Caroms, Quirks And Odd Bounces In Sports In 2012
From dialysis units to twitter tiffs, sports traveled to some pretty odd spots in 2012.
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From dialysis units to twitter tiffs, sports traveled to some pretty odd spots in 2012.
Joe Paterno and Marvin Miller, a couple of New Yorkers, were bookends to the year's losses in sports - the football coach dying at 85 in January, the union leader at 95 a few days shy of December.
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Detroit has seen some incredible years in the sports world and 2012 was no exception. Take a trip back through the year and review some of the most talked about, most clicked and just plain huge news.
In what's likely the most significant step yet toward protective headgear for pitchers, 12 or more major-league hurlers will soon begin testing padded caps.
His Tweet came following news the Angels offered Josh Hamilton a five-year $125 million deal.
Porcello said he would give up the number to his new teammate if he donated to victims of Superstorm Sandy on the East Coast -- and it was a done deal.
Price beat out 2011 winner Justin Verlander by only four points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Louisville Slugger®, the number-one bat in Major League Baseball®, proudly announced the 2012 Silver Slugger™ Award winners tonight in a special hour-long telecast exclusively on MLB Network, hosted by Greg Amsinger and Bill Ripken.
Baseball is considering a broader expansion of video review for umpires than first discussed.
Game 4 was the most exciting game of the World Series – a back-and-forth affair that took 10 innings to decide. In the end, though, the result was the same: a Giants victory. Here are five things you didn't know about the game.
A two-out RBI single by Marco Scutaro broke a three-all tie in the tenth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Detroit Tigers 4-3 sweeping the 2012 Major League Baseball World Series four games to none.
Down 3-0 in the best of seven series, the Tigers are facing elimination in the World Series Sunday night, but fans like Jason Granchi of Auburn Hills remain optimistic.
The Giants took a commanding lead in the World Series last night, going up 3-0 after defeating the Tigers by a score of 2-0 for the second straight game. Here are five things you didn't know about the game.
Nothing is stopping them - not even the Triple Crown winner at the plate with the bases loaded.
The San Francisco Giants take advantage of every opportunity and beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0 and take an ominous 3-0 lead in the best of seven 2012 World Series.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony are betting that their respective hometown teams will win the World Series.
Would you like to own a piece of the World Series and help out the Detroit Tigers Foundation at the same time?
Now, with their World Series hopes slipping away, the Detroit Tigers turn to Anibal Sanchez - the least physically imposing member of their postseason rotation.
Something better change for Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder and the Tigers real soon or their year is going to end real shortly.
Police in Detroit have a plan to make sure the area around Comerica Park is safe for the thousands of baseball fans coming downtown to watch the World Series.
Already the center of activity, Comerica Park was buzzing Friday with a pre-wedding party for a Hazel Park couple!
"Playing in cold weather, I don't think any baseball player is a stranger to it," Avila said.
"They have hand warmers, we have heaters in the dug outs of both teams, ours is going to be a little warmer than theirs but we're not going to tell them that," Leyland said, laughing and adding, "I'm just kidding."
