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• The 2024 Chicago White Sox: a team so historically bad they stopped tweeting results

  28-09-2024 04:32
  
  The South Siders’ soul-sapping run, culminating Friday with the single-season losses record, is what happens when a disgraceful front office intersects with plain old bad luckWhen the history books are written, there will be all manner of different ways to describe the historic putridness of the 2024 Chicago White Sox. The unprecedented loss total will be one. The incomprehensibly bad performance of the team’s position players will be another. The three separate losing streaks of 21,
  
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• Shohei Ohtani heads to first postseason after LA Dodgers clinch NL West title

  27-09-2024 14:13
  Dodgers rally past Padres 7-2 to clinch division titleOhtani into playoffs for first time in seven MLB seasonsShohei Ohtani is headed to the postseason for the first time in his career after the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West on Thursday night by scoring five runs in the seventh inning in a 7-2 win over the second-place San Diego Padres.The Japanese superstar spent his first six MLB seasons in Anaheim, where the Los Angeles Angels never had a winning record or played in October. He signed a
  
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• Everyone loses as the Athletics leave Oakland Coliseum for good with a win

  27-09-2024 05:03
  
  After a final win before a sellout crowd, the Oakland A’s are finally moving to Las Vegas as baseball’s inexplicable lose-lose deal continues to move forwardA’s fans lingered long after the third out of their 3-2 win over the Texas Rangers, soaking up every last minute inside the massive concrete Oakland Coliseum one final time. Now the club, one of Major League Baseball’s most storied franchises – founded in Philadelphia before a stint in Kansas City – is set
  
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• Work, fight, or play ball: when Babe Ruth paused his career and headed to the mill

  26-09-2024 11:00
  
  During the first world war, Americans across society were expected to contribute. And that included baseball’s biggest starsGreat Bambino … Sultan of Swat … steelworker?Yes, Babe Ruth, the man who would hit 714 home runs in Major League Baseball had a stint as a steelworker early in his career. Why the move to working for Bethlehem Steel in Lebanon, Pennsylvania? The career change was a result of a US government directive during the first world war called the Work-or-Fight Or
  
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• Game-ending triple play lifts San Diego Padres over LA Dodgers into playoffs

  25-09-2024 07:44
  
  Padres clinch playoff spot on triple play in ninth inningRed-hot San Diego move within two games of DodgersManny Machado started a game-ending triple play and the San Diego Padres clinched a postseason berth with a 4-2 victory over the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.Jake Cronenworth hit an early two-run homer for the streaking Padres, assured at least a National League wild card with five games left in the regular season. They moved within two games of Los Angeles, with two
  
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• A’s owner admits he ‘failed’ Oakland fans as club prepares for Las Vegas move

  24-09-2024 13:50
  Team will leave city at end of current seasonJohn Fisher says he tried to find new home in OaklandAthletics owner John Fisher apologized for the team’s impending departure from Oakland in a letter addressed to fans on Monday.Fisher published the letter one day before the A’s open their final home series in Oakland, where they have spent the past 57 seasons. The team will move to Las Vegas in 2028 after Fisher failed to agree with the city of Oakland on a deal to build a more modern s
  
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• Phillies sew up third straight playoff berth and close in on NL East crown

  21-09-2024 14:53
  
  Philadelphia blow out Mets 12-2 to punch playoff ticketPhillies can clinch NL East title with win on SaturdayAfter the Philadelphia Phillies clinched a third consecutive playoff appearance Friday night, they shook hands on the field and walked back toward the dugout as though it were any other regular-season victory.Moments later, manager Rob Thomson gathered his players in the clubhouse and thanked them during a tempered champagne toast acknowledging their significant achievement. Continue read
  
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• 'I was waiting for this day': Japanese fans react as Shohei Ohtani makes baseball history – video

  20-09-2024 15:26
  
  Fans in Tokyo react after the baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani made history as the first Major League Baseball player to exceed 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season. The Japanese player led the LA Dodgers to a victory over the Miami Marlins, hitting three home runs and stealing two bases to land the historic achievement. Already regarded as the best player in baseball whose accomplishments as a pitcher and batter outpaced even Babe Ruth, Ohtani reached new heights as an offensive player
  
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• History made as Shohei Ohtani becomes first MLB player to enter 50-50 club

  20-09-2024 01:16
  Two-way star hits three HR and steals two bases in winNo player had ever logged 50 HR and 50 SB in same yearShohei Ohtani became the first major league player to exceed 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season during the most spectacular game of a history-making career for the Los Angeles Dodgers star, going deep three times and swiping two bags on Thursday against the Miami Marlins.Ohtani hit is 49th homer in the sixth inning, his 50th in the seventh and his 51st in the ninth. He finished 6
  
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• Stamps, sticks and stories: looking for traces of baseball in North Korea

