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Then we get the biggest fool of all, Roger Clemens, coming out and again defending himself (a negative book about him was released this week). Clemens was quiet for a year and now we know why he should have stayed that way: he's an idiot. It's hard for him to answer why everyone is against him. Listen, everyone is innocent until proven guilty; we know that. But it's hard to believe people who have proven to be untrustworthy in other ways.

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Fans want to embrace the game and move past the talk of who did what -- or who hasn't yet been caught. The trouble is, the game won't allow it. There's a list of names still out there and the names will start to trickle out at some point. Talk about torture. It will be a slow drip ... drip ... drip of controversy and it could take the sport years before it really feels clean again. And before replica Jim Thome jersey Grey we can stop having weekly reminders of baseball's sins.

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  Severna Park's Taylor no-hits Broadneck | Maryland Gazette | Find Articles at BNET

After walking off the mound in the fifth inning, Dylan Taylor got comfortable in the dugout and smiled.

         He'd done enough.

Baffling hitters with dominant command, Taylor threw his first no- hitter on any level to send Severna Park into the Class 4A East Region baseball semifinals with a 10-0 victory over Broadneck on Monday.

"I was able to hit my spots with the fastball, and everything seemed to work off of that," said Taylor, who threw 76 pitches and struck out seven in the five-inning gem. "I was able to work fast, and that's how I like to work."

Taylor threw 52 pitches through the first four innings, walked three and allowed only four baserunners.

 "He's come through for us every time this year," Falcons catcher Alex Ramsay said. "He's the guy we're leaning on in these playoffs."

Kyle Convissar hit a two-run homer in the second inning, and Brent Jones went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and five RBIs. Jones' walk-off, three-run double in the fifth clinched Severna Park's semifinal rematch with South River today.

"It was a tough game," said Broadneck catcher Nick Storey, who struck out to end the fifth. "Things didn't fall our way, and that's what happens in a tough game."

Taylor didn't run into much trouble during the first four innings, walking Luke Penne in the first and Steven Herr in the second. C.J. Ricker ground out to end the second, and Taylor retired seven consecutive hitters to take a 6-0 lead into the fifth.

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"It's a tough way to go out," Bruins coach Jason Wohlfarth said. "The kid pitched a heck of a game.  They hit the ball hard. They did what they were supposed to do, and you tip your cap to them."

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"You know we're going to score some runs," Falcons coach Jim McCandless said. "So if you make a mistake here or there, hopefully, we're going to pick him up if he does. But he hasn't made too many mistakes all year."

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Broadneck's Zack McFadden punched a grounder into the hole between first and second to start the fifth, and second baseman Chris Bonomi threw the ball away. Taylor struck out Herr and Ricker before walking Scott Nickerson, and he got Storey on three pitches to escape unscathed.

"When I can hit my spots with my fastball and they can't catch up to it," Taylor said, "it just makes it that much more effective with the curveball."

With Taylor nearing the 14-inning limit in a seven-day period, McCandless planned to keep him in the dugout regardless of the situation.

Jones made sure the no-hitter was Taylor's.

Tommy McCarthy opened the fifth with a single, and Nickerson walked Convissar and Ramsay around Boushell's RBI single to load the bases. Jones belted a 3-2 fastball down the left-field line to clear the bases.

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 Skowhegan rallies in 7th to win | Morning Sentinel; Waterville, Me. | Find Articles at BNET

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 Calhoun sweeps to third round | Chattanooga Times Free Press | Find Articles at BNET

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 Blue Raiders on roll | Chattanooga Times Free Press | Find Articles at BNET

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