MLB Fresh News

August 7, 2009

Yanks get first win vs. Red Sox in 2009 (AP)

Boston Red Sox's David Ortiz(notes), right, sits in the dugout during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009, in New York.

Melky Cabrera and the New York Yankees knocked out John Smoltz early, and soon it was all over: They had finally beaten the Boston Red Sox. Muhammad Ali and a starry crowd watched as the Yankees beat Boston for the first time in nine games this season, with Cabrera and Jorge Posada hitting three-run homers in New York's 13-6 victory on Thursday night.

August 3, 2009

Dodgers bring back Ramirez bobbleheads (AP)

Those bobblehead dolls featuring Manny Ramirez are getting a curtain call at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers said Monday that the first 50,000 fans attending the Sept. 16 against Pittsburgh would get the bobbleheads. These ones will feature Ramirez tipping his hat to the crowd — the pose he struck after his pinch-hit grand slam on July 22.

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