North vs. South baseball wars, California style
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With apologies to the Mamas and Papas, California isn&#39;t just dreamin&#39; about the baseball playoffs as the regular seasons winds down.
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In 1999, students at the University of California Irvine agreed to pay extra money to start a baseball program. Eight years later, the team is trying to make it to the College World Series.
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It was fitting that the Los Angeles Dodgers would return to California down 2-0 in the National League Division Series. After all, playing from behind was what got them there.
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USC didn&#39;t beat the Cal Bears so much as it survived them. Kinda like a baseball team that gets no-hit by a flawless pitcher and yet still claws out the win anyway.
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The Red Sox [stats, schedule] can bash with Manny Ramirez [stats, news] and David Ortiz [stats, news]. The Angels can do the same with Vladimir Guerrero and Troy Glaus.
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Lose the choreography and dial back the frivolity. Thatâs my advice for the Mets as they resume the season. The Yankees, on the other hand, could use a bit of strut.
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There are two sports that matter in the Lone Star State, the old saying goes. That would be football and spring football. But donât trust an outsider.
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One reason pennant races have heated up in both leagues is because the supposed spoilers are the ones getting spoiled. Consider the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, who once were third in the American League East and flirting with .
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TRADITIONALLY dominated by teams from the north, Italy&#39;s Serie A has a strange look about it with no less than three southern clubs in the top six.
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Incidents between baseball players and fans have long been part of the game. But they seem to be getting uglier with each year, and an imbroglio Monday night in Oakland, Calif.
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(Sports Network) - The two top teams in the National League West will begin a gigantic three-game series tonight, as the San Francisco Giants take on the Los Angeles Dodgers at SBC Park.
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The purists went berserk back in 1993. They hated the idea. The wild card was bad for baseball. Just wait and see.
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At least six national teams will be playing matches in California this month. The US, though, will not be among them.
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There was Kevin Brown at his worst, Curt Schilling at his best and baseball&#39;s most bitter rivalry at its end - for now, anyway.
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By Jordan Robertson  Associated Press  SAN JOSE, Calif.
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One hundred and twelve years ago, there was a birth in the nation&#39;s southern-most states. It is the Auburn-Georgia series and it takes place in Jordan-Hare Stadium, one of the nation&#39;s loudest, biggest and most historic.
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This zone qualifier looks a lot like all the others -- 1992 in Portland, 1999 and 2003 in San Juan. The United States just doesn't win -- it obliterates. And the goal of every other team this week is: Get to the medal round and avoid the Yanks at all costs.