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4 of the top 5 picks in this year’s MLB draft were Black — the result of minority development and other grassroots programs

CHICAGO — History was made in the first round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft. For the first time in 30 years, nine Black players were drafted in the first round, including four of the top five selections.

Chicago Tribune

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The second “Field of Dreams” game is Thursday night in the cornfields of eastern Iowa, near the site of the beloved 1989 movie

The Independent UK

11 gorgeous Field of Dreams photos, videos to get you ready for the 2022 Reds and Cubs game

The MLB game in Iowa is back again, and the field looks amazing.

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‘It was 55 years ago, babe’: Pete Rose under fire for reaction to question about statutory rape claims

‘You shouldn’t be talking about it, because you weren’t born. If you don’t know a damn thing about it, don’t talk about it’

The Independent UK

‘You absolutely have been thrilling me’: Brooks Robinson’s return to Camden Yards coincides with a passion for this year’s Orioles

BALTIMORE — The theme meandered through the years, from his stint as an 18-year-old in Major League Baseball to playing Cuba in 1957 and then to the Orioles clubhouse Saturday as an 85-year-old. Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson’s words all came back to the same idea, no matter…

Tribune News Service

What links A League of Their Own to Chadwick Boseman and Madonna?

With a new comedy series about a women’s pro baseball team about to strike, we chase a team of celebrities down the rabbit hole, including Kevin Costner, Rosie O’Donnell and Brad Pitt

The Guardian - UK

MLB rivals Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals to face off at London Stadium in 2023 series

Major League Baseball have announced the match-up of the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals for the 2023 London Series.

Evening Standard

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Major League Baseball to return to London with St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs games

The two-game series will be played at West Ham’s London Stadium

The Independent UK

Iconic broadcaster Vin Scully was baseball’s merry poet laureate and so much more

Vin Scully, the LA Dodgers broadcaster who died on Tuesday at 94, leaves behind a towering legacy: gone is a paragon of joy in a world of anger and calm in a time of chaos

The Guardian - US

Padres get Juan Soto, Josh Bell in trade with Nationals; Eric Hosmer leaves in separate deal

SAN DIEGO — The Padres on Tuesday pulled off one of the biggest deals in the history of Major League Baseball.

Tribune News Service

White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson suspended 3 games for making contact with plate umpire

CHICAGO — Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson received a three-game suspension and fine from Major League Baseball for making contact with umpire Nick Marley after his ejection during the seventh inning of Friday night’s loss to the Oakland A’s.

Chicago Tribune

MLB to Congress: Without our antitrust exemption, players and fans lose

LOS ANGELES — Would minor league players be paid more if they could negotiate freely with every team?

Los Angeles Times

Scots baseball player on road to stardom signed by US Major League team

Gabriel Rincones Jr, who plays with a glove emblazoned with a saltire, is on his way to Philadelphia after being drafted by a Major League Baseball (MLB) team.

Daily Record

From Fife to the Phillies – Gabriel Rincones Jr hopes to make MLB impact

The 21-year-old grew up in Glenrothes.

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It definitely paid off for Kyler Murray to choose football over baseball

The Oakland Athletics' are paying $48.5 in salary to their entire team. Murray's extension is worth $46.1 million per year.

Los Angeles Times

Helene Elliott: MLB All-Star Game provides a fun, big league escape for players and fans

LOS ANGELES — Baseball's All-Star Game was a sweet treat, a refreshingly icy blast on a hot July afternoon, a nod to the game's tradition that featured enough new wrinkles and fresh personalities to make it entertaining and help keep the All-Star format vibrant for years to come.

Tribune News Service

2022 MLB draft, Day 3 tracker: Orioles close final day by taking seven pitchers, including a 7-foot left-hander

The Orioles completed the 2022 Major League Baseball draft Tuesday with their picks in the 11th through 20th rounds.

Tribune News Service

Bryce Miller: How Ty France earned singular respect of Manny Machado, baseball

One day in Peoria, Ariz., in the middle of mundane and relentless spring-training drills, Ty France decided to up the ante with one of the most confident and established players in Major League Baseball.

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Congress asks Rob Manfred for MLB antitrust rationale in letter

The Senate Judiciary Committee got right to the point in a letter to Commissioner Rob Manfred on Monday: If America's other major sports have to follow antitrust law, why should baseball remain exempt from that law?

The Independent UK

Pitch clocks, shift limits, larger bases in MLB's future

Major League Baseball is considering a pitch clock for next year along with shift limits, larger bases and restrictions on pickoff attempts

Tribune News Service

Mets, Yankees make first round draft selections

Major League Baseball’s first-year player draft kicked off on Sunday night, and the Big Apple’s teams made three picks.

Los Angeles Times

Jorge Castillo: Angels should follow Nationals’ Juan Soto blueprint with Shohei Ohtani

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Major League Baseball world was upended Saturday. That’s what happens when a player of Juan Soto’s caliber is said to be on the trade market.

Los Angeles Times

Druw Jones part of a growing class of next-gen stars with last-gen bloodlines

LOS ANGELES — Pull up to Dodger Stadium on Tuesday and you’ll watch the best baseball players in the world on the same field for Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game. Shohei Ohtani. Aaron Judge. Mookie Betts. Mike Trout.

Los Angeles Times

Bill Shaikin: Rob Manfred says MLB antitrust exemption has one 'meaningful' use. Here's what it is.

NEW YORK — To baseball fans across America, the time-honored cry of summer is this: Kill the ump!

Los Angeles Times

Major League Baseball agrees to pay minor leaguers $185 million to settle lawsuit

As Major League Baseball agreed to pay $185 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the league had violated federal wage laws in compensating minor leaguers, an advocacy group called the settlement a "first step" toward overhauling the minor league pay structure.

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