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hardknoxsports.com - 2 days ago
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The SEC and Major League Baseball both have
had many blown calls this season. Some of the
missed calls in the ALCS were just plain embarrassing and the SEC is not much better. Instead of expanding instant replay, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig thinks it is a great idea to keep things the way ...
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Slive Keeps Acting More and More Like Selig
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bats.blogs.nytimes.com - 3 days ago
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Derek Jeter Will Appear on David Letterman's show.
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Derek Jeter to Appear on Letterman
thephoenixpub.com - 3 days ago
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Now that I have your full and undivided
attention… Did you really think that I would just
let you Phillies Phans have a repeat? Let you have a dynasty? There’s only ONE dynasty in baseball, you slack jawed idiots! The original Evil Empire, my New York Yankees. I do tire of ...
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Liquid Lunch – A Message from Darth Sidious Steinbrenner
mlb.mlb.com - 3 days ago
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"The Boss" was home in Tampa, Fla., apparently
watching the festivities on TV. > "I wish he
was here," said Mariano Rivera, who closed the game, 7-3, against the Phillies that set a wild celebration in motion. Rivera added that he asked son Hank ...
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'George, this one is for you'
espn.go.com - 5 days ago
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As Murray Chass notes, there's been a sea
change in the press box this year: The World
Series offers a startling barometer of how critical the health...
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Bidding a fond farewell ...
espn.go.com - 5 days ago
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Aside from missing a practically impossible call (for
a mere human, anyway) in Game 4 -- Ryan
Howard never did touch the plate in the fourth inning --...
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Umpiring is better ... but not better enough
nypost.com - 5 days ago
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PHILADELPHIA -- When it was over, the clubhouse
boys were stuffing gear into bags rather than wrapping
plastic over lockers. Instead of uncorking champagne, the Yankees were tossing socks and sanitary hose into big laundry bins. Bud Selig, with no p...
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From dream to nightmare
presstelegram.com - 6 days ago
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Today's covering-all-the-bases edition of The Sporting Muse: There's
someone out there who likes Bud Selig. Maybe even
loves him. Television network officials, perhaps, who are fond of him because they have control of his strings. But baseball fans ...
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KEISSER: Selig makes it tough for baseball fans to like him
cantstopthebleeding.com - 7 days ago
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A bunch of readers have asked how singer
Ronan Tynan can be booted from Yankee Stadium for
making an anti-Semitic remark in private, one for which he apologized, yet days later singer Jay-Z, who in public calls black men “n – - – - – s” and degrades women as ...
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Post Shocker : Mushnick Claims To Have “A Bunch Of ...
pinstripealley.com - 7 days ago
If we give Selig the benefit of the doubt, his gesture, on the surface, opens the door to retired...
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If we give Selig the benefit of the
doubt, his gesture, on the surface, opens the door
to retired players who have been, or could be, implicated in baseball’s drug scourge. Teams or the league office should have no reservations about reaching out and reconnecting to fallen stars. ...
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If we give Selig the benefit of the doubt, his gesture, ...
athbaseball.com - 7 days ago
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Forethought: I feel silly calling you Bud when
your name is Allan; it's like calling you Dude,
but if that's what you want... Dear Bud: Bud, Major League Baseball has always had seven umpires on the field for post season games instead of the regular season number of four. Kudos to you I ...
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Memo to Allan Huber "Bud: Selig ...
thegoodphight.com - 8 days ago
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Weather Issues for Game 3 We've been here before.
In fact, just over one year ago. Will Bud
Selig pull the same crap Saturday night he pulled for Game 5 last year? If the weather's really as bad as it seems they're forecasting, here's hoping ...
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Weather Issues for Game 3
lennysyankees.com - 9 days ago
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The umpires last night blew two double play
calls in a row last night, starting with Johnny
Damon’s “line out” in the seventh and then Mark Teixeira’s “great stretch” in the eighth. In the end, it evened out. Do you think the second call was a makeup call because the umps realized they were ...
