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3 Phillies to blame for lifeless NLCS Game 3 defeat

The D-Backs are making this a series, after all. The Phillies lost Game 3 of the NLCS, and here are the players to point the finger at.

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Aaron Nola tosses a gem, Phillies crush Diamondbacks to take commanding NLCS lead

Philadelphia won 10-0 in Game 2 at Citizens Bank Park, and head to Arizona with a 2-0 series lead.

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MLB 2023 postseason tracker: Follow along with division chases and wild-card races as we count down to October

The Phillies secured the NL's top wild card Tuesday, joining the Braves, Dodgers, Orioles, Rays, Twins and Brewers in the 2023 playoffs.

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The Latest 2023 MLB Playoff Race Predictions With 5 Weeks to Go

Can you believe we'll have an official, finalized 2023 MLB postseason bracket just five weeks from today? Feels like it was only yesterday that we were making…

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Red Sox put 5-game winning streak on line vs. Twins

Everything is clicking for the Boston Red Sox, who have outscored their opponents 40-14 during their current five-game winning streak

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Jo Adell hopes to help Angels sweep Cubs

Jo Adell is expected to start in right field on Thursday night when the Los Angeles Angels face the Chicago Cubs in Anaheim, Calif., with the hosts seeking a three-game sweep.

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Behind Kyle Hendricks, Cubs get past Rays again

Kyle Hendricks allowed one run over five innings in his second 2023 start and Mike Tauchman's tiebreaking RBI single in the sixth made the Tampa Bay Rays pay for some shoddy defense, sending the host Chicago Cubs to a 2-1 victory on Tuesday night

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Vida Blue, the legendary Oakland A's pitcher, has died

Vida Blue, the legendary Oakland A's pitcher of the 1970s, passed away Saturday night, his family and the A's have confirmed. 

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See the Optical Illusion Hidden in the MLB Logo

The silhouetted player in the MLB logo is ambiguous in more ways than one.

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Dodgers' Lux out for season with torn ACL

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World Series champion, TV analyst Tim McCarver dies at 81

Tim McCarver, the Hall of Fame broadcaster and All-Star catcher who won two World Series titles with the Cardinals, has died at age 81.

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ESPN ranks White Sox rotation 7th best in MLB

ESPN hands the White Sox a generous 7th overall ranking in the best rotations in the league.

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MLB Announces Trevor Bauer's Suspension Has Been Reduced | FOX Sports Radio

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Trevor Bauer has been reinstated by Major League Baseball and will have his suspension reduced to 194 games, MLB announced via press release Thursday evening.

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MLB free agent rankings, updated signing prediction

After huge signings this month, here is an updated list of the best players left on the market, like Carlos Correa, Dansby Swanson and Carlos Rodón.

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Astros Throw Second No-Hitter in World Series History

Cristian Javier and three relief pitchers combined to make history in Philadelphia.

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Verlander Ks 11 to lead Astros over Yankees 4-2 in ALCS

HOUSTON (AP) — When Justin Verlander was laboring and needed 45 pitches to get through...

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Bruce Sutter, split-finger ace and Hall of Famer, dies at 69

When Bruce Sutter began experimenting with the split-fingered fastball, he wasn't looking for a path to Cooperstown. He was just hoping to save his career. “I wouldn’t be here without that pitch,” Sutter said shortly before his Hall of Fame induction in 2

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Report: 20 MLB Teams 'Promote or Fund' Groups that Perform Child Sex Change Operations

An analysis by 'National Review' shows an unseemly trend among 20 Major League Baseball teams for pushing gender "transitions" on children.

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How Mets' 2023 payroll could skyrocket to $345 million

For the Mets to return intact a team that is steamrolling toward the franchise’s first postseason appearance in six years, it will not be cheap.

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Mariners and Orioles in wild-card race thanks to insane win streaks

The Mariners, who have won 11 in a row, and the Orioles, winners of 10 straight, have played their way into the AL wild-card race.

