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July 27, 2008 - August 2, 2008 Archives
8:44 PM Sat, Aug 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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The St. Louis Cardinals conceded the Matt Clement signing was a failed gamble on Saturday, releasing a right-hander who has struggled to return from shoulder surgery in 2006. Clement, 33, was pitching for the team's Triple-A affiliate in Memphis, going......
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7:40 PM Sat, Aug 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Cumberland Little League softball team, which lost to Maine, 4-3, in the semifinals of the Eastern Regional Tournament at Albany, N.Y. on Friday, lost to Maryland, 1-0, in the consolation game yesterday.......
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6:32 PM Sat, Aug 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
Barrington opened up a 13-4 lead with an eight-run fourth inning and defeated West Salisbury, Md., 14-4, in the Senior League Eastern Regionals yesterday at West Deptford, N.J. All eight runs in the fourth were scored with two outs. Jake......
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6:18 PM Sat, Aug 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
The Cranston Western Little League All-Stars (11-12) held a 7-1 lead going into the sixth-and-final inning but Williston, Vt. scored seven runs in the bottom half of the sixth and clipped Cranston, 8-7, in the first game of pool play......
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9:07 PM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
Manny Ramirez showed up at Dodger Stadium with a new attitude, a new number and a willingness to cut his flowing dreadlocks. "I feel great, man. I'm happy," Ramirez told some 200 media members behind home plate about three hours......
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9:06 PM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers made room for Manny Ramirez on the active roster Friday by placing infielder Nomar Garciaparra on the 15-day disabled list because of a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee. Garciaparra, who had been......
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7:13 PM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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Jason Bay met the Boston media for the first time about 45 minutes ago. "It's pretty exciting. It has been kind of a whirlwind. When the trade deadline was done at 4 o'clock I didn't hear anything. I didn't......
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6:21 PM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
WEST DEPTFORD, NJ - Nick Moniz's single just inside the third base line broke a 5-5 tie and lifted Barrington, RI to a 7-5 win over Suncook, NH in the opening game of the 2008 Senior Little League Baseball Eastern......
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5:45 PM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
The Boston Bruins have promoted longtime scouting executive Scott Bradley to director of player personnel. The team also announced Friday that Wayne Smith will succeed Bradley as director of amateur scouting and that John Weisbrod will become director of collegiate......
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3:29 PM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steven Krasner Journal Sports Writer The entire lineup hasn't been handed out, and the Sox' clubhouse will not be open at 3:30 as it normally does because of a team meeting. But the word from the Sox' PR staff......
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2:54 PM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NESN has announced live coverage of six games from the Little League New england and Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournaments. The Rhode Island representative, Cranston Western, plays Manchester North (N.H.) in a game that will be shown at 11 a.m. Wednesday. NESN......
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2:30 PM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
AP Photo / Spartanburg Herald-Journal, Mike Bonner Steve Smith, right, talks to Ken Lucas after the fought at practice. SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) -- Carolina Panthers receiver Steve Smith was sent home from training camp Friday after he punched teammate......
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1:55 PM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
Juliet Vongphoumy's rise on the Rhode Island golf scene continued today with a championship in the Ocean State Women's Golf Association's State Amateur. The 15-year old LaSalle student easily defeated Kibbe Reilly, 7 and 6. Here are the other......
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1:47 PM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Four years after he was shipped out of Boston in a stunning late July move, former Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra agreed with Manny Ramirez's contention that the Sox have mistreated big-time players before sending them out the door. Ramirez,......
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12:15 PM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
We heard months ago that we was filming it, and we never saw it. Until now: Manny (02)Uploaded by bsap11......
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11:39 AM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the Red Sox' realization that they had to move Manny, why signing Manny in 2001 was a turning point for the franchise, Jason Bay's responsibility in......
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11:10 AM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The NBA champion Boston Celtics plan to hold their 2008 training camp at Salve Regina University in Newport, The Boston Globe reports today. Players are required to report to camp Sept. 29. Coach Doc Rivers, according to The Globe, became......
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11:06 AM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Janis Carr The Orange County Register HAWTHORNE, Calif. - Paul Pierce said it. He meant it. And he still means it. The Boston Celtics small forward/guard recently was asked by a Spanish publication whether he thought Kobe Bryant was......
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8:08 AM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tony Jackson Los Angeles Daily News LOS ANGELES - The so-called "Manny being Manny" phenomenon finally got Manny Ramirez traded out of Boston on Thursday. But whether the Red Sox's loss becomes the Dodgers' ticket to the postseason isn't......
