Sun, 11/07/2010 - 22:51 by Prince damin
Las Vegas -- Karina Smirnoff confirmed her engagement to baseball pitcher Brad Penny and says her future husband popped the question more than a month ago.
The "Dancing With the Stars" contestant told People that Penny got down on one knee at a restaurant and presented her with a 4 1/2 carat diamond ring.
"We kept it quiet because my family is in New York and Brad's family is in Oklahoma so we kind of wanted them to come out and celebrate and be a family first before we let the cat out of the bag," Smirnoff said.
People said Sunday that Smirnoff was showing off the frock this weekend at a party at the tony Tao Las Vegas nightclub. Penny wasn't there, but had a diamond necklace delivered to the event as an apology for his absence.
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Sun, 11/07/2010 - 22:44 by Samia Sehgal
After her elimination from ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ Karina Smirnoff has opened up about the other things she has in her life to celebrate. The ballroom beauty has announced her engagement to St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Brad Penny and is now set to waltz her way down the aisle.
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Sun, 05/23/2010 - 09:54 by Rakhi
St. Louis -- St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Brad Penny has been put on the 15-day disabled list with a back muscle strain, the team said Saturday.
Penny was taken out of Friday's 9-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels after he hit a third-inning grand slam, only the 11th ever by a Cardinals pitcher. Penny made some warmup throws prior to the fourth inning, but couldn't go on.
Penny has complied a 3-4 record with a 3.23 earned run average in nine starts. He came to St. Louis after splitting the 2009 campaign between Boston and San Francisco.
After making the move, the Cardinals recalled pitcher P.J. Walters from Triple-A Memphis.
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Wed, 12/09/2009 - 10:18 by shalini.bahadur
St. Louis -- The St. Louis Cardinals signed right-handed pitcher Brad Penny to a one-year deal Tuesday, team officials said.
The deal, whose terms were not disclosed by the National League club, is reportedly worth $7.5 million with incentive clauses that pay Penny as high as $9 million.
"Brad Penny has long been a pitcher of interest to us and we are thrilled to have him," Cardinals General Manager John Mozeliak said. "By teaming Brad with our Cy Young finalists, Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright, in addition to Kyle Lohse, we feel that our pitching staff will continue to be a key cornerstone for the ball club."
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Thu, 10/01/2009 - 10:27 by shalini.bahadur
San Francisco, Oct. 1: Brad Penny threw a complete game Wednesday and Eli Whiteside drove in three runs to carry the San Francisco Giants to a 4-1 decision over Arizona.
Despite the win, the Giants were eliminated from playoff contention when the Colorado Rockies defeated Milwaukee earlier in the evening. San Francisco won its third straight and will finish the season with a winning record for the first time in five years.
Penny (11-9) went the distance for just the fourth time in 275 career starts over 10 seasons. He allowed six hits, struck out six and the only run off him was unearned. Penny threw 109 pitches and walked one batter.
Whiteside had a two-run single during San Francisco's three-run second and added a solo homer in the fourth.
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Thu, 09/03/2009 - 10:21 by preet_20
Philadelphia, Sept. 2: Brad Penny allowed five hits in his San Francisco debut Wednesday to help bring the Giants a 4-0 decision over Philadelphia.
Penny (1-0) was released by Boston last week after putting together a 7-8 record and a 5.61 ERA in 24 starts this season.
San Francisco, chasing a playoff berth, quickly signed Penny and he came through in his first outing by blanking the Phillies in a 102-pitch effort.
Jeremy Affeldt completed the shutout by throwing a perfect ninth in a non-save situation.
The Giants began the night's action trailing Colorado by a game in the National League wild-card race.
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Fri, 08/28/2009 - 01:19 by Salinder Kumar
Boston -- The Boston Red Sox released right hander Brad Penny at his request, the team said.
The Boston Herald reported the move allowed Boston room on its roster for newly acquired reliever Billy Wagner.
Also, knuckle baller Tim Wakefield has returned from a lower back strain and a subsequent nerve issue that caused a left calf injury.
Penny (7-8) had just one win in his last 11 starts.
Boston signed the free agent to a one-year, $5 million contract despite three stints on the disabled list last season while with the Los Angeles Dodgers because of shoulder problems.
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Sat, 08/22/2009 - 10:08 by preet_20
Boston, Aug. 21: Hideki Matsui enjoyed a career game with seven RBI Friday and the New York Yankees banged out 23 hits to out-slug Boston 20-11.
The Yankees expanded their lead over Boston in the American League East to 7 1/2 games, beating the Red Sox for the fifth straight time. Boston had won the first eight meetings between the teams this year.
Matsui hit two three-run homers -- one during a six-run fifth and another in a four-run ninth. He drove in another run with a ground out in the seventh.
Alex Rodriguez had four hits for New York and six other players had at least two each.
Boston suffered a one-sided loss despite putting together two three-run innings along with a four-run ninth. The teams combined for 35 hits.
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Tue, 08/11/2009 - 10:38 by preet_20
Boston, Aug. 10: Nick Green drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning Monday to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 6-5 win over AL Central-leading Detroit.
The win ended Boston's six-game losing streak.
Green also homered, as did Dustin Pedroia and Jason Bay for the Red Sox.
Ramon Ramirez (6-3) earned the win and Jonathan Papelbon recorded the final four outs for his 28th save.
Detroit's Magglio Ordonez had a triple, two doubles, a run scored and an RBI and Placido Polanco had three hits, an RBI and a run for the Tigers, who had won four of five coming in.
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Thu, 08/06/2009 - 10:21 by preet_20
St. Petersburg, Fla. Aug. 5: Carlos Pena gave Tampa Bay the lead with the first of his team's four homers Wednesday, powering the Rays past Boston 6-4.
Boston dropped 2 ½ games behind New York for the lead in the American League East and will open a four-game series in Yankee Stadium Thursday.
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Pena's homer gave the Rays a 2-1 lead in the second and Carl Crawford added a two-run blast one inning later. Pat Burrell delivered a solo homer in the sixth and Jason Bartlett had another one in the seventh.
The home runs made a winner out of David Price (5-4), who is 5-1 in his seven home starts this season. He allowed two runs on six hits with five strikeouts in six innings.
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Thu, 07/30/2009 - 10:17 by surajdogra
Boston, July 29: Adam Kennedy homered on the game's opening pitch to touch off a five-run first inning Wednesday and Oakland went on to defeat Boston 8-6.
Oakland dropped the opener of the four-game series, but has won the last two and handed the Red Sox a big deficit Wednesday by batting around against Brad Penny in the initial inning.
Brett Anderson (6-8) overcame a three-run homer by Mike Lowell in the first to get the victory. Anderson settled down to limit the Red Sox to three runs on four hits with eight strikeouts over six innings.
It was Anderson's first victory since blanking Boston on July 6. Andrew Bailey collected his 13th save despite allowing a run in the ninth.
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Fri, 07/10/2009 - 10:22 by preet_20
Boston, July 9: David DeJesus put Kansas City in front with a two-run homer in the sixth inning Thursday, lifting the Kansas City Royals to an 8-6 victory over Boston.
The Red Sox lost for the first time in three games and fell back into a tie with the New York Yankees for first place in the American League East.
Boston took a 4-0 lead through three innings and still maintained a 5-3 advantage going into the sixth before the Royals moved in front against the Red Sox bullpen.
Manny Delcarmen replaced starter Brad Penny in the sixth and gave up a leadoff double to Mark Teahen. Two outs later, Teahen was still on second base, but he scored on Alberto Callaspo's double.
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