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By STEVEN WINE The Associated Press MIAMI: Desperate for a breakthrough run against Brandon Webb, Florida Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez gave the sign for a suicide squeeze. The Marlins have been a surprise all season, and they pulled off another one Wednesday night, using the brazen bunt to help...
There has certainly been an outage of offense in the American League this season. The questions of why and for how long remain unanswered. Here is a list of the Top 3 players by position using Baseball Prospectus' VORP statistic. Note how much difference there is just between the top player and...
MIAMI -- At 25-19 through Tuesday, the Marlins are 1½ games ahead of the Phillies and Braves in the NL East, and eons ahead of where they were last year. "Other than the bleep [he actually said bleep] in the eighth inning, that was probably as good a game as we've played in awhile,'' said second...
The Florida Marlins are a surprising first-place team thanks in part to Dan Uggla's strong swing. Reality — at least during the month of May — hasn't been so bad for the Marlins and Uggla, who hit his 10th homer of the month Tuesday in a 3-2 win over Arizona. For the season he was at .323 despite...
The NBA is transitioning to a new, dramatically younger A-list, led by Chris Paul, Dwight Howard and LeBron James. So is the NHL, with Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby. Even the San Antonio Spurs aren't really old -- just their deeds are. read more
The season is too young to determine if the first-place Florida Marlins are legitimate contenders in the National League East, but the Marlins made a statement Tuesday night. Lefty Scott Olsen has been one of the league's top starters, Kevin Gregg is steady as a closer, and the Marlins have 64...
After a shaky start, Tom Glavine nearly was unhittable against his former team. Glavine retired his last 17 batters during his first post-New York appearance against... ... By Herald wire services Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - Updated 7m ago After a shaky start, Tom Glavine...
NEW YORK — Just when the slumping New York Yankees got Alex Rodriguez back, Derek Jeter went down with an injury that nearly led to a brawl with Baltimore. Adam Jones hit a three-run double during Baltimore's seven-run first inning against Mike Mussina, and the Orioles routed New York, 12-2, last...
Oh, the carnage (covers eyes). The Mets dropped a doubleheader to the Braves, featuring Ryan Church's attempt to break up a double play at second (Fail). For the Mets, Pedro is on his way out, Willie Randolph feels that he may be as well, and the team is in fourth place (although only 2 1/2 out...
The MLB season is a mere 52 days into its schedule, yet there are already clear and present surprises ... teams jumping far ahead of expectations. Back at spring training, where everyone was an expert, prognostications were confidently made as to which teams would dominate and which might as well...