  18-09-2024 02:45
  Like a trail of breadcrumbs, there are signs this most cherished of American sports may still be played in a country that calls itself the ‘biggest enemy’ of the USHow do you find evidence that people are still playing – or still remember – a once-loved sport?Earlier this year, when a baseball team called the Challengers, made up of young North Korean defectors, toured the US, American and Korean media reported that baseball was “unheard of” in the North. Cont
  
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• Florida, man! Lake Mary pip Taiwan in wild finish for Little League World Series title

  26-08-2024 01:12
  Lake Mary win 2-1 on walk-off bunt to clinch LLWS titleTaiwan throw ball away in thrilling eighth-inning finishFlorida win first LLWS championship in ninth attemptLathan Norton was sick and didn’t play on Saturday at the Little League World Series. But on Sunday he scored the winning run in the championship.Lathan raced home from second base on an overthrow at first as Lake Mary, Florida, rallied to beat Taiwan 2-1 in eight innings and claim the title. Continue reading...
  
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• Babe Ruth’s ‘called shot’ jersey from 1932 World Series sells for record $24.1m

  25-08-2024 18:43
  
  Jersey, worn by baseball player in his final home run in the series, is most expensive sports collectible sold at auctionThe jersey that the legendary baseball player Babe Ruth wore when he “called the shot” – and batted a home run – during game 3 of the 1932 World Series has sold for a record-setting $24.1m (£18.1m) with Heritage Auctions.The sale makes the jersey the most expensive sports collectible to ever be sold at auction. The jersey in question, belonging to
  
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• Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen to make history by playing in same game for two teams

  24-08-2024 17:33
  
  Jansen to play for Red Sox as suspended game is resumedBoston acquired Jansen in a trade with Toronto on 27 JulyDanny Jansen will become the first major leaguer to appear in a game for both teams when he plays catcher for the Boston Red Sox on Monday in the resumption of a suspended game against the Toronto Blue Jays.“He’s catching. Let’s make history,” Boston manager Alex Cora said Friday before the Red Sox dropped the opener of a three-game series against Arizona 12-2.
  
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• Shohei Ohtani becomes fastest to baseball’s 40-40 club with walk-off grand slam

  24-08-2024 16:37
  
  Japanese star hits two-out grand slam for 40th homerOhtani could become first to 50 HRs and 50 stolen basesShohei Ohtani has time to make more history this season.The Japanese superstar hit a two-out grand slam in the ninth inning for his 40th homer after earlier stealing his 40th base, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night. Continue reading...
  
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• Ballpark from A League of Their Own and Eight Men Out destroyed in fire

  23-08-2024 21:00
  ‘Traditional, old-school grandstands’ of Jay Littleton Ball Park in Ontario, California, dated to 1937A historic southern California baseball field that appeared in A League of Their Own and other films has been destroyed in a fire.Firefighters responded at 11.25pm on Thursday to a report of a fire at Jay Littleton Ball Park in the city of Ontario, about 35 miles (56km) east of Los Angeles. Continue reading...
  
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• Seattle Mariners to fire manager Scott Servais in midst of midseason collapse

  22-08-2024 23:16
  
  Dan Wilson to take over for Servais as Seattle managerMariners have frittered away 13-game lead in AL WestThe Seattle Mariners fired manager Scott Servais on Thursday with the team in the midst a two-month collapse that included squandering a 10-game lead in the division and slipping to the fringes of playoff contention in the American League.The team tabbed former Seattle catcher Dan Wilson to take over for Servais, who was the second manager in baseball let go this season following Pedro Grifo
  
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• Red Sox’ Jarren Duran apologizes for aiming ‘horrific’ homophobic slur at fan

  12-08-2024 22:22
  
  Outfielder responds to heckling fan after strikeoutsBoston suspends player for two games over incidentBoston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran has apologized for directing a homophobic slur at a heckling fan during Sunday’s 10-2 loss to the Houston Astros.The Red Sox announced that Duran will be suspended without pay for two games, after consulting with Major League Baseball on Monday. Boston’s next three games, all against the Texas Rangers, take place at Fenway Park this week. Contin
  
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• Billy Bean, former MLB player and LGBTQ advocate, dies at age of 60

  07-08-2024 10:26
  
  Bean was second MLB player to come out publiclyLeague confirms death of ‘kindest’ colleagueBilly Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay, has died at the age of 60 from leukemia.Bean came out in 1999, a few years after his playing career ended, and he went on to become MLB’s senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion. Continue reading...
  
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• Chicago White Sox end 21-game losing streak with victory over Oakland A’s

  07-08-2024 10:10
  
  Run of defeats had tied the American League recordStrong start from Jonathan Cannon helps team to victoryAndrew Benintendi hit a two-run homer and the Chicago White Sox snapped their American League record-tying losing streak at 21 games on Tuesday night, beating the Oakland Athletics 5-1.Jonathan Cannon gave up one run over six innings while helping the White Sox to their first victory since early July. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘It sucks. It’s painful. It hurts’: White Sox lose record-tying 21st straight game

  06-08-2024 09:20
  
  Chicago extend losing streak with defeat to Oakland A’sStumbling team last won a game on 10 JulyThe Chicago White Sox lost their 21st straight game, tying the American League record with a 5-1 defeat to the Oakland Athletics on Monday night as Max Schuemann hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the fourth inning.Chicago are on the longest losing streak since the 1988 Baltimore Orioles lost 21 in a row. The NL record since 1900 is held by the 1961 Philadelphia Phillies, who lost 23 straight.
  
