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CLEVELAND -- Free agent infielder David Adams has agreed to a one-year contract with the Cleveland Indians.
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York Yankees and their Triple-A Scranton affiliate. It was Adams first time in
the big league after six seasons in the minors. Adams batted .268 (59-for-220)
with 11 doubles, two triples, five homers and 21 RBIs in 59 games at Scranton.
He had four stints with the Yankees, batting .193 (27-for-140) with five
doubles, one triple, two homers and 13 RBI in 43 games. He played 31 games at
third base, nine games at second and four games at first. Adams became a free
agent on Dec. 2, when he wasnt offer a 2014 contract by the Yankees, who
selected him in the third round of the 2008 amateur dfraft. Right-handers Travis
Banwart and Tyler Cloyd and outfielder Matt Carson agreed to minor league deals.
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in three runs, Albert Pujols also went deep and the Los Angeles Angels beat the
Chicago White Sox 8-4 Friday night.
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with the Miami Heat was voted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
on Monday, adding that honour to becoming a board member at his alma mater.
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. Ricciardo made it only halfway around the Jerez track before his RB10 rolled
to a stop and began spouting smoke from the back. After team mechanics tended to
the car, Ricciardo went back out for a mere two trips around the circuit before
calling it quits. ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Matt McGloin has made a career out of
exceeding other peoples expectations. The player who had no scholarship offers
coming out of high school walked on at Penn State and became the schools career
leader in touchdown passes. The player who sent a letter and video to NFL teams
pleading for a chance after getting passed over for the combine went undrafted
before finally getting a chance as a camp arm with the Oakland Raiders. The
player who entered training camp as a fourth-stringer managed to beat out
fourth-round pick Tyler Wilson for a roster spot and moved up to second string
when Matt Flynn was released last month. As surprising as all of those
accomplishments may have been, it was his performance in his first NFL start
last week in Houston that really opened up eyes. McGloin became the fourth
quarterback since the 1970 NFL merger to throw three touchdown passes and no
interceptions in his first career start in place of the injured Terrelle Pryor
to earn himself a longer-term look as the starter in Oakland. "I never took a
backseat to anybody," McGloin said. "I didnt put myself in a position that Im
buried behind all these guys. I really dont look at who is ahead of me on the
depth chart or whos behind me on the depth chart. Each day is a better way to
get better, improve as a leader, improve as a person." McGloin will make his
second start on Sunday against Tennessee (4-6) as Pryor still is dealing with a
right knee injury and the Raiders (4-6) want to see if he can repeat that
performance. "This is a production business," coach Dennis Allen said. "If you
go out and you perform and you make plays, you get opportunities to continue to
go out and perform and make plays. Matt did that last week. Hes going to get
another opportunity this week. Well see how it goes." McGloins ascension from
undrafted quarterback to starter is not unique as players such as Kurt Warner,
Tony Romo and Jeff Garcia also took that route. But those players came from much
lower-profile colleges than Penn State, where scouts had ample opportunity to
watch McGloin play against NFL-caliber opposition, and took longer to reach
their NFL success. They all spent time either in the Arena Football League, NFL
Europe, Canada or an NFL bench before getting a chance to start in the NFL. "I
think some guys werent born or blessed with great athleticism, size or speed or
strength, all those things you can measure," Allen said. "You cant measure whats
in their head or their heart. This guy has overcome a lot of challenges." It
started when he got no scholarship offers coming out of high sschool in
Scranton, Pa.
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reason McGloin didnt get a scholarship was because Penn State was waiting to see
if Pryor would come to State College. But even being at the same school as the
top quarterback recruit in the country couldnt scare the confident McGloin. "I
remember asking him, What happens if Terrelle goes to Penn State," McGloins
father, Paul, said. "He said, Dad, I dont care. Ill go there and beat whoever is
there." Pryor went to Ohio State and McGloin spent much of his time in college
fighting off more heralded recruits like Rob Bolden, Paul Jones and Kevin
Newsome before earning his chance. He became the starter midway through his
sophomore season in 2010 before throwing five interceptions in a loss to Florida
at the Outback Bowl. McGloin began the 2011 season as the backup to Bolden
before becoming the starter just weeks before the Jerry Sandusky scandal went
public at Penn State, throwing the program in disarray. That eventually led to
the firing of longtime coach Joe Paterno and crippling sanctions but McGloin
decided to stick it out for his senior season under new coach Bill OBrien, who
had previously been offensive co-ordinator for Tom Brady in New England. "Not
too many kids go through something like that," he said. "Ive seen it all. Ive
overcome many different types of adversity. In a way it has helped me at this
level." McGloin had his best year under OBrien, throwing for 3,266 yards and 24
touchdowns with only five interceptions in leading the Nittany Lions to an 8-4
record. "Hes a smart guy," OBrien said. "Smart guys that work hard, that have
some talent, they really thrive in that league. They really do. I think hell
thrive in that league." But few NFL teams believed the same thing as McGloin was
not invited to the scouting combine, leading him to send out a video to all 32
NFL teams which began with him saying, "My entire life has been defined by the
words Youll never make it. So hard work is not new to me." McGloin cited his
upbringing in Scranton and experience at Penn State as reasons why he should get
a chance in the NFL. That came to fruition in May when he worked out for the
Raiders and earned a contract. "It shows the type of person he is, the character
and determination that hes not going to let someone tell him what he cant do,"
said Titans coach Mike Munchak, a Scranton and Penn State product who has
followed McGloins career. "Im sure when he went to Penn State a lot of people
said he should have done something else. Obviously, he worked his way through
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