Baseball News
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Baseball fans were overwhelmed after news broke on Sunday that Miami Marlins ace pitcher Jose Ferndandez had died in a boating accident. He was 24 years old.
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One of the strangest baseball stories in recent memory is coming to a close. Former director of scouting for the St. Louis Cardinals, Christopher Correa, has been sentenced to almost four years in prison.
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Queens -
The Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team did not violate league rules when it used laser technology to position players before a game with the Mets last month in New York.
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Flushing -
The New York Mets baseball team has formally complained to league officials about what they suspect was another team's use of advanced electronics to better position players on the field.
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If you were blindfolded and parachuted into the beach resort town of Varadero you’d be hard pressed to identify where you were.
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Oakland -
Internet retailer Overstock.com has dropped its paid-for right to put the O.Co name on the outdoor sports stadium in Oakland, Calif.
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By AFP
Havana -
US President Barack Obama and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro sat side-by-side for a symbolism-laden game of baseball between Cuba's national team and the Major League's Tampa Bay Rays.
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Havana -
U.S. President Barack Obama and his family landed in Havana on Sunday for an historic visit that highlights newly warming relations between Cuba and the United States, two longtime Cold War adversaries.
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Compared to sports like football and basketball, baseball is far more straightlaced.
Excessive celebration is discouraged.
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By AFP
New York -
US President Barack Obama will attend a baseball game during a landmark visit to Cuba later this month, a symbolic show of friendship between the two baseball-mad nations.
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With the current collective bargaining agreement ending later this year, there is discussion about making the Designated Hitter universal in Major League Baseball.
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Toronto -
If baseball was smart in the way Apple Computer and Barack Obama were smart, it would endeavor to ensure that the extraordinary opportunity presented by the events of October 2015 was not frittered away.
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If you like playoff baseball, circle Wednesday on your calendar. Two highly-anticipated elimination games are on tap, with the final game between the Blue Jays and the Rangers set for 4 p.m. ET and the Astros and Royals battling at 8 p.m.ET.
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New York -
A few days ago, the New York Yankees sounded like they expected to be a factor in baseball's 2015 post-season tournament that began yesterday.
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There are just seven days left in MLB's regular season but plenty of titles are still up for grabs. Here's a look at what's left as the final week gets underway.
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Anchorage -
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin publicly ridiculed the ESPN sports network Friday for suspending baseball commentator Curt Schilling over an anti-Muslim comment he made on the website Twitter.
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Heading into the last month of the baseball season, the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays are set for an epic battle for first place.
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The San Francisco Giants are getting creative in their push for the second National League Wild Card spot.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy has openly toyed with giving Madison Bumgarner a larger role in the offense.
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As Major League Baseball enters the halfway point of the 2015 season, some interesting story lines have emerged. The Houston Astros are on top, Alex Rodriguez is playing like an all star again and Pete Rose is back in the news.
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Houston -
Former major leaguer Darryl Hamilton, an analyst for the MLB television network, was killed Sunday in what appears to be a murder-suicide.
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The Oakland A's have promoted Pat Venditte to the Major Leagues. Normally the promotion of a middle reliever would not make any waves, but Venditte is different: he can pitch with both arms.
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A year-and-a-half ago New York Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez was embroiled in the aftermath of the Biogenesis scandal. Now, the 39-year-old has quietly become one of the team's most reliable hitters.
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Each season of baseball is more than 160 games, but every week players add to the growing highlight reel of great defensive plays. Here are five from the past week.
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The snack food company Hostess has caused a stir with a seemingly tone-deaf tweet that celebrated the start of the baseball season with a blatant reference to football.
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Tucson -
J.J. Matijevic has had people mispronounce his last name for as long as he can remember, but the Arizona first baseman with Polish heritage has always had a sense of humor about it.
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Tokyo -
The MLB All-Stars just finished their tour in Japan playing against the Japanese national team Samurai Japan for five games and two exhibition games. According to MLB, the MLB All-Stars lost 3 to 2 in the series with the Samurai Japan.
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San Francisco -
Despite storm warnings and a downpour of some rain, over a million Giants fans showed up for the congratulatory parade celebration in honor of the baseball team's third World Series Victory in five years.
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San Francisco -
Say what you want about how the San Francisco Giants are undeserving of being Major League champions because they couldn't even win their division after the nearly interminable 162-game season.
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Celebrating the San Francisco Giants' victory over the Kansas City Royals in the seventh and final game of the 2014 World’s Series was all that Pablo Sandoval was interested in.
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A near-perfect five innings of relief pitching by Madison Bumgarner gave the Giants a narrow Game 7 World Series win over the Kansas City Royals. Tonight the Giants won their third World Series in five years, completing a rare sports trilogy.
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Yankees player Alex Rodriguez Keith Allison
Members of the 2015 Houston Astros team Via Flickr user Arturo Pardavila III
Cover of "The Year The Giants Won the Series," By Joseph Sutton - Mad Dog Publishing, (2011)
White Sox pitcher Phil Humber Chicago Man
St. Louis Cardinals at a game Doug Pieper
The rain that fell did not deter fans from turning out in full force to greet their home team. courtesy of Ricky Manalo
Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista swinging his bat fi_chince
The Angels celebrate its 7-2 win over the Blue Jays Karan Vyas
Taylor Jordan a pitcher for the Harrisburg Senators
Nick Swisher and Curtis Granderson crash into each other while trying to catch an Angels line drive MLB.com screenshot
VICTOR: Houston Astros hurler Dallas Keuchel pitches against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York in August. Arturo Pardavila III/Wikimedia Commons
Roy Halladay is joined with his wife Brandy, sons Braden, right, and Ryan, center, before he announces his retirement at the MLB Winter Meetings at Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort With permission by Reuters / David Manning-USA Today
Screenshot of video showing the bench-clearing brawl between Canada and Mexico at the World Baseball Classic Screenshot
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TRIBUTE: Late Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras gets his cuts during a spring training game with the Houston Astros last year. Bryan Green/Wikimedia Commons
Some fans showed up as early as the night before to get a good seat along the parade route. Courtesy of Ricky Manalo
Toronto Blue Jays. Karan Vyas
A Little League World Series Game in Howard J. Lamade Stadium in 2007 South Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA www.en.wikipedia.org
Pitcher Noah Syndergaard Paul Hadsall
The Reading Fightin Phils are the AA affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. A night at the ballpark is more than just baseball, it is a family event. There are all kinds of food to eat, games for kids to play, live ostriches, and of course there's a baseball game thrown in for good measure
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