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Sports Briefing | Baseball: Arizona Acquires Reliever

 

Published 21 hours ago by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS at NYT > Baseball

The Arizona Diamondbacks traded two minor leaguers to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for reliever Aaron Heilman, a former Met.

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Giants’ Lincecum Wins His Second Consecutive Cy Young

 

Published 22 hours ago by By TYLER KEPNER at NYT > Baseball

Tim Lincecum went 15-7 with a 2.48 E.R.A. and led the N.L. with 261 strikeouts. Chris Carpenter finished second in the voting and his St. Louis teammate Adam Wainwright was third.

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Mets Watch Their Spending, Despite Minor League Concerns

 

Published 24 hours ago by By BEN SHPIGEL at NYT > Baseball

According to figures compiled by Baseball America, the Mets spent less money on the 2009 draft than any other team in baseball.

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Giants’ Lincecum Wins His Second Consecutive Cy Young

 

Published 28 hours ago by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS at NYT > Baseball

Tim Lincecum went 15-7 with a 2.48 ER.A. and led the N.L. with 261 strikeouts. Chris Carpenter finished second in the voting and his St. Louis teammate Adam Wainwright was third.

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Mets Seeking Top Hitter, With Other Holes to Fill

 

Published 46 hours ago by By BEN SHPIGEL at NYT > Baseball

The Mets are interested in Matt Holliday or Jason Bay, but they also need a new catcher, a starting left fielder, bullpen help and another quality starter.

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Scioscia and Tracy Are Managers of the Year

 

Published 46 hours ago by By TYLER KEPNER at NYT > Baseball

This year’s managers of the year were runaway winners: Jim Tracy of the Colorado Rockies and Mike Scioscia of the Los Angeles Angels.

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At This Year’s Market, Yanks Are in No Rush to Buy

 

Published 46 hours ago by By TYLER KEPNER at NYT > Baseball

The team has about $50 million coming off its 2009 payroll, but with few elite players available, they are less motivated to make a splash.

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Bucky Williams, Negro Leagues Player, Dies at 102

 

Published 48 hours ago by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS at NYT > Baseball

Williams played for the Homestead Grays and the Pittsburgh Crawfords from 1928-39.

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Tracy and Scioscia Win Manager of the Year Awards

 

Published 2 days ago by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS at NYT > Baseball

Jim Tracy of Colorado won the N.L. Manager of the Year award on Wednesday -- and earned a new contract, too -- while Mike Scioscia of the Los Angeles Angels was selected for the A.L. honor.

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After 5 Years, Backman Gets a Second Chance

 

Published 2 days ago by By BEN SHPIGEL at NYT > Baseball

The new manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones had off-field problems that led to his firing by the Diamondbacks in 2004.

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Use of Statistics Helps Greinke to Cy Young

 

Published 2 days ago by By TYLER KEPNER at NYT > Baseball

The Royals’ ace easily outdistanced Felix Hernandez for the Cy Young Award after compiling a 16-8 record with a major league-low 2.16 earned run average.

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Yankees Decline $1.25 Million Option on Mitre

 

Published 3 days ago by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS at NYT > Baseball

The right-hander was not on the Yankees’ postseason roster. Mitre now becomes eligible for salary arbitration.

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Greinke Wins His First Cy Young Award

 

Published 3 days ago by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS at NYT > Baseball

Zack Greinke won the American League Cy Young Award, beating out Felix Hernandez after a spectacular season short on wins but long on domination.

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Backman and the Mets, Together Again

 

Published 3 days ago by By BEN SHPIGEL at NYT > Baseball

Wally Backman, an infielder for the 1986 champions, gets another chance as a manager in a major league organization five years after his last one fell apart.

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Top Rookies, With Uncertain Futures

 

Published 3 days ago by By TYLER KEPNER at NYT > Baseball

Will the Oakland Athletics’ Andrew Bailey keep baffling hitters as an All-Star closer? Will Florida Marlins left fielder Chris Coghlan keep churning out hits?

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Coghlan and Bailey Win Rookie of the Year Awards

 

Published 4 days ago by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS at NYT > Baseball

Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan edged Philadelphia Phillies pitcher J.A. Happ and Oakland Athletics closer Andrew Bailey was selected first on 13 of 28 ballots.

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As A.L.-N.L. Gap Widens, G.M.’s Tread Cautiously

 

Published 4 days ago by By ALAN SCHWARZ at NYT > Baseball

General managers agree that free agents, especially those who would be switching leagues, are coming under greater scrutiny.

