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Gluttons for punishment drawn to food promotion
Web-posted 07/09/09
MINNEAPOLIS --- First pitch was still half an hour away and the empty plastic cups, crinkled foil wrappers and peanut shells were already piling up under the blue seats in the Metrodome's upper deck.
Manager drops Twitter suit
Web-posted 07/08/09
ST. LOUIS --- St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has quietly dropped his lawsuit against the social networking site Twitter Inc.
Sale of historic letters now off
Web-posted 07/07/09
NEW YORK --- A trove of letters to one of baseball's founding fathers has been removed from an auction while the FBI investigates whether they were among items stolen from the New York Public Library years ago.
Pujols tops in All-Star voting
Web-posted 07/06/09
NEW YORK --- Albert Pujols will be in a familiar spot when St. Louis plays host to the 80th All-Star Game. Boston knuckleballer Tim Wakefield is headed for a brand new situation.
Minor managers can put on major shows
Web-posted 07/05/09
In a three-hour, 20-minute Augusta GreenJackets game two weeks ago at Lake Olmstead Stadium, Rome Braves manager Randy Ingle owned two minutes of it.
Manny back in 'comfort zone'
Web-posted 07/05/09
SAN DIEGO --- Manny Ramirez needed only five plate appearances before hitting his first post-drug suspension home run.
Game pays tribute to Gehrig 's speech
Web-posted 07/05/09
NEW YORK --- Derek Jeter helped Major League Baseball commemorate the 70th anniversary of Lou Gehrig's luckiest man speech Saturday, reading the famous line from the icon's stirring words during a video tribute before the New York Yankees' game against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Ramirez issues an apology
Web-posted 07/04/09
SAN DIEGO --- Manny Ramirez returned to the big leagues and apologized to fans and his teammates. He refused to talk about steroids, though.
Foul weather play
Web-posted 07/04/09
Pittsburgh third baseman Adam LaRoche prepares to catch a foul fly hit by Florida's John Baker in the rain during the third inning of Friday's game in Miami. The Pirates won 7-4.
NL rivals brace for Ramirez's return
Web-posted 07/03/09
SAN DIEGO --- Manny Ramirez will be back in big leagues tonight after a 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy. His return should be nothing short of a spectacle.
Bee season
Web-posted 07/03/09
A beekeeper removes a swarm of bees as they cover a chair in left field at Petco Park during the ninth inning of Thursday afternoon's game between the San Diego Padres and the Houston Astros in San Diego. The swarm delayed the game for 52 minutes. The Astros won 7-2.
Former commissioner dies at 90
Web-posted 07/02/09
John Henry Moss, a staple of South Atlantic League baseball, died Wednesday in his hometown of Kings Mountain, N.C. He was 90.
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