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Cubs Suddenly Causing Stir in National League Central

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

The Milwaukee Brewer’s relatively easy coast into first place for the first half of the season may actually be in a little bit of trouble and from an unlikely source. The Chicago Cubs have suddenly become one of the hottest teams in baseball and seem to be challenging the Brewer’s dominance in that division.
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Falling Fan Break’s a Man’s Neck During Yankees Game

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Paul Robinson was sitting in sitting in his upper deck seats at Yankee Stadium with his wife and son when a man who had been standing several feet above him fell and landed on him. Robinson is a tourist from
Kirkland Washington. The man who fell has not been identified.

Robinson suffered a broken neck […]

A-Rod Says Contract Talk Can Wait

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Alex Rodriguez has indicated that he would prefer to wait until after the season to discuss renegotiating his contract with the New York Yankees. This came just after the Yankees stated they would depart from the normal procedure and negotiate during the season with him.

“Like I’ve said all year, I think it’s something […]

Pujols Disappointed with All-Star Game

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

Albert Pujols, of the St. Louis Cardinals, says he is disappointed that National League manager (and his regular-season manager) Tony La Russa, did not play him during the All-Star game. He was the only position player not used by La Russa during the game.
Despite this, Pujols has made it clear that relations between him […]

AL Notches Up Another Win over NL

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

It has become pretty much an annual event in baseball these days. Every year the two leagues send their top talent in the annual All-Star game, and every year the American League manages to win. It was the same this year, but with some interesting things provided by the Seattle Mariner’s Ichiro […]

Selig Won’t Commit to Attend Bonds Record

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig would not confirm or deny that he either will or will not attend the game that Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron’s all-time home run record. In an interview during the Home Run Derby in the middle of the Major League All-Star break, the commissioner acknowledged the importance of […]

A-Rod May Return Friday, Has Normal MRI

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

After missing his first game of the season on Thursday, Alex Rodriguez had some relatively good news for the Yankees when the results of his MRI came back. A-Rod was injured his leg tripping over first baseman Justin Morneau of the Twins. He managed to make it to second base before indicating he […]

Rockies Sweep Mets with Independence Day Pounding

Friday, July 6th, 2007

The Colorado Rockies completed a sweep of the New York Mets on Independence Day with a pounding that the Mets are not likely to forget. With a final score of 17 – 7, the
Rockies managed to smash 20 hits total and make history with the sweep.

Todd Helton and Garrett Atkins each drove in […]

Bonds’ Pursuit of Aaron Record Continues

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Barry Bonds continued his march toward the all-time career record of Hank Aaron last night with his 751 last night inCincinnati. This is the same city where Hank Aaron hit number 714 on his way to setting the record. With that hit, Bonds is now only four shy of Aaron’s all-time career home […]

Clemens Gets His 350th Win

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Clemens pitched the game of a much younger man last night and helped the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 5-1. With the win, Clemens joins an elite club of pitchers with 350 wins for his career. He pitched for eight innings and gave up only two hits.

Despite this milestone, the […]