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PETER K: Mistakes Finally Catch Up To Gators

October 28, 2012 Peter Kerasotis 1

Like a dormant virus, Florida’s flaws were always there, the inefficiencies waiting to infect the loss column. […]

PETER K: For a Game, Spurrier Will Oppose His Gators

October 20, 2012 Peter Kerasotis 1

Will Muschamp’s youth was wrapped in orange and blue. He would routinely make the short trek from his home to Florida’s Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, dreaming of playing football for his hometown Gators. Even after walking on at Georgia and playing his college football there, he always kept a keen eye on his first love. […]

Israel Falls in Qualifier Final, but Team Plays for Much More

September 24, 2012 Peter Kerasotis 1

Just an inning earlier, Jay Dermer waved the flag of Israel high over his head, holding both ends so that it stretched taut in triumphant fists. Israel had just taken a two-run lead against Spain in a World Baseball Classic qualifying game, and the 1,500 or so Jewish fans at Roger Dean Stadium on Sunday celebrated with equal parts pleasure and pride. […]

Surging Rays Find Themselves in a Familiar Position

September 6, 2012 Peter Kerasotis 2

It is that time of the baseball season, when eyeballs linger a little longer on the scoreboard, and Rays outfielder Sam Fuld is no different from the average fan. […]

Two Swings, Two Hits to Celebrate for Pena

April 6, 2012 Peter Kerasotis 0

It is not often that a ballplayer must choose between these two moments and decide which is bigger — a grand slam against C. C. Sabathia, or a game-ending hit against Mariano Rivera. […]

As His Numbers Go Up, Cano Moves Up In the Batting Order

March 28, 2012 Peter Kerasotis 0

Robinson Cano talks about how it does not matter where he bats in the Yankees’ lineup. Of course, he can talk all he wants. It is his smile that belies him. […]

In Memoir, Dickey Details Sexual Abuse

March 27, 2012 Peter Kerasotis 0

If R. A. Dickey felt any anxiety Tuesday as reporters approached him at his locker, he did not let it show. With his familiar forthright demeanor, with teammates in earshot, he answered one question after another about being sexually abused as a child, and cheating on his wife as an adult, all of it revealed in his newly published memoir […]

Wright and Santana Progress by Playing Without Pain

March 27, 2012 Peter Kerasotis 0

They sat side by side in the visitors’ training room at Roger Dean Stadium, one with the left side of his abdomen wrapped in ice and the other with his left shoulder entwined the same way. From outside, the faint sounds of a spring training game whispered into the Mets’ clubhouse. […]