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Winning Crown is now almost impossible
September 9, 2010"Triple Crown" is one of those phrases that has an tinge of antiquity to it, like the word "mitt" or referring to "base ball" or the mythical creature called the "doubleheader". Leading the league in the traditional "big three" categories of batting average, home runs and RBI just isn't done any longer. No baseball fan under 50 has a memory of seeing a Triple Crown, the last being achieved by Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. For three players -- Joey Votto, Albert Pujols and Carlos Gonzalez -- to be making a run at the Crown is highly unusual.
Cliff Corcoran: Pujols, Votto face tough road to catch Gonzalez for Triple Crown
September 9, 2010Will there be a Triple Crown winner in baseball for the first time in 43 years? It is still a long shot, but Cliff Corcoran explains why one player has a big edge in the great three-man duel.
Wakefield, 44, becomes oldest to win for BoSox
September 9, 2010BOSTON (AP) -- To Tim Wakefield , winning never becomes old.
Morneau optimistic about return
September 9, 2010MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Justin Morneau hasn't played in a game in more than two months, and it's been difficult for him to watch his Minnesota Twins slug through a pennant race without him -- in more ways than one.
Rangers snap 5-game skid with victory over Jays
September 9, 2010TORONTO (AP) -- First place is a lot more fun when you win. Just ask the Texas Rangers .
Swisher rescues Yanks in 9th
September 9, 2010NEW YORK (AP) -- Minus their star catcher, the New York Yankees waited at home plate in a merry pack of pinstripes as Nick
Swisher circled the bases following his game-winning home run.
FanHouse: Joyce, Galarraga to meet again Friday
September 9, 2010
Howard, Phils thump Marlins
September 9, 2010PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Cole Hamels worked with almost a dozen starts' worth of runs in one game.
D-backs cool off Giants
September 9, 2010PHOENIX (AP) -- The Arizona Diamondbacks made the most of the few opportunities they had Wednesday night, and Daniel Hudson
took care of the rest.
Tulowitzki leads Rockies to sixth consecutive win
September 9, 2010DENVER (AP) -- The Colorado Rockies were rolling along to their sixth consecutive victory when disaster struck in the form
of a hard liner off starting pitcher Aaron Cook 's lower right leg.
