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Kyle Drabek's Debut Underscores Blue Jays' Young, Improved Rotation

BALTIMORE -- It was hard not to notice Wednesday night, as Kyle Drabek made his major league debut for the Blue Jays, that the guy he was traded for just last winter -- some Roy Halladay fella -- was making a start of his own 953 miles away in Florida. It might as well have been another world down there. Halladay, the...

Roto Rush: Kevin Slowey No-Hits A's, Pulled After Seven Innings

When is a no-hitter not a no-hitter? Kevin Slowey was on top of his game on Sunday, no-hitting the Oakland A's for seven innings. But with 106 pitches on the odometer of an arm that caused him to miss his last start with elbow tendinitis, Slowey was wisely removed from the game by Ron Gardenhire, earning the manager boos...

Ricky Romero Signs New Five-Year Deal With Blue Jays

Ricky Romero is one of those players who doesn't get as much attention as he probably deserves, simply because of the uniform he wears, but it doesn't appear he'll be leaving Toronto anytime soon. The left-hander has signed a five-year, $30.1 million contract with the Blue Jays that will cover the 2011-15 seasons and...

Roto Rush: Scott Rolen Keeps Rollin' ... All the Way to Homer No. 300

As much as fantasy owners generally are scared off by veterans, they don't always break down as anticipated. Case in point: Scott Rolen. There was no convincing reason to believe Rolen -- at age 35 -- was due to turn back the clock to 2006. But here he is, smacking his 300th career home run in a win over the Phillies....

Overheard and Understood: Rangers Primed to Call in Cavalry

The Rangers have won eight straight to go 3 1/2 games up in the AL West, and a couple of factors put Texas in position to bolster itself significantly down the stretch. One is a stacked farm system. The other is the impending change in ownership that could lead to a quantum jump in payroll room. A Rangers source said...

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05/30/12 Powerful Angels maintain win streak Source: Taipei Times Albert Pujols and Mark Trumbo homered and Dan Haren pitched into the eighth inning as the Los Angeles Angels extended their longest winning streak in nearly three years to eight games with a 5-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.
05/30/12 Sports âº Powerful Angels blast Yankees for 8th... Source: Japan Today Albert Pujols and Mark Trumbo homered and Dan Haren pitched into the eighth inning as the Los Angeles Angels extended their longest winning streak in nearly three years to eight games with a 5-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.
05/30/12 Baseball Roundup: Braves get a win, end 8-game skid Source: Portland Press Herald - Portland ME Dan Uggla hit a three-run homer, Michael Bourn also went deep and the Atlanta Braves snapped their longest losing streak in more than two years, holding off the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 Tuesday night after an eight-game skid.