When no Cubs batter struck out in game By JohnW53 on Feb 4, 2021, 2:48am CST +
Do you remember where you were on July 3, 2013?
The Cubs were in Oakland, where they faced the Athletics in the middle game of a 3-game series.
The Cubs had lost the opener the previous night, 8-7, on a 3-run homer in the bottom of the eighth.
They went into the Wednesday evening rematch with a record of 36-45, mired in fourth place in the Central Division, 15.5 games behind the first-place Pirates and 11.5 in back of the third-place Reds. They led the last-place Brewers by 2.5 games.
The A s (49-35) held a half-game lead over the Rangers in the AL West.
Trust a friend but to a certain extent!
Duplesis Juan Pierre (51) of Hillside suburb in Bulawayo will live to regret after his friend betrayed his trust and allegedly disappeared with US$335 000 he gave him to buy mining equipment.
A source said sometime in July last year the unsuspecting Pierre asked his friend Lyle Smith to come to his place to advise him about mining as he wanted to venture into the business.
Pierre and Smith, the source said, held a lengthy discussion about the said business deal.
The source went on to say: “After the long discussion Smith promised the unsuspecting Pierre to bring him a quotation of the mining equipment that he (Pierre) would need to start the mining business. After three days he brought a quotation of US $335 000.”
We can all stop crying now. The Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs will not meet in the World Series. With both teams five outs away from the Fall Classic and with three-run leads, the Curse of the Goat (Cubs) and the Curse of the Bambino (Red Sox) struck again as a fan and a struggling third baseman sent the two Cinderellas home with no glass slipper.
Instead, we get the New York Yankees, with 26 World Championships, and the underdog Florida Marlins, who have never lost a postseason series. In just their 1
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Alvarez attended Coral Gables High and St. Thomas University, which lies four miles from the Marlins old ballpark in Miami Gardens. He signed with the organization as a free agent in February 2003 and posted a 3.09 ERA in nine relief appearances his final ones in the big leagues.
Though he was born in Mexico, Amezaga attended Miami High. The Amazin Amezaga served two stints with the Marlins (2006-09, 11), slashing .255/.315/.339 with 39 doubles, 17 triples and eight homers in 437 games. The fan favorite appeared at every position except catcher and pitcher during a nine-year career.
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A second-round Draft pick by the Marlins in 2002 out of Miami Southridge High, Andino played sparingly for them during the first four seasons of his 10-year career. He slashed .201/.250/.299 in 79 games before finding some success with the Orioles over the next four seasons. Andino returned to Miami in 2016, going 7-for-24 in 13 games.
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