ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- David Ortiz believes his power swing is all the way back, and now Boston's beloved slugger has a trophy to prove it.
The Red Sox slugger won his first Home Run Derby title Monday night, hitting 11 homers in the final round to beat Florida's Hanley Ramirez at Angel Stadium.
With plenty of spark in the powerful swing that once made him one of...
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Charleston, SC (WOLO) -- Where there's Smoak, there's an airplane ticket.
USC all-time home run record holder Justin Smoak is back at home in Goose Creek for the All-Star break after a whirlwind few days in the big leagues.
Last Friday, Texas traded Smoak and three other prospects to Seattle for Cliff Lee and one other pitcher. Saturday, Smoak made his first start in a Mariners uniform. After playing his second game for Seattle Sunday, Smoak was...
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(CU SID) -- Clemson rising junior shortstop Brad Miller was one of 22 players named to the 2010 USA Baseball National Collegiate Team roster on Sunday. The team was selected after seven days of trials that included six intrasquad games and practices at the USA Baseball National Team training complex in Cary, NC.
Miller is one of three returning players who played on the 2009 National Team and is the...
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina's College World Series hero
apparently won't get a break this summer.
Gamecocks star outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. has been selected
to USA Baseball's Collegiate National Team after a week of trials
at the organization's training complex in Cary, N.C.
Bradley helped South Carolina to its first CWS title last month,
winning the tournament's Most Outstanding Player award. He led the
Gamecocks with a .368 batting average, 13 home runs and 60...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- March Madness is about to get a little bit bigger.
The NCAA unveiled its plans for the newly expanded 68-team men’s basketball tournament Monday: Beginning next March, eight teams will play early the opening week in a “First Four” round, with the winners advancing to games on Thursday or Friday.
Two of the early games will match the tournament’s lowest seeds, Nos. 65 through 68. The other two games will...
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Colorado ace Ubaldo Jimenez will start for the National League in the All-Star game while the AL will counter with Tampa Bay's David Price.
In this year of the pitcher, Jimenez was a fitting pick by Phillies manager Charlie Manuel on Monday.
"One of the great talents in baseball and he's a treat to watch pitch," Manuel said of choosing Jimenez over Florida's ...
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) -- Tiger Woods will play the first two rounds of the British Open with Justin Rose of England, one of the hottest players in golf with two PGA Tour victories in his last three starts.
It will be the first time Woods and Rose have been drawn together in the Open since 2002 at Muirfield, although the circumstances were far different eight years...
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Mike Trout stole a glance up at the scoreboard and gazed around the stands, taking in the scene at the very ballpark where he soon hopes to play. As a regular major leaguer, that is.
At 18, Trout was the youngest player in the All-Star Futures Game - and he certainly made an impact in the United States getting back into the win...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- A gem by Johan Santana and the mere sight of Carlos Beltran gave the New York Mets two reasons Sunday to get excited about the second half.
Santana saved the Mets from a sweep with another spotless outing and rookie Ike Davis hit his latest titanic home run in New York's 3-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
The Mets head into the All-Star break four games...
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SILVIS, Ill. (AP) -- Even with a big lead, Steve Stricker knew he could be in for a rough final round at the John Deere Classic.
And that's exactly what he got.
Stricker led by seven strokes with 17 holes to play. With five holes to go, the lead was down to just two. But he maintained that margin the rest of the way Sunday and won...
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