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The Associated Press: Many more NYC sports fans watch Yanks than Giants
(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' meeting with the Arizona Cardinals. Fox said ...
Freddy Sanchez inks two-year deal with Giants
Freddy Sanchez inks two-year deal with Giants
csnbayarea.com — October 30, 2009 THE GIANTS PAGE SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Comcast SportsNet has confirmed that the Giants... have reached a two-year deal with second-baseman Freddy Sanchez. The contract specifics have not been released. Sanchez is coming off successful ... (more) Freddy Sanchez inks two-year deal with Giants
GIANTS / Freddy Sanchez signs for 2 years
sfgate.com — On the other side of the infield, the Giants would like to re-sign Juan Uribe, and general... manager Brian Sabean has begun talks with Uribe's agent. However, a quick resolution is unlikely. "I get the sense he's going to test the free-agent market," ... (more) GIANTS / Freddy Sanchez signs for 2 years
Giants re-sign Freddy Sanchez
Giants re-sign Freddy Sanchez
scoresreport.com — According to the San Francisco Chronicle , the Giants have re-signed second baseman Freddy Sanchez to a... two-year, $12 million deal. This is a good deal for the Giants. Considering he’s turning 32 this winter, it’s safe to say that Sanchez’s best days are behind him. But he hits for ... (more) Giants re-sign Freddy Sanchez
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Holy Crap! More New Yorkers Watched ALCS Than A Mid-Season Giants Game!
Sportress of Blogitude — Yankees 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 sports-viewing are as follows: 1) Watching a postseason baseball game that could potentially end up being the victory that gets your beloved Yankees into the World Series for the first time since 2003; or 2) A Giants game, although somewhat important because it was a conference game, in all likelihood ...

Morning Journal- October 27, 2009
Sports Media Journal — ... content concerning NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya… James Jahnke at the Detroit Free Press has the story on the firing of the ESPN production assistant involved in an affair with Steve Phillips… Here’s another view of that story from Neil Best at Newsday Sean Gregory at Time Magazine has the latest on the Deadspin/ESPN rift … The Sports Media Watch has this past weekend’s college football ratings for CBS and NBC… The AP has the New York City area ratings numbers for Sunday , with the Yanks winning out over the Giants… More ...

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New York Yankees' victory crushes New York Giants in NYC ratings routESPN.com - MLB 10/26/2009
Sports fans in New York overwhelmingly chose to watch a decisive baseball playoff game over a regular-season football matchup Sunday night.
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Fifty-nine years ago, Phillies fan Wiley Smith and his friends suffered through a World Series sweep at the hands of the Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra and the rest of the New York Yankees.
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