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SF Gate
| 10 months ago
The Giants , who have not made much of a splash in the international market the past few years, soon could announce two significant signings. According to Baseball America, the Giants have agreed to a $1.3 million bonus for 16-year-old Dominican...
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SF Gate
| 10 months ago
Amazing what four days off, a 33-53 opponent, the comforts of home and a foggy night in the 50s can do for a struggling team. The Giants quickly put a 1-5 trip through America's Sweat Belt behind them Friday night when they rode a gargantuan Buster...
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 11 months ago
The Sports Network San Francisco stole the show at Tuesday's All-Star Game. The Giants hope to be shining brightly again come October and kick off their second half this evening with the first of three straight games against the road-challenged...
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Examiner
| 11 months ago
The fate of the NL West crown could rest in the hands of Tim Lincecum. If he regains his form, the Giants will be a force in the division, and possibly, the playoffs. Having proven they're better than the American League All-Stars, the Giants need to...
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Examiner
| 11 months ago
Melky Cabrera, Matt Cain, Buster Posey and Pablo Sandoval all played key roles in the Midsummer Classic, and Cabrera was named the game's MVP after going 2-for-3 with a two-run homer. San Francisco opens the second half today against the lowly...
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The Herald
| 11 months ago
Investigators say there is not enough evidence to arrest San Francisco Giants slugger Pablo Sandoval for an alleged sexual assault at a hotel near Santa Cruz. The Santa Cruz County Sherriff's Office completed its investigation Thursday and forwarded...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 11 months ago
Font Resize Aubrey Huff leaned on a railing at AT&T Park on Thursday and quickly drew smiles and jokes from teammates and staff. Huff's last experience with the home dugout's railing sent him to the disabled list, but he finally could be close to a...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
The second half of the 2012 baseball season begins Friday with the New York Yankees having the best record and Pittsburgh out front in the surprise category. Following a lengthy All-Star break, during which the National League blanked the American...
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SF Gate
| 11 months ago
It was feared that the new playoff system would eliminate the brand of drama we saw in September. Right now, Cincinnati has the best wild-card record (47-38) in the National League , with Atlanta a game back of the Reds.
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Vail Daily News
| 11 months ago
Yes, I'm a San Francisco homer, but it's pretty clear Giants fans like me know what we're doing. San Franciscans stuffed the virtual ballot box so that the Giants had three position players starting for the National League in Tuesday's All-Star Game,...
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Charlotte Observer Online
| 11 months ago
The All-Star Game hadn't produced a first-inning meltdown like the one Justin Verlander had Tuesday night since 2004, when Roger Clemens surrendered six runs in a highly anticipated start in front of his hometown fans in Houston. Verlander, the...
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The Hartford Courant
| 11 months ago
Cabrera started the first-inning scoring parade by blazing out of the batter's box in his Nike neon-orange cleats. Seeing no need to savor his first career All-Star at-bat, Cabrera smacked the first pitch he saw, a 98 mph fastball from Justin...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 11 months ago
07/11/2012 11:08:56 AM PDT As pure All-Star theater, Melky Cabrera, Pablo Sandoval, Matt Cain and Buster Posey were impossible to either ignore or defeat Tuesday night. And as a star-dusted, movie-length Giants advertisement, they were even better. "...
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NY Daily News
| 11 months ago
Dickey enters game in sixth inning The peak rating suggests viewers stayed with the one-sided tilt, won by the NL 8-0, to watch Dickey. Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 1:23 PM Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images R.A. Dickey pitches a scoreless sixth inning for...
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AP Online
| 11 months ago
One league has more money to throw around, better hitters, better pitchers, better teams and a nearly decade-long streak of dominance in interleague play.
The other just won the All-Star game for the third year in a row. So much for...
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 11 months ago
All-Star Games often evolve into low-scoring affairs dominated by the best pitchers in the game, who rotate in and out, inning by inning, keeping hitters off-balance. That background made it all the more stunning when the National League erupted for...
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NY Daily News
| 11 months ago
With the Astros moving to the American League West next season, MLB is finalizing a schedule that will see at least one interleague series played at all times throughout the season. Michael Weiner , each team will play five series against another...
