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Maddux Takes Mound for Padres
Four-time Cy-Young Award Winner Greg Maddux looks to give Padres first 3-0 start since 1984.
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"Stream of Consciousness" from a Catholic Sickroom
What do tabby cats, Padre Pio and frankincense have in common? They have brought me cheer during some "sick" days. Small, simple things can bring spiritual comfort and healing.
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Cubs Continue Hot Streak
Mike Fontenot has played a grand total of 9 games this season, but he's fast becoming a fan, and player favorite
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Rockies Win, Go to Tie-Break Game
The National League Wild Card slot is still up in the air, decided by a one-game playoff between the Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres.
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Postseason Baseball
Up-to-date review and preview of postseason baseball
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Latest Baseball Power Rankings
Baseball's ten best teams as of June 7, 2007 include the Red Sox, the Mets and the hotter-than-Baghdad- in-August Arizona Diamondbacks.
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NL West: 5 Questions
Lacking a dominant team, the National League West could be up for grabs in the 2007 season
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Players On Four Teams in a Season
Dave Martinez, Dave Kingman, and Wes Covington are among the "select" group whose members have played on four teams during the same season.
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Top 5 National League Pitchers
These pitchers go to the mound every time with a chance to completely dominate their opponents.
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There Are Champions and There are Champions
The New York Yankees have now been American League Eastern Division Champions for the last eight baseball seasons. Now, doesn’t that sound impressive? Yes it does, but it doesn’t sound as impressive as stating that the Atlanta Braves have been division champions the last fourteen times there have been division champions, but it still sounds impressive, until one examines what has happened a little more critically.
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Puglia travel facts and trivia
Southern Italy: Information and statistics on St Nicholas' bones, Greek-speaking communities, tarantulism dances, massacres, pasta, Europe's first cat & Roman bronzes
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NL West: Trades, free agents
The San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Deigo Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks were all busy National League West teams during the winter.
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2003: A Season of California Wildflowers - the Western Mojave Desert
My wife and I started the year in Long Beach, where we discovered such new wildflowers as Bush Sunflower and Giant Coreopsis and Sea Dahlias. Meanwhile, winter was dropping just the right amount of moisture on places that would respond with explosions of rainbows. We had no idea the carnival of colors, or new species of wildflowers that lurked in our future. As it turned out, 2003 was one bodacious year for wildflowers in California, and we were knee deep in it and sinking fast.
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Shipwrecked Treasure Galleons – Part I
After the flota reassembled in Havana, Cuba for the return trip to Spain, they sailed north and east until they reached the latitude of forty degrees before crossing the Atlantic Ocean. The journey lasted approximately two months. The later they departed the New World for Spain, however, the greater their risk of encountering a hurricane somewhere along the narrow passage between Bahama Bank and the Florida reefs.
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Shipwrecked Treasure Galleons – Part II
When one of the oldest and richest of the treasure galleons sank in 1641, more than forty years passed before the wreck was discovered.
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Shooting Stars
Those of you who know me know I majored in astronomy. Those of you who know me better know that I spent a quarter of a century plotting meteors and recording meteor shower data, mostly of the Perseid meteor shower in August. Given this, it shouldn't be difficult for you to imagine how sublimely pleasing it was for me to finally come across my first Shooting Stars along the Blue Ridge Parkway three years back.
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NL West Preview
Major League Umpires and the National League West.
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2007 MLB Baseball Season Wrap-Up
With so many records shattered and so many tight pennant races that came down to the wire, the 2007 baseball season may have been among the best ever.
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MLB Weekly Power Ratings
Even after a week where the Red Sox went 2-5, they still hold the top spot by virtue of having the best record in baseball and the largest disvision lead in the MLB.
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Most Recent MLB Power Rankings
The Boston Red Sox continue their run as the best team of 2007, but the Mets and Braves remain hot on their trail, and the Yankees continue to disappoint.
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National League All Star Ballot
With only a month to go to the All-Star Game, it's time to study up on the best players at each position. Or, you can just do the usual and vote for your favorite guys.
