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The Philadelphia Phillies signed former All-Star pitcher Carlos Zambrano to a minor-league contract, one week after placing eight-time All-Star Roy Halladay on the disabled list.
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Rick Ankiel went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts in his debut for the New York Mets, a 6-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in which he also had a bloop hit bounce out of his borrowed glove in center field.
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Russell McBride has been a Miami Marlins fan since the Major League Baseball team’s first season in 1993.
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The New York Yankees fell into last place in the American League East yesterday after losing 8-4 to the Detroit Tigers, who are looking to sweep the three-game Major League Baseball series today.
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Not even winning records have helped New York’s baseball teams at the turnstiles this season.
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Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson signed on for one more year with a goal of winning the 2013 World Series before becoming a team consultant.
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The Miami Heat are the toast of the town after winning a basketball championship this year. Baseball’s Miami Marlins are simply toast.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said America’s capital city should take a leadership lesson from the Washington Nationals after the hometown baseball team won the National League East division title.
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The Washington Nationals split a doubleheader with the Los Angeles Dodgers, moving one win from giving the nation’s capital a postseason baseball team for the first time in 79 years.
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The Nationals became the first Washington baseball team to reach the postseason in 79 years, joining the Cincinnati Reds as the first two clubs to clinch 2012 playoff spots.