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Yankees, Braves set in rematch of '96 World Series

...especially during his postseason career. Glavine, John Smoltz, Maddux and Kevin Millwood lead the Braves, with excitable John Rocker in the bullpen. In three years of interleague play, the Braves and Yankees have split 10 games. This summer, Andruw...

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Braves detail Subway Series

...The Mets took the lead, 9-8, in the 10th on backup catcher Todd Pratt's sacrifice fly against Atlanta closer John Rocker. The Braves tied the score, 9-9, on pinch-hitter Ozzie Guillen's run-scoring single against Met closer Armando...

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Glavine's night to remember becomes one to forget

...shutout innings against the Mets, but what had been a 5-1 lead after four innings was slowly shrinking, and Cox had John Rocker and Mike Remlinger throwing in the bullpen in the seventh. ''I felt fine,'' Glavine said. ''I felt better than...

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Yankees take 3-0 lead

...postseason. He was placed on the World Series roster only because of the left-handed presence of Tom Glavine and relievers John Rocker and Mike Remlinger. When Glavine was a late scratch from Game 1 because of the flu, Curtis was also scratched, only...

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Rocker ordered to undergo test

ATLANTA (AP) -- Atlanta Braves president Stan Kasten has no plans to abandon John Rocker, whose comments disparaging immigrants, gays and minorities brought him widespread condemnation and embarrassment to the team...

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Baseball is off its rocker

...rest of us, that Grand Dragon John Rocker can actually visit a fancy psychologist...The owner is white. It is not John Rocker who needs treatment. It is professional...stuck firmly in the Georgia clay, John Rocker is a lost cause. Referring to...

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Amendment no shield for Rocker's racist comments

The First Amendment guarantees Atlanta Braves reliever John Rocker the right to free speech. What it doesn't give him is the right to be a ballplayer. Rocker was ordered to undergo psychiatric...

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Silencing bigots

...Anthony and Cesar Chavez make John Rocker into a new man, a better man...dissidents. Where exactly was John Rocker sent -- to the showers, or to...a dumb-as-mud jerk? And so John Rocker has. And what is America if not...

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Names and faces

ATLANTA (AP) -- Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner said pitcher John Rocker should be given a chance to redeem himself over his disparaging comments about immigrants, minorities and homosexuals. ''He's...

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At the Super Bowl, it isn't weather you win

...closed Monday and may not open again until the Masters. The most common sound being heard around Atlanta (besides John Rocker apologizing) is the sound of chain saws cutting through the fallen trees. Close your eyes and you think you're in...

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