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Delicate Knee Surgery Saved Matsui’s Season

 

Published 6 days ago by By DAVID WALDSTEIN at NYT > Baseball

A magnetic resonance imaging test will probably determine whether Hideki Matsui needs to have the procedure repeated in order to play next season.

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A Celebrity Divorce Case Rocks the Dodgers

 

Published 6 days ago by By BILLY WITZ at NYT > Baseball

The team’s owner, Frank McCourt, fired his wife, Jamie, the team’s chief executive, last month. The saga will now be the subtext beneath every move the Dodgers make.

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Mets Will Hire Backman to Manage Brooklyn Cyclones

 

Published 6 days ago by By DAVID WALDSTEIN at NYT > Baseball

After five years in exile, Wally Backman is making a return to a Major League Baseball affiliate with the Mets, the club that originally drafted him.

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Contract Talks Likely To Test Matsui’s Calm

 

Published 6 days ago by By KEN BELSON at NYT > Baseball

Hideki Matsui would like to come back to the Yankees, but given the aging slugger’s physical limitations, it is unclear if the interest is mutual.

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Halladay a Test for New Blue Jays General Manager

 

Published 7 days ago by By DAVID WALDSTEIN at NYT > Baseball

In his sixth week as the Blue Jays’ general manager, Alex Anthopoulos must decide what to do with Roy Halladay, the ace pitcher who will be entering the final year of his contract.

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Wilpon Firm Challenges Finding by Trustee in Madoff Case

 

Published 7 days ago by By KEN BELSON at NYT > Baseball

The investment firm controlled by Fred Wilpon, the principal owner of the Mets, said it lost money in the Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Bernard L. Madoff.

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Roundup: Mets Monitoring Safety of Prospect in Venezuela

 

Published 8 days ago by By DAVID WALDSTEIN at NYT > Baseball

Amid kidnappings and war rhetoric in the country, the team may recommend that catcher Josh Thole return home from his winter league team there.

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Unlike Minaya, Cashman Stands on Solid Ground

 

Published 8 days ago by By DAVID WALDSTEIN at NYT > Baseball

General Manager Brian Cashman won a World Series championship with the Yankees, while Omar Minaya’s Mets limped home with 92 losses.

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Jeter and Teixeira Receive Gold Glove Awards

 

Published 9 days ago by By DAVID WALDSTEIN at NYT > Baseball

The Yankees were the only American League team to have more than one Gold Glove winner, and Torii Hunter and Ichiro Suzuki won their ninth in a row.

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Holliday, and Boras, Top Slim Free-Agent Field

 

Published 9 days ago by By DAVID WALDSTEIN at NYT > Baseball

Last off-season, one of Scott Boras’s clients, Mark Teixeira, was the big prize of free agency. This year, Boras is back, with Matt Holliday as his top available client.

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Sports of The Times: New York Has Its Share of Losers. Feel Better?

 

Published 10 days ago by By GEORGE VECSEY at NYT > Baseball

Fans around the world who begrudge New York for its free-spending Yankees and cable money need to look at the city’s total sports picture.

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Dodgers' Entire Coaching Staff to Return Next Year

 

Published 10 days ago by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS at NYT > Baseball

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Joe Torre's entire coaching staff will be back with the Los Angeles Dodgers next season.

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Hideki Matsui, Johnny Damon Become Free Agents

 

Published 10 days ago by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS at NYT > Baseball

NEW YORK (AP) -- World Series MVP Hideki Matsui became a free agent Monday along with New York Yankees teammates Johnny Damon, Eric Hinske, Jose Molina and Xavier Nady.

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Baseball GMs Come to Chicago for Brief Meeting

 

Published 10 days ago by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS at NYT > Baseball

CHICAGO (AP) -- Instead of swaying palm trees, the roar of 747s greeted baseball's general managers Monday as they began gathering for their annual meeting.

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In Baseball, G.M.’s Meet Amid Signs of Austerity

 

Published 10 days ago by By DAVID WALDSTEIN at NYT > Baseball

Baseball’s general managers’ meetings seem to be notably down-scale this year, another indication that teams may show financial restraint regarding player salaries this off-season.

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Sports Briefing | Baseball: Phillies Decline Option on Feliz

 

Published 11 days ago by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS at NYT > Baseball

The Philadelphia Phillies have declined their $5.5 million option for next season on third baseman Pedro Feliz, who will receive a $500,000 buyout.