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Blown calls a lingering issue in World Series
mlb.fanhouse.com - 9 days ago
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by Jeff Fletcher NEW YORK -- Bud Selig
said he has not changed his opinion on expanding
the use of instant replay, but baseball's commissioner left the door open a crack, saying the issue would be addressed in the offseason. "I think there are ...
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Selig Says Replay Will Be Reviewed
slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 9 days ago
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From Jim Caple : MLB commissioner Bud Selig
said he has been soliciting outside opinion from managers
and general managers the past few weeks and said no one offered a good explanation why the umpiring was so bad in the first rounds of the postseason. "The more baseball people I talk to, there ...
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Selig Says No Additional Replays
neveroninjuredreserve.blogspot.com - 9 days ago
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Baseball has come under fire this postseason because
of a number of terrible calls made by umpires
both in the division series and championship series. Last night Jorge Posada was doubled up on a ball that bounced right before it hit Ryan Howard's glove and was ruled a line drive. To the naked ...
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After Reviewing the Play, The Ruling on the Field Stands
bucsbits.mlblogs.com - 9 days ago
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Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com Though there has been a push
from some in Pittsburgh to have Roberto Clemente's No.
21 retired across baseball in the same way Jackie Robinson's No. 42 was, Commissioner Bud Selig said on Thursday that Major League Baseball...
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Selig: Clemente's number will not be retired across MLB
sports.yahoo.com - 9 days ago
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It was the sight you never thought you'd
see: Jay-Z climbing a stage near second base and
rapping with Alicia Keys as the Phillies and Yankees prepared for Thursday's Game 2 of the World Series. For a sport that's usually as flexible as a fungo bat ...
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An only in New York moment: When Jay-Z met Bud Selig
sports.espn.go.com - 9 days ago
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MLB commissioner Bud Selig said has been soliciting
outside opinion from managers and general managers over the
past few weeks and said no one offered a good explanation why the umpiring was so bad in the first rounds of the postseason.
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MLB commissioner Bud Selig not a fan of expanded replay
bats.blogs.nytimes.com - 9 days ago
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Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is firm on his
stance to keep instant replay at a minimum.
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Selig Still Opposed to Increasing Use of Instant Replay
nypost.com - 9 days ago
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Despite the horrendous umpiring throughout the postseason, commissioner
Bud Selig said last night the playoffs have not
been diminished, and he isn't in favor of instant replay to overturn calls. "I think my position has been clear. This is a game...
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Commish: No additional replay
chicagocubsonline.com - 10 days ago
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Tom Ricketts and his family will be formally
introduced Friday during a press conference at Wrigley Field
that begins at 11:00am C.S.T. WGN TV, Comcast SportsNet and CLTV will carry the press conference live as Mr. Ricketts addresses the media for the first time as the Chairman of the Board ...
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Time to Meet the Cubs New Boss
digitalsportsdaily.com - 10 days ago
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Video of MLB Commissioner Allan H. Selig on
the David Letterman show
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Bud Selig on David Letterman | Digital Sports Daily
nybaseballdigest.com - 10 days ago
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The excerpts from Tim Donaghy’s book “Blowing the
Whistle” appear to have nothing to do with Major
League Baseball. Or does it? Here are some of my favorite excerpts courtesy of Deadspin : We had another variation of this gag simply referred to as the “first foul ...
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MLB Should Pay Close Attention to Donaghy
waitingfornextyear.com - 10 days ago
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Don’t hate the player. Hate the game. No,
I am not going to talk about urban slang
from the 1990’s. Then again, the message of that statement is so true. It certainly describes my current feelings about the game of baseball which have been changing and shifting since the Indians ...
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Hating the Game
subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com - 11 days ago
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Don Fehr had a chance to close out
his tenure as head of the Player's Association on
a positive note - by teaming up with Bud Selig to cancel the World Series one more time. Unfortunately, Fehr let down the baseball public yet again. So here we go with predictions: A-Rod will have a great ...
