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May 28 to May 29, 2005

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May 29 to June 1, 2005

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  • On May 30, the Chicago White Sox extended manager Ozzie Guillén's contract, making the move while the team had the best record in the majors (33-17). Chicago picked up the 2006 option on Guillén's contract, added two more years and included an option for the 2009 season.

June 1 to June 2, 2005

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June 2 to June 4, 2005

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  • June 2 - The New York Yankees were swept by the worst team in baseball, falling 5-2 to the Kansas City Royals for their first five-game losing streak in more than two years. It's been a ball so far for Buddy Bell, the new Royals skipper who is unbeaten after sweeping three games from the visiting Yankees. Kansas City pitchers allowed just six runs in the series. It's the third time in their storied history the Yankees had been swept in three games by the team with the worst record in the majors. The other times were in 2000 by the Detroit Tigers and 1937 by the Philadelphia Athletics and in both those seasons, New York won the American League pennant.

June 4 to June 5, 2005

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June 5 to June 6, 2005

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June 6 to June 7, 2005

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June 7 to June 10, 2005

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  • Colorado Rockies rookie sensation Clint Barmes is expected to miss at least three months after breaking his left collarbone in a fall while carrying groceries up the stairs in his apartment building. Barmes, a shortstop leading National League rookies in most offensive categories, went surgery Tuesday 7. He hit around .400 and led the major leagues in batting average for about the first six weeks of the season. After a mild slump, he was still leading NL rookies in hitting (.329), runs (40), hits (74), doubles (16), home runs (8) and RBI (34) heading into Monday's game.He was definite rookie-of-the-year material, but now those hopes are gone due to what he called "the craziest thing that's happened to me, by far."
  • Justin Upton, a slugging high school shortstop from Virginia, was taken by the Arizona Diamondbacks with the No. 1 pick in the 2005 baseball draft Tuesday.Upton and his brother B.J., the second pick in 2002 by Tampa Bay, are the highest-drafted siblings. The younger Upton was generally considered the best all-around athlete in this year's draft. A 17-year-old, Upton was mainly a shortstop, but also played third base and the outfield. The Virginia player of the year batted .519 with 11 home runs and 32 RBI in just 54 plate appearances. "I think it's a combination of his athletic ability — throwing, fielding, hitting — in terms of what he does on the field and what would seem to be a real maturity," Joe Garagiola said. "That's really unusual in a player that age."

June 10 to June 14, 2005

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June 14 to November 6, 2005

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  • On June 14, 2005, the Boston Red Sox honored their Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk and the 12th-inning home run that won Game 6 of the 1975 World Series by naming the left field foul pole where it landed the "Fisk Pole". In a pregame ceremony from the Monster Seats, Fisk was cheered by the Fenway Park crowd while the shot was replayed to the strains of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus. The Red Sox scheduled the ceremony to coincide with an interleague series against the Cincinnati Reds, who made their first trip back to Fenway Park since the '75 Series. Thirty years later, the video of Fisk trying to wave the ball fair remains one of the game's enduring images. Game 6 is often called the best game in major leagues history. Fenway's right field foul pole, which is just 302 feet from the plate, has long been unofficially named Pesky's Pole, for light-hitting former Red Sox shortstop Johnny Pesky, who had a tendency to curve fly balls around it for homers. On the field, Fisk threw out the ceremonial first pitch to his former battery-mate Luis Tiant.

November 6 to December 24, 2005

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December 24, 2005 to April 18, 2006

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April 18 to May 17, 2006

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May 17 to May 27, 2006

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