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8:03 AM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Ken Davidoff Newsday The news dominated the day at Yankee Stadium, understandably. What, we were supposed to get worked up over Alberto Gonzalez for Jhonny Nunez? Of course the Red Sox's trade of Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers would......
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8:00 AM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Tim Kawakami San Jose Mercury News More power (literally) to the Los Angeles Dodgers for renting Manny Ramirez and to the Chicago White Sox for agreeing to a Ken Griffey Jr., time-share at Thursday's trade deadline. Hey! Big news!......
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7:56 AM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Paul Hagen Philadelphia Daily News Instant report card now that the non-waiver trading deadline has finally passed . . . A: Angels get first baseman Mark Teixeira from Braves. Not only did the best team in baseball get better,......
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7:50 AM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Welcome Jason Bay, so long Manny Ramirez, and what will it all mean to the product on the field? Click here to download the file in pdf format.......
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6:09 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Brandon Moss was standing in the outfield in McCoy Stadium this afternoon, nearly an hour after the Major League trading deadline, when he found out he had been dealt to the Pirates. Moss had been penciled in to hit......
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4:54 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - In a swap of minor leaguers, the New York Yankees traded shortstop Alberto Gonzalez to the Washington Nationals for pitcher Jhonny Nunez on Thursday. A slick fielder, Gonzalez briefly filled in for the Yankees this season......
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4:51 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
According to multiple sources, including SI.com and The Boston Globe, Manny Ramirez has been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a three-way deal that will send the Pittsburgh Pirates' Jason Bay to Boston. We'll have more on this story......
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4:19 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The rumor mill churns, and now Ken Rosenthal reports that "unless a miracle happens," the Tampa Bay Rays actually failed in their attempts to land Jason Bay. Separately, a Tampa official denied recent MLB.com reports that a deal had been......
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3:55 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The votes are in, and projo.com readers narrowly selected the Boston Celtics' NBA championship as the top local sports story from the first half of 2008. The Celtics' run beat out the story of Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel by eight......
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3:42 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
MIAMI (AP) - Alex Rodriguez agrees with his wife that their marriage is over, but he says her allegations of extramarital affairs aren't relevant to the divorce. The New York Yankees' All-Star third baseman said Thursday in court papers......
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3:40 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
With Jason Bay apparently gone, SI.com and other media outlets report that the Red Sox are now in talks with the Los Angeles Dodgers about trading Manny Ramirez. Jon Heyman says the Red Sox are believed to be most interested......
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2:34 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
There are lots of reports out there that the Manny Ramirez-to-Florida trade will not happen. And that could be a good thing for one of the Red Sox' key division rivals, because Peter Gammons is reporting on ESPN that the......
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2:21 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Posted earlier today on the PatsBlog by Kevin McNamara: The Patriots have concluded their morning workout, Bill Belichick has spoken and the Gillette Stadium workers are setting up for a visit from Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band. A......
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2:17 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Patriots fans hoping to see the Patriots practice Friday had best change their plans. The players will be off Friday. The Pats will practice once both Saturday and Sunday from 2:30 to 4:40. But Saturday's practice will be closed to......
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1:58 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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RACINE, Wis. (AP) -- He'll talk about the Iraq war, gas prices and terrorism. But don't look to Republican presidential candidate John McCain to weigh in on the Brett Favre saga. The first question at McCain's town hall meeting Thursday......
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1:49 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Jayson Stark on ESPN's trade deadline special just said that he is hearing "from all sides" that the Manny Ramirez is dead: "The Pirates are blaming the Marlins. The Marlins are blaming the Pirates. And the Red Sox aren't too......
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1:22 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
SI.com's Jon Heyman reports that Manny Ramirez has given his OK to a trade that would send him to the Marlins, but that a deal has not yet been reached. But the slugger told ESPNdeportes.com this morning that no one......
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12:24 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Manny Ramirez, Jason Bay and Josh Beckett. Here's what Sean had to say about what would happen if the Sox kept Manny: "I would say that......
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11:45 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Manny Ramirez may have played his final game with the Boston Red Sox -- or he could lead the team he says doesn't deserve him to another World Series championship. Negotiations to send the Red Sox's disgruntled......
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11:35 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Our own Mike Foran asked the pressing question of the day to some folks on the street near our building in downtown Providence. Click here to see what people had to say.......
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11:16 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Newsday's Greg Logan reports today that Providence Bruins head coach Scott Gordon met yesterday with New York Islanders general manager Garth Snow about the Isles' vacant head coaching job, and that the interview was said to have gone "extremely well."......
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11:13 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Tired of hearing and reading about Manny Ramirez? You could always go fishing. Tom Meade has some things you might want to know about in his weekly fishing report. Click here to read it.......
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