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NEW YORK -- Four-time Cy Young Award winner Greg Maddux, two-time winner Tom Glavine and two-time AL MVP Frank Thomas are among 19 newcomers on this years Hall of Fame ballot, joining steroid-tainted holdovers Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. Mike Mussina, Hideo Nomo, Kenny Rogers, Jeff Kent, Moises Alou and Luis Gonzalez also are among the players eligible to be voted on for the first time by the Baseball Writers Association of America. The 36-player ballot will include Armando Benitez, Sean Casey, Ray Durham, Eric Gagne, Jacque Jones, Todd Jones, Paul Lo Duca, Richie Sexson, J.T. Snow and Mike Timlin, the Hall said Tuesday. Voters are the approximately 600 writers who have been members of the BBWAA for 10 consecutive years at any point. Ballots are due by Dec. 31, and results will be announced Jan. 8. Players elected along with choices announced Dec. 9 by the expansion era committee (1973 and later) will be inducted July 27 at Cooperstown. Among those on the committee ballot are retired managers Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre; late Yankees owner George Steinbrenner; and late players union head Marvin Miller. Last year, the BBWAA failed for the first time since 1996 to produce any inductees. Craig Biggio came closest to receiving the necessary 75 per cent, falling 39 shy with 388 (68.2 per cent). Jack Morris, who will be on the ballot for the final time this year, was second with 67.7 per cent, followed by Jeff Bagwell (59.6), Mike Piazza (57. , Tim Raines (52.2), Lee Smith (47. and Curt Schilling (38.. Making their first appearances on the ballot, Clemens was at 37.6 per cent, Bonds at 36.2 and Sosa at 12.5. McGwire received 16.9 per cent on his seventh try. Players remain on the ballot if they receive at least 5 per cent support and can stay in the voting for up to 15 years. Other returnees include Don Mattingly, Edgar Martinez, Fred McGriff, Rafael Palmeiro, Alan Trammell and Larry Walker. Cheap Air Max Plus . 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The Canucks picked up their second straight victory in the swings opener on Tuesday in Calgary before getting routed in Minnesota last night, 5-1.NEW YORK, N.Y. - Lucas Duda hit a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning Saturday night, rallying the New York Mets over the Houston Astros 2-1.Held to two hits by four Houston pitchers through eight innings, the Mets came back against Tony Sipp (4-3).Eric Young Jr. tripled with one out and stayed there on Daniel Murphys flyout to shallow left field.Duda followed with a line drive off the right-field foul screen for his 29th home run, and the first game-ending homer of his career.Jenrry Mejia (6-6) pitched one inning for the win.Jose Altuve, hitless in four at-bats for Houston, heads into Sunday with a chance to win the AL batting title. He leads the majors at .340, and Detroits Victor Martinez is at .337.Altuve is vying to become the first player in Astros history to win a batting crown.On the eve of the regular seasons final day, two clubs with losing records and an eye on the future matched zeros for the first five innings in front of an announced crowd of 34,886 a€” many presumably for a postgame concert by 18-year-old Austin Mahone.Houston scored in the sixth. Dexter Fowler hit a slow roller that straddled the line and third baseman Daniel Murphy advanced on the grounder, wishing it foul by waving his glove over the ball. He eventually scooped it up in fair territory, just short of the bag, for a single.Jason Castro followed with an RBI double that chased Mets starter Rafael Montero. Reliever Buddy Carlyle limited any further damage, striking out Jake Marisnick with runners at the corners.Astros starter Samuel Deduno gave up one hit in four innings, striking out four and walking one. It was his first start since June 14 with Minnesota at Detroit.Deduno had made four relief appearances for Houston since being claimed off waivers on Aug. 30.Deduno also got his first big league hit, a hard-hit double to deep centre in the third that caused his teammates on the Houston bench to erupt in cheers and fist-pumping.Owners of the worst ERA in the American League, the Houston bullpen proceeded to stifle New Yorks lineup until the ninth.dddddddddddd Relievers Jake Buchanan, Kevin Chapman and Jose Veras combined for four innings of one-hit ball.Montero, starting in place of fellow rookie Jacob deGrom, escaped trouble several times in the early innings.TRAINERS ROOMAstros: Deduno was limited to 65 pitches because he hasnt been out there in a long time, according to interim manager Tom Lawless.Mets: LHP Jonathan Niese, who exited Friday nights game in the sixth inning with an elevated heart rate, was feeling better on Saturday. Hes all right. I think hes got an appointment on Monday to be looked at again but hes fine today, Mets manager Terry Collins said. Hes had these before. He said last night he just got a little more light-headed than usual. ... OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis, scratched from the lineup on Friday night due to an illness, was in a local hospital Saturday and was not expected to be released until Sunday. Hes got an infection of some type, said Collins. All the lab work should come back tonight. ... 2B Dilson Herrera (strained right quad) will not play the rest of the season.UP NEXTThe Mets start RHP Bartolo Colon (14-13, 4.0 for the regular-season finale, looking to win 15 games for the eighth time in his career. The former Cy Young Award winner last pitched on Tuesday in Washington, taking the loss after allowing four runs over six innings. Astros rookie starter RHP Nick Tropeano (1-2, 3.7, hails from West Islip, less than an hour drive from Citi Field, and pitched at nearby Stony Brook University. The 24-year-old is expecting a large cheering section comprised of family and friends on Sunday afternoon, saying that the total number of well-wishers may top 100. Tropeano, who grew up a Yankees fan but attended several Mets games at Shea Stadium, has dropped two straight decisions after winning his major league debut on September 10 in Seattle. China NFL Jerseys Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys NFL Jerseys Cheap Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap Basketball Jerseys Online Stitched Hockey Jerseys Wholesale Baseball Jerseys Football Jerseys Outlet College Jerseys For Sale Cheap MLB Jerseys Wholesale Soccer Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys For Sale Wholesale NFL Jerseys ' ' ' |
Young Award winner Greg Maddux
