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Bottom feeding. (Insider: baseball).
As the gap between baseball's haves and have-nots continues to grow, statistical leaders in almost every major category are capitalizing on yet another edge: the unbalanced schedule. Their credo is simple: Give us your tired, your poor, your humbled pitchers, catchers and infielders, put 'em in our division, then let us play them 19 times a year. It'll be fun--for us, anyway. Certain players, (in particular, really take liberties with the arrangement:
Lance Berkman, Astros CF, vs. Brewers 6-for-13 (.462), 3 home runs, 7 RBIs
Roger Clemens, Yankees RHP, vs. Devil Rays 3-0, 1.69 ERA, 21 strikeouts
Johnny Damon, Red Sox CF, vs. Devil Rays 9-for-20 (.450)
Adam Dunn, Reds LF, vs. Brewers 8-for-22 ...
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...The post-Bucky Dent era is no different than any others in Red Sox history. Great and...damnation, the 1986 Red Sox were still a dynamo...with a 24-4, 2.48 ERA mark. Gorman's trades...against the Angels, the Red Sox were down three games...
- A Red Sox era ended with mega-sale.(The Providence Journal)
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Eras don't always end...complete with cheers. Eras don't always end...the sale of the Red Sox, the protracted...closes the Yawkey Era that began in 1933...romanticize the Yawkey Era, bathe it in a...downside, too. The Red Sox were the last team...
- RED SOX 2002; As new era dawns, old dream remains; Despite changes, goal...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Massarotti, Tony April 1, 2002 700+ words
...absentees, leaving the Red Sox without the centerpieces...built. In Garciaparra, the Red Sox lost a perennial Most Valuable...the best pitcher of this era, someone who was the possessor...this time, of course, the Red Sox were coming off a winter...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hill, Miriam October 29, 2004 700+ words
...dawn of a new, Curse-free era after generations of despair...They sat side by side at every Red Sox home game for decades. When...Sunday, Jerry plans to lay a Red Sox World Championship T-shirt...story is the story of the Boston Red Sox fan. In the 86 years that passed...
- Red Sox and their fans begin curse-free era.
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) October 28, 2004 700+ words
...dawn of a new, Curse-free era after generations of despair...They sat side by side at every Red Sox home game for decades. When...Sunday, Jerry plans to lay a Red Sox World Championship T-shirt...story is the story of the Boston Red Sox fan. In the 86 years that passed...
- Era, baseball culture ends with sale of Red Sox.(The Providence Journal)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Reynolds, Bill October 7, 2000 700+ words
More than just an era ended Friday with the announcement...controlling interest in the Red Sox. A baseball culture ended...culture that certainly defined the Red Sox, and arguably crippled them...culture that started when the Red Sox were bought by Tom Yawkey...
- BOSTON RINGS IN NEW ERA\ EVEN YANKS CHEER RED SOX.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) April 12, 2005 700+ words
...triumphant year many Boston Red Sox fans thought would...assortment of all those Red Sox who fell short joined...first time since an era few survive to remember...53rd season with the Red Sox. "It was a very...to include all the eras in the festivities...
- What a 'relief' to be the IBL's best ERA specialist; Strecker is Red Sox ace...
- Newspaper article from: The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, Ontario) August 7, 2009 700+ words
...finishing with a 0.29 ERA for the Brantford Red Sox. Fellow Dundas resident...the defending champion Red Sox. And this season, he...have finished with lower ERAs since 1947 -- Jason...outstanding in his new role," Red Sox manager Adam Clarke told...
