Game 3 of the World Series will be targeted to teenyboppers, thanks to Justin Bieber (BEE'-bur). Major League Baseball says Bieber will debut the music video for his song "Never Say Never" on Saturday during Game 3's pre-show. The best-of-seven series is between the Texas Rangers and the San Francisco Giants.
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Mike Fontenot spent more than three years with perhaps baseball's most cursed team, those lovable losers known as the Chicago Cubs. It taught Fontenot all about long-suffering fans desperate for a championship. Little did he know that when he got traded to San Francisco in August, Fontenot was joining a team with its own set of title-starved supporters.
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A report came yesterday that Bobby Valentine and the Milwaukee Brewers had agreed on a deal to have him manage…
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Long before Game 1 of this year's World Series, Texas reliever Darren Oliver took part in another memorable matchup between the Rangers and San Francisco Giants. Oliver was the starting pitcher for the Rangers when they hosted the Giants on June 12, 1997, in baseball's first interleague game.
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San Francisco and Texas have similarly star-crossed legacies, and only one will shed it with a World Series title.
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Television ratings for baseball's league championship series games held steady from last year. Major League Baseball said Sunday that the 12 games averaged 8.6 million viewers, up from 8.43 million last year. The 5.3 rating was the same. San Francisco beat Philadelphia in the NLCS, which was televised on Fox, and Texas defeated the New York Yankees in the ALCS, which was broadcast on TBS.
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By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Yankees never came close to repeating. Not really.
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The New York Mets have narrowed their search for a new general manager to longtime baseball executive Sandy Alderson and former Diamondbacks GM Josh Byrnes. Byrnes will meet with Mets owner Fred Wilpon, team president Saul Katz and chief operating office Jeff Wilpon on Monday, while Alderson will get his second chance to impress them when he interviews for the second time on Tuesday.
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Tim Lincecum has come to truly appreciate his second hometown. The San Francisco ace has learned not only through the triumphs — back-to-back NL Cy Young Awards — but also his faults and struggles how forgiving and supportive these Bay Area fans are. Last offseason, the right-hander faced a marijuana arrest in his home state of Washington.
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