World Series News
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The New York Yankees will be an investor in Major League Soccer’s expansion team in New York, which will be controlled by Manchester City Football Club.
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Stephen Barclay, chief executive officer of the America’s Cup Event Authority, spoke last week about the remaking of the 161-year-old yachting regatta and the aftermath of the death of Olympic medalist Andrew Simpson when his team’s boat capsized. This year’s event takes place July through September in San Francisco:
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Who’s the worst pitcher of all time? Herm Wehmeier of the Cincinnati Reds, who compiled an earned run average of 5.25 over nine seasons.
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Phil Ivey, nine-time winner of the World Series of Poker tournament, sued a unit of Genting Bhd. in London over what he said was 7.8 million pounds ($12 million) of unpaid winnings.
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Alex Ferguson will retire as British soccer’s most successful manager, having led Manchester United to 38 trophies in 26 years.
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Hideki Matsui, Most Valuable Player in the 2009 World Series, and his former manager Shigeo Nagashima received Japan’s People’s Honor awards at a ceremony today in Tokyo, public broadcaster NHK reported.
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Late in the third quarter, with his Celtics down 20 points, David Nikiel of Citigroup’s institutional equity sales in Boston bought a half dozen pals each a $12.25 shot of Crown Royal whiskey to toast the end of an inspired run.
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An autographed photo of the 1927 New York Yankees’ World Series champions sold at auction for $275,706, while a game-used bat from the team’s Hall of Fame outfielder Babe Ruth went for $171,190.
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They played in a ramshackle ballpark on the prairie during the most trying economic period of modern times. The stands were separated from the field by chicken wire, the locker room had no showers, fans parked their cars in the outfield. This was baseball in Bismarck, North Dakota, in the 1930s.
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Reggie Jackson and SCP Auctions are no longer selling a jersey the former New York Yankees’ slugger was believed to be wearing when he hit three home runs in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series.
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