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Extractions: MLB FOREIGN EXPANSION by Craig Tomarkin It all started when the Montreal Expos debuted in 1969. They made their first and only post season appearance in strike shortened 1981, with a 60-48 record. Andre Dawson and Gary Carter were the team's hitting stars and they managed to beat the Phillies three games to two in the opening playoff series. In Game 5, Steve Rogers pitched a shut out for them against Steve Carlton to win it. They were unable to outlast the Dodgers in the next series though as Fernando Valensuela allowed only 3 hits in 8 2/3 innings to beat them 2-1 in a thrilling come from behind Game 5 victory. As of 2002, we are still waiting for them to make a World Series appearance. The Toronto Blue Jays were the second foreign team to join the MLB in 1977. Again, a team from Canada. This franchise proved to be stronger than the Expos. They first made the playoffs in 1985 and again in 1989. The team soon became a force, making the playoffs three straight years from 1991 to 1993. The last two seasons they won back to back World Series, establishing them as the first foreign team to build an MLB dynasty. Who will follow as the next foreign team? Will it be another team from Canada or will another country step to the plate?
Extractions: Previous entry: "Mexican Pacific League News : Jorge Campillo Broke Up a Pitching Record" Main Index Next entry: "LINDA CROPP MAKES SENSE; SO DOES BASEBALL IN WASHINGTON" 12/17/2004 Archived Entry: "Mexican Pacific League : Vinny Castilla Strikes Back" By Carlos Fragoso VINNY CASTILLA presence was not enough to lead up Hermosillo as Guasave Cottoneers beat them in series 2-1.Castilla hit his first HR of the season, last night ,and now his average is .385 after his first series played, but Orange Growers need more then that to really make it to the play offs and get out of the bottom spot. Culiacan took series off Obregon 2-0 , and one tied game ,last nigth after 11 innings played, was stopped by time limit (midnight). A bottom half HR by ADAN AMEZCUA tied the game up off reliever Adrian Ramirez, and also made the Tomato Growers team to break a record of most HR's by a team with 105, hold before by Los Mochis Sugarcane Growers and posed in 2001-2002 season. Super red hot Culiacan's catcher ADAN MUÑOZ continued his torrid hitting pace and by going 4-4, jumped up to the leading position with a solid .388 batting avg.He went 10-8 in series.
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Extractions: The year is 1990. Vinny Castilla, a 170-pound shortstop in the Atlanta Braves' farm system, stands at the head of a long line in McDonald's. The 22-year-old from Oaxaca, Mexico, sticks out like a pink sombrero in Sumter, S.C., as he gesticulates wildly at the menu posted above the cashier's head, repeating the only two words he knows in English that might lead to nourishment. "I kept saying, Coke and meat," Castilla recalls. "I was with two other prospects in the Braves' organization, Eddie Perez and Melvin Nieves. Usually, I told them what I wanted, and they'd go up and order for me. But Eddie, he was sick of holding my hand, so he told me I would have to order for myself.... The woman who was helping me, I guess she did not like working at McDonald's or she was fired or something because she started yelling at me. I
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Extractions: So did the words "home opener." Making the evening all the more fun for 45,496 was Nationals third baseman Vinny Castilla, who drove in the first two major league runs at RFK Stadium since 1971, then put away the Arizona Diamondbacks with a two-run homer in the sixth inning of a 5-3 victory. That the victory kept the "Nats" – a traditional name that lives on fondly in Washington – in first place in the National League East with their 6-4 start was even way down the list of significance in the overall picture. "We've been through what no other team in baseball has had to go through," said leadoff man Brad Wilkerson. "So this is a special night. So, so special. Man, we get to play 81 games in one place."