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AMERICA PREVAILS: Giants Win After Woke Manager Ditches National Anthem Protest on Memorial Day

San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler is trying to become the next Colin Kaepernick. Last week, Kapler announced he would be boycotting the national anthem "until I feel better about the direction of our country" following the mass shooting at Robb Ele

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Tanner Houck Fully Embracing Bullpen Role With Red Sox

Tanner Houck has embraced his bullpen role with the Red Sox putting together three solid outings, including Wednesday vs. the White Sox.

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MLB overreactions: Five significant (or not!) takeaways from opening weekend

With just three or four games down and six months remaining, it’s premature but harmless to kick around what mattered most from the opening weekend.

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Cardinals all-star pitcher Andrew Miller retires from MLB after 16 seasons - Sports Illustrated

The two-time All-Star revolutionized relief pitching, especially in the postseason.

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Baseball is back, but prepare for some new rules

Baseball is back after the MLB and Major League Baseball Players Association agreed on an end to the MLB lockout. Here are the new rules in the CBA.

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MLB lockout: Spring training postponed until March 5

The reported deadline for an agreement before opening day is affected is Feb. 28.

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Clemens, Schilling must find new road to Hall

While it was a great Tuesday night for legendary slugger David Ortiz, who was elected to the Hall of Fame on the first ballot, the news was not as good for other former Red Sox greats.
The controversial Hall of Fame candidacies of former Red Sox aces Curt

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Mets retiring Keith Hernandez's No. 17 on July 9

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World Series score: Braves capture first title since 1995 after slugging way past Astros in Game 6

Jorge Soler, Dansby Swanson and Freddie Freeman all homered in the clinching victory on Tuesday night

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Detroit Tigers Announcer Suspended Indefinitely After Using Accent With Japanese Star Shohei Ohtani Coming To The Plate

Baseball announcers are having a difficult time during the 2021 season.

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Orthodox Jewish ace from Long Island expected to be picked in MLB draft

At 6-foot-6, 224 pounds and armed with a 97 mph fastball, Jacob Steinmetz has rare gifts for a 17-year-old.

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Yankees turn a triple play you've never seen before

The Yankees turned their second triple play of the season, and you have to see just how odd it was.

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Twins’ Josh Donaldson says pitchers are cheating – and he's got proof

Three-time All-Star and 2015 AL MVP Josh Donaldson is in year two of a four-year deal worth $92 million with the Minnesota Twins. In just over a year with the club, Donaldson is slashing just .225/.343/.422, for an OPS of .765 with Minnesota — a far cry f

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Baseball on the Radio and the Lost Art of Listening

The world getting you down? Fight back by savoring an American tradition no amount of wokeness can take away: listening to a baseball game on the radio.

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Red Sox sweep doubleheader vs. Twins, make history with nine-game winning streak

Alex Verdugo improved his batting average by 79 points with a 5-for-8 day at the ballpark on Wednesday

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Baseball pitchers throw so hard now that MLB is thinking about moving the mound, but the idea could cause more problems

MLB will move the mound back in an independent partner league. MLB hopes to reduce pitch speeds at the plate leading to fewer strikeouts and home runs.

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MLB Moves All Star Game To Colorado, Which Has Voter ID Laws, Significantly Less Diverse Than Georgia

Major League Baseball has reportedly made the decision to host the 2021 All Star Game in Colorado after caving to pressure from the political Left to

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The Woke Arrogance or Blind Ignorance of the Cola-Cola Corporation

The woke arrogance of the executives at the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola company proves one of two things: Either the executives at Coca-Cola...

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Trump Urges Republicans to 'Never Submit,' Boycott Companies Over Georgia Voting Reform Opposition

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday continued his calls to Republicans and conservatives to stand firm against the campaign by several large corporations to openly oppose newly enacted election reforms in Georgia.

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MLB Moves All-Star Game Out of Atlanta Over Election Integrity Law

Hysterical opposition to Georgia’s election integrity law brought out the crazies urging Major League Baseball to boycott Georgia and relocate the MLB All-Star Game to another state. Joe Biden h...

