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Shohei Ohtani as closer? Angels' two-way star thinking about it for World Baseball Classic.

LOS ANGELES — We've seen Shohei Ohtani as a power hitter. We've seen Shohei Ohtani as an ace pitcher. What about Shohei Ohtani, the closer?

Los Angeles Times

Five questions the Braves must answer this offseason

On a Zoom call, Braves manager Brian Snitker and president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos reflected on the 2022 club, its high ceiling and the feeling of having unfinished business. In their own ways, the two discussed specific details and the big picture about this season.

Tribune News Service

Ben Frederickson: Harrison Bader's elite Yankee postseason stresses Cardinals' outfield uncertainty

It was spring training 2020, one week before COVID-19 shuttered spring training, and Cardinals center fielder Harrison Bader was complimenting his former Florida Gators teammate Pete Alonso for figuring out how to star in New York City.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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East Lothian thugs battered woman with baseball bat and held knife to teen's throat

Ms Mein was struck to the face with the green metal bat while Shaw assaulted a teenage girl by pinning her against a wall and holding the blade to her throat at the property in Haddington, East Lothian

Edinburgh Live

SI:AM | Chaos Reigns in the Postseason

The underdogs are thriving.

Sports Illustrated

Have the revamped MLB playoffs made the regular season meaningless?

The first rounds of the postseason saw three 100-win teams lose to opponents with worse records. Is this a sign of a flawed system or just how baseball works?

The Guardian - US

The Mariners’ Marathon Loss Marks the Start of a New Era

Seattle’s first home MLB playoff game in 21 years brought together a city starved for baseball success—one that still has reason for hope despite the Mariners’ elimination.

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Guardians Win Kids Game, Put Yankees on Brink of Elimination

Oscar González is making history and reminding everyone what makes baseball fun.

Sports Illustrated

Marcus Hayes: 'Can you believe this? It’s magical!' Phillies owner John Middleton rejoices in the return of Red October.

PHILADELPHIA — Playoffs are always magical.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Dodgers and Braves Are Getting Outplayed

By the end of tonight, the top two teams in the National League could be eliminated from the postseason at the hands of their two division foes. If this happens, it won’t be because the Dodgers and Braves were victims of bad luck. No, simply, it will be because they…

Sports Illustrated

Patrick Reusse: New Ulm, Minn., where baseball mixes with polka, civic pride, German potato salad

NEW ULM, Minn. — This occupation for beyond a half-century has allowed me to be in an inner sanctum once in a considerable while.

Tribune News Service

Baseball wonderkid, 20, dies after cancer battle as MLB team pays tribute

Corey Phelan, a pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in the minor leagues, has died aged 20 following a six-month battle with cancer despite receiving treatment in New York

Daily Mirror

How banning shift affects Cubs’ offseason priorities, Nico Hoerner’s future

Hoerner told the Sun-Times that he thinks the defensive shift restrictions coming to MLB in 2023 are “good for the game.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Jaime Jarrín is going, going — kiss him goodbye!

Jaime Jarrín went from a boy with a "microphonic voice" to one of the greatest broadcasters of all time. This is the story of how he helped bring baseball to Latinos.

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Padres Pull Out All the Stops to Stifle Dodgers

San Diego pushed L.A. to the brink in NLDS Game 3 behind a masterful bullpen performance.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Relief ace Bruce Sutter, who clinched 1982 World Series for Cardinals, dies at 69

ST. LOUIS — Bruce Sutter, who threw the final pitch of the 1982 World Series to clinch the Cardinals’ first championship in 15 years, died at the age of 69 late Thursday after having fought Parkinson’s and then a suddenly developing bout with cancer.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bruce Sutter, Cubs great, Hall of Famer and Cy Young winner, dies at 69

Sutter is considered one of the first pitchers to throw a split-finger fastball.

Sports Illustrated

His Bat Is Prose. His Swing Feels Like Home.

From Atlanta to L.A., the sweet-swinging lefty heals and enchants and connects us to the past.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Aaron Nola excited to finally experience a home playoff game as the Phillies’ Game 3 starter

PHILADELPHIA — Aaron Nola was around players and coaches who were a part of the Phillies’ 2011 postseason run when he was a rookie in 2015. He asked them then what postseason baseball in Philadelphia is like.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Julio Rodriguez couldn’t help but laugh after Jose Altuve’s incredible jumping throw in the ALDS

Love to see that.

Sports Illustrated

The Most Improbable Caught Stealing in a Long, Long Time

As soon as Padres starter Yu Darvish walked Mookie Betts to lead off the fifth inning of last night’s NLDS Game 2 at Dodger Stadium, nearly everybody watching the game knew Betts would try to swipe second base. And almost certainly, he would be safe. The score was tied, 3–3.…

Sports Illustrated

Jeff Luhnow’s Next Act: Soccer

The scandal-marked former Astros GM says he has nothing to apologize for.

Daily Mirror

NFL legend Tom Brady makes unusual trade request to MLB record breaker Aaron Judge

Aaron Judge has been told to pick up American football by Tom Brady, with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback tipping the baseball star to be his new option at tight end

The New Daily

‘One of the dumbest things’: House of the Dragon‘s baseball game stunt backfires

A 40-second plug for House of the Dragon has backfired during a US baseball game after a CGI dragon flew across the Yankee Stadium.

Sports Illustrated

Harrison Bader’s Other Play That Led to the Yankees’ Win

Yesterday was the first day of the four division series. It was also the first time I ever attended a postseason game. Presumably, some of you reading this newsletter have experienced the atmosphere of playoff baseball in person. If you haven’t, you surely have read some of our game’s greatest…

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