Verlander selected player of year in union vote (AP)

Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander has been selected player of the year in voting by the Major League Baseball Players Association, becoming the second pitcher to earn the honor. Verlander beat out Boston first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and New York Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson for the Players Choice Award, announced Thursday.

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Curtis Granderson’s slam leads MLB stars past Taiwan (Yahoo! Sports)

Curtis Granderson was grand on Tuesday. The New York Yankees center fielder pounded a grand slam to help a team of major league stars to a 7-0 win over Taiwan's national team. Granderson connected off Yao-Hsun Yang in the third inning.

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Granderson slam leads MLB stars to Taiwan win (AP)

Taiwanese fans cheer on New York Yankees Robinson Cano(notes) during the first game of the Taiwan Baseball All Star Series in Xinzhuang, Taiwan, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. The US major leaguers will play five baseball games against Taiwan's national team from Nov. 1-6.

Curtis Granderson hit a grand slam to lead a team of Major League Baseball stars to a 7-0 win over Taiwan on Tuesday. The New York Yankees slugger went deep off Yao-Hsun Yang in the third inning, electrifying the crowd at the suburban Taipei stadium before the game was called in the sixth inning because of rain.


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Granderson slam leads MLB stars to Taiwan win (PA SportsTicker)

Curtis Granderson hit a grand slam to lead a team of major league stars to a 7-0 win over Taiwan's national team on Tuesday night.

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Granderson slam leads MLB stars to Taiwan win (AP)

Curtis Granderson hit a grand slam to lead a team of major league stars to a 7-0 win over Taiwan's national team on Tuesday night. The Yankees slugger went deep off Yao-Hsun Yang in the third inning, electrifying the crowd at the suburban Taipei stadium before the game was called in the sixth inning because of rain.

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MLB squad arrives in Taiwan for 5-game series (AP)

Major League Baseball brought its traveling roadshow to Taiwan less than 48 hours after the 7th game of an epic World Series capped the season in North America. New York Yankees stars Curtis Granderson and Robinson Cano lead the MLB squad, which will play five games this week against a team that includes former Yankee -- and current Washington National -- Chien-ming Wang, one of a pair of...

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Cano, Granderson, Cabrera headline Taiwan trip (AP)

Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson of the New York Yankees, Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers and Skip Schumaker of the St. Louis Cardinals headline the 19-man roster announced for Major League Baseball's Taiwan exhibition tour next month. The roster released Friday also includes Pedro Sandoval of the San Francisco Giants and a rather lackluster pitching staff of Bill Bray, Ross Detwiler,...

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Cano, Granderson, Cabrera headline Taiwan trip (PA SportsTicker)

Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson of the New York Yankees, Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers and Skip Schumaker of the St. Louis Cardinals headline the 19-man roster announced for Major League Baseball's Taiwan exhibition tour next month.

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Game 4 Victory a Statement Win for Yankees (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

Championship-caliber teams come through with big-time victories in must-win situations. The New York Yankees earned a big-time victory on Tuesday. In a must-win situation. Thank Curtis Granderson for that. Granderson's impressive, leaping catch in center field got A.J.

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Back to the Bronx: Yanks top Tigers, force Game 5 (AP)

With the season on the line and no better options, the Yankees sent A.J. Burnett to the mound and hoped for the best. New York's $82.5 million enigma came through when his team needed him most. With the help of a huge first-inning catch by Curtis Granderson, Burnett pitched effectively into the sixth, and the Yankees routed the Detroit Tigers 10-1 Tuesday night to send their AL playoff series...

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