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| Diamondbacks kick off road trip in Milwaukee |
MLB Baseball |
06/02/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The National League West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks begin a 10-game road trip tonight, starting with the first of three consecutive games against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. Arizona is 11-13 away from the desert this season and will also visit Pittsburgh for four games and the New York Mets for three on the trek. It just went 2-4 on a six-game homestand, winning the last two installments of a three-game series versus the Washington Nationals at Chase Field. After ending a five-gam |
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| Slumping 'Stros to send out Chacon in finale with Brewers |
MLB Baseball |
06/01/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Journeyman right-hander Shawn Chacon aims for his third win in three starts today, when the Houston Astros visit Miller Park for the third and final game of a weekend series with the host Milwaukee Brewers. Chacon, with his fourth team since reaching the major leagues in 2001, got no- decisions in his initial nine starts of 2008 before defeating the Chicago Cubs on May 21 in Houston. In that game, the 30-year-old Alaska native allowed five hits and three runs in seven innings of a 5-3 Astros' |
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| Three Sheets to the wind! Brew-Crew beat up 'Stros |
MLB Baseball |
05/31/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (Best E Casino) - Ben Sheets finished one out shy of his third complete game of the season, while Prince Fielder and Russell Branyan each hit mammoth home runs as the Milwaukee Brewers topped the Houston Astros, 4-1, in the second of three games at Miller Park. Sheets (6-1) held the Astros to one run on seven hits in 8 2/3 innings, striking out five and allowing just one walk. Ryan Braun knocked in his 40th run for the Brewers, who have won two straight and five of their last six games. Rickie We |
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| Webb hopes to end D-Backs' woes against Nationals |
MLB Baseball |
05/31/2008 |
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| coreless innings streak when he takes the mound for Washington in tonight's tilt. The right-hander has not given up a run in any of his last three starts, a span of 19 2/3 consecutive innings. In his most recent appearance, Bergmann struck out eight Milwaukee Brewers and yielded just four hits over 5 2/3 shutout frames on Monday. He did not factor in the decision, though, of a 4-3 Washington loss. Bergmann also had a no-decision against Philadelphia on May 20 despite delivering seven scoreless frames. The 26-yea |
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| Braun helps Brewers down Astros |
MLB Baseball |
05/30/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (Best E Casino) - Ryan Braun went 4-for-4 with a home run and two runs batted in as the Milwaukee Brewers cruised past the Houston Astros, 5-1, in the opener of a three-game set at Miller Park. Prince Fielder hit a two-run homer and Mike Cameron added a solo shot for the Brewers, winners in four of their last five. Manny Parra (3-2) held the Astros to a run on four hits over six innings to pick up the win, striking out six and walking four. "Houston has always done well against left-handers, so P |
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| MLB to hold ceremonial Negro Leagues draft |
MLB Baseball |
05/30/2008 |
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| out 12 for a Negro Leagues All-Star team in 1956 against a group of big league black players that included Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Ernie Banks. Pride tried out Los Angeles Angels in 1961 and went to training camp with the New York Mets and the Milwaukee Brewers. He was 1-for-2 against Jim Palmer for Texas as a ``designated pinch hitter'' in a spring training game. Navarro was the shortstop and leadoff hitter for the Cuban Stars of the Eastern Colored League in 1928 and hit .337 the following year. He was |
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| Teixeira and Braves pound Brewers |
MLB Baseball |
05/29/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (Best E Casino) - Mark Teixeira went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run, four RBI and two walks for the Atlanta Braves in an 8-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers to wrap up a three-game set. In his third start of the season Jorge Campillo (2-0) struck out six batters in five innings and allowed one earned run to pick up the win for the Braves, who had lost three of four coming into the game. Yunel Escobar, Kelly Johnson and Chipper Jones joined Teixeira with multi-hit days and a run scored each. |
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| NBA gets high marks in diversity study |
NBA Basketball |
05/29/2008 |
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| cutives among its teams during the 2007-08 season, the highest percentage of minority presidents and CEOs in men's professional sports history, according to a university study released Thursday. Besides Ulice Payne, who was president of baseball's Milwaukee Brewers in 2002-03, the seven men are the only blacks to serve as top executive of a men's team in any sport, said Richard Lapchick, study author and head of the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. The high number |
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| Brewers have until June 15 to decide on Weaver |
MLB Baseball |
05/28/2008 |
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -The Milwaukee Brewers have a little bit longer than they originally thought to make a decision on the future of pitcher Jeff Weaver. The 31-year-old Weaver signed with the Brewers in April and has been playing for Triple-A Nashville. After speaking with agent Scott Boras on Wednesday, Brewers general manager Doug Melvin said Weaver can opt out of the deal and become a free agent if he hasn't been called up to the majors by June 15 - not June 1, as the team had thought. ``We don't have to ( |
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| Suppan goes for first-ever win over Braves |
MLB Baseball |
05/28/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Slumping veteran Jeff Suppan tries again for a first career victory over Atlanta tonight when the Milwaukee Brewers host the Braves in game two of a three-game series at Miller Park. A 33-year-old Oklahoma native, Suppan is 0-4 against the Braves in a major- league career that stretches back to his eight-game debut with the Boston Red Sox in 1995. He's given up 28 hits and 17 earned runs in 19 2/3 innings against the Braves, walking six and striking out 15 while posting a 7.78 earned run aver |
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