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Rodriguez a standout long before his 600 home runs

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Long before the 600 home runs, the dates with celebrities and the $250 million contracts, Alex Rodriguez was already a standout among baseball talent evaluators. When he was a teenager playing for Miami Westminster Christian High School in ...
Bobby Valentine interested in returning to dugout as Cubs managerCount Bobby Valentine among those who would like to manage the Chicago Cubs. The ESPN analyst and former New York Mets and Texas Rangers manager says he's interested in taking over for the ...
Jim Joyce, who cost Armando Galarraga a perfect game, voted MLB's best umpire in ESPN pollJim Joyce was voted the best umpire in Major League Baseball in a poll of 100 players conducted by ESPN the Magazine. Joyce made national headlines when ...

Bonds deserves Hall of Fame: player poll

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home run record holder Barry Bonds should be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame despite suspicions he used performance enhancing drugs, according to a poll of Major League Baseball players. An anonymous player poll conducted by ...
ESPN hands ball to filmmakers, and they run with it, with good returns for `30 for 30' seriesESPN's "30 for 30" sports documentary series is approaching halftime with an upbeat spirit and momentum on its side. The sports network launched "30 for ...

Advertisers returning to baseball telecasts

NEW YORK (Mediaweek) - Despite a laggard economy and tepid ratings for the sport in 2009, advertisers have returned to Major League Baseball telecasts this season, and baseball's TV rights holders are close to selling out commercial time on their first few ...
Aaron Boone ends 12-year big league career to become analyst with ESPNEven before he was a major league player, Aaron Boone wanted to be a big league broadcaster. "As a little kid, going to bed and sleeping at night, listening to Harry ...
World Series champion New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox to meet in 2010 season openerThe World Series champion New York Yankees will play the Boston Red Sox in the major league Sunday night opener on April 4. The game will be ...
Baseball analyst Peter Gammons leaving ESPN for MLB NetworkPeter Gammons is leaving ESPN after 20 years to become an analyst for MLB Network. Gammons will offer commentary for breaking news and big events such as the postseason, winter meetings, amateur draft and ...
ESPN says production assistant who had affair with Phillips has been fired from networkThe ESPN production assistant whose affair with baseball analyst Steve Phillips led to his termination has also been fired from the sports network, a spokesman said Monday. Mike Soltys, ...
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