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The Herald
| 11 months ago
To repay the fans who stuffed the ballot box, the Giants stuffed the box score Tuesday night. Melky Cabrera, Pablo Sandoval, Buster Posey and Matt Cain propelled the National League to an 8-0 victory in the 83rd All-Star Game at Kauffman Stadium,...
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Seattle Times
| 11 months ago
AP American League starter Justin Verlander of Detroit kicks up his leg on a fielder's-choice grounder by Rafael Furcal that finally ended the NL's five-run first inning Tuesday night. Pablo Sandoval of San Francisco watches the flight of his three-...
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Wichita Eagle
| 11 months ago
Melky Cabrera gave Royals fans another reason to cringe Tuesday, as if his .353 batting average and 44 RBIs this season for another team weren't enough. Cabrera, who was dealt to San Francisco in the offseason for struggling left-hander Jonathan...
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Denver Post
| 11 months ago
MO. The roar reverberated with the first pitch, like a gallery celebrating a 60-foot putt. Detroit's Justin Verlander fired a 97-mph strike to the Rockies' Carlos Gonzalez. Verlander promised he was going to treat this experience like any other game.
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Denver Post
| 11 months ago
Font Resize Rookie outfielder Bryce Harper, a National League all-star at 19, is hitting .345 in July and .282 in 63 games with the first-place Nationals. Matt Kemp strode into the Home Run Derby on Monday night, forcing stares. He wore sparkling-...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 11 months ago
The National League erupted for five runs in the first inning and limited the American League to just six singles to win the All-Star game 8-0 on Tuesday, the first shutout in the Midsummer Classic since 1996. A 382-foot, two-run homer by San...
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Fox
| 11 months ago
Mo. Pablo Sandoval and Melky Cabrera turned the All-Star game into a Giant blowout. Flashing their bright orange spikes and booming bats, the San Francisco sluggers keyed a five-run blitz against Justin Verlander in the first inning that sent the...
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Wichita Eagle
| 11 months ago
Even broke one while facing Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels in the seventh inning of Tuesday night's All-Star game at Kauffman Stadium. Suddenly one of the most popular Royals players in history, and also, Royals fans contend, one of...
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Wichita Eagle
| 11 months ago
Something knocked Justin Verlander off his game in his first career All-Star Game start. Maybe it was the vision of Upton, the Sports Illustrated swimsuit model rumored to be dating the Tigers' ace. At least the Tigers would hope for such a...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 11 months ago
In what has become an annual All-Star ritual, Commissioner Bud Selig said his blue-ribbon committee needs more time to consider the A's proposed move to San Jose. "The main hang-up is we don't have the answers,'' Selig said Tuesday. Speaking at the...
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Examiner
| 11 months ago
National League outfielder Melky Cabrera (53) of the San Francisco Giants is awarded the MVP award for the 2012 All Star Game at Kauffman Stadium...If the San Francisco Giants win the World Series this year, their fans can say they made an impact. A...
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Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
| 11 months ago
Pablo Sandoval hit a bases-loaded triple off Justin Verlander during a five-run first inning, and the National League romped to an 8-0 victory over the American League in the All-Star Game Tuesday night. Melky Cabrera, Sandoval's teammate in San...
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The Bellingham Herald
| 11 months ago
The Sports Network The National League, sparked by a trio of San Francisco Giants and exceptional pitching, will again have home-field advantage in the World Series after blanking the American League, 8-0, in the 83rd edition of the Midsummer Classic.
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Wichita Eagle
| 11 months ago
There's got to be a way to put a positive spin on this, right? Seeing Detroit ace Justin Verlander come into Kauffman Stadium and get his head kicked in like well, like so many other guys who pitched in recent years for the home squad that's not an...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
Story National League All-Star Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers screams as he rounds second base on his way to a triple during the fourth inning against the American League All-Star team in Major League Baseball's All-Star Game in Kansas City,...
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The Hartford Courant
| 11 months ago
The 83rd All-Star gamewas played on a sultry summer evening at Kauffman Stadium but the stakes involved the chilly Fall Classic. For the 10th year, the winning league of the All-Star Game will host the a potential Game 7 in the World Series. And it...
