Globe and Mail
Rutgers takes second annual Pinstripe BowlMLB.comBy Spencer Fordin / MLB.com | 12/30/11 9:24 PM EST Rutgers and Iowa State met at Yankee Stadium on Friday for the second annual Pinstripe Bowl, a game that reconnects New York with its storied past in college football. Rutgers, feeding off a friendly …Nooga Bowl Preview: New [...]
Bleacher Report
Tigers out to complete road they traveled in '11DetroitTigers.comBy Jason Beck / MLB.com | 12/30/11 11:00 AM EST DETROIT — The Tigers accomplished a lot in 2011, and their first division title in 24 years was just the start. They can boast an American League Cy Young Award winner, an MVP, a reigning batting [...]
ESPN
Baseball's game of the yearESPNBefore the night of Oct. 27, you could have fueled a spirited debate with the directive, "Pick the best game of the 2011 Major League Baseball season." Philadelphia and Cincinnati hooked up in a 19-inning marathon in May, capped by Phillies utility man …MLB 2011: 5 Biggest Stories of the YearBleacher [...]
Will Chinese Baseball Make It to the Big Leagues?TIME29, 2011 Students play catch during an inaugural ceremony at Major League Baseball's first professional-development center at Dongbeitang High School on Sept. 23, 2009, in Wuxi, China Eugene Hoshiko / AP The field took just four months to build amid …
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Washington Times
Boras and Fielder did not meet with Angelos on free agent tourBaltimore Sun (blog)By Dan Connolly In an attempt to market his top free-agent client to major league baseball's biggest decision-makers, renowned player representative Scott Boras took slugging first baseman Prince Fielder on a brief tour this month to meet with several …Heard Any [...]
MLB.com
Mueller, who played for New York Giants, diesMLB.comBy Joey Nowak / MLB.com | 12/30/11 6:43 PM EST Don Mueller (right, with Willie Mays and Duke Snider) led the big leagues in hits, with 212, in 1954. (AP) Don Mueller, the New York Giants outfielder who helped set the table for Bobby Thomson's famed …Don Mueller, [...]
Baseball remembers those it lost in 2011MLB.comBy Tom Singer / MLB.com | 12/30/11 10:00 AM EST It was a year of many indelible memories, countless remarkable personal and club feats and far, far too many moments of silence. The baseball universe had to bid farewell to men who had graced its fields, …
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Kalish will miss start of 2012 seasonMLB.comBy Ian Browne / MLB.com | 12/30/11 12:42 PM EST BOSTON — It turns out there was a reason Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington didn't mention Ryan Kalish a couple of days ago when he talking about candidates for right field for the start of 2012. …
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USA TODAY
Andrew Bailey latest in A's salary dump to force MLB's handUSA TODAYAll appearances are that they've simply given up trying to compete in the Oakland market and won't spend more than the bare minimum for players until Major League Baseball grants their wish and sets them free to relocate in San Jose — a [...]
MLB.com
King of the hill: Mo notches No. 602 in '11MLB.comBy Bryan Hoch / MLB.com | 12/30/11 12:00 PM EST NEW YORK — The nasty cutter bores in on hitters like a buzzsaw, has littered shards of lumber across countless Major League infields and is responsible for more than 600 saves. …
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