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South Korean military plans to launch new division for future warfare
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Gold bars and cash bundles; authorities confiscate millions from tax dodgers
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Choo goes deep but Rangers fall in 10
ANAHEIM, California (AP) ― Howie Kendrick hit an RBI double in the 10th inning and C.J. Cron homered, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.Josh Hamilton led off the 10th with an infield single against Neal Cotts (2-4), and Kendrick greeted Jason Frasor with a drive to the fence in left-center on a 3-2 pitch.Mike Morin (1-1) pitched one inning for his first major league victory, striking out three and hitting a batter.Jered Weaver allowed a run
June 22, 2014
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Dodgers’ Kershaw no-hits Rockies, strikes out 15
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Clayton Kershaw pitched his first no-hitter Wednesday night, striking out a career-high 15 and allowing his only baserunner on a throwing error by shortstop Hanley Ramirez in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 8-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies.Kershaw’s gem gave the Dodgers the only two no-hitters in the majors this season. Josh Beckett tossed one May 25 in Philadelphia.“I am so amazed,” Kershaw said. “Beckett told me he was going to teach me how to do that, so I have Josh to thank.
June 19, 2014
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Royals win 9th straight to grab 1st place
DETROIT (AP) ― It’s been over a decade since the Kansas City Royals were in first place this late in the season, and try as he might, manager Ned Yost couldn’t totally downplay the achievement.He just wants it kept in perspective.“It’s nice. We’ve got a lot of games to play. We don’t get all geeked up,” Yost said. “It’s better than the alternative, trust me.”Alex Gordon and Mike Moustakas homered as part of a seven-run second inning, and the Royals displaced the Detroit Tigers atop the AL Centra
June 18, 2014
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Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn dies of cancer at 54
SAN DIEGO (AP) ― Tony Gwynn, an eight-time batting champion and an All-Star for almost his entire 20-year Major League Baseball career, has died of cancer at 54. Gwynn’s sweet left-handed swing made him one of San Diego’s best-loved athletes. He was nicknamed “Mr. Padre,” and inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007. “For more than 30 years, Tony Gwynn was a source of universal goodwill in the national pastime, and he will be deeply missed by the many people he touched,” Commissioner Bud
June 17, 2014
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Ryu ends Rockies’ streak
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Dee Gordon had four hits, including a triple that was misplayed into four bases by left fielder Charlie Blackmon, and Ryu Hyun-jin pitched six strong innings to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Colorado 6-1 on Monday night and snap the Rockies’ season-best five-game winning streak.Ryu (8-3) allowed a run and three hits in six innings and struck out six in his 13th start. In his first 13 starts last season ― his first in the major leagues ― the left-hander was 8-5 with a 2.85
June 17, 2014
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D-backs power past L.A.
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Paul Goldschmidt and Miguel Montero homered to help Bronson Arroyo win his third straight start and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3 Sunday, preventing a three-game sweep.Arroyo (7-4) allowed a run and five hits in five innings.Josh Beckett (4-4) was charged with four runs ― three earned ― and five hits through seven innings with six strikeouts and no walks for the Dodgers.Goldschmidt hit his 15th home run in the first inning and Montero hit his 10th i
June 16, 2014
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Haren helps Dodgers edge Diamondbacks 6-4
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Dan Haren pitched into the seventh inning and hit a tiebreaking three-run double, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night.Dee Gordon hit a rare home run for the Dodgers, who are 10-3 against the Diamondbacks and 27-30 against everyone else. With six games left between the NL West rivals, this is the earliest the Dodgers have ever clinched a season series with Arizona. They began the year by sweeping a two-game set in Aus
June 15, 2014
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Reds stymie Ryu, Dodgers
CINCINNATI (AP) ― Johnny Cueto was striking out batters. Joey Votto and Jay Bruce were driving in runs. For one night, the Cincinnati Reds felt like themselves.It hasn’t happened that often this season.Cueto matched his career high with 12 strikeouts in six innings, and Votto and Bruce ― the missing core of Cincinnati’s batting order much of the season ― each drove in runs Wednesday night, leading the Reds to a 5-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.Cueto (6-5) followed his shortest start of t
June 12, 2014
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Indians rout Rangers 17-7
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ― Lonnie Chisenhall had nine RBIs and three home runs in a five-hit game, Michael Brantley scored five times and the Cleveland Indians beat the Texas Rangers 17-7 Monday night.The only other nine-RBI game in Cleveland history was by Chris James in a 20-6 victory for the Indians on May 4, 1991, against Oakland.Chisenhall had two-run homers in the second and fourth innings before hitting a three-run shot down the right field line in the eighth to give the Indians a 17-6 lead.
