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CHICAGO 5, DETROIT 2: Tigers lose, but Maggs looks golden; Sheffield
Detroit Free Press - Before July 21, the Tigers had the best offense in baseball; since then, they’re 9 games under .500. Not only that–you think Polanco (#2 in the order) and Ordonez (#4) having career years was coincidence? When Gary Sheffield is in the lineup, the

The drought is over - and Francona, Epstein soak it all in
Boston Globe - Baseball > Red Sox Terry Francona sat back in a desk chair, just outside his office, a cigar in hand, surveying a clubhouse full of

50th anniversary of Giants’ last home game in New York
International Herald Tribune - The Giants dominated New York baseball for much of the first quarter of the 20th century, winning 10 pennants by 1925, then adding more in 1933, 1936, 1937, 1951 and 1954. The team also won five World Series championships in the 20th century after

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San Francisco Gate - Milledge homered twice, Ramon Castro also connected and Luis Castillo had three key hits for the Mets, who had lost eight straight home games and 11 of 15 overall putting them in danger of completing one of the most colossal collapses in baseball

A Subdued Farewell for a City?s Baseball Hero (New York Times)
Like the final ball he hit on Wednesday night, the news that Barry Bonds is leaving baseball has been met more with a whimper than a bang.