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Man walking dog in park attacked with baseball bat and stabbed

He was attacked by a gang in broad daylight

Liverpool Echo

The Yankees Are Built for a Deep Playoff Run

Too many strikeouts? Too reliant on home runs? No matter. This is Aaron Boone’s best team to win in the postseason.

Sports Illustrated

Tyler Alexander flirts with a no-hitter as Tigers blitz Orioles, 11-0

BALTIMORE — The rather sudden hiring of Scott Harris as president of baseball operations wasn't the only plot twist Monday night.

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Tigers to hire Giants' GM Scott Harris as president of baseball operations

BALTIMORE — The Tigers have their new boss.

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Exclusive: Olympics Are A Display Of Patriotism And Society's Continuous Improvement Say US U-18 Baseball Team's Max Clark And Aidan Miller

With origins dating back to the ancient Greeks suspending conflicts to host festivals and contests of athleticism, poetry and dance, the modern-day Olympics have turned into an expression of patriotism and government, as well as culture.

Benzinga

Braves take advantage of rare Seranthony Domínguez meltdown and pile on Phillies

ATLANTA — Facing the reigning World Series champion Braves in their home ballpark never was going to be an easy task, and for the first seven innings of the game, the Phillies played a pesky brand of baseball, one that seemed to be working against the Braves. Then came the…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The MLB Playoff Race Is Getting Wild With Three Weeks to Go

We are three weeks away from the start of the playoffs, with the first game of all four wild-card series scheduled back-to-back-to-back. You can be sure that MLB will market the event as baseball’s version of the first day of March Madness. (Fall Frenzy, anyone?) But regardless of how well…

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Mets honor Roberto Clemente before Thursday’s matchup against his former team

NEW YORK — Thursday was Roberto Clemente Day across Major League Baseball.

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Michigan State baseball hiring World Series Champion to staff

MSU baseball coach Jake Boss has added a World Series champion to his staff

USA Today Sports Media Group

Roberto Clemente’s legacy celebrated in N.Y., Puerto Rico 50 years after his 3,000th hit and untimely death

NEW YORK — It didn’t take 3,000 hits to cement Roberto Clemente’s legacy as a baseball icon.

Tribune News Service

Trevor Bauer argues new video shows accuser 'smirking and uninjured' after encounter

LOS ANGELES — The video lasts nine seconds, with no sound. Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer appears to be asleep in bed, with a mask over his eyes. Next to him in bed, his attorneys say: the woman whose sexual assault allegations against Bauer triggered the investigation that resulted in his…

Los Angeles Times

‘Euphorically, unapologetically gay’ – A League of Their Own is perfect queer TV

The women’s baseball drama smashes it out the park when it comes to representation. Long may shows like this exist

The Guardian - UK

Man hit grandfather out of 'sheer fear'

Hudson Martin was acting out of "sheer fear" when he grabbed a baseball bat and fatally struck a grandfather during a Christmas Day brawl, his lawyer claims.

AAP

Giants best Braves behind strong pitching with some heated moments

SAN FRANCISCO — Alex Cobb had one of the toughest lineups in baseball before him. Armed with his devastating splitter, he quieted the defending champions in the Giants’ 3-2 win against the Braves on Monday night.

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Los Angeles Times

Dodgers takeaways: L.A. technically hasn't clinched playoff spot, MLB clarifies

SAN DIEGO — The Dodgers are not officially playoff-bound, after all.

The Independent UK

Baseball pitcher who gave up career to become NYC police officer killed en route to 9/11 memorial

Varvaro dies in head-on collision with wrong-way driver

USA Today Sports Media Group

Albert Pujols had a classy gesture for the fans who caught his No. 697 home run ball

What a story. What a guy.

The Independent UK

Former MLB pitcher turned cop Varvaro dies in car crash

Anthony Varvaro, a former Major League Baseball pitcher who retired in 2016 to become a police officer in the New York City area, was killed in a car accident on his way to work at the Sept. 11 memorial ceremony in Manhattan

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Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts: ‘You can’t buy a championship team in baseball’

Ricketts said that Jed Hoyer, the president of baseball operations, has “gotten a lot of flexibility. Let him decide what he wants to do.”

Salon

Labor battle with Minor League Baseball?

The grueling life of a minor leaguer has bocame the stuff of legend, explored in films like "Bull Durham"

Chicago Sun-Times

These baseball trivia questions are ageless

See if you can celebrate after taking this quiz with a birthday theme

Chicago Tribune

Cubs offer mixed reactions to MLB rule changes: ‘Some of the little things ... would’ve helped players get behind a little bit more’

CHICAGO — If anyone expected a great outcry from players after Major League Baseball announced major rule changes for 2023 on Friday — a pitcher’s clock, enlarged bases and severe restrictions on defensive shifts — well, just take the temperature of P.J. Higgins’ reaction as an example.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB will recognize minor league players union

The Major League Baseball Players Association launched the unionization drive on Aug. 28 and told MLB on Tuesday it had obtained signed authorization cards from the approximately 5,000 to 6,500 players with minor league contracts.

Tribune News Service

Pitch clocks and a ban on defensive shifts coming to MLB in 2023 as part of major rule changes

Major League Baseball announced a huge set of rule changes on Friday, which will go into effect for the 2023 season.

Sports Illustrated

The Good, the Bad and the Meh of MLB’s Rule Changes

Regular readers of this newsletter know I disagree with Rob Manfred frequently. His handling of MLB labor issues is callous, and at best, he is an awkward public speaker. His treatment of minor leaguers is inhumane, and he has mishandled multiple baseball cheating scandals. For all of these ...

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