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EDITOR'S NOTE: Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt was 13 years old when Pete Rose made his major league debut on April 8, 1963. They eventually were teammates on the Philadelphia Phillies. ___ I grew up in Dayton, 50 miles from Cincinnati.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - They've heard the "Who's on first jokes?" They've barely played together as a group. Still, there they were, the New York Yankees infield high-fiving and smiling with glee after having turned a most improbable triple play.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - The pitching has been poor, the defence suspect and the offence spotty for the Los Angeles Angels. And now, they're making mental mistakes on top of it.

OAKLAND, Calif. - Max Scherzer was in Detroit's clubhouse and had a good view of Ramon Santiago's near home run in the 12th inning.

SEATTLE - Yu Darvish had no feel for his pitches and by the time he made an adjustment, was already trailing 3-0. Seattle's Hisashi Iwakuma made certain Texas would not rally from the early deficit and got the better of his countryman.

OAKLAND, Calif. - Josh Donaldson never had a game-ending hit in one of Oakland's major league-high 14 walk-off wins last year.

PHOENIX - Patrick Corbin didn't earn a spot in the Arizona rotation until a couple of days before the season started. He was sent up to the majors and back to the minors three times last season.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Bud Norris has done a good job so far as the No. 1 starter for the Houston Astros.

The Castaway Wanderers’ task seems, on the surface at least, brutally simple. Win out in their final two Canadian Direct Insurance sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

It was tight but effective. The Victoria Cougars saved their season with a 1-0 victory Friday over the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League representatives, Castlegar Rebels, in the 2013 Cyclone Taylor Cup sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½