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Kevin Mather spilled the beans on worst kept secret in baseball

TAMPA — The odds heavily favor the likelihood that, until Sunday, you had never heard of Kevin Mather. Now it’s fair to wonder whether the guy just saved baseball. OK, a guilty plea to hyperbole th…

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New York Mets outfielder Tim Tebow retiring from pro baseball

Mets outfielder Tim Tebow said he's retiring from professional baseball. He signed with the club in 2016 and played 77 games at Triple-A in 2019.

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Baseball gathers behind home plate to honor Hammerin' Hank

ATLANTA (AP) — Brian Snitker choked back tears as he remembered Hank Aaron’s affection for those who didn’t possess his unparalleled talent on the baseball field. During his post-playing...

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Hank Aaron's death saddens sports world: 'We lost a legend'

Hank Aaron was an important figure in not only baseball but the sports world, as well, and it was no surprise that his death affected so many Friday.

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Hall of Famer, former home run king Hank Aaron dies at 86

The longtime Braves star is one of baseball's defining legends. He overcame ugly racism and threats to pass Babe Ruth on the all-time home run list.

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Best individual offensive seasons in Yankees history

Take a stroll through Yankee Stadium’s Monument Park, and you are instantly struck by the presence of greatness. Many of the finest players in baseball history enjoyed their best seasons while wearing the fabled pinstripes, a list dominated by Babe Ruth,

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Dodgers: The Best of Tommy Lasorda! 8 Most Memorable Moments!

The legendary Los Angeles Dodgers skipper Thomas Charles Lasorda won 1,599 regular season games, eight division titles, four league pennants, and two World Series championships as a Dodgers manager from […] More

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Where Does Clayton Kershaw Rank Among 50 Best Starting Pitchers in MLB History?

A lack of postseason success was the one blemish on the resume of Clayton Kershaw, who had otherwise cemented his place as one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history...

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Babe Ruth's mythical 'Called Shot' retold by Lou Gehrig days later in newly released audio

One of the most prominent stories in baseball folklore is New York Yankees legend Babe Ruth calling his shot in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs and then executing with a home run.

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Everything you need to know for final week of the MLB season

Must-see matchups, pennant race-defining moments, potential MVPs. We've got it all covered in 2020's dramatic stretch-drive finale.

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White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito throws no-hitter vs. Pirates

Chicago White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito threw the first no-hitter of the 2020 season in a brilliant outing vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Reds Broadcaster Thom Brennaman Drops A Hard-F On The Air, Apologizes During The Game And Gets Yanked Off The Broadcast Mid-Game

Yikes. Thom Brennaman dropped a hard-F on the broadcast tonight, called a few innings while this clip made its way around the internet before issuing an apology and then got the hook out of the booth ...

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Athletics' Ryan Christenson caught performing apparent Nazi salute, apologizes: 'What I did is unacceptable'

Oakland Athletics bench coach Ryan Christenson came under fire Thursday night for raising his arm during a postgame celebration in what looked like a Nazi salute.

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Why the Reds are close to squandering advantage they have over NL Central rivals

Coming into the season, the schedule favored Cincinnati, but that could soon change

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MLB reacts to Joe Kelly's 8-game suspension | theScore

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Winners and Losers of MLB's 2020 Schedule Release

Highlighting the best, worst and quirkiest parts of MLB's unprecedented 60-game slate.

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75 old sports logos that teams should bring back!

Time marches on, as do logos for professional sports teams. Today's trend usually turns into tomorrow's afterthought.

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'Doomed to fail': 5 takeaways from MLB's proposal to play baseball in 2020

An actual proposal to play the 2020 season has been voted on and approved by owners and will now go to the players. But there is still a lot to work out before MLB starts playing baseball.

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Mike Ford could be long-awaited lefty solution to Yankees’ first base issues

Part 6 in a series analyzing the New York Yankees.
Since Mark Teixeira retired following the 2016 season, the Yankees haven’t found a consistent answer at...

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MLB discussing plan to start season in late June, playing in home stadiums with realigned league

MLB is optimistic this week that it can start the 2020 season in late June, playing at least 100 regular-season games.

