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MLB Opening Week Outlook
[...] rtis Granderson and big swinger Nick Johnson. Ace C.C. Sabathia is scheduled to make the Opening Day start.
The BoSox hand the ball to righty Josh Beckett for Game 1 of this opening series. Beckett struggled in the second half of 2009, posting a 4.52 ERA after the All-Star break. Boston also has some new faces taking the field on Opening Day. Marco Scutaro, Adrian Beltre, and Mike Cameron are [...]
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5 Burning Questions: New York Yankees
[...] to start, but with only one spot left behind LHP C.C. Sabathia (19-8, 3.37 ERA), RHP A.J. Burnett (13-9, 4.04 ERA), LHP Andy Pettitte (14-8, 4.16 ERA), and newly acquired RHP Javier Vazquez (15-10, 2.87 ERA), the loser will likely head back to the setup role.
2: Who will be the man manning left field at Yankee Stadium? The departure of Johnny Damon opens a hole in the outfield. The speedy Bre [...]
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Daily Sports Roundup: December 12
[...] to be outdone, the Yankees are adding ace starter C.C. Sabathia to their rotation for 2009, and they've been linked to most of the other top starting pitchers on the market too . . . Avalanche forward Joe Sakic broke fingers in a snowblower mishap and will now miss the next three months.
A Peek at the Future
Top-ranked North Carolina will play host to Oral Roberts on Saturday in college hoops ac [...]
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Angels, Cubs favored to make it to World Series
[...] kee rounds out the top contenders at +715, and in C.C. Sabathia and Ben Sheets, the Brewers have one of the best pitching duos in all of baseball. But they will locked in a fierce battle for the wild-card spot unless they can catch the Cubs in the National League Central, and for that, they will need their bats to get hot really soon. An injury to All-Star slugger Ryan Braun is a huge concern for [...]
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Pitching duel on tap in San Diego
[...] he is now tied for the league lead with teammate C.C. Sabathia. Sheets struck out six Nationals in the contest, and he is now 12th in the National League in that category. Since he was named the league's starter for the All-Star game, the 30-year-old righthander had not won in four starts, but this start could be the spark for a second-half run for Sheets, who has not faced the Padres since 2003. [...]
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