The Hunter and the Hunted

Will Twins’ fans ever see Torii Hunter rob an opponent’s home run again? Has Torii Hunter played his last game as a Minnesota Twin? When the season wrapped up Sunday, the obvious question facing the 32-year-old free-agent-to-be was what uniform he’d be wearing when he next took the field. Hunter, who has already rejected the […]

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Snakes on a Playoff

Tino Martinez temporarily broke Diamondback fans’ hearts in 2001, but the Snakes bit back. The Diamondbacks are back in the postseason for the first time since 2002, marking the fourth trip to the playoffs in franchise history. They open the NLCS Thursday at home against the NL Central Division Champion Cubs, the first time Arizona

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Down to the Wire

Adam Dunn was happy to have one of his records broken last night. In our final column of the 2007 season, the Daily Dose checks in on the frenetic NL East, suddenly all squared away with just the weekend remaining to decide this battle. Adam Dunn has been usurped as baseball’s strikeout king; John Van

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A Baker’s Dozen

Back in May, only the very optimistic among us would have imagined that the Yankees would be able to pull themselves out of their massive hole and earn a 13th straight playoff appearance. Well, Wednesday night, that’s exactly what happened, as the Pinstripers clinched at least the Wild Card by downing the Rays. In today’s

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Divine Intervention

Brian Giles (centre) gave the Padres reason to celebrate Tuesday. Wasn’t it just yesterday I was writing about the Padres’ misfortunes? Brian Giles came through in the clutch Tuesday to help turn things around for San Diego, and suddenly the picture is much rosier for the Friars. In today’s Daily Dose, we take a closer

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