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Putting the Negro Leagues in Play

 

Published 13 days ago by By STUART MILLER at NYT > Baseball

After many years of often tedious research, the makers of the Strat-O-Matic board game have a new set of 103 Negro leagues player cards.

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All Along Broadway, Pinstripes, Proposals and Chants to ‘Go for 28’

 

Published 13 days ago by By JACK CURRY at NYT > Baseball

As the Yankees’ Nick Swisher put it, getting up at 6:30 a.m. was not hard because “you know someone is going to be cheering for you all day.”

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Reporter’s Notebook: In a Child’s Company, Champions Become Gods

 

Published 13 days ago by By TYLER KEPNER at NYT > Baseball

Before Game 5 of the World Series, in the visiting manager’s office at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Joe Girardi admitted he had thought about the parade. His son Dante, then 7 years old, had been asking about it.

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Sports of The Times: Cashman Reflects on That Championship Season

 

Published 14 days ago by By GEORGE VECSEY at NYT > Baseball

The Yankees’ general manager has been part of a number of World Series titles, and he has urged his players to enjoy the moment.

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Yankee Fans Celebrate Their Newest Heroes

 

Published 14 days ago by By CONNOR ENNIS at NYT > Baseball

Thousands of people streamed into Lower Manhattan on Friday to help the Yankees celebrate their 27th World Series championship with a ticker-tape parade.

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Same Script for Yankees, 86 Years Later

 

Published 14 days ago by By PHIL COFFIN at NYT > Baseball

Are the Yankee a team of destiny, or do they just know how to use good left-handers?

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After Winning Series, Girardi Aids Motorist After Crash

 

Published 14 days ago by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS at NYT > Baseball

On his way home from Yankee Stadium after Game 6 Wednesday night, Manager Joe Girardi helped a driver involved in an accident.

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TV Sports: Yankees’ 27th Title Proves a Big Draw

 

Published 14 days ago by By RICHARD SANDOMIR at NYT > Baseball

The six-game average for the series was 42 percent higher than the 13.6 million who watched the Phillies beat Tampa Bay last year.

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Sports of The Times: It’s About the Money, and the Yanks Have a Lot

 

Published 14 days ago by By WILLIAM C. RHODEN at NYT > Baseball

In the free-agency era, it has proved almost impossible to keep together a core of homegrown players.

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For a District That’s Short of Heroes, a Teamful

 

Published 14 days ago by By PATRICK McGEEHAN at NYT > Baseball

The “Canyon of Heroes” that the Yankees will parade through on Friday looks more like the valley of hard times these days, as the central artery of the financial district has continued to gush losses.

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Rivera, Nearing 40, Wants to Play Five More Seasons

 

Published 14 days ago by By JACK CURRY at NYT > Baseball

Mariano Rivera had 44 saves in 46 chances in 2009 and culminated his season by cementing his value in the most important games.

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After the Championship Comes the Challenge for the Yankees

 

Published 14 days ago by By TYLER KEPNER at NYT > Baseball

The Yankees’ first test comes immediately, a clash of sentiment and practicality involving two of their best players in the World Series.

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Phillies Ponder Missed Chances Even as They Look to Next Year

 

Published 14 days ago by By BEN SHPIGEL at NYT > Baseball

After failing in its bid to repeat as World Series champions, Philadelphia began making its plans for a return to the postseason in 2010.

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Matsui Goes Wild and So Do His Fans in Japan

 

Published 15 days ago by By HIROKO TABUCHI at NYT > Baseball

Reaction in Japan to Hideki Matsui’s World Series M.V.P. performance.

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Matsui Leaves a Lasting World Series Memory

 

Published 15 days ago by By JACK CURRY at NYT > Baseball

If Hideki Matsui has played his final game with the Yankees, he left the same way he moved across the stage for seven seasons: professionally and exceptionally.

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Yankees 7, Phillies 3: Back on Top, Yankees Add a 27th Title

 

Published 15 days ago by By TYLER KEPNER at NYT > Baseball

The Yankees captured their first title since 2000, humbling the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night in Game 6 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium.

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Martinez Without Magic in Finale

 

Published 15 days ago by By BEN SHPIGEL at NYT > Baseball

Savvy trumps stuff in Pedro Martinez’s world, which is why this particular exit from the postseason stage must have been so difficult for him to handle.

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