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Stephen Strasburg Trying to Give Up Smokeless Tobacco

As if returning from Tommy John surgery weren't enough to keep him occupied, Stephen Strasburg has added another big task to his to-do list in the weeks and months to come. He's trying to kick his habit of stuffing a wad of tobacco in his lower lip. Like many other professional baseball players, Strasburg uses smokeless...

Tony Gwynn Plots Return to Coaching With Cancer Treatments Complete

Tony Gwynn is planning his return to coaching at San Diego State and to the broadcast booth now that the Hall of Fame outfielder has completed eight weeks of cancer treatments, which included chemotherapy and radiation. The Padres lifer was diagnosed with cancer of the parotid gland back in August, and after surgery then...

Sifting Through Hall of Fame Leftovers

Spring training is still a month away. The National Baseball Hall of Fame is helping to fill the void. Here are a few more crumbs from the election results announced Wednesday: • I asked baseball scholar Bill James what pleased him most about the results. "Oh, I was glad to see (Bert) Blyleven get in," he said....

Tim Raines' Hall of Fame Case Rock-Solid

Tim Raines gets my vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame every December. I wish Christmas shopping was as easy. Conversely, most of my fellow voters leave the box blank next to Raines, who has received, in order, 24.3 percent, 22.6 and 30.4 percent of the vote since first appearing on the ballot. It's easy to know why...

San Diego Son Adrian Gonzalez Seems Destined for Stardom in Boston

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Where would the Boston Red Sox be without San Diego to prop them up every few decades or so? First we gave them Ted Williams. Now we're giving them Adrian Gonzalez, another sweet-swinging ballplayer, San Diego born-and-bred. Between sending the Sox those gifts, San Diego also gave to Boston...

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06/01/12 Dodgers Suffer 6-2 Hangover After Kemp Goes on DL Source: The New York Times - New York NY "I believe in the guys who are in this clubhouse, and I think if you ask Matty, he'll tell you the same thing," Tony Gwynn Jr. said after the Dodgers lost 6-2 to the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night and were swept at home in a four-game series for the first time since August 1993.
05/31/12 Tony Gwynn Jr. is stepping up big time for Dodgers Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA When talking about Tony Gwynn Jr. this week, Dodgers Manager Don Mattingly had no idea how prophetic his words would later sound.
05/29/12 Cohen, Gwynn Players in Padres Ownership Bid Source: HedgeFund.net Steven Cohen is bidding for ownership of yet another baseball team.
05/29/12 Marcum leads Brewers over Dodgers Source: The Newton Daily News - Newton IA With all of the bad things that have happened to the Milwaukee Brewers, on and off the field, the one thing they still know how to do is protect a late lead.
05/22/12 Gwynn joins Tull in bid to buy Padres Source: Baxter Bulletin - Mountain Home AR Gwynn had 3,141 hits, was a career .338 hitter and won eight NL batting titles.