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He won't play the what-if game ; Selig: Tweaks helped situation
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NEW YORK - It went well beyond the last time the game deep into
the night, the whispered conversations with Bud Selig leading to the
unthinkable. A tie. In the All-Star Game. It took a game that meant
little more than an exhibition and made it a joke.
This one meant more. Because, the year after the 2002 All-Star
Game ended in a tie, the rules changed to give home-field advantage
to the winner. It made it more meaningful. It also meant last
night's game couldn't end in a tie.
"We...
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Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
; ONTARIO - As the Colony Titans took the field, the sea of red and white fans took to their feet in the stands. As the band played, the team prepared for its first kickoff of the season - a game against Upland High School's Highlanders. "It's something exciting," said Andrew Woodward, who was on the
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B's regroup, reload for next shot at Canadiens; Game 2 prep work includes adjusting attitudes, lines.(Sports)
The Boston Herald
; Byline: STEVE CONROY MONTREAL - So, the Bruins were unable to start their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series with the Montreal Canadiens quite the way they wanted to. OK, Game 1 was a disaster. But it doesn't matter if the B's lost the first game 4-1 or 8-1 - which it very well could have been.
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Dragons prove they're playoff-ready ; Bour -- one of 11 position players with hits -- provides game- winner
Dayton Daily News
; DAYTON -- Once he doubled in his first at-bat to lift his season's average to .280, Zack Cozart was lifted by Dayton Dragons manager Donnie Scott on Monday, Sept. 1, to preserve that average in the final regular-season game. Three innings later, after Brandon Waring collected his second of two hits
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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Guardians of the Game; Veteran Section III coaches find themselves rolling with the rhythms of prep football.(SERIES: High School Football Extra)(Sports)(Interview)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
; Byline: Lindsay Kramer Staff writer Every now and then Carl Sanfilippo's 18-month-old granddaughter, Gianna, will make an appearance at a practice of the Baldwinsville football team. Sanfilippo is in his 24th season as head coach of the Bees. For many of those preseasons, he would have argued that
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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FRIENDS are FOES; SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS: Strachan enjoys Smith's company but the pressures of the job have put a game of golf on hold.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; ... extended title race when Celtic pipped Rangers on the final night of action. Strachan laughed: 'Because I see him on Sky Sports News, I think I have met Walter since then, but I don't think I have. 'It's unusual because we're meant to be playing golf together ...
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