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NEWS AROUND MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL (((2008))) SEASON:..
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*~February~*
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Week of the 11th -- Start of MLB Spring Training Camps in Florida and Arizona...
Week of the 25th -- Intrasquad and Exibition Games Begin...
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*~March~*
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Saturday, 8 -- TB Ray Elliot Johnson collided with Yankees catcher Francisco Cerevelli, breaking Cerevelli's wrist. Retaliation was promised and givin by NY 1B Shelly Duncan...
Tuesday, 12 -- The NY Yankees and the TB Rays go at it in a rivalry that would probably expand into a 18-game season against each other. See March 8th, Above...
Wednesday, 13 -- Actor/Comedian Billy Crystal Lead Off for the NY Yankees in and exibition vs. the PIT Pirates wearing #60, a day before his 60th Birthday. Crystal went 0-1 with a strikeout after working the count to 3-1...
Tuesday, 25 -- The 2008 MLB Season gets under way with a 2 day span of regular season games between the Oakland A's and Boston Red Sox in Tokyo, Japan. BOS wins 6-5 in 10.
Saturday, 29 -- Civil Rights Game. NY Mets 3, CHI White Sox 2.
Sunday, 30 -- Opening Night on ESPN. WSH Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves in WSH's new stadium. WSH wins 3-2.
Monday, 31 -- Opening Day around the MLB...
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*~April~*
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Wednesday, 9 -- The Detroit Tigers finally get their first win (7-2 @ BOS) in 2008. They are now 1-7, the worst team in the MLB...
Friday, 11 -- Carl Crawford gets his 1,000th career Major League hit. It was a bloop single over the head of BAL Shortstop Luis Hernandez. (2nd hit of the night). He became only the 8th player since 1900 to have 1,000 hits and 250 stolen bases. The Rays beat the Orioles 10-5.
Saturday, 12 -- Evan Longoria makes his well anticipated MLB debut with the Tampa Bay RAYS.
Saturday, 9 -- Johan Santana makes his NY Mets home debut. The Mets lost to the Brewers 5-3.
Tuesday, 15 -- Jackie Robinson Day
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AL Player Of September - David Ortiz, BOS
Ortiz hit .396 with 36 hits and 27 RBIs in 91 at-bats
AL Pitcher Of September - Fausto Carmona, CLE
Carmona won each of his five starts in September, allowing just two home runs, 26 hits, seven earned runs and nine walks with 27 strikeouts over 35 1/3 innings.
AL Rookie Of September - Jacoby EllsburyEllsbury hit .361 with three home runs and 17 RBIs in
NL Player Of September - Matt Holliday, SD
The right-handed hitting slugger hit .367 (36-98), with six doubles, 12 home runs, 30 RBI and 29 runs scored.
NL Pitcher Of September - Jake Peavy, SDPeavy went 4-1 with a 3.20 ERA over six starts in September.
NL Rookie Of September - James Loney, LAD
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Bold:century gothic;color:blue;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"Players of the Year 2006
Bold:century gothic;color:black;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"NL MVP Ryan Howard, who was the National League's Rookie of the Year in 2005, smashed 58 homers and drove in 149 runs in '06.
Bold:century gothic;color:black;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"AL MVP Justin Morneau batted .321 with 34 home runs and 130 RBIs for the Twins in 2006
Bold:century gothic;color:black;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"AL ROOKIE OF the Year Justin Verlander's 17 wins easily led all Major League rookie pitchers
Bold:century gothic;color:black;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"NL ROOKIE OF the Year Shortstop Hanley Ramirez is the first National League rookie to post 110-plus runs and 50-plus stolen bases in a single season.
Bold:century gothic;color:black;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"NL Cy Young Brandon Webb set career highs in wins (16), innings (235) and strikeouts (178).
