02/01/09 12:00 PM EST

Perez, Ponce set for Caribbean Series
Former Major Leaguer the skipper for Puerto Rican squad
By Jesse Sanchez / MLB.com

Eduardo Perez's voicemail is full. His inbox is so loaded it sometimes kicks back e-mails, and his cell phone battery is barely hanging on.
When the former Major League player says he is keeping busy in the days since his playing days ended in 2006, he is being humble.

Because sandwiched...

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01/26/09 10:00 AM EST

Team Mexico taking on old prejudices
Classic roster unaffected by question of who should represent country

Some rivalries are made. Some are born and some are made to be broken. The 2009 World Baseball Classic will have them all.
Proximity between countries makes for natural rivalries for teams such as Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, the United States and Canada and of course, Mexico and the United States. There's the political...

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01/20/09 9:35 PM EST
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Hawkins savors historic day
Astros pitcher, wife get great view of inauguration
By Alyson Footer / MLB.com


HOUSTON -- Astros reliever LaTroy Hawkins waited in long lines, stood in subfreezing temperatures and nearly got lost on the Washington, D.C. Metro system, but by the end of the day Tuesday, he marveled about how lucky he was to be at the right place at the right time.
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01/19/09 2:39 PM EST

Baker visits D.C. to witness history
Reds manager brings family to the Inauguration in search of hope
By Lyle Spencer / MLB.com

It was in July, the Barack Obama campaign rolling full-steam ahead, that Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker made a promise to his wife and their son.
"I told Melissa and Darren that if Barack won," Baker said by phone this past weekend, "I'd take them to the Inauguration." ...

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