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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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M’s Hicks played baseball with Seahawks QB
March 9, 2013 in Sports on Page C3 PEORIA, Ariz. – If John Hicks weren’t such a compelling Mariners prospect, he’d make a good Russell Wilson historian. Hicks doesn’t just know the Seahawks quarterback. He played youth baseball …
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Mexico rolls to win over U.S. in WBC
March 9, 2013 in Sports on Page C3 Adrian Gonzalez homered and drove in three runs, seven pitchers handcuffed United States hitters all night and Mexico rebounded from a disappointing opening loss with a decisive 5-2 win over …
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M’s ace satisfied with his outing for the most part
March 8, 2013 in Sports on Page B3 SURPRISE, Ariz. – Felix Hernandez waited almost two weeks to get in a game for the Seattle Mariners. The Kansas City Royals went just as long without a loss. Hernandez …
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Brewers’ Melvin stung by scorpion
March 8, 2013 in Sports on Page B3 Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin spent three hours in the emergency room Wednesday night after he was stung by an Arizona bark scorpion inside his spring training condominium in …
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Source: Rivera plans to retire after 2013
March 8, 2013 in Sports on Page B3 NEW YORK – The great Mariano Rivera is getting set to close his career. The New York Yankees’ reliever plans to announce this weekend that he will retire after the …
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M’s swing for fences in victory
March 5, 2013 in Sports on Page B3 Nolan Arenado hit his third home run in three games for Colorado, but Raul Ibanez and Kyle Seager connected for two more homers for the Seattle Mariners, who beat the …
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Defending champ Japan beats China
March 4, 2013 in Sports on Page B3 Two-time defending champion Japan beat China 5-2 on Sunday in Fukuoka, Japan, to improve to 2-0 in Group A of the World Baseball Classic. With Japan up 2-0 in the …
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M’s Gutierrez having a healthy spring
March 3, 2013 in Sports on Page C11 PEORIA, Ariz. – If Franklin Gutierrez can stay healthy this season, the Seattle Mariners would be ecstatic. So far this spring, he’s been giving a glimpse of what they’ve been …
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Kimbrel looks to duplicate dominant 2012 season
March 3, 2013 in Sports on Page C11 Craig Kimbrel was like a little kid Saturday in the Braves clubhouse in Kissimee, Fla., talking excitedly about his chance to work with a couple of Atlanta greats at the …
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MLB considers tougher drug penalties
March 3, 2013 in Sports on Page C11 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig called for tougher penalties for major leaguers who violate the sport’s drug agreement, a move the union is willing to consider but not …

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