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Monday’s major league box scores
April 2, 2013 in Sports on Page B4 For 04-02-2013
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Commentary: Mariners’ long rebuilding process set to pay off
April 1, 2013 in Sports on Page B4 Jack Zduriencik chooses words as carefully as a foodie picks ingredients. It’s like he has an editor serving as a middle man for his brain and tongue. So when the …
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Celebrate baseball season with trivia
April 1, 2013 in Sports on Page B4 WASHINGTON – As the unendurable monotony of the offseason ends, celebrate baseball’s return with mental calisthenics. Everyone knows it was former Atlanta manager Dave Bristol who said, “Only trouble I …
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Astros open season with rout of Rangers
April 1, 2013 in Sports on Page B4 HOUSTON – Rick Ankiel and the Houston Astros made an impressive debut in the American League West, trouncing the Texas Rangers 8-2 Sunday in the major league opener and giving …
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M’s ready to produce
March 31, 2013 in Sports Every indicator says the Mariners should present their best product since they finished 85-77 in 2009. If they continue at the same rate of improvement they’ve had under field manager …
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Mariners beat Rockies in final spring tuneup
March 31, 2013 in Sports on Page C2 SALT LAKE CITY – Kendrys Morales and Justin Smoak homered and the Seattle Mariners beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 Saturday in their final spring tuneup. Morales ripped a fastball over …
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Hernandez believes in Mariners’ power
March 30, 2013 in Sports on Page C6 Felix Hernandez has pitched the opener five seasons for the Mariners but says this sixth one should be the most surprising for those not in the clubhouse. “We’re going to …
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Verlander, Posey cash in
March 30, 2013 in Sports on Page C6 After leading their teams to last year’s World Series, Justin Verlander and Buster Posey cashed in just hours apart Friday. The All-Star pitcher and MVP catcher were guaranteed nearly $350 …
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Hernandez believes in Mariners’ power
March 29, 2013 in Sports Felix Hernandez has pitched the opener five seasons for the Mariners but says this sixth one should be the most surprising for those not in the clubhouse. “We’re going to …
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Mets say Santana probably out for season
March 29, 2013 in Sports on Page B2 The New York Mets say Johan Santana has injured his left shoulder again and likely will need surgery and miss the 2013 season. The two-time Cy Young Award winner missed …
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Cougars complete sweep
March 26, 2013 in Sports on Page B5 Kellen Camus struck out a career-high six in three innings of relief as Washington State defeated Brown 3-1 on Monday night at Bailey-Brayton Field to complete a four-game nonconference baseball …
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Heat run away from Magic; streak at 27
March 26, 2013 in Sports on Page B2 NBA: LeBron James finished with 24 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds, and the Miami Heat won their 27th straight game by running away in the final minutes to beat … 1
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M’s tag Reds to win 16-0
March 26, 2013 in Sports on Page B5 GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Jesus Montero hit a grand slam, Michael Saunders homered among his three hits and the Seattle Mariners hammered Homer Bailey in a 16-0 spring training rout of …
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Jeter out for opener
March 25, 2013 in Sports on Page B2 Derek Jeter will likely join Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira and Curtis Granderson on the New York Yankees’ star-studded disabled list for the season opener against the Boston Red Sox one …
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D-backs pound Saunders
March 25, 2013 in Sports on Page B2 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – After missing his last start because of a tired arm, Arizona Diamondbacks starter Wade Miley says his left arm feels fine following Arizona’s 8-4 win over the …
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MLB suit targets Biogenesis, seeks unspecified damages
March 23, 2013 in Sports on Page C2 Major League Baseball on Friday sued a now-shuttered South Florida clinic and its operators, accusing them of scheming to provide banned performance-enhancing drugs to players in violation of their contracts. … 1
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Garland shows his worth to Mariners in loss
March 22, 2013 in Sports on Page B4 PEORIA, Ariz. – Jon Garland went his deepest yet in a Cactus League game as he and the Mariners prepare to discuss his future. Garland is tying to make the …
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Infamous ‘Baseball Annie’ dies in obscurity
March 18, 2013 in Sports on Page B2 CHICAGO – She inspired a novel and a movie starring Robert Redford when in 1949 she lured a major league ballplayer she’d never met into a hotel room with a …
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Puerto Rico into finals
March 18, 2013 in Sports on Page B3 SAN FRANCISCO – Alex Rios hit a two-run homer, Mike Aviles singled twice and drove in a run, and Puerto Rico eliminated two-time reigning World Baseball Classic champion Japan with …
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Beavan pitches 6 solid innings in Mariners’ win
March 18, 2013 in Sports on Page B3 PEORIA, Ariz. – Blake Beavan knows he did everything he could to remain in contention for a spot in Seattle’s starting rotation. The 24-year-old right-hander pitched six solid innings as …
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M’s Ramirez has another good outing
March 17, 2013 in Sports on Page C9 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Erasmo Ramirez is not taking anything for granted even though he appears to have the inside track on returning to the Seattle Mariners’ rotation. Ramirez gave up …
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Dutch team gets its country’s attention with WBC success
March 17, 2013 in Sports on Page C9 SAN FRANCISCO – Most of Hensley Meulens’ pitchers for the Netherlands hail from Holland, the position players from three Dutch islands. It has become quite the winning mix in the …
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Team USA undone by Nelson Figueroa’s brilliance at WBC
March 17, 2013 in Sports on Page C9 Ryan Braun and Ryan Vogelsong are out, Team USA is ruined. Either that, or a much simpler reason a club loaded with big league All-Stars got jettisoned in the World …
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Dominican Republic beats U.S. to advance
March 15, 2013 in Sports on Page B2 Horns honked, percussion pulsed and school kids squealed. Miami can make quite a din when the Dominicans win. The visiting team on the scoreboard, the Dominican Republic made itself at …
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Dutch advance to semis
March 12, 2013 in Sports on Page B5 Kalian Sams’ ninth-inning sacrifice fly scored Andruw Jones with the winning run, capping a comeback from a two-run, eighth-inning deficit and lifting the Netherlands past Cuba 7-6 Monday in Tokyo, …
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Jones, Hosmer advance U.S. past Canada
March 11, 2013 in Sports on Page B3 Adam Jones doubled in the tying and go-ahead runs in the eighth inning, Eric Hosmer hit a three-run double in the ninth and the United States beat Canada 9-4 on … 1
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Dyeing for a chance
March 11, 2013 in Sports on Page B3 PEORIA, Ariz. – Taijuan Walker can’t get the big head because that would mean more jokes about his hair. Felix Hernandez keeps the 20-year-old pitching prospect humble, using Walker’s new …
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In brief: Griffey not shocked by Hall of Fame snubs
March 11, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 Griffey not shocked by Hall of Fame snubs Baseball: Ken Griffey Jr. says he “was not shocked” when baseball writers decided no player should go into the Hall of Fame …
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Commentary: GM Zduriencik has M’s moving forward
March 10, 2013 in Sports on Page C9 PEORIA, Ariz. – Jack Zduriencik is a peculiar kind of impressive. He’s actually human, which qualifies as strange in a world of myth and hyperbole. Zduriencik, the Mariners’ general manager, …
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Baseball notebook: Wright’s grand slam leads U.S. to victory
March 10, 2013 in Sports on Page C9 David Wright hit a two-out grand slam in the fifth inning and the United States beat Italy 6-2 Saturday night in the World Baseball Classic. The U.S. (1-1) meets Canada …

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