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Pettitte’s return to Yankees spoiled by Mariners
By HOWIE RUMBERG | Associated Press – NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Pettitte repeatedly shook his head, smiled and glanced down at the table in the interview room while he tried — in his “aw shucks” manner — to find one thing that made his return to the big leagues feel strange. Pettitte was back on the mound Sunday for the Yankees , getting lavished with adoration while pitching into the seventh inning despite giving up a pair of two-run homers in New York’s 6-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners .
American National Rugby League Merges With Grand Prix Rugby
PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The American National Rugby League (AMNRL), announced today an agreement to partner with Grand Prix Rugby (GPR), a Los Angeles-based sports and entertainment company. The AMNRL is the governing body of the sport of Rugby League in the U.S.A. as exclusively sanctioned by the Rugby League International Federation
2012 baseball season completely unpredictable … so far
You might recall that we scoured preseason baseball predictions from 2011 and couldn’t find a single expert who looked into the crystal ball and saw the Diamondbacks winning the NL West title. But that was nothing compared with the unpredictable stuff happening this season
Buckner baseball that dashed Boston Red Sox' 1986 dream sold
By Marice Richter | Reuters – DALLAS (Reuters) – The baseball that broke the hearts of Boston Red Sox fans when it rolled through first baseman Bill Buckner ‘s legs during the 1986 World Series sold to an anonymous bidder for $418,250 at auction on Friday, the auction house said. Buckner’s error on a routine ground ball in Game 6 of the series against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium in New York was widely blamed for costing the Red Sox a chance to win what would have been the team’s first championship in 68 years
Baseball. Cal Baseball Visits WSU in the Palouse
May 3, 2012 BERKELEY – Fri., May 4 at Washington State, Bailey-Brayton Field, Pullman, Wash. 7 p.m. Sat., May 5 at Washington State, Bailey-Brayton Field, Pullman, Wash
Baseball. Cal Baseball Visits WSU in the Palouse
May 3, 2012 BERKELEY – Fri., May 4 at Washington State, Bailey-Brayton Field, Pullman, Wash.
Will Donald Fehr Spoil The NHL Party?
(Getty Images via @daylife) The NHL is on a pretty good roll this spring. The compelling first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs – the first postseason to air all games nationally through the league’s deal with NBC – just rode 32 one-goal games and 16 overtime games to record viewership. More than 900,000 people watched each game, on average, the most ever for an opening round
From Baseball, Insight Into God at New York University
Chang W. Lee/The New York Times John Sexton, the president of New York University, center, teaches a theological class with baseball as its focus. On the night before Opening Day, the end of a baseball fan’s version of Advent, John Sexton entered his classroom at New York University to speak of Joe DiMaggio
4 Lessons Business Leaders Can Learn From Baseball
(Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Baseball’s general managers are tasked not only with building a team that can win games this season, but also to construct a team that will be successful in the years to come. Neither is an easy job, but the latter is particularly difficult as 30 different teams jockey for top talent and contend with player injuries in a constantly-changing competitive landscape. Major businesses across the country face the very same problem – succeed today but also be ready for what tomorrow could bring.
Baseball Preview — Tigers Look Like A.L. Champions
Follow the blue and orange paw prints on the carpet to the far corner of the Detroit Tigers’ clubhouse in Lakeland, Fla. They lead to the smoke-filled office of Manager Jim Leyland, whose desk, strewn with lineup cards and Marlboros, faces a five-foot-tall poster bearing the stern face of Ty Cobb. Cobb was the greatest Tiger of all, a genius in spikes — as it says on his plaque at Comerica Park in Detroit — but for all of his glory, he never played for a World Series winner.