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Athletics' Craig Breslow Pitches In to Battle Childhood Cancer

NEW YORK -- Craig Breslow pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings Wednesday night for Oakland at Yankee Stadium but he compiled a more impressive statistic a few hours earlier. "We raised about $12,000,'' Breslow said before the Yankees beat the Athletics, 4-3. "It's pretty unique to offer a fundraiser on the road at a...

Saturday Spotlight (Audio): Craig Breslow

Saturday Spotlight is a weekly look inside the backgrounds and personalities of major leaguers.Don't tell me you haven't heard of A's left-hander Craig Breslow? He is, of course, The Smartest Man in Baseball, as determined by the Wall Street Journal. Breslow went to Yale and graduated with a degree in molecular biophysics...

College Graduates Need Not Apply for Jobs in Major League Baseball

You probably couldn't get through nine innings of any baseball game without hearing one player or another described as being smart. That description only applies between the lines, though. Book smarts are a different category, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Journal scoured media guides from all 30 teams in the...

Starting Five: Tough Losses Give Mariners Sinking Feeling

Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a quick nod to what is ahead. You Oughta Know ... The Mariners have plummeted back to reality. Seattle lost Thursday when closer Brandon Morrow allowed three runs in the ninth inning on a pair of Texas homers. The night before, the Mariners scored a...

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05/23/12 De Jesus lifts depleted Dodgers over D-Backs Source: WFLA - AM 540 - Orlando FL On Tuesday, it was Ivan De Jesus who played the role of hero with a two- run, two-out double in the top of the ninth inning, and the Dodgers became the first team to reach 30 victories as they improbably rallied for an 8-7 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the middle test of a three-game set.
05/19/12 Breslow a force in bullpen Source: CBSSports.com Diamondbacks reliever Craig Breslow credits the adjustments he made in sprain training to his recent success on the mound.
05/19/12 Breslow consistent force in D-backs' bullpen Source: MLB - Arizona Diamondbacks D-backs reliever Craig Breslow is focused on consistency.
05/03/12 Gibson says D-backs are working on sliding Source: MLB - Arizona Diamondbacks The D-backs have struggled at times with sliding into second base, oversliding the bag on stolen-base attempts.

Background on craig breslow

Craig Andrew Breslow (born August 8, 1980, in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball.

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