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One wild record you probably didn't know for all 30 MLB teams

From a pitcher with a nine-RBI game to an infielder you've never heard of going 7-for-7, these are the marks from every team that you'll have to see to believe.

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Revisiting Yogi Berra, the unlikely hero of the Yankees - Pinstripe Alley

Jon Pessah’s new biography, "Yogi: A Life Behind the Mask", portrays the fan-favorite in a gentler, more contemplative light.

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Major League Baseball Takes Heat for Promotion of Jew Hating Activist Roger Waters' Concert Tour

Roger Waters. Photo: Jethro via Wikimedia Commons. A major US Jewish organization is raising concerns about Major League Baseball’s promotion …

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Cryptic Comments Made After Indians-Astros 2018 Series No Longer Need To Be Decoded

Given the continued fallout from the Astros' sign-stealing scandal that has resulted in punishment from Major League Baseball and the eventual dismissal of three managers once linked to Houston in some capacity, Mike Clevinger's cryptic comment from 2018

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The Dodgers Have Paid A Huge Price In MLB’s Latest Cheating Scandal

The Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw have had their legacies altered by the Astros and Red Sox cheating.

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Cody Bellinger: Dodgers Did Things 'The Right Way' Amid Astros, Red Sox Scandals

It would be hard to blame the Los Angeles Dodgers if they are feeling somewhat cheated. After all, they lost the 2017 World Series to the Houston Astros and 2018 World Series ...

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Biscayne Bay Brew Hall To Open At Marlins Park | From This Seat

The Miami Marlins and Biscayne Bay Brewing are forming a five year partnership that will bring a beer hall to Marlins Park in 2020.

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New Kansas City Royals Owner Open To Building Downtown Stadium

New Kansas City Royals owner John Sherman stated that he is open to exploring the idea of building a new stadium in downtown Kansas City.

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Why the Los Angeles Dodgers don’t need a big name to win the World Series

The Los Angeles Dodgers have not really done anything yet this winter, leading to plenty of disappointed fans who think this team does not have enough. The...

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7 blockbuster deals to dream of on Black Friday

Black Friday is here, and with it comes holiday shoppers searching for the best deals. Major League general managers have been known to get in on the action, lighting up the Hot Stove with some blockbuster trades on this notorious day of shopping.
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Why the Astros Must Admit They Cheated

The Astros should do the right thing and own up to their faults after reportedly stealing signs during their 2017 World Series run.

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4 bold predictions for Yankees offseason, including who might be the team's newest ace | SNY

The Yankees may have won 103 games and made it to the ALCS, but the ultimate goal wasn't achieved in reaching the World Series. So what offseason moves will they make to improve their chances next season?

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World Series Game 7 serves as reminder of Madison Bumgarner's greatness

Zack Greinke and Max Scherzer are future Hall of Famers, but neither is the best postseason pitcher of all-time.

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New York Yankees: 5 offseason moves needed to reach 2020 World Series

The New York Yankees season ends without a World Series title yet again, so expect them to be busy this offseason. Here's where they should start.

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Dodgers: Bad Decisions, Not Analytics, Are to Blame for NLDS Loss | Dodgers Nation

It feels like an entire off-season since the end of the NLDS, yet in reality it’s only been a week. Some are moving onto a hot stove mindset, but for most (myself included), the devastation of the loss still weighs heavily.  I feel a fundamental shift in

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Will Craig Kimbrel bounce back? 4 questions about the Cubs bullpen heading into 2020

Here are four questions about the Cubs bullpen, including whether they can count on Craig Kimbrel and where they must improve.

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5 roster decisions Yankees must make heading into ALDS vs. Twins

Only two days remain before the Yankees begin their quest for a 28th World Series title. A few hours before they take on the Twins at Yankee Stadium on Friday night, though, they have some tough decisions to make regarding their ALDS roster.