June 10, 2014
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Ryu Hyun-jin picks up seventh win of season vs. Rockies
Ryu Hyun-jin (Yonhap)Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers earned his seventh win of the season on the road against the Colorado Rockies on Friday, keeping the National League's highest-scoring offense at bay.Ryu improved to 7-2 this year after giving up two runs over six innings on eight hits at Coors Field, a notorious hitter-friendly park in Mile High City. Ryu struck out two and walked two, while lowering his ERA from 3.09 to 3.08.This was his fourth straight victory since coming off the d
June 7, 2014
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Indians end Red Sox’s win streak
CLEVELAND (AP) ― Once Justin Masterson found the strike zone, he stayed there.And there was little the Red Sox could do about it.Masterson shook off a rocky start and pitched seven scoreless innings as the Cleveland Indians ended Boston’s seven-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory Monday night.Masterson (3-4) walked four in the first three innings, but got a huge strikeout to escape a bases-loaded threat in the first and settled in to win for the first time in five starts. He allowed just thre
June 3, 2014
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Yu Darvish fans 12 as Rangers avert sweep
WASHINGTON (AP) ― After getting pummeled by Washington in two straight games, the Texas Rangers were eager to stop the Nationals’ seemingly interminable parade around the bases.Yu Darvish gave the Rangers just what they needed to avert a humbling sweep.Darvish struck out 12 over eight innings, Leonys Martin broke open a scoreless duel with a homer in the seventh and Texas secured a 2-0 victory Sunday.The Rangers won despite losing an apparent run in a rare double challenge on the same play. Mana
June 2, 2014
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Ryu breezes to third-straight win
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Through most of the first two months of the season, Yasiel Puig batted second and Hanley Ramirez hit third for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ramirez is still hitting behind Puig, only now they are in the third and fourth spots, and the change is starting to generate positive results for manager Don Mattingly.Ramirez homered twice, drove in five runs and scored four times, tying career highs in all three categories and leading the defending NL West champions to a 12-2 rout of the Pi
June 1, 2014
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Twins trip Rangers with ninth-inning rally
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ― Eduardo Nunez’s two-out single for Minnesota had just tied the game, and the ninth inning was about to end on a routine ground ball.What happened next was anything but by the book.Texas closer Joakim Soria bobbled a slow-bouncing dribbler by Danny Santana to the left of the mound, allowing Nunez to score the winning run for the Twins in a 4-3 victory over the Rangers on Tuesday night.“I’m the guy getting comfortable on this team. I’m the new guy here. I try to help the team to
May 28, 2014
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Flirting with history
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Dodgers manager Don Mattingly got on the plane after Josh Beckett’s no-hitter in Philadelphia and teased next-day starter Ryu Hyun-jin.“You have to throw a perfect game to top Beckett,” Mattingly told the South Korean left-hander.Ryu nearly did.He retired his first 21 batters before Todd Frazier’s leadoff double in the eighth inning, and Los Angeles held on to beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 Monday.“For a minute there, I thought, ‘Whew, he might do it,’” Mattingly said.The Reds h
May 27, 2014
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Beckett pitches no-hitter
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ― Josh Beckett pitched the first no-hitter of his stellar career and the first in the majors this season, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Philadelphia Phillies 6-0 on Sunday.Beckett struck out six, walked three and didn’t come close to allowing a hit against a lineup that included two former NL MVPs and four former All-Stars.“I don’t think I had no-hit stuff,” he said. “I just really kept them guessing.”The 34-year-old right-hander, whose career was almost derailed las
May 26, 2014
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Foreign KBL player kept in dark about botched naturalization
The Korean Basketball Association’s attempts to naturalize star forward Aaron Haynes ahead of the Incheon Asian Games this year have been thwarted by legal restrictions, but the organization kept the foreign athlete in the dark through the whole process, the American basketball player told The Korea Herald on Monday.In an effort to boost the Korean team’s roster for the upcoming September-October tournament, the KBA had tried to grant Haynes ― who has been playing in Korea’s professional basketb
May 26, 2014
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Cantu sorry for racist tweet
Doosan Bears infielder Jorge Cantu apologized and said he’s against racism after retweeting an offensive post which suggested Koreans look alike.The former Major League Baseball player, who arrived in South Korea this season, called the tweet a “terrible mistake.” Some angry fans had called for him to be sacked.Cantu retweeted the message, titled “Desafio” or “Challenge” in Portuguese, which had a photo of Korean schoolchildren with one person’s face photoshopped onto different bodies.It contain
May 23, 2014
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Texas power surge
DETROIT (AP) ― On a day full of bad news on the injury front, at least the Texas Rangers could enjoy a victory.Choo Shin-soo homered, Chris Gimenez had four hits and the Rangers rolled to a 9-2 victory over the slumping Detroit Tigers on Thursday.This was supposed to be Prince Fielder’s first game back in Detroit after the Tigers traded him in the offseason, but the big first baseman didn’t make the trip because of a herniated disk in his neck that could keep him out the rest of the season. Texa
May 23, 2014
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Ryu returns to beat Mets
NEW YORK (AP) ― Three long balls and a healthy Ryu Hyun-jin made it a gratifying night for the Dodgers.Adrian Gonzalez homered for the third straight game, Yasiel Puig and Hanley Ramirez hit back-to-back shots and Los Angeles defeated the New York Mets 4-3 on Wednesday.Ryu (4-2) came off the disabled list and pitched the Dodgers to their 11th victory in 12 meetings with the Mets dating to July 1, 2012. Ramirez drove in two runs and Los Angeles enjoyed most of the vocal support from the 23,721 fa
May 22, 2014
