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| Daily Closer: Fausto, Sans Devil, Beats Beckett |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 9:15 am |
| Tags: Baseball, Cleveland Indians, Daily Closer |
| to make Fausto Carmona a closer? Oh, those wacky coaches. The last time Carmona faced the Red Sox -- last season -- he blew two consecutive save opportunities. On Wednesday as a starter, he threw eight shutout innings to beat Josh Beckett, 1-0. Let's go to the vital statistics: Carmona is 13-4; 5-0 with 1.57 ERA in July. He hasn't allowed a |
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| Daily Closer: The Ballad Of Manny And Lefty |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 9:15 am |
| Tags: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Daily Closer, Manny Ramirez |
| Well, it was bound to happen ... a columnist has mentioned "Boston Red Sox" and "Phil Mickelson" in the same sentence. Send all brickbats, white-powdered missives and death curses to Michael Ventre, who went ahead and declared the Red Sox "The Phil Mickelson of baseball." Wow. He goes on: "Lefty had once held the title of Best Golfer Never to |
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| New Halo 3 Famitsu Scans |
| Published: July 28, 2007, 5:17 am |
| Tags: Bungie, Halo, Microsoft, Closer And Closer, Famitsu, Getting Closer, Halo 3, Quality Images, Tank |
| We’re getting closer and closer to Halo 3 time. I don’t know about you guys, but I am definitely excited. Check out the size of the tank in the above image. It’s a little hard to see, but I am talking about the tank in the bottom right corner. It looks like Famitsu is getting their hands on some quality images and I am |
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| Daily Closer: One Swing From History |
| Published: July 28, 2007, 11:15 am |
| Tags: Barry Bonds, Baseball, Daily Closer, Mlb, San Fransisco Giants |
| with the Yankees up 8-6, and closer Mariano Rivera gave up a late before earning his 16th save. Or was that his 10th save? Help! • Oh My God, They Brought Back Kenny! Kenny Lofton, playing in his first Cleveland game since the '01 playoffs, started in left field and finished 3-for-5 with an RBI as the Indians beat the Twins 10-4. Lofton |
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| Daily Closer: Santana Fumbles With Indians' Bra-Strap |
| Published: July 29, 2007, 11:10 am |
| Tags: Daily Closer |
| Twins ace Johan Santana flirted with a no-no into the sixth, until Indians pretty boy Grady Sizemore turned on the lights and told him, "Um, you should probably get going now, Johan." (Grady hit a double.) Damn cock tease. Final score: Twins 3, Indians 2. And oh, Jason Tyner finally went deep for his first career homerun in 1,220 at-bats. Quick |
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| Daily Closer: Santana Fumbles With Indians' Bra-Strap |
| Published: July 29, 2007, 11:10 am |
| Tags: Daily Closer |
| Twins ace Johan Santana flirted with a no-no into the sixth, until Indians pretty boy Grady Sizemore turned on the lights and told him, "Um, you should probably get going now, Johan." (Grady hit a... |
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| Daily Closer: One Swing From History |
| Published: July 28, 2007, 11:15 am |
| Tags: Barry Bonds, Baseball, Daily Closer, Mlb, San Fransisco Giants |
| Whoa, boy! I'm starting to get all antsy ... Barry Bonds hit his 754th career homerun -- a first inning solo shot in a Giants 12-10 win over the Marlins last night-- leaving him just one shy of tying... |
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| Daily Closer: The Ballad Of Manny And Lefty |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 9:15 am |
| Tags: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Daily Closer, Manny Ramirez |
| Well, it was bound to happen ... a columnist has mentioned "Boston Red Sox" and "Phil Mickelson" in the same sentence. Send all brickbats, white-powdered missives and death curses to Michael Ventre,... |
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| Daily Closer: Dysfunctional Relationship Between Bonds, Road Fans, Resumes |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 9:15 am |
| Tags: Baseball, Daily Closer |
| Well, if Barry can't break Hank's home run record at home, it might as well be his home-away-from-home, amongst his good friends at Dodger Stadium. Hey! Who threw that Dodger Dog? Actually, I'm interested to see what the reaction will be at Chavez Ravine this week, as the Giants begin a series there on Tuesday. Will the Dodger Faithful keep the |
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| Daily Closer: Dysfunctional Relationship Between Bonds, Road Fans, Resumes |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 9:15 am |
| Tags: Baseball, Daily Closer |
| Well, if Barry can't break Hank's home run record at home, it might as well be his home-away-from-home, amongst his good friends at Dodger Stadium. Hey! Who threw that Dodger Dog? Actually, I'm... |
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| Daily Closer: Cubs Are Iguchied, Drop One Game Back Of Brewers |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 9:30 am |
| Tags: Baseball, Daily Closer, Philadelphia Phillies |
| No first place for you, Chicago Cubs. Oh, why, why? (Bangs head against refrigerator). The Philadelphia Phillies, bolstered just before game time with the addition of pitcher Kyle Lohse from the Reds... |
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| Daily Closer: Cubs Are Iguchied, Drop One Game Back Of Brewers |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 9:30 am |
| Tags: Baseball, Daily Closer, Philadelphia Phillies |
| No first place for you, Chicago Cubs. Oh, why, why? (Bangs head against refrigerator). The Philadelphia Phillies, bolstered just before game time with the addition of pitcher Kyle Lohse from the Reds (6-12, 4.58 ERA, tiny, ill-advised goatee), beat the Cubs 4-1 on Monday. The loss dropped Chicago to one game behind the front-running Brewers in the |
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| Daily Closer: Cubs Are Iguchied, Drop One Game Back Of Brewers |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 9:30 am |
| Tags: Baseball, Daily Closer, Philadelphia Phillies |
| No first place for you, Chicago Cubs. Oh, why, why? (Bangs head against refrigerator). The Philadelphia Phillies, bolstered just before game time with the addition of pitcher Kyle Lohse from the Reds... |
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| Daily Closer: The Day That Aaron Boone Went Yard |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 9:21 am |
| Tags: Baseball, Daily Closer, Diamondhacks |
| So many players looking for milestone achievements on Tuesday; so many failures. Barry Bonds hitless, and still stuck at 754 ... no 300th win for the Mets' Tom Glavine ... no 500th homer for A-Rod.... |
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| Daily Closer: The Day That Aaron Boone Went Yard |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 9:21 am |
| Tags: Baseball, Daily Closer, Diamondhacks |
| the action? So we lead off Closer today with some glory from the past; Actober.com's 2007 Postseason Contest, in which fans recreate stirring moments in baseball playoff history on video, and submit 'em. The contest has only been going for a week, and some of the entries are really quite funny ... I never knew, for instance, that Aaron Boone's |
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