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Travis Ishikawa hit a three-run triple, Aaron Rowand had three RBIs and the Giants overcame Lincecum’s struggles for a 10-6 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday in the majors’ final opener.Lincecum walked leadoff hitter Rickie Weeks on five pitches right after heroic pilot Chesley Sullenberger threw out the first pitch, and the 24-year-old right-hander’s day got no better. He made it through just three innings, yielding three runs, four hits and three walks in a scattered performance that included five strikeouts, but not much more to embrace.

Keith Olbermann's mom, Marie has died — on baseball's opening weekend, no less. I just watched his moving tribute to her, and she sounds like a truly remarkable woman — an opera lover, and a baseball fan who'd been going to New York Yankees games since 1934. (She met Babe Ruth when she was a toddler.) Keith showed an interview clip in which she displayed a truly impressive deadpan. Warmest condolences to her family and friends.

Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle won the Emerging Player of the Year award at the International Cricket Council (ICC) awards ceremony here Thursday.

The 24-year-old, who played in 12 Test matches in the voting period and took 49 wickets with an average of 28.93, has made an impact within the Australia side with his charging run up and powerful delivery.

Joe Mauer, whose last name means "wall" in German, has finally gotten his long-overdue AL MVP award,

Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer more than made up for a late start to his 2009 season, first by winning his third batting championship and on Monday when he won the American League Most Valuable Player Award.
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Demolition work is set to begin on Giants Stadium Thursday, MyFoxNY.com reported.A crane will start dismantling the top sections of the 34-year-old venue that has played host to the Giants, the Jets, the Cosmos, the MetroStars and the Red Bulls.

Thousands of miles away from any hint of the Major Leagues, history was made in professional baseball on Friday.That's when Eri Yoshida, a 17-year-old with a wicked sidearm knuckleball, took her 5-foot, 114-pound frame to the mound to become Japan's first female professional pitcher, according to a report by The Associated Press.

The most avid sports fans cherish their arguments and Sporting News Magazine's release of the 50 all-time greatest coaches list is sure to spark a new round of debates.

Alex Rodriguez is to resume baseball activities Monday, more than a month after hip surgery March 9. He has been working out in Vail, Colo., since the operation.The Yankees will start a three-game series Monday at AL champion Tampa Bay, and Manager Joe Girardi said that Rodriguez, a three-time AL MVP, will resume swinging a bat after he reports to the team's minor-league complex.