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Dodgers: What Went Wrong With the Rest of the NL West

facebook twitter pinterest reddit linkedin The Dodgers’ seventh consecutive NL West title was perhaps their easiest yet, chiefly on the strength of their consistent play from Opening Day to game 162 (in which they can set the franchise record for single s

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Every playoff scenario for Cardinals, Brewers on the final Sunday of MLB's regular season | Sporting News

St. Louis and Milwaukee will try to decide the NL Central race and the second NL wild-card spot in their respective Game 162s. They may need a Game 163 against each other.

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Crumbling Cubs lose 5th straight 1-run game

The Cubs lost their fifth straight one run game after blowing another ninth inning lead to lose to the Cardinals 3-2 on Sunday.

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Predicting 10 Perfect Blockbuster Moves of MLB's Upcoming Offseason | Bleacher Report

We're a little less than a month removed from the end of the 2019 MLB regular season with another thrilling postseason to follow...

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How Good Was Shoeless Joe? | NBC Sports Chicago

Joe Jackson has been in the news since 2019 is the 100th anniversary of the 1919 Black Sox scandal season. Even more so today because it was announced that the White Sox will meet the Yankees on August 13, 2020 in the “MLB at Field of Dreams” game to be h

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What will happen before Wednesday's MLB trade deadline? Our experts weigh in

Which big name will move next? What will we remember about this trade season? And, umm, what are the Mets doing? We answer 10 big deadline questions.

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With A Series Of Slowballs, Stevie Wilkerson Became The First Position Player To Record A Save

In a 16-inning, six-hour game that saw the Orioles beat the Angels 10-8, Baltimore outfielder Stevie Wilkerson was the one to secure his team’s victory. It wasn’t his game-tying RBI double in the eighth inning, but his performance on the mound that se

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Yankees manager drops multiple F-bombs in ‘savage’ rant against umpire

Baseball history has seen some epic shouting matches between managers and umpires, but this one was savage.

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Absolutely No One Could Stop These Enraged Cubs Fans From Fighting

Every good fan fight has a defining quality, and this one is no different. What we have here is not an alarming display of savagery, or swift and frightening violence, or even anything that rises to slapstick humor. What we have here is simply two women w

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Why Do Baseball Managers Wear the Same Uniforms as Their Players? | Mental Floss

For many years, a baseball team's “manager” wore a player’s uniform simply because he was also a player.

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Top 10 home runs of 2019 season so far

With the MLB on pace to set a league record in home runs this season, here’s a highly scientific ranking of the best dingers so far in 2019.

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The British broadcast of the Yankees-Red Sox games in London has been absolutely electric

This British play-by-play man has been on the top of his game calling the New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox series in London.

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Deal or No Deal: MLB Trade Predictions 1 Month from the 2019 Deadline | Bleacher Report

With MLB trade season set to kick into high gear as July approaches, it's the perfect time for a round of predictions...

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Yankees' red flags appear amid in rare loss

On Sunday, the Yankees got a bit of a wake-up call from Justin Verlander and the Astros, who pounded the Bombers, 9-4, in The Bronx, preventing a home-team sweep.

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The Adam Eaton/Todd Frazier feud continues

Adam Eaton and Todd Frazier don't like each other and haven't for years.

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Tigers fan who caught Albert Pujols ball 'treated like a garbage bag'

Tigers fan Ely Hydes caught Albert Pujols' milestone 2,000th RBI ball but did not give it to MLB, saying Tigers management treated him \

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The 10 Worst Contracts in Sports History

Negotiating a contract is challenging for both the individual and the front office. Teams want to pay as little as possible for the most future value, and players typically seek every possible dollar for their hard work in the past...

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The best player ever to play for every MLB franchise

No professional sport in North America has a past as rich as baseball's. During the history of each MLB franchise, the following players represent each team's best.

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The Reds And Pirates Brawled After A Killer Home Run Stare Down

The Reds and Pirates started brawling when Chris Archer took exception to looking at his home run.

Politics | Woke Insanity

Major League Baseball Ditches 'Disabled List' Over Social Justice Concerns

Major League Baseball will replace the "disabled list" with the "injured list" for the 2019 season amid concerns that the term "disabled" was insensitive.

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Jackie Robinson turns 100 and MLB, New York City plan to party

Jackie Robinson, who became the first African American to play Major League Baseball breaking the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers, turned 100 years old on Thursday.