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International Herald Tribune
| 11 months ago
Jeff Haynes/Reuters Melky Cabrera of the San Francisco Giants holds out a hand to Robinson Cano of the New York Yankees after hitting a two run home run during the fourth inning. Even in spring training, I'm trying to pitch, Verlander said. I'm...
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NY Daily News
| 11 months ago
National League cruises to 8-0 victory over American League in 2012 MLB All-Star Game The AL staff was doing its job to keep the team in the game after Verlander's disastrous first, as Joe Nathan and David Price held the NL in check for two innings.
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KION
| 11 months ago
If you want breaking news sent to your email just click here. Pablo Sandoval and Melky Cabrera keyed a five-run blitz against Justin Verlander in the first inning Tuesday night, and the National League romped to an 8-0 win over the American League...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 11 months ago
Mo. (AP) Pablo Sandoval hit a bases-loaded triple off Justin Verlander during a five-run first inning, and the National League romped to an 8-0 lead over the American League through six innings in the All-Star game Tuesday night. Melky Cabrera ,...
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SF Gate
| 11 months ago
The rest of the nation mocked, abused and laughed at Giants fans, calling them over-the-top homers for stuffing the ballot box and voting for anyone in orange and black, healthy or not. They got it right. "Thank you," Matt Cain said with a...
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AP Online
| 11 months ago
Mo. (AP) — Ryan Braun was back in the spotlight at the All-Star game. And this time, it was for what happened on the field.
The Milwaukee Brewers' slugger was in the middle of everything early on for the National League, driving in the...
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SF Gate
| 11 months ago
The buzz from Tuesday's 83rd All-Star Game, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City: -- Two outfielders from the Scottsdale Scorpions of the Arizona Fall League are All-Stars ( Mike Trout and Bryce Harper ), and the third outfielder on that team was...
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AP Online
| 11 months ago
Mo. (AP) — Pablo Sandoval and Melky Cabrera turned the All-Star game into a Giant blowout.
Flashing their bright orange spikes and booming bats, the San Francisco sluggers keyed a five-run blitz against Justin Verlander in the first...
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Star Tribune
| 11 months ago
Pablo Sandoval and Melky Cabrera keyed a five-run blitz against Justin Verlander in the first inning Tuesday night, and the National League romped to an 8-0 win over the American League and its third straight All-Star game victory. Giants teammate...
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AP Online
| 11 months ago
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AP Online
| 11 months ago
Mo. (AP) — Pablo Sandoval hit the first bases-loaded triple in All-Star game history and the National League raced out to a 5-0 lead against Justin Verlander and the American League through three innings Tuesday night.
The portly San...
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Chicago Tribune
| 11 months ago
The National League won the two previous games as well as the World Series...I really believe the first two games of the World Series are the most important, Rangers star Josh Hamilton said. If you can start off at home and feel comfortable going...
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Baltimore Sun
| 11 months ago
The days of a baseball fan living in Florida and not being able to watch Andrew McCutchen play are long over...But of the four major sports, it is still the bestAll-Star Game. The Pro Bowl is so bad that the NFL had serious discussions about...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Justin Verlander will take the hill for the AL, while Matt Cain will start for the NL. Ron Washington will manage the AL after taking the Rangers to the World Series in 2011. It was the second straight year that Texas lost in the Fall Classic. Tony...
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Big News Network
| 11 months ago
Tony LaRussa announced that Giants ace Matt Cain and not Mets star R.A. Dickey will be starting the 2012 All-Star Game for the National League. It is a controversial decision both statistically and emotionally and in terms of the entertainment...
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NY1
| 11 months ago
New York will be well represented at the All-Star game tonight...However, Dickey was passed over as starting pitcher of the National League team for San Francisco's Matt Cain who threw a perfect game last month...He says he's taking the good with the...
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AP Online
| 11 months ago
Nice to see retirement hasn't dulled Tony La Russa's competitive edge one bit.
Fewer people than ever care who wins the All-Star game, even with home-field advantage in the World Series hanging in the balance, but he still does. And...