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Predictions for the nightmare World Series
sportspromedia.com - 11 days ago
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The sale of the Chicago Cubs to the
Ricketts family, agreed in August, has finally gone through,
with the family formally taking control of the team, its Wrigley Field stadium and 25 per cent of Comcast Sportsnet.
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Ricketts family finally take ownership of Chicago Cubs
buccofans.com - 12 days ago
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BUCCO Fans.com looks at the 2009 World Series
between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies,
and sees a silver lining for small market teams like the Pittsburgh Pirates: a wrench in the talk from Bud Selig on how baseball has more parity than ever.
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Small Market Teams are the winners in this World Series
bases.nbcsports.com - 12 days ago
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Bud Selig's comments following the announcement of Mark
McGwire's return: Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, a fan of
Mark McGwire's when the latter broke the major-league home run record and thereafter, too, said Monday he "was delighted that Mark's ...
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Bud Selig is "delighted" at McGwire's return; the feds? ...
chicagobreakingsports.com - 12 days ago
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By Paul Sullivan The Ricketts family officially took
control of the Cubs Tuesday morning, closing the $845
million deal to take 95 percent controlling interest in the team, Wrigley Field and 25 percent of Comcast Sports Net. "My ...
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Cubs sale to Ricketts is complete
sportressofblogitude.com - 13 days ago
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Who woulda thunk it, right? There’s no way
anyone could have convinced me that a Yankees playoff
game would draw more viewers than a mid-season Giants game airing at the same time, but it’s true. Picture this: you’re a New Yorker, it’s Sunday night and your options for ...
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Holy Crap! More New Yorkers Watched ALCS Than A ...
google.com - 13 days ago
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(AP) 16 hours ago NEW YORK Sports fans
in New York overwhelmingly chose to watch a decisive
baseball playoff game over a regular-season football matchup Sunday night. The Yankees' chance to clinch a World Series berth went up against the Giants' ...
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The Associated Press: Many more NYC sports fans watch ...
onthedlpodcast.com - 13 days ago
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This is going to be an incredibly short
recap, because most of this stuff is in my
Press Coverage post over at The Sporting Blog today. So read it there, not here. > We discuss, the Yankees making it to the World Series. WIll the weather be a ...
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Yankees Win. Phillips Fired. Deadspin Sued. Best ...
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thedailysomething.com - 13 days ago
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This just in: Bud Selig is ridiculous.
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Bud Selig: Wrong About Everything, Always
realfakesports.blogspot.com - 13 days ago
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In recent years, Major League Baseball has been
notorious for scheduling playoffs games to meet the needs
of television networks . The World Series match-up between the Phillies and Yankees is no exception. To accomodate Fox and their primetime programming, the series is not slated to start ...
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To Accomodate Fox TV Schedule, World Series Slated to ...
pinstripealley.com - 14 days ago
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I feel for Ed and all the other
Giants fans out there forced to choose. The NFL
already shuffled its schedules in a blatant ratings grab, putting the Jets and Giants against each other again so that it could show Brett Farve vs the Packers in a prime time spot. Bud Selig and MLB are ...
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ALCS Game 6: Take Two
fenwaywest.com - 14 days ago
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Bud Selig and MLB have done everything to
get as much money out of the postseason as
possible. Games are played at night to maximize TV revenue when younger fans cannot watch and this season the games have been pushed back to gain more money: Fox, your friendly network for both the ALCS ...
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MLB's Greed is Killing the Postseason
nybaseballdigest.com - 14 days ago
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Dave Lennon over at Newsday has an interesting
column regarding how MLB’s decision making process works when
deciding to call a playoff game. Look, I know the weather can be unpredictable, but the forecast last night seemed pretty clear cut. Give MLB credit for incorporating a ...