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Breaking down the 20 new names on the Hall of Fame ballot

Mariano Rivera is a no-doubt first-ballot Hall of Famer. But how much support will the Cooperstown cases of Roy Halladay, Andy Pettitte and others get from voters?

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All of the little things that cost the Dodgers Game 1

A slow double-play turn here. A missed pop-up there. They might not seem that big on their own, but add these miscues up and they're why L.A. is in an early World Series hole.

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Vin Scully graciously declines Joe Buck's invitation - Los Angeles Times

Vin Scully in an NLCS cameo? Thanks, he says, but no thanks.

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Red Sox-Yankees: The World Series of Insufferableness

Boston and New York meet in the postseason for the first time since that epic Red Sox comeback in 2004. Sports columnist Jason Gay apologizes to the rest of the country.

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Ranking the 10 Greatest Dodgers Players of All Time | Bleacher Report | Latest News, Videos and Highlights

Dozens of All-Stars and Hall of Famers have donned the Los Angeles Dodgers uniform throughout the franchise's long, illustrious history...

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Scenes from Cooperstown, where the game is always good

While much discussion has centered on how to fix baseball, on Hall of Fame weekend, it seemed the game might not be broken after all.

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Happy camper: An 87-year-old Cardinals fan helped remind Hall of Famers 'why we love this game'

Seventy-six years after he saw St. Louis beat the Athletics in Cooperstown, Cardinals fan John Anagnost returned to Doubleday Field to play alongside Hall of Famers. "He reminded us why we love this game," Tim McCarver says.

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The 2018 Free-Agent Class No Longer Looks Poised to Change Baseball - The Ringer

If Bryce Harper, Clayton Kershaw, Josh Donaldson and others don’t rebound, and teams fail to spend big for another year, it could spell trouble for free agency as we know it

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17 'unbreakable' baseball records

The saying, "Records are made to be broken," is about as old as the existence of sports records themselves. But in baseball, some achievements truly stretch the limits of that adage. Johnny Vander Meer's back-to-back no-hitters -- the second of which

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Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer long wondered if he’s related to JFK. At 72, he learned the truth

Adopted in 1945 and raised in privilege, Palmer never thought too hard about his origins during his legendary MLB career. But his wife’s curiosity led to a discovery.

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Ranking MLB's Best Pitching Rotations as the Season Heats Up | Bleacher Report | Latest News, Videos and Highlights

One interesting early trend of the 2018 Major League Baseball season is the comeback of starting pitchers. They've cut their ERA from 4.49 in 2017 down to 4.22...

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Oakland A’s Sean Manaea Pitches First No-Hitter Against Boston Red Sox in 25 Years

Left-hander Sean Manaea pitched the first no-hitter against Boston in 25 years, with an overturned call preserving the gem in Oakland’s 3-0 win over the Red Sox.

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Benches clear twice in Red Sox-Yankees; 2 players, 1 coach ejected

Yankees designated hitter Tyler Austin and Red Sox pitcher Joe Kelly were ejected from Wednesday's game at Fenway Park, the result of the second benches-clearing scuffle on the night.

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The White Sox ballpark in Chicago that never was and could have changed history - CBSSports.com

Things might have been very different for the Chicago White Sox

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Red Sox-Yankees: Why MLB players say Boston is 'the roughest'

It’s easy to group the Red Sox and Yankees, but no place in baseball is tougher on its own than Boston, according to players who experienced both.

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The A's relationship with fans has reached a new low

The A's had an embarrassingly small crowd on Opening Day, but Dieter Kurtenbach writes that the fans aren't to blame.

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Rusty Staub, beloved Mets icon, dead at 73 - NY Daily News

In every way, Rusty Staub, the beloved Mets' hitting icon, who passed away early Thursday morning at age 73, was bigger than life.

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The 2018 MLB Preseason Power Rankings - The Ringer

Opening Day is almost upon us, and we’re here to tell you why Your Favorite Team isn’t as good as the Houston Astros

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5 MLB Sleepers That Will Help Win Your Fantasy Draft

Some very talented MLB players are about to wake up and show off serious fantasy value.

