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How Much Can Piniella Take? BALTIMORE -- He never suffered the losing well. In the old days, after especially tough defeats, Lou Piniella would barricade himself in his office, refusing to open the door, shutting himself to the reality that burned on the scoreboard on the field outside.
To Article... O's Try to Hang On to Elusive Chemistry BALTIMORE -- This was before all the bad news came spilling down, back when the Orioles still seemed on top of the world and the dugout was filled with journalists from all over the country ready to document the amazing rise of the most unlikely division leader. Manager Lee Mazzilli leaned back on the dugout bench, looked at the field and said he loved what his team has become.
To Article... Best Voice in Baseball? Let Arguments Begin The golden voice of 56 baseball summers sang to Curt Smith on Pennsylvania Avenue one autumn night. The World Series was going on, and after a late evening at the White House, where he was a speechwriter for the first president named George Bush, Smith jumped in his car, turned on the radio, and Vin Scully was on the air.
To Article... For Chavez, Starting Over Can Cure All Ills PHILADELPHIA -- Endy Chavez was in Sacramento playing minor league baseball when the Washington Nationals finally gave up on him. This made things logistically difficult because everything he owns in his life was packed into three suitcases back in New Orleans where the Nationals banished him before the season started.
To Article... Borders Extends Major-League Career BALTIMORE -- He would not ride quietly into the baseball autumn. Pat Borders gave the game a ride as a catcher through 10 big league seasons, saving his best performances for the biggest stage, once winning the MVP of the World Series.
To Article... Devil Rays Fans Want to Fire Team's Owner Can fans really fire an owner?
To Article... For Braves' Rookie, Hits Hard to Come By This can't go on forever. One of these days the hits are going to come, Kelly Johnson is sure of this. They'll come in bunches, in crackling line drives and gentle little bloopers behind second base. They'll come so much he'll look back on this week, it's hopelessness and have a good laugh.
To Article... This May Be the Year the Braves Finally Falter They can't ignore the past, it hangs above them on the façade of their own stadium. Thirteen pennants loom over the outfield, as the most tangible evidence of what the Atlanta Braves have been for the last decade and a half.
To Article... Larkin Helps Nats Develop Chemistry The Nationals put 198 home runs and 379 stolen bases in the most social corner of their clubhouse, filling a gap in the vicinity of Jose Guillen, Cristian Guzman and Vinny Castilla. Barry Larkin sits in this space, sprawled across a folding chair, in shorts, a Nationals T-shirt and baseball socks rolled down around the ankles.
To Article... For Ex-Nat Vargas, Revenge Will Have to Wait PHOENIX -- The Washington Nationals career of Claudio Vargas was spectacular only in its failure. His first start in RFK Stadium lasted only 1 1/3 innings. His last start for Washington went only an out longer. In between he wasn't much good either, giving up five runs in less than four innings in Toronto.
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