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MLB’s Decision Making is a Ship of Fools
chicagonow.com - 16 days ago
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Today's guest for "A Spanish Inquisition" is the
Commissioner of Baseball, Bud Selig. A native of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin and graduate of the University of Wisconsin Madison, in his 17 years as commissioner Selig has overseen some of the biggest changes...
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A SPANISH INQUISITION: MLB Commissioner Bud Selig
bases.nbcsports.com - 17 days ago
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Don Denkinger worked as an MLB umpire from
1969 to 1998 and is infamous for blowing a
call at first base in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series between St. Louis and Kansas City, yet even he calls the...
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Denkinger calls postseason umpiring 'kind of a disaster'
insider.espn.go.com - 17 days ago
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Don Denkinger, an umpire who had one of
the most famous blown calls in history, tells Bob
Klapisch: It's time to go to replay . Here's the thing: Eventually, expanded use of replay is going to happen. It's as inevitable as a Democrat or Republican ...
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Buster Olney blog -- MLB -- Don't wait; start using ...
cubscore.com - 18 days ago
Hey, Bud! It's Time For Replay Review: NLCS Game 5 Preview, Dodgers vs. Phillies, Wednesday 10/21, 7
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Bud Selig: it's time to allow replay review.
Full Story: Chicago Cubs : CBSSports.com MLB Team News
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Hey, Bud! It's Time For Replay Review: NLCS Game 5 ...
bluejayhunter.com - 18 days ago
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One star has taken over the headlines and
drawn all the attention on themselves this post-season. It’s
not Alex Rodriguez, not Ryan Howard … I’m talking about the umpires. The officials have taken centre stage during the playoffs this year and have caused more controversy than ever thanks to ...
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The Men in Black
fackyouk.blogspot.com - 18 days ago
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Richard Sandomir of the New York Times took
a break from mercilessly pounding on Chip Caray to
call for instant replay following the two plays involving Nick Swisher in the fourth inning yesterday. The second play: Then, with Swisher on third, Johnny Damon flied out to center field and Swisher ...
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More Calls For Replay & Why It Won't Happen
baseballthinkfactory.org - 18 days ago
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Well...since Decca chose The Tremeloes at least.. Why
McClelland possibly decided that Cano was safe despite not
touching the bag until after being tagged is beyond this galaxy’s rules of logic and it sent Angel Stadium into a bloodthirsty frenzy. ...
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Yahoo: Duk: Umpire Tim McClelland makes the worst call ...
sports.espn.go.com - 19 days ago
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Players and owners have agreed to push back
the deadline for a collusion grievance over last winter's
free agents until the end of this offseason.
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Major League Baseball players, owners push back ...
njfrogman.blogspot.com - 19 days ago
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Last week the pre-order for the 2009 World
Series DVD listed Dodgers - Yankees as the stars.
Yesterday? Apparently the Dodgers beat the Phillies. You know - it is hard enough to be rooting for the... Full story: http://www.bobsblitz.com Best Amazon prices for Blitz Subscribers: ...
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MLB Continues to Push Dodgers Yankees World Series
nypost.com - 20 days ago
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In a perverse, reverse way, credit Bud Selig
for mission accomplished, for fulfilling the terms of his
agreement. He has proven that we'll take anything; we'll suffer all that once was out of the question -- too illogical, impossibly indecent -- ...
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Selig sells out national pastime
nybaseballdigest.com - 22 days ago
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So why did Yankee Stadium, despite officially being
a sellout, look like a mid-May game against Kansas
City? Jeff Passan answers that question over at Yahoo. As of 11:30 this morning there still were tickets available for Game 2. Could the baseball bubble be about to burst here in New York? ...
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What Kept the Fans Away?
nydailynews.com - 24 days ago
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For those with temporary amnesia, the Yankees and
Angels swept their division series opponents on Sunday. That's
why Game 1 of the ALCS should have been played Wednesday. Instead, both teams will have waited four days before playing.
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Raissman: Hey Bud, play ball...please!


































