ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Jose Bautista hit his major league-leading 43rd homer during a 10-run sixth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 13-5 on Tuesday night.
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Roger Clemens put his right hand on the lectern, leaned down toward the microphone and made what might be the most important pitch of his life: "Not guilty, your honor." Those words, uttered Monday in a strong, confident voice by the seven-time Cy Young Award winner sporting a black blazer and blond highlights in his hair, marked the official beginning of a court case that could taint…
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Robinson Cano, Mark Teixeira and the New York Yankees tagged Trevor Cahill for the second time this season, emphatically ending the All-Star's run of pitching excellence in an 11-5 rout of the Oakland Athletics on Monday night. Marcus Thames hit a three-run shot to extend his home run streak and New York (81-50) got back-to-back long balls from Teixeira and Cano to move a season-best 31 games…
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On this trip to Washington, Roger Clemens will be in a courtroom, not in Congress. His defiant stance is expected to remain the same, even if his statement is much shorter. Something along the lines of, "Not guilty." The seven-time Cy Young Award winner is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in the nation's capital on a six-count indictment alleging he lied to Congress when he said he…
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TORONTO – Chalk it up to a learning experience for Blue Jays left-hander Marc Rzepczynski.
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CC Sabathia has picked up the Yankees several times this season with dominant performances on the mound. This time, New York's bruising lineup did most of the work. Sabathia became the majors' first 18-game winner, Marcus Thames hit two of New York's four homers and the Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 12-9 on Saturday night.
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First baseman Mark Teixeira left the New York Yankees' game against the Chicago White Sox after two innings Saturday because of a bruised right thumb. Teixeira fielded Gordon Beckham's routine grounder and slowly stepped on first base for the final out of the second. Curtis Granderson batted for Teixeira in the top of the third.
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CHICAGO – The Manny Watch is on for Chicago's South Side.
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Yankees manager Joe Girardi says he has a number in mind, and it's not 1908. Girardi brushed aside questions about whether he's interested in the Chicago Cubs' job before New York opened a three-game series against the White Sox on Friday night, insisting he's focused on leading the Yankees to consecutive championships and their 28th World Series title overall.
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Gov. David Paterson could face a criminal charge for what a special counsel called inaccurate and misleading testimony on tickets he secured last year from the New York Yankees for the opening game of the World Series. The state's former chief judge, acting as the special counsel, has asked a district attorney to consider a perjury investigation.
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