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Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera waves to the crowd after being replaced during the fourth inning against the Kansas City Royals in Kansas City, Mo., on Wednesday.

Cabrera locks up first Triple Crown in 45 years

Last updated Thursday, October 4, 2012 - 6:03am

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Miguel Cabrera became the 15th player to win baseball’s Triple Crown on Wednesday night, the reluctant superstar thrust into the spotlight after joining an elite list that includes Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Lou Gehrig.

Cabrera’s milestone wasn’t official until the Yankees pinch hit for Curtis Granderson in their game against the Boston Red Sox. Granderson had homered twice to reach 43 for the year, tied with the Rangers’ Josh Hamilton and one shy of Cabrera.

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Roger Clemens back on the mound at age 50

Kristie Rieken The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, August 25, 2012 - 11:05pm

SUGAR LAND, Texas — Roger Clemens raved about all the fun he had pitching at age 50 and putting smiles on the faces of Sugar Land baseball fans.

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David Haugh: Father's Day extra special for Beckham, father and grandfather

David Haugh Chicago Tribune

Last updated Sunday, June 17, 2012 - 9:53pm

Inside the Atlanta home of his grandfather, White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham connects every at-bat.

The effects of Parkinson's disease have robbed Hank McCamish, 83, of his voice. Bedridden, McCamish breathes thanks to a tracheotomy and stays nourished through a feeding tube. His grandson's framed No. 15 Sox jersey hangs on the wall above his bed. The highlight of each day comes when his wife of 42 years, Margaret, helps him into the wheelchair he likes to sit in to watch Sox games on TV.

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Players embrace new scoring appeals process

Josh Dubow The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, June 17, 2012 - 9:40pm

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland's Coco Crisp tracked Robinson Cano's drive to right-center. He seemed ready to make the catch -- until he got caught between deciding whether to jump or stay on his feet and the ball bounced off his glove.

Cano easily got into second base as New York Yankees teammate Curtis Granderson came around to score. Official scorer Chuck Dybdal ruled it a two-base error.

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Cooling technology helping umps handle the heat

Joe Kay The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, June 15, 2012 - 5:10pm

CINCINNATI -- Those summer scorchers don't make umpires melt down anymore.

Cooling technology that's been used by the military for years has started helping umps get through those days when the temperatures flirt with triple-digits and the humidity makes handling home plate duties a sweaty job. They can wear a vest with cooling packs on the front and back, or slip a pack into a special pocket in their shirt when they're behind the plate.

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Baseball draft a complicated endeavor

Phil Rogers Chicago Tribune

Last updated Monday, June 11, 2012 - 8:04pm

New rules, new attitudes. That may be what's needed to understand the changes to the baseball draft.

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Mound Games: Pitching conditions always a concern

Noah Trister The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, June 10, 2012 - 5:50pm

DETROIT -- The mound at Comerica Park sits under a protective tarp during batting practice -- and why not?

Once the game starts, the abuse begins.

For about three hours, this unassuming lump will be stepped on, dug into and possibly kicked in frustration. It will be the site of conferences, personnel changes -- perhaps even a fight if an intruder comes charging out to take umbrage with its occupant.

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DH or no DH, it's still about handling a bat

Pete Grathoff McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Sunday, June 10, 2012 - 5:49pm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Marlins pitcher Carlos Zambrano had a sly grin on his face after crossing home plate Sunday.

Zambrano had just crushed a Joe Blanton pitch 418 feet into the stands, silencing the Phillies faithful.

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McNulty: 'Moneyball' paying off for Mets

Ray McNulty Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 5:34pm

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- I have to admit: I rolled my eyes.

And snickered.

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Age starting to show on some of MLB's big teams

Jon Krawczynski The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 6:20pm

Eric Chavez looked around the New York clubhouse and saw he had more in common with his teammates than the pinstripes on his uniform.

There's a lot of salt and pepper to go with that Yankee blue these days. The 34-year-old Chavez is one of seven regulars in the lineup over the age of 30, and that's not even counting 40-year-old Andy Pettitte and 37-year-old Hiroki Kuroda in the starting rotation.

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Blown baseball calls: We've seen enough

Ray McNulty Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Monday, June 4, 2012 - 8:28pm

Just as nobody could give back the perfect game Armando Galarraga had stolen from him two years ago at Comerica Park in Detroit, nobody can take away the no-hitter Johan Santana was handed Friday night at Citi Field in New York.

Not that anyone should.

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Bicyclists (from left) Steve Lunn, Chase Higgins, Adam Kremers and Rex Roberts after arriving at Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros on Sunday. The group, dubbed “Biking for Baseball” is cycling 11,000 miles to all 30 major league ballparks this summer.

The biking challenge: 11,000 miles, 30 ballparks

Dave Skretta The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, June 4, 2012 - 4:34pm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It started off as the kind of audacious idea that a couple of buddies having a quarter-life crisis bandy about over a beer at a ballgame.

Adam Kremers and Chase Higgins, a pair of 20-something baseball fans, had been watching their beloved Kansas City Royals play the Minnesota Twins when the conversation drifted toward cycling, another one of their passions. Then they thought of pairing them together.

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Bill Shaikin: Sitting and watching is so passe

Bill Shaikin Los Angeles Times

Last updated Sunday, June 3, 2012 - 7:26pm

LOS ANGELES - The battle for the soul of Dodger Stadium is about to be joined.

It is a battle for your eyes, for your ears, for your wallets. It is a battle over what it means to attend a baseball game in the new millennium. It is a battle sanitized by jargon: This is about the "fan experience."

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Officials often make themselves part of the game, but shouldn't

Jim Burton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, June 2, 2012 - 5:26pm

Several years ago, while covering a Weber State-Montana men's basketball game in Missoula, Mont., I watched coach Joe Cravens receive a technical foul he didn't deserve.

He barked something innocuous -- no cursing at all -- to a referee standing on the other side of the floor. The rabbit-eared official T'd him up right then and there, no questions asked.

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The Mets waited 50 years for this throw

Bob Klapisch The Record (Hackensack N.J.)

Last updated Saturday, June 2, 2012 - 4:42pm

NEW YORK - Everyone was on his feet, so deeply transfixed no one dared to breathe, much less move. Johan Santana was about to unleash his 134th pitch, taking with him a franchise to history's doorstep.

No one need to be reminded what was at stake. The electricity at Citi Field was so thick you could feel it, inhale it, even. Santana was on the verge of the first no-hitter in the Mets' 50-year existence, and all that stood between him and that milestone was one more pitch.

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