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                                      Has?Alex Rodriguez, whose time in pinstripes will come to an end Friday, earned a spot in Monument Park -- an honor considered sacred among fans of the New York Yankees?Owner Hal Steinbrenner, for one, would not rule it out. Ravens Jersesys Outlet . Rodriguez, after all, helped deliver a championship to the Bronx in 2009 and is among the teams all-time leaders in home runs (sixth), RBIs (11th) and hits (17th). And thats not to mention those two American League MVPs he won over his 11-plus seasons with the organization.Rodriguezs tenure in New York, of course, also included a yearlong suspension from baseball for performance-enhancing drugs and a number of disagreements with the club.His statistics put him with Yankee royalty, but does he deserve to be honored? Share your thoughts in the poll below.On Sunday, the Yankees announced that this would be Rodriguezs last week as a player on the team.? Cheap Lamar Jackson Jersey .com) - The Chicago Blackhawks aim for their third three-game winning streak of the season when they host the struggling Edmonton Oilers in Sundays battle at the United Center. Cheap Zach Sieler Jersey . Ibaka equaled a career high with 20 rebounds, adding four blocked shots and 15 points as the Thunder smothered the Milwaukee Bucks offence in a 92-79 victory Saturday night. http://www.ravenscheapjerseys.com/cheap-deshon-elliott-jersey/ . Rinne played two periods in his first game since left hip surgery in early May. Gabriel Bourque scored 3:07 into the second period and Austin Watson tallied 5:15 later for Nashville.ARLINGTON, Texas -- Inconsistency was the key for Yu Darvish. With a devastating slider going in different directions and command of his fastball, Darvish matched his major-league high with 14 strikeouts and the Texas Rangers won their fourth game in a row, 7-1 over the Arizona Diamondbacks in a makeup game Thursday night. "Some of (the sliders) were dropping down, some of them were going sideways," Darvish said through an interpreter. "The movement on my slider was really inconsistent and that worked in my favour." Darvish (10-5) certainly had the Diamondbacks hitters baffled, 78 of his 111 pitches were thrown for strikes over seven scoreless innings. He had no walks and scattered five hits in his 50th major league start. "As a hitter you have a lot of different thought processes in the box," Arizonas Adam Eaton said. "When you hit your spots and you have that many pitches, its tough as a hitter to put the ball in play and get good swings on the ball." Darvish also had 14 strikeouts when he faced the Diamondbacks just more than two months ago. But they managed to score four runs over 7 2-3 innings that night and won with a run in the ninth. A.J. Pierzynski, Mitch Moreland and David Murphy all homered off Zeke Spruill (0-1), who went four innings in his first major league start. Pierzynski later added a two-run single. Those homers were all hit early for the Rangers, who came off a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with game-ending homers in each. They had been shut out in three of the four games before the short homestand, and will now play 10 in a row on the road. "Our offence has woken up, and the key is to just keep going," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "We knew it was in there, it was just a matter of it coming out, and were playing as a group." Darvish struck out 10 of his first 13 batters, marking the 16th time since he joined the Rangers from Japan last season that he fanned at least 10. Dwight Gooden with 20 is the only other pitcher since 1900 with more in his first 50 starts. "He was as good as Ive seen him all year, counting the almost perfect game he threw the first start of the year. His stuff was just nasty," said Pierzynski, also the catcher when Darvish retired the first 26 batters at Houston four months ago. "He was throwing fastballls to the corners, he had a really good split, and obviously he always has a slider. Baltimore Ravens Jerseys. "He just kept mixing it up, and the strikeouts just kept coming and coming. Nights like that are fun." It was the fourth game this season Darvish reached 14 strikeouts -- there are only two other 14-K games in the majors this season. It is the most 14-strikeout games in one season for the Rangers, surpassing Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryans three in 1990. Over seven seasons in Japan, Darvish had 15 strikeouts three times. The only Arizona starter who didnt strike out was Cody Ross. Leadoff hitter Gerardo Parra, who had a 10-game interleague hitting streak, and All-Star first baseman Paul Goldschmidt both struck out three times against Darvish. "He was using all his pitches, pounding the strike zone," Washington said. "Everything he threw up there, they just couldnt get on." The Diamondbacks scored their only run in the ninth inning on Martin Prados RBI single. Arizona had to make a side trip to Texas, on the way from Tampa Bay to Boston, to make up the game postponed on May 29 because of unplayable field conditions. A severe thunderstorm hit the area about an hour before that scheduled game, and the grounds crew struggled to get the tarp on the field. For the makeup, it was 101 degrees when the game started and still in the upper 90s at the end. Texas right fielder Nelson Cruz is among 14 players targeted for discipline by Major League Baseball because of their relationship to a closed Florida anti-aging clinic accused of distributing banned performance-enhancing drugs. The All-Star was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the seventh because of tightness in his left quad. Depending on the timing and length of any possible suspension, which could be announced this weekend, it could have been the last home game this season for Cruz. He leads the Rangers with 25 home runs and 73 RBIs and is eligible for free agency after the season. Notes: Rangers SS Elvis Andrus extended the majors longest active hitting streak to 14 with a double in the seventh. ... According to STATS, Darvish was the sixth pitcher since 1974 to have 10 strikeouts in the first 13 batters. The last was Ricky Nolasco for Florida on Sept. 30, 2009. ... The announced attendance was 41,569, but a lot of those purchased tickets went unused. Jerseys NFL China Cheap NFL Jerseys Jerseys NFL China Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Stitched Jerseys China Womens NFL Jerseys Youth NFL Jerseys China ' ' ' 

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