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Cuba-Japan title game short on MLB players
Mar 19 2006 8:11PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - So much for major leaguers being the best in the world. The two teams playing Monday night for the championship of the World Baseball Classic, Cuba and Japan, have a total of two players on big league rosters.
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Leiter retires after Yankees beat Indians
Mar 19 2006 8:09PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Al Leiter attended the New York Yankees' spring reunion, then decided he's not coming back anymore. The 19-year veteran retired Sunday after pitching to one batter in New York's 2-0 win over the Cleveland Indians. He and several Yankees had just returned from the World Baseball Classic, and New York was all together for the first time since the exhibition opener.
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Red Sox icon Pesky breaks bone in leg
Mar 19 2006 6:57PM (CT)
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - Johnny Pesky broke a bone in his lower leg when he was hit by a line drive at a college game, and the 86-year-old Red Sox icon was headed back to Boston.
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Jays cautiously optimistic about Burnett
Mar 19 2006 6:47PM (CT)
DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) - A.J. Burnett's elbow problems aren't as serious as the Blue Jays initially feared, and the Toronto pitcher could be back on the mound in about a week.
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Braves bullpen a major question mark
Mar 19 2006 5:38PM (CT)
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) - Chris Reitsma was standing at his locker, pondering his chances of being the closer for the Atlanta Braves, when teammate Lance Cormier chimed in from a couple of stalls away.
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BoSox sign Juan Gone to minor league deal
Mar 19 2006 5:16PM (CT)
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - Juan Gonzalez, limited to one at-bat last season, agreed to a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.
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Royals' closer out with arm injury
Mar 19 2006 4:56PM (CT)
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) - Kansas City Royals closer Mike MacDougal has a strain in his upper right arm and is expected to be sidelined for about a month.
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Japan beats S.Korea, reaches WBC finals
Mar 19 2006 12:54PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - After falling short in their first two meetings, Japan beat South Korea when it mattered most. Byung-Hyun Kim gave up another big home run Saturday night, a two-run shot by pinch-hitter Kosuke Fukudome in the seventh inning that broke a scoreless tie and sent Japan to a 6-0 victory in the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic.
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Cuba continues domination with 3-1 win
Mar 19 2006 4:42AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Frederich Cepeda and his Cuban countrymen consider themselves amateur baseball players back home, though in reality they're much closer to the level of the big-name American multimillionaires known around the world. Only minus the money. The star treatment is there on the streets of Havana.
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Cuba revels in win over Dominican Republic
Mar 19 2006 4:23AM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Shouting "Long Live Cuba!" and forming conga lines, Cuban baseball fans rushed into the streets Saturday to celebrate their team's 3-1 victory over the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic semifinals.
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