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Level -> RE: MLB brag, sob, cheer, or whine (10/5/2007 5:08:21 PM)
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DENVER (AP) -- A bust on Broadway, Kaz Matsui traded the skyscrapers of Manhattan for the Rocky Mountains and found himself again. "I wasn't Kaz Matsui in New York," the 31-year-old Japanese infielder said through his interpreter. "I don't know why, but I wasn't the player that I am. "I'm so glad I'm here. I'm really comfortable now." The Mile High City isn't the pressure-cooker New York is, and the Colorado clubhouse isn't full of colossal contracts and menacing microscopes, either. Maybe that had something to do with the metamorphosis of Matsui, who this season finally flashed the skills that made him a seven-time All-Star with the Seibu Lions before he parlayed that success into a $20.1 million, three-year deal with the Mets in 2003. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AtMsTGIBGtoaDAUZSGQsh8oRvLYF?slug=ap-phillies-rockies&prov=ap&type=lgns PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Jim Tracy was fired as manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday after two seasons filled with long losing streaks and little discernible progress. Tracy's patience and back-patting weren't enough to turn around the Pirates. He produced records of 67-95 in 2006 and 68-94 this season, the shortest run of any non-interim Pirates manager since Bill Virdon was fired late into his second season in 1973. "What we needed to do is change the culture here to a culture of success," new team president Frank Coonelly said. "We needed a new direction and a new focus." http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AkgWGOXciuCrlxGj.rHi6EwRvLYF?slug=ap-pirates-tracyfired&prov=ap&type=lgns CHICAGO (AP) -- Rich Hill loosened up his arm and legs during a light workout Friday, not far from where the ivy on the Wrigley Field walls is beginning to turn from green to brown. The Chicago Cubs' season will fade away, too, if they don't find a way to escape an 0-2 deficit against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday. Against the young, eager and talented Diamondbacks, the Cubs will count on Hill, hope their top hitters find their strokes and rely on a home crowd that is always raucous. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Aoci6n514PA1uEY9s0JfXKkRvLYF?slug=ap-diamondbacks-cubs&prov=ap&type=lgns Indians and Yanks tied at 1-1, bottom of the 8th.
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