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Philip Gregory Humber is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. He has pitched for the New York Mets , Minnesota Twins , Kansas City Royals , and White Sox . Although he debuted in the Major Leagues in 2006 and worked mostly as a starter in the minors, he did not become a... regular Major League starter until 2011. He bats and throws right-handed. Humber earned three Texas Little League state championships. He then went on to star for the high school baseball team at Carthage High School in Carthage, Texas. Humber led his high school baseball team to the state championship game in his senior season as state Player of the Year. He then attended Rice University, where he played college baseball for the Rice Owls baseball team. Humber was the winning pitcher in the clinching game of the 2003 College World Series. He has also represented the United States at the World University Baseball Championship. The Mets selected Humber with the third overall selection in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft out of Rice.
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Lastings Darnell Milledge is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball. He was the youngest player in the National League during the 2006 season. Milledge was born in Bradenton, Florida. At the age of twelve, he pitched and played... third base and hit third for the Manatee East Little League team that was the national runner-up in the 1997 Little League World Series. He received the win on the mound in the semi-final game of the regional, giving up only one run on a solo home run in a win against Mississippi. In 2001, he led Team USA to a Gold Medal game victory over Venezuela in the International Baseball Federation's AA World Youth Championships. Later that year, Baseball America named Milledge the best 16-year-old player in the United States. He graduated from Lakewood Ranch High School in Bradenton, Florida in 2003 after leading his team to the state 5A title his senior year.
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Scott Edward Kazmir is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. Kazmir made his Major League debut with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2004 when he was only 20 years old and at one time held many of the franchise's career pitching records. He is still among the team's all-time... leaders in strikeouts, earned run average, wins, and games started. Nagging injuries and problems with mechanics beginning in the 2008 season gradually reduced his effectiveness. He was traded to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in August 2009 and performed well for a time. However, his performance deteriorated during the 2010 season and beyond, eventually leading to his release in June 2011. At Cypress Falls High School, Kazmir was a two-sport athlete, through his sophomore year, pitching on the baseball team and starting at quarterback on the JV football team. During one stretch on the prep baseball diamond, Kazmir threw four straight no-hitters. As a senior, he struck out 172 batters in 75 innings and had an ERA of 0.37 Kazmir was highly recruited in both sports and verbally committed to the home state Texas Longhorns.
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Scott Edward Kazmir is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. Kazmir made his Major League debut with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2004 when he was only 20 years old and at one time held many of the franchise's career pitching records. He is still among the team's all-time... leaders in strikeouts, earned run average, wins, and games started. Nagging injuries and problems with mechanics beginning in the 2008 season gradually reduced his effectiveness. He was traded to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in August 2009 and performed well for a time. However, his performance deteriorated during the 2010 season and beyond, eventually leading to his release in June 2011. At Cypress Falls High School, Kazmir was a two-sport athlete, through his sophomore year, pitching on the baseball team and starting at quarterback on the JV football team. During one stretch on the prep baseball diamond, Kazmir threw four straight no-hitters. As a senior, he struck out 172 batters in 75 innings and had an ERA of 0.37 Kazmir was highly recruited in both sports and verbally committed to the home state Texas Longhorns.
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The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the... Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times. They and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are the only MLB California teams to originate in California; the Dodgers and Giants are originally from New York, and the Athletics are originally from Philadelphia. The Padres adopted their name from the Pacific Coast League team which arrived in San Diego in 1936. That minor league franchise won the PCL title in 1937, led by then-18-year-old San Diegan Ted Williams. The team's name, Spanish for "fathers", refers to the Spanish Franciscan friars who founded San Diego in 1769. In 1969, the San Diego Padres joined the ranks of Major League Baseball as one of four new expansion teams, along with the Montreal Expos , the Kansas City Royals and the Seattle Pilots . Their original owner was C.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of the National League West... division of Major League Baseball . Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming the Dodgers definitively by 1932. The team moved to Los Angeles before the 1958 season. They played their first four seasons in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to their current home of Dodger Stadium, the third-oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball . The Dodgers have won six World Series titles and 21 National League pennants. Eight Cy Young Award winners have pitched for the Dodgers, winning a total of ten Cy Young Awards . The team has also produced 12 Rookie of the Year award winners, including four back-to-back from 1979–1982 and five back-to-back from 1992–1996, the longest consecutive streaks in Major League Baseball.
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The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division. As one... of the oldest baseball teams, they have won the most games of any team in the history of American baseball, and any North American professional sports team. They have won 21 National League pennants and appeared in 18 World Series competitions – both records in the National League . The Giants 6 World Series Championships are also tied for second in the National League with the Dodgers . The Giants have played in the World Series an NL record 18 times, but boycotted the event in 1904. With their history, the Giants have the most Hall of Fame players in all of professional baseball. The Giants rivalry with the Dodgers is one of the greatest longest-standing rivalries and is regarded the biggest in American baseball.
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The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's... National League. The Cubs are one of the two remaining charter members of the National League . The team is currently owned by a family trust of TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, and was previously owned by the Chicago Tribune and, prior to the Tribune, by the Wrigley Company. The Cubs have not won the World Series in 103 years, a longer championship drought than that of any other major North American professional sports team, and are often referred to as "The Lovable Losers" because of this distinction. They are also known as "The North Siders" because Wrigley Field, their home park since 1916, is located in Chicago's north side Lake View community at 1060 West Addison Street. The Cubs have rivalries with the St. Louis Cardinals, the Milwaukee Brewers, and the Chicago White Sox. The club played its first games in 1870 and was founded professionally in 1876. This makes the Cubs, along with the Braves who were also founded in 1871, one of the two oldest active teams in major North American sports.
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The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club... was established in 1881 as an independent team and became a charter member of the American Association in 1882. The Reds would go on to join the National League in 1890. The Reds have won five World Series titles, one American Association pennant, nine National League pennants and nine division titles. The Reds played in the National League West between 1969 and 1993 and since 1994 in the National League Central. Since 2003, the Reds have played at Great American Ball Park, built next to their home from 1970, Riverfront Stadium. Bob Castellini has owned the Cincinnati Reds since 2006. The origins of the modern Cincinnati Reds can be traced to the expulsion of an earlier team bearing that name. In 1876, Cincinnati became one of the charter members of the new National League, but the club ran afoul of league organizer and long-time president William Hulbert for selling beer at the ballpark and playing games on Sunday, both important activities to entice the city's large German population.
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