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Five Things to Follow Five Weeks Before the Playoffs

In five weeks, we’ll be watching playoff baseball. Because of the new 12-team postseason format, this is the first year in which there will be four best-of-three Wild Card Series, two in the AL and two in the NL, as opposed to the single one-and-done game in each league. This…

Sports Illustrated

Nationals’ Meneses delivers gut-wrenching loss to Oakland A’s

The Oakland A’s suffered a gut-punch loss to the worst team in Major League Baseball.

Tribune News Service

Jack Quinlan still remembered, revered decades after his death

When former Blackhawks voice Pat Foley was calling a Cubs game last week, he made a point to credit Quinlan for “planting the seed” of his broadcast career. But Foley was just one of many kids influenced by Quinlan.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Pictured: Couple accused of sex act at Oakland A’s baseball game

Oakland Athletics fans have since returned to the stands with signs referencing the situation, including: “These seats suck”

The Independent UK

The ‘emotional’ story of how an 8-year-old Blue Jays fan from England met his favorite player— Cubs pitcher Marcus Stroman

TORONTO — It all started with a tweet.

Chicago Tribune

Everything about the White Sox and Tony La Russa has been wrong, but getting him right is all that matters

The manager will undergo tests for a heart issue. Stepping away from baseball for the last month of the season should be his only priority.

Chicago Sun-Times

Orioles promote Gunnar Henderson, MLB’s No. 1 prospect, for playoff push

BALTIMORE — For the second time in 2022, the Orioles have promoted baseball’s No. 1 prospect to the majors.

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Logan Webb says SF Giants got ‘complacent.’ Gabe Kapler agrees.

SAN FRANCISCO — Entering play on June 19, the Giants owned the sixth-best record in baseball. They were 10 games over .500 and, even if in third place in their own division, appeared to be well on their way to the franchise’s first consecutive postseason berths since the earliest years…

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Serena Williams Part Of Crazy Tennis And Baseball Stat: Can She Cap Off Retirement With US Open Win?

Considered by many one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Serena Williams is playing in her final US Open. Williams announced her retirement from the sport of tennis to focus on building a family. Here’s a crazy stat from her first win at the 2022 US Open and…

Benzinga

It was the longest game in baseball history. And it made a hero of one man for a day

On April 18, 1981, two minor league teams met for an early season game of no real consequence. It would go down in history as one of the most extraordinary games ever.

WEKU

Feral cats, few fans and lewd acts: is the A’s era in Oakland over?

The team that came to worldwide attention thanks to Moneyball is struggling to pull in fans. A move to the bright lights of Vegas could be approaching

The Guardian - US

Mark Zeigler: As prior offender, Padres' Tatis now faces the teeth of MLB’s drug testing program

SAN DIEGO — Padres infielder Fernando Tatis Jr. has served 17 of his 80-game doping suspension by Major League Baseball and forfeited the first installment of what could be $2.9 million in lost wages. He’s met with the owner, the general manager, teammates, the media, apologizing profusely for “my mistakes,”…

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Jason Mastrodonato: Red Sox would lose credibility if they fired Chaim Bloom or Alex Cora, but they need to be better

Of course the Red Sox weren’t going to fire Chaim Bloom or Alex Cora.

Boston Herald

John Romano: What does a $25 million salary say about the Rays? They’re feeling frisky.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Let’s talk about money. Specifically, let’s have a conversation about the $25 million the Rays just agreed to pay Tyler Glasnow to pitch one season of baseball in 2024.

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Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton predicts an exciting last month of baseball for teammate Aaron Judge

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Giancarlo Stanton is the only other person in that Yankees clubhouse who knows what it feels like. The slugger hit 59 home runs in the 2017 season, so he knows what Aaron Judge is feeling and facing.

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Dieter Kurtenbach: The SF Giants’ 2022 season is (unofficially) over. It proved their 107-win 2021 was a fluke.

The Oracle Park lights malfunctioned Monday night, leaving the field dark and the Giants’ game with the Padres delayed for 40 minutes.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Marcus Stroman shared an awesome moment with a young fan in return to Toronto

Class act.

Sports Illustrated

MLBPA’s Efforts to Unionize Minor Leagues Didn’t Happen Overnight

In an interview with SI, Tony Clark discussed the push to represent minor leaguers and what it could mean for baseball.

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Los Angeles Times

Bill Shaikin: Rob Manfred is a labor lawyer. Now minor leaguers could unite against MLB.

Rob Manfred did not make his name in baseball as a former player, as a general manager or team president or team owner, or as a marketing or broadcasting executive.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: Pandemic a distant memory for MLB teams — at least until they’re forced to adjust rosters for series in Toronto

My dream World Series matchup for 2022 would be the Toronto Blue Jays vs. the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Guardian - US

MLB umpire Dale Scott: ‘I wasn’t intimidated by threats to out me as gay’

In a book looking back at his career, veteran umpire says baseball is a more accepting place than many people assume

Los Angeles Times

Shohei Ohtani’s blast helps Angels hold off Yankees

The showdown between baseball titans Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge brought fans pouring into Angel Stadium for Monday night’s game between the Angels and the New York Yankees.

Chicago Sun-Times

Baseball by the numbers: Albert Pujols loses in WAR among GOATs

Crunching the numbers shows he falls well below greats such as Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds.

Tribune News Service

MLB Players Association takes first steps to unionize minor leaguers

The Major League Baseball Players Association, which represents nearly 800 active baseball players, is seeking to add minor league players to its ranks, representing a labor shift that would allow the younger athletes to collectively bargain for better wages and playing conditions.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLBPA makes push to unionize minor leaguers

The players’ association said Monday it is circulating union authorization cards among players with minor league contracts to form a separate bargaining unit from the big leaguers.

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