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The Top 10 sports stories of 2012 as chosen by The Burbank Leader
Throughout the past year, the local community experienced its share of important, interesting and significant sports stories. Some of the stories enlightened us, some informed us and others just entertained us. Although many of the stories deserve...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Basketball, Major League Baseball, Sports, College Baseball
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'Bad Moon Rising' exhibit
Pits and pieces from the local sports scene. Library to display exhibition of baseball memorabilia: The Baseball Reliquary presents "Bad Moon Rising: Baseball and the Summer of '68," an exhibition chronicling the extraordinary baseball season of 1968,...Tags: Authors, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Mickey Mantle, Bob Gibson, Don Drysdale
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Baseball and unrest explored in exhibition at library
Terry Cannon grew up in Detroit rooting for his hometown Tigers. Cannon is the executive director of the Baseball Reliquary, a Pasadena-based nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering an appreciation of American art and culture through the context of...
Tags: New York Jets, Democratic Convention (1968), Mickey Mantle, Bob Gibson, New York Yankees
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Casey helps team win World Series
BURBANK — Danny Casey had his share of success as a baseball player at Bellarmine-Jefferson High and Glendale Community College. However, as far as team success goes, what the player has experienced this season with Concordia University is...Tags: Baseball, Basketball, Oakland Athletics, Crimes, Sports
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Sanchez on to the NLCS
Though Freddy Sanchez, like most of his teammates, struggled with the bat throughout the bulk of the National League Division Series for the San Francisco Giants against the Atlanta Braves, the former Burbank High and Glendale Community College standout...Tags: Atlanta Braves, National League, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies
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Sanchez, Giants Series bound
BURBANK — It took Freddy Sanchez the first 10 years of his Major League Baseball career to experience playoff baseball. Now that he's in the postseason, he's certainly making the most of it.
The Burbank High graduate and Glendale Community College...Tags: Major League Baseball, Heart Attack, Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves, National League
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Getting his chance
SAN FRANCISCO — He knew what he could do. But Freddy Sanchez wondered in the difficult times — when his body was slow in healing, when the fans and media were slow in acceptance — would there be a chance to do it? "When you're hurt,''...Tags: Spring Training, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Juan Uribe
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A dream of a journey
The journey has been a long one for Freddy Sanchez.
From toiling countless hours as a youth on the baseball fields of Burbank, to competing for three junior colleges — including a year at Glendale Community College — to years of making his...Tags: Tennis, Education, Major League Baseball, Sports, College Baseball
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Sanchez, Giants clinch World Series title
BURBANK — From Burbank High graduate to Glendale Community College standout to 2010 World Series champion.
Freddy Sanchez' nine-year Major League Baseball career, though it's featured a National League batting title and three All-Star appearances,...Tags: Miami Marlins, Sports, Major League Baseball, College Baseball, Pittsburgh Pirates
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Sanchez has surgery
Bits and pieces from the local sports scene. Area standout has arthroscopic procedure on shoulder: Former Burbank High standout Freddy Sanchez, who helped the San Francisco Giants to a World Series Championship this past season, had surgery on his left...Tags: Spring Training, Health, San Francisco Giants, Internists, Surgery
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Playing for a championship
No team in the history of the Burbank Little League had ever advanced to a World Series championship game.
The Burbank Major Softball All-Star team had a chance to advance to the championship game of the 2010 Little League Softball World Series by...Tags: Basketball, Sports, Billiards, Snooker and Pool
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They can hold their heads high
There is a group of 12 girls who are probably still reeling from what to them was a devastating loss. When you lose in the championship game of the World Series, that disappointment can stick around for awhile when you're 11 or 12 years old. With the...Tags: Basketball, Arts and Culture, Sports, Folklore and Mythology
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