Bold:century gothic;color:black;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"AL Cy Young Left-hander Johan Santana went 19-6 with a 2.77 ERA and 245 strikeouts in 2006
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Last Night's Performers
C. Utley , PHI
3-for-3, 2 HR, 4 RBI
H. Ramirez , FLA
2-for-5, 2 HR, 3 RBI
E. Encarnacion , CIN
2-for-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI
J. Danks , CWS
1 W, 0 SV, 7.0 IP, 0 ER
J. Jurrjens , ATL
1 W, 0 SV, 7.0 IP, 1 ER
A. Pettitte , NYY
1 W, 0 SV, 7.0 IP, 0 ER
Last 7 days
C. Utley , PHI
9-for-23, 5 HR, 8 RBI
C. Jones , ATL
13-for-23, 4 HR, 7 RBI
C. Jackson , ARI
10-for-21, 2 HR, 7 RBI
Last 30 days: B. Webb , ARI
4 W, 0 SV, 29.0 IP, 6 ER
B. Sheets , MIL
3 W, 0 SV, 28.0 IP, 3 ER
J. Peavy , SD
3 W, 0 SV, 30.0 IP, 4 ER
Who's Not
Last 7 days: C. Patterson , CIN
0-for-17, 0 HR, 0 RBI
J. Nix , COL
0-for-10, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Last 30 days: C. Sabathia , CLE
0 W, 0 SV, 18.0 IP, 27 ER
E. O'Flaherty , SEA
0 W, 0 SV, 6.2 IP, 15 ER
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bigALL TIME HOMERUN LEADERS
1. Barry Bonds: 756 HRS
2. Hank Aaron: 755 HRS
3. Babe Ruth: 714 HRS
BONDS' LAST HOMER - 8/8/07
757, Off Of - Tim Redding, WAS Nationals #17
756 ( Record Breaker), Off Of - Mike Bacsik, WAS Nationals #37
755 (Tied Record), Off Of - Clay Hensley, SD Padres #52
His Latest, 757
Bonds Hits 756!!!
Record Tieing, 755
In his first at-bat since setting Major League Baseball's all-time mark Tuesday night, Giants slugger Barry Bonds one-upped himself Wednesday and began to create some distance from Hank Aaron by hitting his 757th home run.
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LEAGUE LEADERS
AVG! Jones ATL .458
2 Furcal LAD . 391
3 McLouth PIT .382
4 Jackson ARI .377
4 Upton ARI .377
HR
1 Utley Phi 8
2 Lee CHC 7
3 Burrell PHI 6
3 Hall Mil 6
4 more tied with 6
RBI
1.Ramirez Bos 20
2 Wright NYM 19
4 Crede CWS 18
4 2 more tied with 18
WINS
2 tied with 4
1 Matsuzaka BOS 4
1 Webb ARI 4
3 Bannister KC 3
3 20 more tied with 3
STRIKEOUTS
2 tied with 29
1 Cueto CIN 29
1 Harang CIN 29
3 Matsuzaka BOS 28
3 Santana NYM 28
ERA
1 Lee 0.40
2 Sheets MIL 0.96
3 Peavy SD 1.20
4 Greinke KC 1.24
5 Germano SD 1.35
League Leaders
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Gold Gloves
AL:
C: Ivan Rodriguez, DET
1B: Kevin Youkilis, BOS
2B: Placido Polanco, DET
3B: Adrian Beltre, SEA
SS: Orlando Cabrera, LAA
OF: Torii Hunter, MIN
OF: Grady Sizemore, CLE
OF: Ichiro Suzuki, SEA
P: Johan Santana, MIN
NL:
C: Russell Martin, LA
1B: Derrek Lee, CHC
2B: Orlando Hudson, ARI
3B: David Wright, NYM
SS: Jimmy Rollins, PHI
OF: Aaron Rowand, PHI
OF: Andruw Jones, ATL
OF: Carlos Beltran, NYM
OF: Jeff Francoeur, ATL
P: Greg Maddux, SD
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Silver Sluggers
AL:
C: Jorge Posada, NYY
1B: Carlos Pena, TB
2B: Placido Polanco, DET
3B: Alex Rodriguez, NYY
SS: Derek Jeter, NYY
OF: Magglio Ordonez, DET
OF: Vlad Guerrero, LAA
OF: Ichiro Suzuki, SEA
DH: David Ortiz, BOS
NL:
C: Russell Martin, LAD
1B: Prince Fielder, MIL
2B: Chase Utley, PHI
3B: David Wright, NYM
SS: Jimmy Rollins, PHI
OF: Carlos Beltran, NYM
OF: Carlos Lee, HOU
OF: Matt Holliday, COL
P: Micah Owings, ARI
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