mlb.mlb.com - 11/21/2008
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NEW YORK -- October weather has become less of a concern. All of Major League Baseball's future playoff games will be a minimum of nine innings, Commissioner Bud Selig announced on Thursday, in accordance with a rule change approved at the MLB owners meetings in Manhattan. The league will ...
sports.espn.go.com - 11/21/2008
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sports.espn.go.com —
NEW YORK -- There has never been a
rain-shortened game in the postseason, and now there never...
will be. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced the sport will enact a rules change stating that postseason games cannot be shortened because of bad ...
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Bud Selig: Major League Baseball to ban shortened ...
beyondtheboxscore.com - 11/20/2008
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beyondtheboxscore.com —
In Part I on Tuesday, we looked at
the early days of the AL and NL, as...
well as baseball's expansion into California. Today, we pick up where we left off, with the story of a man named Bud. Bud Selig and the Seattle Pilots The Seattle ...
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The History of the American and National League, Part II
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 11/21/2008
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Hammerin' Hank's Daily "Linkin' Logs" (11/21/08)
The Bad News Bloggers —
If you didn't already know, Hammerin' Hank...wait, no Hal Steinbrenner will be taking (officially) the place of George (or perhaps simply Larry David) as Yankees Chairman (and partial owner). Hal has actually been more involved with the team, namely from a financial aspect (he's got the brains), while brother Hank has been more focused on the baseball side of things. There's no doubt that Hank will take the place as family "Boss" when his father passes. And it's almost a sad day for baseball. And in a Charles Wilson-esque utterence (former GM CEO), George once declared "What's good for the Yankees is good for baseball." And to some extent that's true ...
Daily Linkin Longs:Hammering Hank
Walker Sports —
As always we welcome in Justin from the Bad News Bloggers with his Daily Linkin Logs. Always fun, always entertaining. If you didn't already know, Hammerin' Hank...wait, no Hal Steinbrenner will be taking (officially) the place of George (or perhaps simply Larry David) as Yankees Chairman (and partial owner). Hal has actually been more involved with the team, namely from a financial aspect (he's got the brains), while brother Hank has been more focused on the baseball side of things. There's no doubt that Hank will take the place as family "Boss" when his father passes. And it's almost a sad day for baseball. And in a Charles Wilson-esque ...
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