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- Freddy Sanchez joins list of Giants’ heroes with three doubles - Boston Herald
- No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise Coming Exclusively to PS3 in 2011 - Softpedia
- Twenty-four interesting aspects of this year's World Series teams - CNN Sports Illustrated
| Freddy Sanchez joins list of Giants’ heroes with three doubles - Boston Herald Posted: 28 Oct 2010 02:32 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO — This is the laser-hitting, large-moment Freddy Sanchez the Giants thought they acquired more than a year ago, though it did take some time and waiting and some more time and more waiting. But wouldn't you know it? Just like every other brilliant and fortuitously calibrated moment of this breathtaking Giants season, Sanchez picked the perfect time to burst back into absolute prominence. Game 1 of the World Series, matched against the previously unhittable Cliff Lee, with the ground shaking beneath the Giants' feet. That's a pretty good time to justify the trade, his reputation and everything about the Giants' postseason fortitude. Oh, and the 32-year-old second baseman spark-plugged the Giants' rally from an early deficit to clobber Lee and the Texas Rangers 11-7 on Wednesday at AT&T Park and take a 1-0 lead in the World Series. "Obviously anybody that knows me, that's close to me, knows it's been a long road from the day I got traded here to now," Sanchez said after raking three doubles against Lee. Historically speaking, Sanchez became the first player to hit doubles in his first three World Series at-bats. Ever. And he did it against Lee, who was 7-0 in the postseason before losing this one. "Obviously, for no one to have done that yet, it's something special," Sanchez said. "For just a little guy like me to go out there and be able to do it. "But getting the win was the most important thing." Almost single-handedly (doubles-handedly?), Sanchez outslugged the Rangers and set the tone for this series. You could say this was just Sanchez's turn in the hero's spotlight, after Cody Ross, Juan Uribe, Buster Posey and others great and nondescript have one by one lifted the Giants in each successive moment. But Sanchez actually has been ripping the ball for many games now after he admittedly was a bit tight and apprehensive in the first round of the playoffs. This would seem natural for a player who never sniffed the postseason in his years with Pittsburgh, and maybe was a little troubling coming from someone who seemed fairly content there, until the trade to the Giants in July 2009. After he was acquired for minor league pitcher Tim Alderson, specifically to help the Giants in the stretch run, Sanchez only played in 25 games the rest of that season because of various injuries. Even this year, fighting a shoulder problem, Sanchez didn't get into the lineup until May 19. (c) 2010, San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.). Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise Coming Exclusively to PS3 in 2011 - Softpedia Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:26 PM PDT No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise, the latest installment in the quirky hack and slash franchise, has just been confirmed for a North American release by Konami, after it was launched on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Japan. There are a few catches though, as in North America the game will only appear on the PlayStation 3, and will also have support for the new PlayStation Move motion control system. It seems that Konami isn't confident enough to bring the niche title for the Xbox 360 in North America, and will only bring it to the PS3. No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise is the first title in the franchise that appeared for the next generation consoles, after the first two games that were exclusive to the Nintendo Wii and were published by Ubisoft in North America. Now, the new title will be brought in America by Konami, and will see the hero of the series, Travis Touchdown, once again trying to eliminate some of the world's deadliest assassins in order to become the best. In order to do so, PS3 owners will have to control him either through the regular DualShock 3 controller or the new PlayStation Move system, which has been launched for the Sony console. Besides the main missions in the game and the side quests which can augment Travis' abilities, this version of the game will also have a Rebout Mode, where you can once again fight former enemies. The game will also have brand new boss characters that weren't available in the Japanese editions of the game, as well as a Viewer Mode, which will allow gamers to watch the cut scenes of the game in HD. No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise is set to be released by Konami in 2011, and, like we said above, will be exclusive to the PlayStation 3. Do you think this is the right move or should Konami also bring it to the Xbox 360? Follow the editor on Twitter @softpediagames This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Twenty-four interesting aspects of this year's World Series teams - CNN Sports Illustrated Posted: 28 Oct 2010 12:44 AM PDT Sorry, Readability was unable to parse this page for content. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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