Houston Astros' Hunter Pence (C) is congratulated by Kazuo Matsui after hitting a home run as Texas Rangers catcher Taylor Teagarden watches in the eighth inning of their MLB interleague baseball game in Arlington, Texas June 18, 2009. Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

Houston Astros' Hunter Pence (C) is congratulated by Kazuo Matsui after hitting a home run as Texas Rangers catcher Taylor Teagarden watches in the eighth inning of their MLB interleague baseball game in Arlington, Texas June 18, 2009.

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  1. Houston Astros' Aaron Boone walks back to the dugout after grounding out to first in the Astros' 4-0 loss to the New York Mets at Citi Field in New York, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
  2. Houston Astros' Aaron Boone trots past first after grounding out in the seventh inning of a 4-0 loss to the New York Mets at Citi Field in New York, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
  3. Houston Astros Miguel Tejada reacts after lining out to right in the sixth inning of a 4-0 loss to the New York Mets at Citi Field in New York, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
  4. Houston Astros Miguel Tejada reacts after flying out to right in the sixth inning of a 4-0 loss to the New York Mets at Citi Field in New York, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
  5. Houston Astros' Miguel Tejada watches his sixth-inning line-out to right field in a 4-0 loss to the New York Mets at Citi Field in New York, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
  6. Houston Astros Kazuo Matsui grounds out to New York second baseman Luis Castillo in the sixth inning at Citi Field in New York, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. The Mets won 4-0.
  7. Texas Rangers president Nolan Ryan speaks at a media availability,Tuesday, Oct, 6, 2009. Texas. Ryan doesn't expect the team owner's effort to sell at least part of the baseball team to have any adverse effect on offseason plans.
  8. Texas Rangers president Nolan Ryan speaks at a media availability,Tuesday, Oct, 6, 2009. Texas. Ryan doesn't expect the team owner's effort to sell at least part of the baseball team to have any adverse effect on offseason plans.
  9. Seattle Mariners shortstop Josh Wilson, left, and Texas Rangers' Julio Borbon look back to find that Borbon was called out on a steal attempt during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Seattle on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. The Mariners won 4-3.
  10. Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki watches his single against the Texas Rangers during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Seattle on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
  11. Seattle Mariners' Felix Hernandez pitches to the Texas Rangers during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Seattle on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
  12. Texas Rangers starter Scott Feldman wind up to deliver a pitch to the Seattle Mariners during the second inning of a baseball game in Seattle on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
  13. Seattle Mariners starting starting pitcher Felix Hernandez points to home after striking out Texas Rangers' Taylor Teagarden to end the top of the second inning of a baseball game in Seattle on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
  14. Texas Rangers' Taylor Teagarden hits a go-ahead RBI single in the ninth inning of a MLB baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, at Safeco Field in Seattle. The Rangers beat the Mariners 7-4.
  15. Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki, right, walks to the dugout as Texas Rangers catcher Taylor Teagarden returns the ball after Suzuki struck out in the seventh inning of a MLB baseball game, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, at Safeco Field in Seattle.
  16. Seattle Mariners' Miguel Batista pumps his fist after striking out Texas Rangers' Taylor Teagarden for the final out with the Mariners winning 2-1 of a baseball game in Seattle on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009.

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  1. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks at painted domino stones placed along the former border at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin November 9, 2009. The row of 1,000 20 kg dominos standing 1.5 metres apart -- painted in bright colours by school children and rising 2.5 metres high -- will be toppled at the end of a gala ceremony as a symbolic tribute to the collapse of the Wall 20 years earlier.
  2. Andreas Seppi of Italy returns the ball to Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany during their match in the Paris Masters Series tennis tournament November 9, 2009.
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  7. Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk (L) and Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero inspect honor guards as they meet in Sopot, northern Poland November 9, 2009.
  8. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - NOVEMBER 09: South Korean women make 'kimchi', a traditional pungent vegetable dish, which is donated to the poor in preparation for winter on November 9, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea. About 2,500 housewives made 50,000 packets of kimchi. Made with cabbage, other vegetables and chili sauce, kimchi is the most popular traditional food in Korea.
  9. French skipper Jean Le Cam sits on his multihull 'Actual' on November 9, 2009 off the coast of Cherbourg, western France, a day after his boat capsized during the 'Transat Jacques Vabre' monohulls and multihulls sailing race. The race takes place between Le Havre and Puerto Limon, Costa Rica.
  10. Buddhist monks listen to a speech by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at Yid-Gha-Chozein in Tawang, in the northwestern corner of Arunachal Pradesh state on November 9, 2009. The Dalai Lama held a mass audience with tens of thousands of devotees November 9 on a 'non-political' visit to a region near India's border with Tibet that has drawn shrill protests from China.
  11. Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardene gestures during the practice session in Mumbai, India, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009.
  12. Israeli soldiers patrol near the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009.
  13. Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, left, and Ajantha Mendis walk during the practice session in Mumbai, India, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009.
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  15. A woman places a rose into part of the former Berlin wall, Monday Nov. 9, 2009, following a commemoration ceremony for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, at the wall memorial "Bernauer Strasse" in Berlin, Germany.
  16. A line of APEC banners outside the Suntec Convention Centre in Singapore on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. President Barack Obama and other Asia-Pacific leaders, meeting at a summit this week, will push for a new global strategy to reduce the crippling imbalances in the world economy blamed for the severe financial crisis.