MLB: Diamondbacks Host Giants to Start 2012 Season

April 6, 2012 MLB Baseball
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It’s fitting that two of the teams who are most likely to contend for the National League West title should start their respective 2012 seasons facing each other right off the bat. The San Francisco Giants, World Series champions in 2010, meet the Arizona Diamondbacks, who won it all in 2001. As mentioned in my [...]

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MLB: Opening Day Starts With Red Sox at Tigers

April 4, 2012 MLB Baseball
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Three games which count in the standings have already been played in the 2012 Major League Baseball season: the two-game set between the Seattle Mariners and Oakland A’s at Japan’s Tokyo Dome last week, and Wednesday night’s tilt between the St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins. Yet Thursday is considered Opening Day, supposedly because all [...]

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N.L. West Preview: Giants Seek To Boost Run Total

March 30, 2012 MLB Baseball
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One year after winning the World Series, the San Francisco Giants scored the fewest runs in the National League. They had to go most of the 2011 season without one of their most important offensive and defensive weapons, catcher Buster Posey, after a gruesome home-plate collision in May. Posey is fully recovered, and the team [...]

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N.L. West Preview: Ominous Start For Lowly Padres

March 29, 2012 MLB Baseball
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Former Diamondbacks general manager Josh Byrnes has made his mark since joining the San Diego Padres as their wheeler-dealer. Despite a winning record in spring games, however, the Friars are already hobbled by an injury to one of their major acqusitions, which doesn’t bode well for them going forward. The Action: Byrnes traded two minor-leaguers [...]

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N.L. West Preview: New Owner For Same Old Dodgers

March 28, 2012 MLB Baseball
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When Frank McCourt bought a controlling interest in the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2004, he couldn’t have speculated what turmoil would eventually accompany that purchase. Now a group headed by NBA legend Magic Johnson has agreed to buy the team from McCourt for a record $2 billion. What they’re getting is a club with one [...]

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N.L. West Preview: Rockies Seek Veteran Leadership

March 27, 2012 MLB Baseball
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Dan O’Dowd is one of the longest-serving general managers in the majors. At one point, he even was able to assemble a team that threatened to advance to the playoffs. But the youngsters O’Dowd had given to manager Jim Tracy have mostly given way to some more established players, and time will tell if the [...]

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N.L. West Preview: Arizona Ready To Take Next Steps

March 26, 2012 MLB Baseball
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Kirk Gibson has electrified the Arizona Diamondbacks like few others could. The run-heavy “Gibby-ball” captured the imagination of the fans in the desert since Gibson was named interim manager; it propelled the team from back-to-back last-place finishes to 94 wins in 2011 and an improbable National League West title. They’ve steadily advanced since the “interim” [...]

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N.L. Central Preview: Wild Cards Target Title Defense

March 23, 2012 MLB Baseball
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They were a playoff dark horse, and these wild Cards went all the way to the top. New manager Mike Matheny has a tall order to fill — and a huge shadow to step out of — as he tries to take the St. Louis Cardinals back to the pinnacle. The Action: General manager John [...]

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N.L. Central Preview: Pirates Bring Veterans Aboard

March 22, 2012 MLB Baseball
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Saying that his club is now “beyond the talent-acquisition phase,” Pittsburgh general manager Neal Huntington brought a multitude of free agents on board to guide the Pirate ship to its next port of call: respectability. The Action: The biggest deal Huntington made in the off-season was to lock up All-Star center fielder Andrew McCutchen to [...]

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N.L. Central Preview: Brewers Seek Post-Fielder Power

March 21, 2012 MLB Baseball
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The Milwaukee Brewers lost a huge part of their game when Prince Fielder signed with the Tigers a few weeks ago. They appeared to be in even deeper trouble when All-Star and National League MVP outfielder Ryan Braun faced a 50-game ban after random testing found an elevated level of testosterone in his bloodstream. Braun [...]

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