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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Dodgers and Giants have been in each others' faces -- and minds -- forever. Their embattled history on two coasts, running just as deep as the Yankees and Red Sox, would fill cyberspace.
The Angels and Athletics are relative newcomers to the rivalry business. They've had their moments, but the fever pitch of Dodgers-Giants hasn't been sustained. It comes and goes with the teams' fortunes.
At the moment, it's heating up in Oakland and Anaheim. It could get white-hot in 2013, possibly reaching the frenzied level of the Dodgers and Giants in the Golden State.
With San Francisco entertaining visions of a third World Series title in four seasons and the Dodgers, Angels and defending American League West champion...
PHOENIX -- What do the Oakland Athletics do for an encore? Actually, that may be the wrong question. Is an encore even possible for a team that rode waves of youth and energy into the playoffs in a 2012 season in which so little... more »
TEMPE, Ariz. – A short walk from Tempe Diablo Stadium, at the Angels' minor league complex, there is a clubhouse full of 20- and 21-year-old kids with wide eyes, the blank slate of big league potential in front of... more »
Pitches were thrown, balls were struck, things happened, but the Giants' first exhibition game officially began in the fourth inning at Scottsdale Stadium on Saturday after Angel Pagan bounced a single to right. This is a man... more »
There they were, side by side last weekend, two close-cropped, successful 20-somethings joking with their fans and poised to go after another World Series together. You want Giants symbolism? You got it: Buster Posey and Tim... more »
Mike Piazza would never exist today. He would have to be created by the Hollywood machine that once embraced him. He was taken in the 62nd round of the 1988 baseball draft. There are no longer 62 rounds in the draft. He was given... more »
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