Third baseman Ian Stewart has made the Colorado Rockies' 25-man opening day roster. Stewart homered twice in a minor league game Wednesday night, when he was testing a troublesome left hamstring that could have landed him on the disabled list to start the season. With Stewart avoiding the DL, there was no room on the roster for outfielder Willy Taveras as the Rockies stuck with just four…

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Former New York Yankee Randy Velarde testified Wednesday that he purchased human growth hormone from Barry Bonds' personal trainer throughout the 2002 season, making him the fourth major leaguer to admit drug use during Bonds' perjury trial. Velarde said the HGH gave him more "endurance and strength" and that personal trainer Greg Anderson would help him inject the…

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SAN FRANCISCO – One by one, they walked down the aisle of Courtroom 10 and took a seat on the witness stand for their public day of reckoning.

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SAN FRANCISCO – The testimony remained intimately personal Tuesday for Barry Bonds.

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On the day the Seattle Mariners set their starting rotation for the regular season, left-hander Jason Vargas struggled. Vargas, Seattle's No. 2 starter, gave up five runs and 11 hits in five innings Monday, before the Mariners rallied with two runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Colorado Rockies 7-6.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers brought some early spring training excitement to fans like me in their dramatic come-from-behind win over the Colorado Rockies on March 24. Showing a World Series level of intensity, teamwork and strength, the Dodgers powered from a five-run deficit in the ninth inning, scoring seven runs to emerge victorious 7-5. As a longtime Dodgers fan, I find it invigorating to see such strong play in spring training and I sure think it bodes well for the upcoming season.

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Ryan Dempster is ready for his first opening-day start with the Chicago Cubs. Dempster threw four shaky innings in his final spring start and Chicago lost to a Colorado Rockies split squad 6-4 on Sunday. Tyler Colvin hit a grand slam in the eighth for the Cubs to make it close. It was Colvin's third homer of the spring.

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Free-agent pitcher Doug Davis showed off his stuff Thursday for eight prospective teams, according to MLB.com.

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If the Colorado Rockies are going to contend in the NL West, they'll need more pitching performances like the one Jason Hammel supplied Saturday night. Hammel tossed shutout ball and Carlos Gonzalez hit his first home run of the spring, sending Colorado to a 4-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics.

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