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Dodgers’ ownership undecided as McCourt divorce finalized

Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt’s divorce was finalized last month, according to court documents made public on Tuesday, but the question of whether his ex-wife, Jamie, has a stake in the baseball...

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Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto’s road to becoming one of baseball’s great young players was officially validated on Monday — with the National League MVP award.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Shin-Soo Cho #17 of the Cleveland Indians hits a sixth inning RBI double while playing the New York Yankees on July 26, 2010 at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.

Indians' Choo avoids military with gold medal in Asian Games

Cleveland Indians star outfielder Shin-Soo Choo has avoided a mandatory two-year military stint after leading South Korea to a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games.


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Bud Black

Owners, GMs don't anticipate labour strife

No major U.S. professional sports league has been more troubled or embarrassed by labor strife than baseball. And although it may be too early to declare lasting peace in our time, it certainly looks as if there is peace for the time being.


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Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire

Twins extend Gardenhire's contract

Minnesota Twins general manager Bill Smith gave Ron Gardenhire a two-year extension through the 2013 season on Thursday, a day after he was picked as the American League Manager of the Year.


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MLB likely to expand playoffs

Bud Selig's special committee for on-field matters will assemble in December, at baseball's winter meetings, to discuss the notion of adding a playoff team to each league.


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Seattle  pitcher Felix Hernandez, who won just 13 games this past season, was  voted as the American League Cy Young winner on Thursday.

Cy Young victory shocks 'King Felix'

Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez was a clear winner of the American League Cy Young Award on Thursday despite registering only 13 wins during the Major League Baseball season.


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Seattle  pitcher Felix Hernandez, who won just 13 games this past season, was  voted as the American League Cy Young winner on Thursday.

Hernandez did not earn this victory

Over a slightly delayed phone line from Venezuela, Seattle Mariners ace Felix Hernandez described a touching, tearful scene when he found out he had won the 2010 American League Cy Young Award.


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Seattle's 'King Felix' Hernandez wins AL Cy Young award

Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez posted only 13 wins during the season but was a clear winner of the American League Cy Young Award in voting announced on Thursday.


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Bud Black

Gardenhire, Black voted top managers

Bud Black hung on to win this race. Ron Gardenhire became a first-time Manager of the Year, too, after so many near misses.


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D.C. Reid

Go figure, evolution of on-land aquaculture is saving wild salmon

All of us would like to see our totemic salmon protected from fish farm harm in our oceans. While the current B.C. industry drags its feet about getting out of the sea, hardly a month goes by without new and improved fish-farm set-ups and products coming on stream from other folks who aim to put fish farms where they should be: on land in closed containers.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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