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There were plenty of meaningless games played on the final day of the 2012 Major League Baseball season. Among those meaningless games was the season finale between the Colorado Rockies and the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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One month ago, the Los Angeles Dodgers had just pulled off a massive 9-player trade with the Boston Red Sox to acquire slugging first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. When that deal was completed, most fans thought the Dodgers would have enough pieces in place to return to the playoffs. Think again.

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Kipper Gray of Kipp's Cheesesteaks in the Cortez Building (203 E. Mills) wants the new downtown baseball stadium and outlined exactly why at the "Play Ball, El Paso" rally to support MountainStar Sports.

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The "Play Ball, El Paso" rally drew a few hundred El Pasoans to Cleveland Square downtown in front of City Hall in a show of support for the downtown baseball stadium project. MountainStar Sports spokesman Steffen Poessiger talked about the rally and the issues behind it.

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It's always a scary moment when a baseball player, especially a pitcher, takes one of the noggin. Position players don't wear helmets and are one freak line drive away from a career ending injury or possibly death.

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Cameron Maybin robbed Matt Kemp of a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning after Carlos Quentin put San Diego ahead with a sacrifice fly, and the Padres beat Los Angeles 4-3 Wednesday night after the teams had split a pair of 11-inning decisions.

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Joe Blanton pitched effectively into the eighth inning for his first win with Los Angeles and A.J. Ellis hit his first career grand slam in a 10-8 win over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday.

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Josh Beckett was decent in his Dodgers debut. On this night, though, he needed to be dazzling. Jeff Francis and three relievers combined on a four-hitter as the Colorado Rockies beat Beckett and the Dodgers 10-0 Monday night.

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One of the big stories in the sports world this past weekend was Roger Clemens' return to professional baseball. The 50 year old 'rocket' hoped to show he still had some fuel in the tank.

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Giancarlo Stanton appears to have no problem with the dimensions of Dodger Stadium, which isn't exactly a home run haven. The power-hitting right fielder made Chavez Ravine his personal launching pad this weekend, homering for the third straight game as the Miami Marlins beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Sunday.

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