Miguel Cabrera played his first game following his arrest, going 0 for 2 with a walk as the Detroit Tigers’ designated hitter Monday in a 6-2 win over the New York Yankees.
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Sunday Evening, February 27, 2011. I had just awoken from a nap, having read myself to sleep on Leavy's The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the ongoing, decades-old argument as to whether Mantle, Willie Mays, or The Duke was the better center fielder or the better batter, or even the better overall player. And, then I awoke to hear the news that baseball had lost Edwin Donald Snider, also known as " The Duke " or even "The Duke of Flatbush," at age 84 .
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Don Zimmer stood in front of the dugout, remembering longtime pal and one-time Dodgers teammate Duke Snider. A smile spread across the 80-year-old's face when he was asked about the friendship he and others such as Johnny Podres, Pee Wee Reese and Gil Hodges had with the late Hall of Famer off the field.
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Don Mattingly is looking for progress more than victories early in spring training. The Los Angeles Dodgers' new manager was happy to get both Sunday. Mattingly got his first Cactus league victory with a 5-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels. "Everything looks pretty good right now," said Mattingly, 1-1 in Cactus League play after working a 4-1 split-squad loss Saturday to the Angels.
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By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer
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Mark Trumbo hit a two-run homer to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-1 win over a Los Angeles Dodgers split squad on Saturday in the Cactus League opener for both teams. Trumbo's homer to right-center field with two away in the fourth inning came off right-hander Rubby De La Rosa, the Dodgers' second pitcher of the game.
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The new, lighter Pablo Sandoval, the refurbished Mark DeRosa and the same old Aubrey Huff were in the groove for the San Francisco Giants on Saturday. The three combined for six of 11 hits and five RBIs as the World Series champion Giants spoiled the spring managerial debut of Don Mattingly with an 8-3 victory over the split-squad Los Angeles Dodgers at Scottsdale Stadium.
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Miguel Cabrera might make his spring debut Monday. Despite a case of the jitters, Manny Ramirez did just fine in his first spring training game with the Tampa Bay Rays. Tigers manager Jim Leyland said he's not going to push Cabrera, the slugging first baseman who was arrested Feb. 16 under suspicion of drunken driving.
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Joe Torre is back in baseball as Major League Baseball's executive vice president for baseball operations. Commissioner Bud Selig made the announcement on Saturday before the dedication of the new spring facility for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies. In what Selig called "a very critical appointment," the 70-year-old Torre will oversee major league operations, on-field…
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