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The Origins of All 30 MLB Team Names

With the Major League Baseball season on the horizon, here's the breakdown of how the league's 30 teams got their names.

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The new Yankees? High-priced Yu Darvish joins Cubs and makes World Series expectations even bigger

The Cubs' latest big-money free-agent addition and perennial World Series expectations have shown they just might be the new Yankees — and that they're capable of having that kind of success.

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Vin Scully says he'll 'never watch another NFL game again' due to anthem protests - CBSSports.com

Scully was speaking at an event in California

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This is going to be the wildest October in history

Lucky us: We get to watch a bunch of historically elite teams -- the best group in decades! -- collide in the postseason. Unlucky wild-card teams: We're sorry to inform you that you don't have a prayer.

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Boston Red Sox Used Apple Watches to Steal Signs Against Yankees - The New York Times

When confronted by Major League Baseball, the Red Sox admitted they were using Apple Watches in a scheme to gain an edge at the plate.

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The day the Atlanta Braves signed Satchel Paige so he could get his MLB pension

Satchel Paige reached out to the 20 Major League Baseball teams about the prospect of joining them in 1968. The 62-year-old pitcher needed only 158 days on an a…

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Real or not? Best Los Angeles Dodgers team ever, Yankees in trouble - SweetSpot- ESPN

It's a question not of winning 100 but of how many wins above 100. As of now, L.A. is on pace for 107. Meanwhile, the Yankees can't win two in a row.

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The secret of The Freeze: Meet the speedster behind baseball's runaway hit

Meet The Freeze, the fastest man in baseball.

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How the curveball's resurgence is changing modern pitching

Modern pitching is defined by velocity, right? Not so fast. An ancient, mysterious pitch—the curveball—is an increasingly lethal weapon in the pitcher

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Remembering Jackie Robinson's first 10 days in Major League Baseball

How Jackie Robinson survived a torrent of pressure and prejudice in his first ten days as Major League Baseball's first black player.

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Lessons from Opening Day of the 2017 MLB season

It’s just one game out of 162, but it can still mean something important, dang it.

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Believe it: Cubs win first World Series since 1908 in epic Game 7

The Cubs celebrate after getting the final out to win the World Series. CLEVELAND – The Chicago Cubs won the World Series on Wednesday night. Game 7 – and the 112th World Series – will go down among the best ever.

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Cubs win thrilling Game 7 in 10 innings for first World Series title since 1908

Breaking down Game 7 of the World Series between the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs at Progressive Field.

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Corey Kluber shuts down Cubs, lifts Indians to brink of championship

Excitement, emotion – all of that is well and good, but when it comes to the Chicago Cubs, or any team for that matter, it is not enough. The Cubs were losing hard, too, in this pivotal Game 4 of the World Series.

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World Series Game 3: Indians blank Cubs again, take 2-1 series lead

Coco Crisp (4) hits an RBI-single scoring pinch-runner Michael Martinez (not pictured) during the seventh inning in game three of the 2016 World Series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. CHICAGO – About a half-hour before something 71 years in t

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Cubs Fan Ready To Get Completely Drunk Again On Only 2 Days’ Rest - The Onion - America's Finest News Source

The Onion, America's Finest News Source.

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Gotta See It: Bill Murray crashes White House - Sportsnet.ca

Courtesy of NBC watch as Chicago Cubs fan Bill Murray crashes the White House.

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Vin Scully Returns to Surprise Dodgers, Fans Before Game 5 of the NLCS | Bleacher Report

The latest Los Angeles Dodgers news, trade rumors, scores, live coverage, free agent updates, power rankings, mock drafts and more

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NLCS Game 3: Dodgers shut out Cubs again to take series lead

Rich Hill was on his game in a brilliant Game 3 performance on Tuesday. It wasn’t even a week ago we were questioning if the Los Angeles Dodgers had enough pitching to advance through the NLDS. Of course, the Dodgers also needed some offense of their ow