Melky Cabrera became the 15th Yankees player and first Yank in 14 years to hit for the cycle. His hitting led New York to an 8-5 victory over the White Sox in Chicago yesterday, August 2, 2009. A cycle in baseball means that a hitter, in this case Melky Cabrera, hits safely four times in the [...]
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Buehrle Perfect Game is Latest in Long Line of White Sox No-Hitters and Perfect Games
Mark Buehrle has had a good week. First, he gets to play in the All-Star Game. Then, he gets to shake hands with President Obama, the White Sox Fan-In-Chief. Then, to top it off, he gets a phone call from the president today. Oh, and the reason for the phone call is pretty cool too: [...]
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The Sportshistory page listing all of the no-hitters in Major League Baseball history is now updated to show Jonathan Sanchez’ no-hitter of July 10, 2009. See the page at http://www.historyguy.com/sportshistory/baseball_no-hitters.htm
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Jonathan Sanchez, Giants, pitched the majors’ first no-hitter this season, recording a career-high 11 strikeouts in San Francisco’s 8-0 win over the San Diego Padres. Sanchez is a 26-year-old left-hander who returned to the rotation after a nearly three-week demotion to the bullpen, and he only got the call because 303-game winner Randy Johnson [...]
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New page listing the Number One draft picks in the Major League Baseball Draft, from 1965 to the present day. The 2009 amateur draft is held tomorrow, June 9. The Washington Nationals hold the first pick, and are expected to draft Stephen Strasburg, who is a right-handed power pitcher from San Diego State University. Strasburg [...]
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