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Joe Starkey: Shohei Ohtani is the greatest baseball player of all time — period

PITTSBURGH — In a sport where the numbers often become numbing — I can look up the Pirates' record on Tuesday nights on artificial turf against 27-year-old left-handers with mustaches who played for at least two American League teams — this little nugget leaped from the computer screen. It came…

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UFC star puts Conor McGregor to shame with perfect first pitch at baseball game

No.13-ranked UFC bantamweight Sean O'Malley is one of the sport's most exciting prospects and fans were stunned when he threw out a brilliant first pitch at a recent game

Daily Mirror

Mariners offense continues to put up big numbers in another win in Oakland

OAKLAND, Calif. — When it happens for one game, you hope it is something more than a one-off surprise. If it happens for two consecutive games, you want to believe it’s the start of a trend, but baseball superstition won’t allow you to say it. And, well, if it happens…

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MLB Can’t Replace the Mud Man So Easily

As the league looks for other ways to prepare baseballs, Jim Bintliff’s secret sauce remains the only viable option.

Sports Illustrated

Major League Baseball Says Yes To CBD Sponsorships: What Took Them So Long?

Major League Baseball has officially approved CBD sponsorships for team jersey patches and more, according to Sports Business Journal.

Benzinga

'Calvin Harris' becomes next big baseball star in US leaving fans of Scots DJ confused

Calvin Harris appears to have swapped the stage for the ballpark by turning out for Ole Miss Rebels as they edge closer to the College World Series - but all is not as it seems.

Glasgow Live

Chris Biderman: The A’s next fire sale should include owner John Fisher

It’s reassuring to know fans of the Oakland Athletics, who are showing up to games in laughably low numbers this season, aren’t the only ones disenchanted with the team’s ownership.

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Sam McDowell: Here’s why KC Royals’ pitching is getting better results — and whether it can last

Less than an hour after he hit a baseball 420 feet that soared beyond the center field fence in Anaheim, Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez took a detour to talk about his starting pitcher. More specifically, Perez would conclude, left-hander Kris Bubic had just thrown perhaps his best game…

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Betting/Fantasy Baseball Notebook: Rookies, Veteran Speed, Big Apple Dominance

Top prospects make their mark, a veteran making waves on the bases and dominance in the Big Apple.

Sports Illustrated

Title IX: Some violations tough to prove in college sports

Title IX athletics violations aren't as simple as comparing similar teams and seeing how much money is spent on both

The Independent UK

Paul Sullivan: From yuppies to ‘Cuppies,’ Wrigley Field bleachers are still the place to ignore the Chicago Cubs’ failures

CHICAGO — It was a beautiful afternoon for baseball Saturday, so I ventured out to the Wrigley Field bleachers to see how Chicago Cubs fans were coping with the rebuild that can’t be called a rebuild.

Chicago Tribune

New York has (Bronx) bombers; we have bummers

It’s tough enough being a Chicago baseball fan, and seeing the dominant Yankees on top makes it even worse.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Yankees need to avoid arbitration with Aaron Judge

TORONTO — The Yankees head into the Tampa Bay area this week with perhaps their biggest challenge ahead of them. Sure, they are coming in with the best record in baseball and a huge lead in the American League East. And just last week they swept the Rays back in…

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Baseball by the Numbers: Hitting second is where it’s at these days

Major-league teams are demanding more of that spot in the batting order than they once did.

Chicago Sun-Times

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With Netflix’s ‘Chosen One’ crash, Tijuana loses two pillars of its arts scene

MEXICO CITY — Raymundo Garduño Cruz was an actor, director, producer and baseball fanatic who often placed bets on games between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Chiefs’ Justin Reid, Trent McDuffie visited Negro Leagues Baseball Museum for Juneteenth

A pair of new #Chiefs celebrated #Juneteenth by taking a trip to @NLBMuseumKC with over a dozen football players from Lincoln College Preparatory Academy.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: 2022 Chicago Cubs share dubious history with the 1879 team — but there could be a sign of hope

When a colleague pulled out his iPhone in the Chicago Cubs clubhouse Thursday afternoon to show a factoid he received from the team’s historian, my head began to spin.

Sports Illustrated

Pirates to Call Up Top Prospect Oneil Cruz

The 6’7” shortstop is considered among the most exciting prospects in baseball.

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Ricketts family should sell the Cubs

The Ricketts are more concerned with their network, hotel and other developments while hitting the fans with some of the highest ticket prices in major league baseball.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Rhys Hoskins hilariously pretended to give a Nats fan the baseball before throwing it back in play

So petty.

Los Angeles Times

When will a woman pitch in Major League Baseball? It might be sooner than you think.

The bases were loaded with two outs in the ninth inning when Nelson Figueroa, pitching coach for the Staten Island FerryHawks, waved to the bullpen for a reliever. A right-hander answered with a nod, jogged to the mound and four pitches later was out of the jam, getting the batter…

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Bob McKillop unplugged: Going 1-on-1 with the Davidson basketball coaching legend

DAVIDSON, N.C. — On Friday, Bob McKillop announced his immediate retirement from Davidson College. At age 71, McKillop left the job after 33 years as Davidson’s head basketball coach and will be replaced by Matt McKillop, his son and top assistant. It was the succession plan Bob McKillop had hoped…

The Guardian - UK

‘There just weren’t women playing’ – Kelsie Whitmore, baseball trailblazer

The first woman to play in an MLB-affiliated league since 1994 understands the interest but is busy making her way in the sport

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Nick Canepa: Curry, probably greatest pure shooter all time, changed gamed ... not in a good way

SAN DIEGO — The sporting brains, without a tank to think in, are messing with our main games. And messing them up.

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Cubs win strange game as Braves lose series at Wrigley Field

CHICAGO — The team that entered this series on a 14-game win streak has lost two in a row to the team that had lost 10 in a row before this. Baseball can be weird.

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