Archive for July, 2007
Five and Fly: Yankees’ August should be interesting (Yahoo! Sports)
NEW YORK – They didn’t get Eric Gagne, so they went into the late innings ahead by 13.
Posted: July 31st, 2007.
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8 home runs but none for A-Rod as Yankees routed White Sox 16-3 (AP)
Everybody but A-Rod. On the night the New York Yankees tied a franchise record by hitting eight home runs in a 16-3 rout of the Chicago White Sox, Alex Rodriguez had none. While A-Rod stayed stuck at 499 homers, he watched his teammates connect all game long. After completing his 0-for-5 performance, he flipped his […]
Posted: July 31st, 2007.
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Yankees agree to trade reliever Proctor to Dodgers for infielder Betemit (AP)
The New York Yankees traded workhorse reliever Scott Proctor to the Los Angeles Dodgers for infielder Wilson Betemit on Tuesday in a deal that could add some punch to their limited bench. Betemit hit .231 with 10 homers and 26 RBIs with Los Angeles, which acquired him from the Atlanta Braves in a deadline deal […]
Posted: July 31st, 2007.
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Gagne to Red Sox, Teixeira to Braves, Padres busy at trade deadline passes (AP)
Eric Gagne gave up a closing job in Texas for a setup role in Boston in the biggest trade Tuesday before baseball’s deadline to make deals without waivers. Atlanta finalized its seven-player trade to acquire power-hitting first baseman Mark Teixeira from the payroll-paring Rangers. Those were by far the biggest of the 10 trades […]
Posted: July 31st, 2007.
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Proper farewell: Yankee Stadium to host 2008 All-Star Game (PA SportsTicker)
BRONX, New York (Ticker) - Baseball’s All-Star Game has been used to celebrate the opening of many new ballparks in the last few years, but using the 2008 edition to bid farewell to New York’s Yankee Stadium was not a hard decision to make.
Posted: July 31st, 2007.
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Yankees trade RHP Proctor to Dodgers for IF Betemit (PA SportsTicker)
The Los Angeles Dodgers bolstered their bullpen Tuesday, acquiring righthander Scott Proctor from the New York Yankees for infielder Wilson Betemit.
Posted: July 31st, 2007.
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Trade deadline’s winners and losers (Yahoo! Sports)
Early returns from the trade deadline show two clear winners and a pair of teams in Los Angeles whose inability…
Posted: July 31st, 2007.
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Betemit is good value for Yankees (Yahoo! Sports)
When word leaked that the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers were discussing a Scott Proctor-for-Wilson…
Posted: July 31st, 2007.
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Igawa to the Padres if Yanks sell (Yahoo! Sports)
The New York Yankees recently demoted left-handed pitcher Kei Igawa, for whom the San Diego Padres bid $10…
Posted: July 31st, 2007.
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Former major leaguer Bill Robinson dead at 64 (AP)
Bill Robinson, who played on Pittsburgh’s 1979 World Series championship team and was working as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ minor league hitting coordinator, died Sunday. He was 64. Robinson was in Las Vegas to visit the Dodgers’ minor league team and was supposed to meet De Jon Watson, Dodger director of player development, to drive […]
Posted: July 29th, 2007.
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