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Former Pitching Great Tommy John Hospitalized With COVID-19
Tommy John has been battling COVID-19 for at least three weeks, but the former pitching great disputes reports that he is a coronavirus denier.
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Red Sox Hire Bianca Smith, First Black Female Coach in Professional Baseball History
Smith says she hopes her new role will “inspire other women who are interested in this game.”
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Gatorade Finds Its New Derek Jeter in Young Padres Star Fernando Tatis Jr.
The San Diego Padres star shortstop agreed to an endorsement deal with the Pepsi-owned company.
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MLB Tells Managers to Expect on-Time Spring Training Start
Big league managers say Major League Baseball instructed them to prepare for spring training to start on time in mid-February despite uncertainty around the coronavirus.
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MLB Reclassifies Negro Leagues as Major League
Major League Baseball has reclassified the Negro Leagues as a major league and will count the statistics and records of its 3,400 players as part of its history
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Auction of Dr. Fauci's 1st Pitch Baseball to Help Sick Children
The baseball used by Dr. Anthony Fauci for his ceremonial first pitch of the 2020 Major League Baseball season is now soaring to even greater heights. The baseball is going up for auction Tuesday and the proceeds will benefit children facing life-challenging illnesses at the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health. “We are very excited to be able…
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Miami Marlins Hire Executive Kim Ng, Making Her MLB's First Female General Manager
With Kim Ng’s new appointment, she is now MLB’s highest-ranked woman.
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Dodgers Win 1st World Series Title Since 1988
Mookie Betts came to the Dodgers to make a World Series difference. With a mad dash to home plate, he put Los Angeles over the top.
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Dodgers Win 2020 World Series
The Los Angeles Dodgers were crowned the 2020 MLB World Series champions Tuesday, the first time since 1988.
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MLB Players Extend Streak of No COVID-19 Positives to 54 Days
Major League Baseball’s postseason bubble succeeded as a defense against the novel coronavirus. MLB players extended their streak of consecutive days with no new COVID-19 tests to 54 through Thursday during a time of rising cases in the United States. Players did not have positive tests in 62 of the previous 63 days, the commissioner’s office said Friday. There were…
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LA Dodgers to Face Tampa Bay in 3rd World Series in 4 Years
Game 7 of the National League Championship did not disappoint for Dodgers fans. Enrique Hernandez and Cody Bellinger both homered as Los Angeles came from behind in the series to beat the Atlanta Braves, 4-3, advancing to the World Series for the third time in four years.
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Dodgers Beat Braves 3-1 to Stay Alive and Even NLCS at 3-3
His fist was raised high in the air in triumph. The ball hadn’t even landed yet, but it was as if Walker Buehler already knew what was about to happen. Over 300 feet away Mookie Betts was hastily backpedaling before leaping up at the last second. His eyes closed as he crashed into the wall. He had just made the…
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Landis' Name Pulled Off Baseball MVP Plaques After 75 Years
The name of the former baseball commissioner who never had a Black player in the majors during his long reign is being pulled off all future MVP plaques after more than 75 years
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Bob Gibson, Fierce Hall of Fame Ace for Cards, Dies at 84
Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, the dominating St. Louis Cardinals pitcher who won seven consecutive World Series starts and set a modern standard for excellence when he finished the 1968 season with an earned run average of 1.12, has died
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This Grandpa's Note on a Bucket of Baseballs Will Touch Your Heart
Ethan Anderson’s grandfather Randy Long left a bucket of old baseballs at the batting cages they used to go to together, hoping some future kids would get a little more use out of them. The note Long left on the bucket — of which Anderson’s grandmother sent him a picture and Anderson subsequently tweeted out — is touching hearts all over...
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Phillies Have a Horrible Day and J.T. Realmuto, Rhys Hoskins Need MRIs
Can a Major League Baseball team have a worse day than the Phillies had Sunday?
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Top Pitcher Out With Freak Injury as Phillies Can't Even Put Their Pants on Right
The Phillies fell apart in the clutch Thursday night – and then things got worse, and weirder.
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Phillies Come Up With 2 Huge Clutch Hits to Avoid Disaster Vs. Mets
The Phillies found themselves trailing, again, after a blown six-run lead. But they avoided disaster this time with a pair of huge, late hits.
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Hall of Fame Outfielder, Speedster Brock Dies at Age 81
Hall of Famer Lou Brock, the dynamic leadoff hitter and base stealer who helped the St. Louis Cardinals win three pennants and two World Series in the 1960s, has died at 81
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Phillies Eke Out Their First Low-Scoring Win of the Season
Aaron Nola bounced back from the shortest outing of his career and Alec Bohm and Bryce Harper drove in big runs as the Phillies beat the Nationals in a nailbiter.