis Cardinals, Albert Pujols

16 hrs ago | BleacherReport

Why Edgar Martinez Should Be Inducted Into the Baseball Hall of Fame

The ballot for the 2010 Major League Baseball Hall of Fame was announced on Friday, andA 26 players will be waiting on the phone call to join the most elite group in baseball.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Edgar Martinez, American League West

Yesterday | Major League Baseball

Hall could call for unheralded candidates

They're the ones who may have been overlooked because of the teams they played on, the markets they represented or the roles they had.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Robin Ventura, Ellis Burks, Ray Lankford, Major League Baseball, Barry Larkin, Edgar Martinez

Fri Nov 27, 2009

UnionLeader.com

Former Sox player Rivera is new Fishers' manager

Former big-league shortstop Luis Rivera, who won an American League pennant with the Red Sox, will spend next season developing players for the Blue Jays.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball

National Post

More hot air on Halladay front

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay has been the talk of countless trade rumours in recent months.

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Related Topix: Sports, Toronto Blue Jays, Major League Baseball, American League East, Roy Halladay, Baseball Players, Brett Cecil, Chad Billingsley

Fox Sports

Hard to hold AL West at Bay

This offseason, the competition with the West is expected to take a different form, with the Angels a prime contender for free agent left fielder Jason Bay .

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Related Topix: Sports, American League West, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels, Baseball Players, Jason Bay, Vladimir Guerrero, Kendry Morales

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Canada.com

Doping scandal sullied baseball in '07

The 2007 Major League Baseball season should have been one of the ages. There were broken records, Canadian firsts, historic comebacks and epic collapses .

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Related Topix: Sports, Colorado Rockies, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Barry Bonds, American League East, Toronto Blue Jays, Roger Clemens

Ledger Dispatch

Co-owner Lew Wolff says the Oakland A's are headed in right direction

23, 2007. These can't be the rosiest of times for A's co-owner Lew Wolff. His battle to find a new home for his baseball team continues, with no obvious end in sight.

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Related Topix: Sports, American League West, Major League Baseball, Oakland Athletics

BleacherReport

Casting My Vote For the Baseball Writers' Association of America in 2009

In the convoluted spheres of American democracy, the voters rarely deserve praise.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, St. Louis Cardinals, Albert Pujols, Baseball Players, Andrew Bailey, Chris Coghlan

Star Tribune

Feds seek rehearing of baseball drug list ruling

Federal officials are asking for a rehearing of an appeals court decision that said the government illegally seized drug-testing samples and records of baseball players who allegedly tested positive for steroids.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Fox Sports

Cabrera Central figure

Two AL Central teams might end up figuring prominently in the future of the Red Sox - the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins .

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Related Topix: Sports, American League Central, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, Justin Verlander, Baseball Players

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Halladay Rumblings...Pujols NL MVP

The Boston Red Sox are looking to add another quality starter to their five man rotation.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Baseball Players, Clay Buchholz, New York Yankees

CalHiSports.com

All-State All-Decade Baseball

November 24, 2009 3:11 PM In conjunction with national feature currently up on ESPNRISE.com , we are proud to present the CalHiSports.com All-State All-Decade Team for baseball.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Delmon Young, Baseball Players, Dustin Pedroia, Minnesota Twins, J.P. Howell

WorthPlaying

'Major League Baseball 2K10' (ALL) Revealed, Cover Athlete Signed

Major League Baseball 2K10 is the new iteration in the long running baseball series, now 2009 American League Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Award recipient Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays on the cover.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Evan Longoria, Baseball Players, Tampa Bay Rays

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Fox Sports

Sox, Yanks battle on

Keeping pace in the increasingly competitive American League East has become a year-round pursuit, and as is the case from April through October, the Yankees represent the biggest threat to the Red Sox .

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, American League East, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Roy Halladay, Baseball Players

CBC

Pujols captures 3rd NL MVP award

The Cardinals' Albert Pujols topped the National League with 47 home runs in 2009 and flirted with a Triple Crown, finishing with a .327 batting average and 135 runs batted in.

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Related Topix: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals, Major League Baseball, National League, Albert Pujols, Baseball Players, Florida Marlins

BleacherReport

The Race For National League MVP: Can Albert Pujols Be Unseated?

If Joe Mauer was a lock for the American League MVP, then Albert Pujols is a lock, deadbolt, and steel reinforced wall to win the National League honors.

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Related Topix: Sports, Albert Pujols, Baseball Players, Major League Baseball, St. Louis Cardinals

Mon Nov 23, 2009

SI.com

Griffey could earn $3.9M from Mariners in 2010

Ken Griffey Jr . is being rewarded for his leadership and seniority. According to contract figures obtained Monday by The Associated Press, the deal Griffey signed this month to return to the Seattle Mariners for one more season as a 40-year-old calls for a $2.35 million base salary for 2010.

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Related Topix: Sports, American League West, Major League Baseball, Seattle Mariners, Baseball Players, Ichiro Suzuki, Russell Branyan

BleacherReport

Joe Mauer Wins American League Most Valuable Player in Landslide

For years, the BBWAA picks for the Cy Young Awards and MVP were the subject of incredible scorn, especially among the sabermetric community.

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Related Topix: Sports, Joe Mauer, Baseball Players, Major League Baseball, Minnesota Twins, Justin Morneau

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