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From the Windup: About Last Winter

From the Windup is Matt Snyder's extended look at some aspect of America's pastime each Thursday.Every Hot Stove season, each team reshapes its roster in an attempt to better themselves. After each transaction, whether a free agent acquisition, trade or something else, writers and bloggers everywhere provide knee-jerk...

Do Not Cross Mets VP Tony Bernazard or He Will Try to Fight You

Wednesday morning, it seemed a little crazy when the New York Daily News broke a story about the Mets' VP for Player Development Tony Bernazard flipping out on the Double-A Binghamton Mets, reportedly removing his shirt, challenging the players to a fight, and calling shortstop prospect Jose Coronado, "a slang term...

The Dugout: Priorities

Yorvit Torrealba of the Colorado Rockies is thankful for the return of his 11-year old son and the child's uncle after they were kidnapped in Venezuela. The story was largely kept out of the public eye until the abducted were returned safely to their homes, and the perpetrators were apprehended. The situation resolved...

Starting Five: Subway Series Sizzles

Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a quick nod to what is ahead.You Oughta Know ...That the Subway Series is finally living up to the hype on the field that Big Apple seamheads give it off the field. Friday, Luis Castillo made one of the most memorable fielding gaffes lately to cost the...

Mets-Phillies Is New Yankees-Red Sox

NEW YORK -- Blasphemy, you'll say, but think about it. What are you going to remember about Tuesday night's Yankees-Red Sox game? David Ortiz's third home run of the year? Nick Green's second? Maybe Josh Beckett, fine, but the fact is this isn't 2003-04 anymore, the Red Sox own the Yankees now and they're both probably...

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05/22/12 Giants' 14th-inning homer beats Brewers Source: Oconto County Reporter - Oconto WI Madison Bumgarner gave up three runs and five hits in 7 2-3 innings for the Giants, with a season-high 10 strikeouts.
05/22/12 Andy Baggot: UW provides test cases for transfer rule... Source: Wisconsin State Journal - Madison WI NCAA president Mark Emmert believes something needs to be done to make transfer rules less onerous for Division I student-athletes, an attitude that likely puts him in conflict with most, if not all, coaches regardless of sport.
05/17/12 CUBA Same-Sex Couples Want to Be Counted Source: IPS Inter Press Service Communist Party militant, gay rights activist, journalist and blogger Francisco RodrÃguez has triggered an online debate in Cuba by calling for sexual diversity to be identified in the next census, due in September 2012.
05/16/12 Police beat: May 16, 2012 MUG SHOTS Source: Naples Daily News - Naples FL Xian Wang, 56, of the 3300 block of Duchess Drive, East Naples, was arrested Wednesday by Florida Highway Patrol troopers at Evergreen Boulevard and Kings Lake Boulevard.
05/11/12 OCEANSIDE: MiraCosta overrun by scores of middle... Source: North County Times Skylar Ziegler spent part of his Friday learning in a nursing class at MiraCosta College.