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Four White Sox went deep on Saturday afternoon, including Mike Pelfrey. Pelfrey provided the White Sox with only their fifth quality start in 25 games to propel them to a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in front of 47,171 at the Rogers Centre. Todd Frazier, Matt Davidson and Jose Abreu all homered for the White Sox, who won for the sixth time in eight tries. Continue to Article

June 17, 2017 4:07:pm EST

Warren Buffett became Alex Rodriguez's business and finance mentor after the former Yankee player cold-called him. When Rodriguez was signing a $252 million contract with the Texas Rangers in 2000, the team needed it insured, Rodriguez said during the eMERGE technology conference Tuesday, CNBC reported. While Rodriguez was not aware of it at the time, but Buffett apparently told then Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks that if he was sent $4 million by the morning, he would insure the 10-year contract. Continue to Article

June 14, 2017 4:40:pm EST

Gio Gonzalez struck out nine of the twenty-one batters he faced in six innings of work on the mound against the Rangers on Saturday. Dusty Baker talked before this afternoons game in the nations capital, about what the challenges were for a starter, like Washington Nationals left-hander Gio Gonzalez, in facing a tough American League team like the Texas Rangers, who are built with a ton of power and speed. Its even tougher, Baker noted, when youre not familiar with them. Continue to Article

June 11, 2017 12:13:am EST

Robinson Chirinos hit a three-run home run in the 11th after the Rangers sent it to extras with a ninth-inning rally that tied it, 6-3 final in D.C. Gio Gonzalez held the Texas Rangers to one run on three hits in six innings of work on the mound, striking out a season-high nine batters, and the Washingtons hitters, after blowing a few opportunities, finally came through with a three-run sixth that put them ahead, 3-1. Bryce Harper doubled off starter Martin Perez and scored from third base on a sac fly by Anthony Rendon for the Nationals first run, and Adam Lind hit an 0-1 splitter from Rangers reliever Tony Barnette over the GEICO wall in center for a two-run home run that put the Nationals ahead. Continue to Article

June 10, 2017 4:28:pm EST

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Cardinals General Manager John Mozeliak began his afternoon press conference with a statement acknowledging his team’s struggles. “This is not how we envisioned it,” he began. “This season has not gone as we had hoped. You think back to the off-season and our expectations were extremely high coming into this year. There’s been different facets of the game that we’ve said we were going to focus on and try to improve upon and we’ve come up short. I feel like standing up here and doing nothing and hoping for a different outcome is not the right strategy, so today we’re going to announce a handful of changes that hopefully will have a positive impact on us moving forward.” Those Continue to Article

June 09, 2017 4:44:pm EST

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