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The NBA is reportedly discussing the merits of an in-season tournament. MLB is the league that needs it.

LOS ANGELES — In 1984, Joe Maddon was the manager of the Peoria Chiefs, a team that played in a cozy Illinois ballpark located next to an agricultural research center. The minor leagues were, shall we say, a little more informal in those days.

BALTIMORE — Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that Orioles pitcher Matt Harvey has been suspended 60 games without pay for violating the league’s joint drug prevention and treatment program.

BALTIMORE — Former Orioles outfielder Adam Jones didn’t entirely shut the door on his playing career. But in an article published Tuesday for The Players’ Tribune, Jones hinted at his time playing baseball reaching an end, reminiscing on his time in Japan as the “perfect sendoff.”

PHILADELPHIA — There was a time not long ago when Corey Phelan started his days at the Phillies complex in Clearwater, Fla., where he was rehabbing an elbow injury. Phelan would wake up at 7 a.m., eat breakfast, and change into his practice gear. Then he would do soft tissue…

The Matt Harvey story has taken another sad turn.

CHICAGO — Even Jeff Greenberg knows this feels crazy, right?

About eight months ago, the Kansas City Royals unveiled a revision to their front office structure that was essentially greeted with a shrug of the shoulders. After all, what really changes with a new general manager if the former one is still on staff, receiving a promotion of his own?

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The umpire calls ball four and all hell breaks loose.