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Some baseball players believe high altitude causes numerous problems
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
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The Pittsburgh Pirates' shortstop spent eight seasons playing at high altitude in the Rockies organization, either at Triple-A Colorado Springs or in Denver. He didn't realize how tough a grind it was until he left to play for the Astros in 2011. "It'
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Plenty of high times, especially for hitters
Kansas City :: MO :: USA | 8 months ago
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Playing baseball at high altitude has always been, to say the least, an adventure. Patrick Saunders looks at some historic milestones of playing ball at 5,280 feet: July 4, 1979: The minor-league Denver Bears score nine runs with two out in the ninth
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Schmuck Stops Here: Double plays hurt the Orioles vs. A's
Baltimore :: OH :: USA | 8 months ago
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The Orioles weren't without chances to get after Tommy Milone and the Oakland A's bullpen on Friday night, but they fell victim to a familiar adversary the double play ball. Orioles hitters grounded into four double plays and squandered all sorts of
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Orioles' Jim Johnson, Rays' Fernando Rodney show importance of closers
Baltimore :: OH :: USA | 8 months ago
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And how essential has Rodney been to a Rays team that has continually had to overcome injury to be one game behind the Orioles in the AL Wild Card race? "Kind of like oxygen," quipped Rays manager Joe Maddon. Yet, in the inevitable patter this time
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Rockies' starting pitchers can't be satisfied with four-inning effort
Denver :: CO :: USA | 8 months ago
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Ryan Howard has broken Rockies' hearts before, so snapping a streak came as no surprise. Sunday afternoon, the Philadelphia slugger sliced a double into the right-center gap, chasing home Cole Hamels and Chase Utley. The Rockies' starters had not
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Hoppers new-look pitching staff leads late run
Greensboro :: NC :: USA | 9 months ago
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For the Greensboro Grasshoppers, preparation for Game 2 of the best-of-three South Atlantic League Northern Division series consisted of this: Nothing...An optional day for pitchers to come to the ballpark and throw on their own time. We needed the
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Colorado Rockies still waiting for the Ubaldo Jimenez trade to pay off
Detroit :: MI :: USA | 9 months ago
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The Rockies shook their franchise by the shoulders, trading former All-Star Game starter Ubaldo Jimenez to the Indians for four players. But let's be honest, this deal was about the two prized arms Colorado received in return: Drew Pomeranz and Alex
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Pitchers dominating high school softball early in season
Columbus :: OH :: USA | 9 months ago
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Four local pitchers have picked up no-hitters When it comes to softball, nothing helps a team like good pitching...Many times, a pitcher is only as good as the defense behind her...But a dominant presence in the pitching circle is what can really
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Where this Mariners improvement has come from
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 9 months ago
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The Mariners are 30-20 (.600) in the second half after playing .414 ball to start with and they still had to earn some of those victories. As we saw last night, even when playing the Red Sox, you have to do more than just show up for a few innings
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Doctoring the baseball a tactic as old as the game itself
Tōkyō :: Japan | 9 months ago
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This column is about "the ball," but it is not what you think. It is not another rehash of the Japanese baseball being changed in 2011, resulting in fewer home runs and lower batting and earned run averages. Rather, it is about the ball in general
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