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Tampa Bay Ray' Akinori Iwamura watches his second-inning double off New York Yankees' A.J. Burnett in their baseball game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in ...
sports.yahoo.com - 20 days ago
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NEW YORK — It only took six seasons
with the Yankees and 16 years overall, but Alex...
Rodriguez (notes) can finally call himself a World Series champion. The controversial third baseman is no longer among the greatest players to never win a ...
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community.post-gazette.com - 20 days ago
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By Dejan Kovacevic | 10:25 p.m. Tuesday Akinori
Iwamura would be "interested" in exploring a long-term contract...
with the Pirates, he said in a conference call just now from Japan. Some highlights of the call, during which agent Yoshi ...
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Iwamura 'interested' in talking long term
post-gazette.com - 21 days ago
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In Neal Huntington's first major transaction prioritizing the
present above the future, the Pirates' general manager last...
night acquired veteran infielder Akinori Iwamura from the Tampa Bay Rays for rookie reliever Jesse Chavez.
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Pirates' acquisition of Iwamura aimed at present
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FILE - In this May 13, 2009, file photo, Tampa Bay Rays' Akinori Iwamura throws out Baltimore Orioles' Brian Roberts (not shown) during the ...
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Done deal . Iwamura for Chavez, straight up. There were rumblings about another player coming to Pittsburgh, but they were false. Sorry to leave you all hanging for a bit – new post on the way soon.
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