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Open Thread: Cubs vs. Braves, Wednesday 6/11, 7:05 CT
Next Game Atlanta Braves @ Chicago Cubs Wednesday, Jun 11, 2008, 7:05 PM CDT Wrigley Field...

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Gameday Thread: O’s (32-31) @ Red Sox (40-27)
  Today's Starting Pitchers GS IP ERA WHIP BAA HR BB K W-L Garrett Olson - LH 8 44.1 3.86 1.42 .270 3 16 32 5-1 Bartolo Colon - RH 4 23.0 3.91 1.39 ...

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Video: O’s 10, Red Sox 6

Our boy Gibbons wants another shot
Yeah, he sucked.  Yeah he liked needles.  But I kind of admire the guy for coming out, swallowing his pride and asking for ...

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Shadowing the 2008 Draft
Much like draft guru Jim Callis over at Baseball America, I conduct a shadow draft of the MLB Amateur Draft every season and have been doing so...

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HOMECOMING STING
(Boston Globe Staff Photo / Barry Chin) Paul Pierce Looked Lost in LA; Kobe's Feeling Right at Home Game 3 Box: Los Angeles 87, Boston 81It's a West Coast Trip as Celts Stumble...

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Huff Puffs, and Blows Our House In
(AP Photo) Sox Hung Tough ... But Okajima's Got the Wrong Stuff Against the O's, Again Tuesday Night Box: Baltimore, Boston less, 10-6Glo...

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Suddenly Summer: Cubs 10, Braves 5
After enduring a spring that Mike described to me last night as "First cold rain, then hot rain", the sun came out, puffy clouds dotted t...

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