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Around the majors: Dyson's speed lifts Royals

4/29/2011 11:53 PM

After a winless six-game road trip, Kansas City pulled off a much-needed comeback win, 4-3, over Minnesota on Friday night.

The Royals are back to .500 as Jarrod ... 

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Major leagues need to adjust rain rules

4/28/2011 8:55 PM

During the second inning of Wednesday's Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians game, Royals lefty Jeff Francis was pitching incredibly slowly.

Francis, a former ... 

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Drillers fared better than Cards vs. Astros' hero; Kelley graduate King gains first Triple-A win

4/27/2011 12:26 AM

Brian Bogusevic led off with a pinch-single as he ignited Houston's winning ninth-inning rally in a 6-5 victory over St. Louis on Tuesday night. Bogusevic was called ... 

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Around the majors: Rangers' Oliver turns back clock to 1993

4/23/2011 10:44 PM

With Neftali Feliz on the disabled list due to a lingering rotator cuff problem, the Texas Rangers are going to go to a closer-by-committee approach until Feliz returns.

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Around the majors: Expanded playoffs have merit; La Russa outsmarts Baker

4/23/2011 1:30 AM

I didn't like the idea when I first heard that baseball commissioner Bud Selig expected the playoffs next year to expand from eight to 10 teams.

I still think that ... 

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Cecil Fielder set for Tulsa clinic

4/21/2011 3:06 PM

Through the years I've been to more than a hundred games in Kansas City and the longest home run I've seen there was by Cecil Fielder on July 19, 1991, a towering blast ... 

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Texas League honors Keuchel

4/20/2011 6:00 PM

Bishop Kelley graduate Dallas Keuchel was named as the Texas League's pitcher of the week for April 11-17.

Keuchel, who pitches for Corpus Christi, allowed one ... 

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Around the majors: Surprising rookie Crow boosts Royals' bullpen

4/19/2011 9:57 AM

Aaron Crow's bullpen success has been a very surprising and promising development in the Kansas City Royals' 10-6 start.

Crow had another good outing in the Royals' ... 

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Around the majors: Positive signs for Cards

4/16/2011 12:50 PM

In St. Louis' 11-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night, Lance Berkman and Albert Pujols each homered twice for the Cardinals.
That was the first time the ... 

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Around the majors: ORU-ex Holm returns to majors

4/15/2011 5:06 PM

Former Oral Roberts Univerrsity player Steve Holm is back in the majors after being called up on Friday by the Minnesota Twins from Triple-A Rochester.

Holm, a ... 

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Around the majors: Reynolds makes strong comeback

4/14/2011 5:28 PM

Former Tulsa Drillers right-hander Greg Reynolds is making an early bid for Comeback Pitcher of the Year.

Reynolds made his second straight strong start since being ... 

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Around the majors: A tough Tuesday for Rangers, Royals

4/13/2011 1:38 AM

Texas lost more than a game, 5-4, to the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday as reigning American League MVP Josh Hamilton suffered a fractured upper right arm that is expected ... 

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Tulsa World sports writer Barry Lewis joined the newspaper in September 1993. A University of Tulsa graduate, he covered high school sports for the Tulsa Tribune from 1983 to 1992 and has been in charge of the World's high school coverage since 2004. He remembers well the excitement of attending his first high school football game, Edison at Booker T. Washington, before a capacity crowd at S.E. Williams Stadium in 1973. He also has reported on Tulsa Drillers baseball at both newspapers for almost 20 years.

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