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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on November 3, 2011
Ex-Giant Matty Alou dies in Dominican Rep. (The Canadian Press)
Matty Alou, once part of an all-Alou outfield for the San Francisco Giants with brothers Felipe and Jesus, died Thursday in his native Dominican Republic. He was 72.
Ex-Giant Matty Alou, 72, dies in Dominican Rep. (AP)
Matty Alou, once part of an all-Alou outfield for the San Francisco Giants with brothers Felipe and Jesus, died Thursday in his native Dominican Republic. He was 72. He died of diabetes complications, according to his former Dominican team, Leones del Escogido. The Giants also confirmed his death and said Alou had been sick for several years with a variety of health issues.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on November 3, 2011
Ex-Giant Matty Alou, 72, dies in Dominican Rep. (PA SportsTicker)
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on November 3, 2011
S.F. Giant’s closer Wilson has strained oblique and drama-free attitude to aid in recovery (Associated Content)
Brian Wilson's Left Oblique Strained According to Reuters, San Francisco Giants All Star iconoclastic closer, Brian Wilson, strained his left oblique muscle, sometime during the week of March 14, 2011. He was scheduled to undergo tests on Monday, March 21, 2011 to assess the degree of his injury. As I recently wrote about a fellow closing pitcher on another team - Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees - closers are a different breed: the bad cowboys in the long, dark dusters.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on March 22, 2011
Giant reward: World champs receive bonus of $317,631 apiece (Yahoo! Sports)
Baseball players always profess that the ring is the thing, but you have to think they also get pretty fired up...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on November 29, 2010
Reaction to death of Yankees owner Steinbrenner (AP)
Quotes on New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who died Tuesday at age 80: "George was a giant of the game and his devotion to baseball was surpassed only by his devotion to his family and his beloved New York Yankees. He was and always will be as much of a New York Yankee as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford and all of the other Yankee...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on July 14, 2010
Selig gives no sign MLB moving 2011 All-Star game (AP)
Bud Selig considers Arizona's new immigration law a political issue and is showing no signs that Major League Baseball will shift next year's All-Star game out of the state. A day after Milwaukee pitcher Yovani Gallardo and other All-Stars said they could envision boycotting the 2011 game at Phoenix in protest, the commissioner never mentioned a possible shift.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on July 13, 2010
Revered Yankees PA man Bob Sheppard dies at 99 (AP)
Bob Sheppard, whose stylish, elegant stadium introductions of New York Yankees from Joltin' Joe to Derek Jeter spanned more than a half century and earned him the nickname "The Voice of God," died Sunday. He was 99. Sheppard, a gentle man who spoke with the sonorous authority of a giant, died at his Long Island home in Baldwin with his wife, Mary, at his side, the Yankees said.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on July 12, 2010
