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1. N.Y. Mets mathematically eliminated before start of 2012 baseball season
(Life/Style)

... team, infielders, outfielders and team coaches report about two weeks later. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig, who has been in office since 1998, “We were looking forward to another very exciting season ...

2. World Series Schedule 2011: Rangers vs. Cardinals update
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... 7 if we played today.” LaRussa has made some lineup changes for Game 6; putting Skip Schumaker in center field, moving right fielder Lance Berkman to cleanup and dropping left fielder Matt Holliday to ...

3. Could Major League Baseball or 'honkball' be coming to the Netherlands?
(Sports/Professional)

... and basketball are well established entities in Europe. Both the NHL and NBA have European trained athletes in the leagues. MLB had just two Dutch born players on active rosters in 2011, Seattle outfielder ...

4. Baseball Hall of Fame is incomplete without Curt Flood and Marvin Miller
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... saw happen over my career span that had to be the last kick in the pants that baseball wanted to give me." Flood was a very good player and had won seven Gold Gloves as the best centerfielder in the ...

5. Carli Lloyd says U.S. will be ready for France in World Cup semifinals
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Midfielder leads group of five from New Jersey on women’s World Cup team that beat Brazil in spectacular fashion BY MARGARET MORGAN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The U.S. Women’s Soccer team seems to star ...

6. Texas Rangers Josh Hamilton is not alone
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BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton has seen better weeks. Los Angeles Dodgers coach Manny Mota knows how the 2010 American League Most Valuable Player feels. ...

7. L.A. Angels give N.J. teenager Mike Trout shot in Majors
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BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The last teenager who played major league baseball was Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Justin Upton, who hit .221 in 140 at-bats in 2007. Upton was 23 days away from ...

8. The Steinbergs, Billy Conn, and classic sports: June 18, 1941
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... daughter of “Greenfield Jimmy” Smith, formerly an infielder with the New York baseball Giants. He relates how Greenfield Jimmy opposed the wedding of Mary Louise to Billy, because he didn’t want his daughter ...

9. UPDATE: Legal woes mount for Lenny Dykstra
(Sports/Professional)

... the World Series, an integral part of that team may not be available. Former Phillies and New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra was taken to jail on Monday after being charged with stealing three cars ...

10. Paterson enjoys a rich baseball history
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... a centerfielder who appeared in seven All-Star games and finished second in the 1954 American League MVP voting. Appointed manager of the Chicago White Sox in 1978, Doby was the second African-American ...

11. Goodbye, Duke Snider
(Sports/Professional)

... era. New York had the three best center fielders in the game, Willie Mays with the Giants in the late, lamented Polo Grounds, Mickey Mantle at Yankee Stadium, and Duke Snider at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field. ...

12. R.I.P. Gino Cimoli – you were a wonderful part of baseball history
(Sports/Professional)

... sense of sadness. Gino was an average hitter, but a very good outfielder defensively. I will always most remember him, however, for the role he played as the "head cheerleader" for the 1960 World Champion ...

13. Black history month in New Jersey: Local favorites of distinction
(Life/Style)

... League. A center fielder, Doby appeared in seven All-Star games and finished second in the 1954 American League MVP voting while a player with the Cleveland Indians. Appointed manager of the Chicago White ...

14. My first Pittsburgh Steelers-Green Bay Packers game
(Sports/Professional)

... one of my favorite Pittsburgh Pirates, Bill "the Quail" Virdon had established himself as one of the greatest center fielders in the history of baseball. They really didn't need those seats, because ...

15. Ron Santo
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... infielders were expected to hit home runs and drive in runs. Middle infielders are fielders first and hitters second. Maz fit that test. Brooks Robinson was on 15 All-Star Teams and won 16 Gold Gloves!! ...

16. Fiedlers found in Nevada after 26 years missing
(U.S./Nation)

... issued in New Jersey. It was a long and extended journey to find Eva Marie for father Greg Fielder. Fiedler went to court on Aug. 23, 1984, claiming that his ex-wife was denying him visitation rights ...

17. Does Linda McMahon know why the N.Y.-N.J. Hitmen and the XFL went out of business suddenly?
(Sports/Professional)

... apologist in many ways. But Governor Ventura issued an apology statement after Minnesota Twins fans at the Metrodome pelted former Twins and New York Yankees leftfielder Chuck Knoblauch with garbage from ...

18. A refresher on New Jersey's governors – both famous and infamous
(N.J./State)

... to Jan. 20, 1914. Taylor took office upon the resignation of James Fairman Fielder, who had stepped down to create a vacancy in the governorship and avoid constitutional limits on succeeding himself. Finally ...

19. Monmouth soccer ready to rise to lofty expectations
(Sports/Professional)

... we're just focused on turning the corner this year and forming an identity." McCourt has a veteran group led by midfielder Ryan Kinne and goalkeeper Bryan Meredith. Kinne was a First Team All-American ...

20. Donigan comes home but with purpose
(Sports/Professional)

... of him. "He's the man," said Yannick Salmon, a senior midfielder. "He's a really sociable guy. He does a lot for us. Pretty much anything we want, he's going to get it done for us. He cares a lot about ...