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Eight Thoughts Heading Into the First Day of the Playoffs

For us baseball fans, few days are better than the one we have today. Four postseason games, back-to-back-to-back-to-back. Well, technically,…

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SI:AM | One Thing to Watch in Each Wild-Card Series

MLB’s expanded playoffs get underway on Friday with the four wild-card series.

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2022 MLB playoffs: ranking the title contenders from first to worst

Will an expanded Wild Card round lead to an unexpected upset or will one of the established baseball juggernauts emerge…

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Man walks free over Xmas day killing

Hudson Martin has been acquitted of manslaughter by a Supreme Court jury, after he fatally hit a Victorian grandfather with…

AAP

Bill Shaikin: Forget Frick. Time to put Vin Scully's name on this award.

LOS ANGELES — The postseason won't be the same without Vin Scully. The last time we had one without him,…

Los Angeles Times

Ron Cook: Terry Francona is riding high after 'one of the best managing jobs in the history of baseball'

So what does the baseball world think of the job Terry Francona did managing the low-budget Cleveland Guardians to another…

Tribune News Service

Sam McDowell: The Royals fired Mike Matheny. To fix 97 losses, they’ll need to change more than that.

A statistic popped into my Twitter feed late Wednesday, though not as late as the Royals were sending out tweets,…

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White Sox year in review: It wasn’t pretty

The tragic tale of the 2022 White Sox began last October when the Astros exposed them in the ALDS, leaving…

Chicago Sun-Times

The Dodgers falling short of a World Series title would be one of the biggest letdowns in sports

After a historical season, anything less than a title would be a major disappointment.

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Inside the MLB Culture Wars That Led to Joe Maddon’s Firing

How could a World Series-winning manager with 19 years of experience lose his job over a 12-game sample?

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Shakeia Taylor: Barry Bonds is the real home run record holder — and nothing can change that until someone breaks it

CHICAGO — In 2001, 37-year-old Barry Bonds hit 73 home runs, beating Mark McGwire’s single-season record of 70 set three…

Chicago Tribune

Fan who caught Yankees’ historic home run is offered $2m for baseball

The owner of a sports memorabilia auction house says he has offered $2 million to the fan who caught Aaron…

Irish Independent

How a few empty seats changed the course of history for Aaron Judge’s 62nd home run ball

ARLINGTON, Texas — On the video that he recorded and later tweeted, it’s clear that Ashin “Shane” Rangani had an…

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Don Mattingly reflects on Miami Marlins managerial tenure as team sends him out with a win

The 49-second video played in the middle of the fifth inning Wednesday on the scoreboard looming over center field at…

Miami Herald

Aaron Judge Hits 62nd Home Run, Fan Who Caught It Tied To Stock Market

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge made history on Tuesday night with his 62nd home run hit in the 2022…

Benzinga

Ronald Acuña Jr. had the most wholesome reaction as he waited to catch NL East-clinching fly ball

Now, THAT is pure joy.

USA Today Sports Media Group

No hint that Aaron Judge is dirty, but shouldn’t the steroid era have made us more skeptical?

Yankees star sets American League record with 62nd home run.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man turns down $2m after catching Aaron Judge’s record setting baseball

“That’s a good question’, says investment firm VP who caught Yankee star’s 62nd home run

The Independent UK

Man proposes with lollipop ring in stadium before she slaps him across the face

On Sunday, one lucky girl thought she was about to become engaged to her boyfriend during the Toronto Blue Jays…

Daily Mirror

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Dennis Eckersley Puts Bow on 20-Year Run in the Red Sox Booth

What’s next for Eck? The future remains unclear, but his presence will be sorely missed.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | Aaron Judge Finally Did It

He was running out of games to pass Roger Maris but came through with No. 62 in Game 161.

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Home run hands! Dallas fan catches Judge's 62nd homer on fly

Dallas baseball fan Cory Youmans made the catch of a lifetime, snagging the ball that New York Yankees slugger Aaron…

The Independent UK

Yankees’ Aaron Judge blasts 62nd home run to set American League record

Roger Maris had held the previous mark of 61, which he set in 1961.

Chicago Sun-Times

Aaron Judge: The Authentic Home Run King

He does not hold MLB’s official single-season home run record. But his authenticity, from his frame to his dedication to…

Sports Illustrated

Baseball World Reacts to Aaron Judge’s 62nd Home Run of 2022

Fans were thrilled about the Yankees slugger becoming the AL’s single-season home run king.

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