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Cubs finalize 2-year deal with catcher Tucker Barnhart

Barnhart returns to the National League Central after struggling in his only season with Detroit. He spent his first eight seasons with the Reds, winning Gold Gloves in 2017 and 2020.

Chicago Sun-Times

Turnover in Blackhawks’ TV booth tops Chicago sports-media stories of 2022

Pat Foley’s departure signified the end of an era in Chicago sports broadcasting. He began with the Hawks in 1980 and was the last link to a golden age.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Beautiful Life of Vin Scully

The legendary Dodgers broadcaster, who died Tuesday at age 94, was simultaneously a giant and America’s best friend.

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Will Jacob deGrom Get the Last Laugh?

When he’s not bullying opposing hitters, he’s known to set his sights on his own clubhouse. The key question is whether he can push around his own body.

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Most Little Leaguers Dream of the Big Leagues. He Dreamed of Dentistry

When he played in the 1956 Little League World Series, he told SI that his goal wasn’t MLB. Here’s what happened.

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Roberto Clemente’s death 50 years ago forever changed his son, a former Phillies minor leaguer

PHILADELPHIA — Roberto Clemente Jr. was dressing for his first spring training workout in February 1986 when a Phillies official alerted him to a group of reporters waiting outside the clubhouse in Clearwater, Fla. He signed with the team a month earlier for $40,000. Now the press wanted to know…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Red Sox to sign two-time Cy Young winner Corey Kluber, per report

The Red Sox said they wanted to sign a starting pitcher who is a leader in the clubhouse and someone they could trust on the mound in a playoff game.

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Dominican court convicts 10 in attempted killing of Red Sox Hall of Famer David Ortiz

Ortiz, a Dominican native, was ambushed by a man who got off a motorcycle and shot him in the back at close range while Ortiz was at a bar with friends in Santo Domingo.

Chicago Sun-Times

This Year in Home Run Reactions: A Study in the Human Condition

Dramatic dingers tell us something about baseball. The pitchers reveal something about frustration, pain and apathy.

Sports Illustrated

Ten convicted in attempted killing of slugger David Ortiz

A Dominican court has convicted 10 people involved in the 2019 attempted killing of former Red Sox baseball star David Ortiz

The Independent UK

Daughter of sport star leaves newborn in freezing forest amid US deep freeze

Alexandra Eckersley, who was living homeless, gave birth to a baby boy in the New Hampshire woods before abandoning him on Christmas Day, during sub-zero temperatures

Daily Mirror

Andruw Jones’s Hall of Fame Case Comes Down to His Historic Peak

He was one of the best players ever through his age-30 season, but his decline was sudden and steep.

Sports Illustrated

Report: Court Convicts 10 People for 2019 Attack on David Ortiz

The Hall of Famer was shot at a bar in the Dominican Republic.

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Dominican court convicts 10 accused of attack on David Ortiz, reports say

A court in the Dominican Republic convicted 10 of 13 people accused of attempting to murder former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz in Santo Domingo in 2019, according to reports.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mike Sielski: Tim Mayza gave up Aaron Judge’s 61st home run. Why his moment of failure was actually a triumph.

CAMP HILL, Pa. — On Sept. 28 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, in the seventh inning of a game against the Blue Jays, on the eighth pitch of his fourth at-bat of his 151st game, the Yankees’ Aaron Judge hit a two-run home run. The ball traveled 394 feet, landing…

Chicago Tribune

Lucas Giolito pitches in to clean up beaches in the Dominican Republic. ‘We have one planet,’ the Chicago White Sox starter says.

When Lucas Giolito arrived in the Dominican Republic earlier this month for a beach cleanup project, he noticed a group of young baseball players going through agility drills with a trainer.

Boston Herald

Jason Mastrodonato: Should the Red Sox seriously consider trading Chris Sale? Actually, yes.

With less than two months before pitchers and catchers report to JetBlue Park, the Red Sox have a roster that still has giant holes and lacks a clear path forward in a talented American League East.

Tribune News Service

Rangers sign Nathan Eovaldi to multi-year deal, providing rotation depth, flexibility

When you ask Chris Young about a pitching move – something that has been seemingly a weekly occurrence this offseason – he will tilt his head slightly, offer up a half-smile and offer up what used to be a cliché: “You can never have enough pitching.”

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Rangers to Sign Free Agent Pitcher Nathan Eovaldi, per Report

Texas adds another former All-Star to its retooled starting pitching rotation.

Tribune News Service

Mets officially bring back Adam Ottavino, continue needed improvements in the bullpen

While the baseball world awaits word on Carlos Correa’s situation with the Mets, the Amazin’s are taking care of other business. The team announced on Tuesday that Adam Ottavino’s one-year deal to return to Flushing is official.

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Jimmy Rollins Belongs in the Hall of Fame—But He Has a Long Way to Go

Few players combined for power and speed like the longtime Phillies shortstop.

Sports Illustrated

Deion Sanders Says Baseball Was More Difficult Than Football

The former cornerback and outfielder said the choice was easy to make.

The Independent UK

Daughter of Red Sox veteran arrested for abandoning newborn in freezing woods because she feared losing tent

Alexandra Eckersley faces multiple criminal charges after allegedly misdirecting first responders to the location of her newborn child

Tribune News Service

Pirates add to rotation in unexpected, creative way by signing Rich Hill

General manager Ben Cherington said a few days before Christmas that the Pirates hoped to add to their starting rotation. After the holiday, Pittsburgh did that in a creative and unexpected way, inking 42-year-old left-hander Rich Hill to a one-year, $8 million contract.

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Which player best shows the type of baseball we saw this year? Let’s take a look.

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