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Brown Rage
Kevin Brown is as intense as they come. When the Yankees obtained his contract from the Los Angeles Dodgers, they knew what they were getting. They were getting a pitcher who wants to win as much as anyone who ever played the game.
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The 1998 New York Yankees
The New York Yankees have had many great seasons over the years, but their 1998 edition was at least the second best team ever, if not the best.
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Best Fantasy Hitters in the Minors
Fantasy owner's alert! Here are five hot minor leaguer sluggers that could soon be Fantasy MLB finds.
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International Father's Day Gifts
Find out how to say "Father" in foreign languages, then make a picture frame, placemat, coffee mug, BBQ apron, or greeting card. Show Dad he's the greatest on the globe.
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The Top 25 Free Agents of 1998, Part 2
Part 2 of a look at the 25 players most worth pursuing in the free agent market this offseason
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TALES...FISHING AROUND THE WORLD EVENT
Special article for the Suite's FISHING AROUND THE WORLD EVENT.
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Major League Pitching Records
Pitching is the key to winning games and winning championships. here are some of the best (and worst) records for hurlers in Major League History.
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Cy Young Award Winners:1956-1980
From Don Newcombe in 1956 to Steve Stone and Steve Carlton in 1980, the Cy Young award honors baseball's best pitchers. Here are the winners over the first 25 years.
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George in Charge
When he left, Gabe Paul was replaced by two individuals, Cedric Tallis and Al Rosen. When asked whether Tallis or Rosen would be in charge, Paul, not one to pull punches, answered that George would be in charge.
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Is it the Journey or the Destination?
A description of a strange and hurried journey full of visual impact.
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Offensive
The 1921 Tigers had a 5.53 team ERA. The 1969 Mets had a 2.99 team ERA. The 1921 Tigers starters were Dutch Leonard (11-13), Hooks Dauss (10-15), Red Oldham (11-14), and Howard Ehmke (13-14). The team that had the highest batting average in American League history didn’t have a starter above .500.
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Top Fantasy Pitchers in the Minors
With all of the injuries and incompetence among MLB pitching lately, these young pitching prospects and veteran hangers-on will help your 2007 Fantasy Baseball Team.
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A Tale of Two Leagues
The World Series was viewed as the primary test between the leagues. It was difficult for one league to claim superiority over the other if its representative lost the World Series. The All-Star became the second most important method to compare the leagues. During the first half of the 20th century, the World Series and the All-Star game were the most important sporting events in the country.
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You're Never Too Old
Does it really matter how old a player is?
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AL All-Stars
My choices for the American League All Star team midway thru 1999.
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Sam
Sam sat down as Mariano Rivera entered the game even though it wasn’t a save situation. After Bernie retired and Posada was sent to Arizona as part of the package that brought Randy Johnson to New York, only Rivera and Jeter remained from the last championship team. Rivera retired four straight batters to preserve the win.
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Arizona Fall League
The AFL is a little-known baseball development league boasting alums such as Troy Tulowitzki.
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Gael Garcia Bernal – Actor Profile
A brief career history of Gael Garcia Bernal, the talented young Mexican actor, star of Motorcycle Diaries and Amores Perros. Plus current projects circa 2008/9
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Gaetano Donizetti Biography
Brief biography of Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti, his life, career and list of his major operas. Best known for L'Elisir d'amore and Lucia di Lammermoor.
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Giants Downsized In Desert
The Arizona Diamondbacks extend their winning streak to five by taking three in a row from the Giants.
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International Coastal Cleanup Day
Join the Ocean Conservancy in their annual International Coastal Cleanup and do something positive to reduce marine debris.
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Jackie Robinson Honored
April 15, 2007 marked the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's memorable debut in the major leagues.
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Malaysia’s Festa San Pedro
From 23 to 29 June, tourists on vacation flock to the Portuguese Settlement in Malacca (Melaka) town to commemorate the annual feast of the fishermen.
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The Hottest Teams in August
There's really a pitching statistic that the Rockies look good in.
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Wine in Early California
The first vineyards and wines of early California.
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El destino de Tacha en Es que somos muy pobres
This article is about a short story by Juan Rulfo, "Es que somos muy pobres". The article is in Spanish.
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