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Astros name bench, pitching coaches, re-sign Blum  —  Team declines option on relief pitcher Brocail  —  Al Pedrique, one of 10 candidates interviewed for the Astros' managerial position that Manny Acta declined before Brad Mills beat out Dave Clark for the post, has become Mills' bench coach.

Jeter takes home Clemente Award  —  Yanks captain recognized for charitable efforts, superb play  —  NEW YORK — Sharlee Jeter remembers the time when she was coaching a youth baseball team in Washington Heights not far from Yankee Stadium, helping her old brother, Derek …

Ethier voted Clutch award winner  —  Outfielder led Majors with six walk-off hits, including four homers  —  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers' season is over, but Andre Ethier is still coming up clutch.  —  The outfielder has been named the 2009 Major League Baseball's Clutch Performer …

A new era begins for Chicago Cubs  —  With the Ricketts family in control, expectation are high  —  As the Ricketts family spoke publicly for the first time Friday after officially taking over the Chicago National League Ball Club this week, a new era of Cubs baseball is being ushered in on the North Side.

Scientist Throws Curve Into Breaking-Ball Debate  —  Contends curveballs are an illusion; ridiculous, says former star major league pitcher  —  The ball flies out of the pitcher's hand.  In less than a second, it curves and then drops, baffling the batter.  —  Or does it?

McGwire being embraced by baseball, but he robbed the game … When most people think of Mark McGwire, one of three things enters their minds:  —  • Monstrous blasts that cleared the highest of walls and the most distant of gaps.  —  • Pathetic congressional testimony.

Why Your Stadium Sucks: Yankee Stadium  —  This is a weekly feature in which I (and maybe you, too, readers) detail the various reasons for hating your ballpark.  This week: Yankee F**king Stadium.  —  For this, the season's final installment of our stadium series, I asked a wide range of writers …

Freddy Sanchez inks two-year deal with Giants  —  SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Comcast SportsNet has confirmed that the Giants have reached a two-year deal with second-baseman Freddy Sanchez.  The contract specifics have not been released.  —  Sanchez is coming off successful surgery to repair the torn meniscus in his left knee.

Yankees workout notes from Citizens Bank Park  —  As the Amtrak/Jersey Turnpike Series moves on to Philadelphia, here's what's making news:  —  It seems like there is a sliver of a chance the Yankees could play Hideki Matsui in the outfield during this series.

Enough is enough with these blown calls  —  NEW YORK - Umpires added two more tick marks to their overflowing register of screw-ups Thursday night.  These came in Game 2 of a World Series in which Major League Baseball broke from protocol and brought in a specific crew of veteran arbiters …