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Extractions: Vinny Castilla enters free agency as the reigning National League RBI champ and is as much a litmus test of team intelligence as Batista. Coors Field is one of the least understood aspects of player performance in baseball today, and there will undoubtedly be some GMs out there whose eyes light up at Castilla's 35 homers and 131 RBIs this season. What the team that signs Castilla will be overlooking is the fact that he hit a Batista-like .218/.281/.493 away from Planet Coors this year, after hitting just .254/.289/.404 with the Braves in 2002 and 2003. There are worse one-year stop gaps than Castilla, but teams need to understand that he's no better now than he was this time last year, despite the superficially good, Coors-inflated numbers. Any GM who signs Castilla to anything more than a one-year deal for minimal money should be fired on the spot, no questions asked (although maybe "when did you have your lobotomy?" would be okay as they cleaned out their office).
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Extractions: ARLINGTON - When he signed with the Washington Nationals this winter, Vinny Castilla surveyed the roster and saw enough promise for the team to have a decent shot at staying in the pennant race for a while. One of the original Colorado Rockies, he also was excited because he had learned in the Rockies' inaugural 1993 season how hungry baseball fans can show appreciation. A GRAND MILESTONE FOR ICHIRO Ichiro Suzuki, who surpassed Hall of Famer George Sisler's single-season hits mark last year, admitted he was pressing before he became the third-fastest man in major-league history to reach the 1,000-hit mark, which he did in his 696th game Tuesday.
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Colorado Rockies News vinny castilla has provided a big bat for the Rockies this season. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League baseball or its clubs. http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/col/news/col_news.jsp?ymd=20040726&content_id=8108
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Extractions: Pelotero de la Semana Vinny Castilla Alberto Pujols Sidney Ponson Castilla, Pujols y Ponson, los Latinos de La Semana Tras una semana excelente desde sus respectivas posiciones, el mexicano Vinny Castilla, el dominicano Albert Pujols y el lanzador arubeño Sidney Ponson emergieron como los mejores jugadores latinos en ese período en las Grandes Ligas. Castilla, de los Rockies de Colorado, comandó a los toleteros de la región con cinco jonrones (30), además de impulsar nueve compañeros para la goma, para acumular 113 en la campaña, así como promedio de bateo de .318 (22-7). Pujols, de los Cardenales de San Luis, primeros en la División Central de la Liga Nacional, culminó el trayecto analizado con un excelente average de .555 (18-10), líder entre los latinos en ese departamento, así como seis empujadas (106) y tres vuelacercas (43). Por su parte, Ponson (10-13), lanzador de los Orioles de Baltimore, terminó el tramo con una blanqueada en ruta completa frente a los líderes de la División Este de la Liga Americana, los Yankees de Nueva York.
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Extractions: [an error occurred while processing this directive] Texas Customize Make This Your Home Page E-mail Newsletters MySpecialsDirect ... RSS NL East preview 12:05 PM CST on Saturday, April 2, 2005 By GERRY FRALEY / The Dallas Morning News ATLANTA BRAVES Last year: Key additions: RHPs Tim Hudson and Dan Kolb, OFs Brian Jordan and Raul Mondesi Key losses: OFs J.D. Drew, Eli Marrero and Charles Thomas, RHPs Russ Ortiz and Jaret Wright You could look it up: New closer Dan Kolb had 60 saves in 67 chances with Milwaukee during the last two seasons despite the lack of a strikeout pitch. Kolb averaged only 5.5 strikeouts per nine innings in that span. Forecast: The Braves have won a staggering 13 consecutive division titles. Until the Braves actually do not win, it is foolish to pick against them. Outlook: The Braves have not reached the World Series since 1999. That, not coincidentally, was the last season in which RHP John Smoltz was a full-time starter. Smoltz returns to the rotation after a successful run as the closer. If Smoltz can make more than 30 starts and pitch more than 200 innings again at age 37, the Braves will again have a strong rotation. RHP Tim Hudson, acquired from Oakland, is a legitimate top-of-the-rotation starter. LHP Mike Hampton was 12-2 in his last 16 starts a year ago. The infield: 3B Chipper Jones hit 56 points below his career average of .304 last season. Moving Jones out of the cleanup spot, where he has never been comfortable, should help.
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