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Baseball’s feel-good story of the year is on the verge of getting even better.
The AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 10-3 Wednesday night, moving closer to their first playoff berth with another “star-less” effort that’s become their signature.
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It took 15 innings to decide the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium this year. The American League finally beat out the National League with a sacrifice fly ball that gave them a 4-3 win. J.D. Drew of the Boston Red Sox was the MVP of the game that lasted, a record, four hours and fifty minutes.It took 15 innings to decide the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium this year. The... more
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Baseball's All-Stars came to say goodbye to Yankee Stadium - and what a long, long goodbye it was.Baseball's All-Stars came to say goodbye to Yankee Stadium - and what a long,... more
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It should come as no surprise that this years AL MVP is Alex Rodriguez.
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NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez is headed back to the New York Yankees as the American League's Most Valuable Player.
A-Rod won his third AL MVP award Monday, easily defeating Detroit's Magglio Ordonez after compiling an astounding season at the plate. Rodriguez received 26 first-place votes and 382 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, while Ordonez had two firsts and 258 points.
Rodriguez started the year with 14 homers in his first 18 games, hit .314 for the season and led the majors with 54 homers, 156 RBIs and 143 runs. He was the first player since New York's Roger Maris in 1961 to lead in the majors in homers, RBIs and runs, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Los Angeles Angels slugger Vladimir Guerrero finished third in the voting with 203 points, and Boston's David Ortiz (177) was fourth.
The only two first-place votes that didn't go to Rodriguez were from Tom Gage of The Detroit News and Jim Hawkins of The Oakland Press in Pontiac, Mich.It should come as no surprise that this years AL MVP is Alex Rodriguez.
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