Thanksgiving week was a slow one around Baseball, but the trickle of transactions contained some really good news. 

Thanksgiving week was a slow one around Baseball, but the trickle of transactions contained some really good news. 

In the early morning hours on Thanksgiving 1943, in all likelihood, West Springfield's Angelo "Sam" Pompei should have died. 

Sparks flew during Madonna's Wednesday night concert in Miami - and they had nothing to do with fancy pyrotechnics. 

Amid all the questions about whether the Yankees can get CC Sabathia comes a seemingly silly one: Should they? Sure, it sounds a little off to wonder whether a pitching-starved team should sign the best pitcher on the market and one of the few bona fide a 

--LHP CC Sabathia, who had said he would make a decision on the Yankees' offer after Thanksgiving, might have had an added suitor to consider before making his choice. 

The Yankees finished a disappointing year in which they snapped a string of 13 straight playoff appearances. 

Amid all the questions about whether the Yankees can get CC Sabathia comes a seemingly silly one: Should they? Sure, it sounds a little off to wonder whether a pitching-starved team should sign the best pitcher on the market and one of the few bona fide a 

--LHP CC Sabathia, who had said he would make a decision on the Yankees' offer after Thanksgiving, might have had an added suitor to consider before making his choice. 

The Yankees finished a disappointing year in which they snapped a string of 13 straight playoff appearances. 

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Since major league Baseball began testing for amphetamines in 2006, it has been difficult to determine how much of a deterrent the policy was. 

It didn't take long for Mirko Vondra to start taking pride in his new hometown of Pittsburgh. 

In 1983, Darryl Strawberry was called up and given his big shot with theNewYorkMets. 

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