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Xander Bogaerts 0-for-3 in debut
“[Mike] Napoli asked me, ‘Are you nervous?’” Bogaerts said with a smile. “But I didn’t even notice.” The Boston Red Sox don’t care how their No. 1 prospect dresses as long as he finds his way to home plate. Promoted from Triple-A on Monday, Bogaerts started at shortstop and hit seventh Tuesday night against the […]
Continue readingHamilton lifts new teammates’ values
Exactly one year and five days after swooping in unexpectedly to sign last winter’s highest-profile free agent hitter, Albert Pujols, the Angels did it again on Thursday, agreeing to a deal with this winter’s highest-profile free agent hitter, Josh Hamilton, who signed a reported five-year, $125 million contract. That’s right, Hamilton will remain a member […]
Continue readingRangers too good to slump this bad
Injuries have ravaged the rotation. The vaunted offense has left 83 runners on base and hit only .266 with runners in scoring position the past 10 games. The defense, for the most part, has been abject. And now the Rangers’ lead in the AL West — nine games in April — has shrunk to three. […]
Continue readingFastballs, faith and family: Pat Neshek on Father’s Day
Just off the back of the kitchen, in the family room, there’s another collection, a cluster of framed photos hanging on an otherwise stark wall. One is of a glowing mother kissing her newborn. Another shows a beaming father kissing the same infant. A third is the baby by himself. In each shot, Gehrig Neshek […]
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