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Pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez of the Cleveland Indians received a five-game suspension and was fined an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing a pitch at former teammate Troy Tulowitzki of the Colorado Rockies.
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Colorado righthander Ubaldo Jimenez threw his 100-mile-per-hour fastball past the Atlanta Braves last night to give his Rockies the first no-hitter in the team’s 18-year history.
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The Boston Red Sox acquired infielder Mike Aviles from the Kansas City Royals as the Major League Baseball trade deadline approached today.
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The end of Major League Baseball’s performance-enhancing drugs era is causing 1960s flashbacks.
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The New York Yankees didn’t make a move in the week before Major League Baseball’s trade deadline for the first time since 2002, while the sport’s six division leaders all bolstered their rosters for a postseason push.
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CC Sabathia said he’s aiming to finish his career with the New York Yankees after agreeing to an extension that may keep the All-Star pitcher with the team through the 2017 season.
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Roy Halladay became the fifth pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in both the National and American Leagues after a season in which he threw a perfect game and pitched his best at the close of the season.
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The Tampa Bay Rays’ David Price and Colorado Rockies’ Ubaldo Jimenez were named starting pitchers for Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game tomorrow night.
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Dallas Braden of the Oakland Athletics became the 17th pitcher in Major League Baseball’s modern era to throw a perfect game, retiring all 27 batters he faced in a 4-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Roy Halladay extended Major League Baseball’s year of the pitcher by throwing the second no-hitter in postseason history.