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• Man who stole Jackie Robinson statue leaving only feet given 15 years in jail

  03-08-2024 22:42
  Ricky Alderete sentenced for three offenses before Kansas unveiling of new statue of baseball and civil rights pioneerA man who stole a bronze statue of Jackie Robinson that was cut off at the ankles and found days later on fire in a trash can in a Kansas park will spend about 15 years in prison, though most of that sentence is related to a burglary a few days after the January statue heist.A judge sentenced Ricky Alderete on Friday in three different cases he said in court stemmed from his addi
  
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• ‘I’m in shock’: Reigning Cy Young winner Blake Snell pitches first career no-hitter

  03-08-2024 10:38
  
  31-year-old Giants pitcher completes shutout in 3-0 winThird no-hitter in MLB this seasonBlake Snell was one out away from pitching the first no-hit game in his illustrious career and had to get power-hitting Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz out one more time.
  Cruz jumped on Snell’s first pitch, a 97.8 mph fastball in the middle of the zone, ripping it hard to the gap in right-center field. Giants right fielder Mike Yastrzemski – inserted for defensive purposes in the eighth inning &nd
  
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• ‘Devastated’ three-time MVP Mike Trout ruled out for rest of MLB season

  02-08-2024 09:02
  
  Outfielder has been plagued by injury in recent seasonsAngels star requires second surgery on torn meniscusAngels star Mike Trout needs a second surgery for a torn meniscus in his left knee, ending another injury-marred campaign for the three-time MVP.Trout said on Thursday in a social media post that an MRI revealed the new meniscus tear. He previously had surgery in May to repair the meniscus and had been working toward a return before his rehab was shut down on Tuesday. Continue reading...
  
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• DeJong walks to new team after being traded in middle of Royals-White Sox series

  31-07-2024 09:51
  Player walks from one clubhouse to the otherDeal announced three hours before teams due to meetPaul DeJong had a quick commute after getting traded from the Chicago White Sox to the Kansas City Royals. He threw his gear into a duffel bag and walked from the clubhouse on the third-base side of US Cellular Field to the locker room on the first-base side.“It’s a lot better than worrying about getting to the airport and all that stuff,” DeJong said with a smile after Kansas City&rs
  
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• ‘That was awesome’: Dylan Cease pitches second no-hitter in Padres history

  25-07-2024 22:39
  
  Pitcher struck out nine in 3-0 win over NationalsCease fell one out short of no-hitter two years agoDylan Cease overpowered the Washington Nationals for nine innings, pitching the second no-hitter in San Diego Padres history in a 3-0 win on Thursday that completed a three-game sweep.
  After falling one out short of a no-hitter two years ago when he gave up a single to current teammate Luis Arráez, Cease retired Ildemaro Vargas and Jacob Young on a groundouts for the first two outs of the n
  
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• Rays’ Taylor Walls says Trump-inspired celebration was a tribute to ‘strength’

  24-07-2024 10:17
  
  Shortstop referenced attempted assassination after hitPlayer says he will not use celebration again in gamesTampa Bay Rays shortstop Taylor Walls said that his Donald Trump-inspired celebration of a hit on Sunday was not intended as a political endorsement but he did compliment the former president’s “inspirational” behavior.Walls pumped his fist and shouted, “Fight! Fight! Fight!” after hitting a double against the New York Yankees on Sunday, mimicking Trump’
  
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• Have the Yankees gone from a great franchise to merely a good one?

  19-07-2024 11:00
  The Yankees have swung between brilliant and bumbling so far this season. A 64-game sprint will determine who these Bronx Bombers really areIt’s one of baseball’s biggest questions heading out of the All-Star break: just who are these New York Yankees? Are they the team that shot out of the gate, streaking to 50 wins against just 22 losses? A team that despite missing its reigning AL Cy Young Award winning ace, Gerrit Cole, for most of the season, had one of the best rotations and bu
  
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• A baseball gaijin: an American pitcher’s journey to Japan and back again

  17-07-2024 12:00
  Tony Barnette was stumbling around the minor leagues until a spell with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows transformed his lifeMeiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo pulsated with excitement in 2015, during a watershed moment in Japanese baseball. The Tokyo Yakult Swallows had just knocked off the rival Yomiuri Giants in a postseason series. For decades, the teams shared Tokyo but little else. The Giants were the class of Japanese baseball, drawing comparisons to the New York Yankees, while the Swallows languished
  
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• ‘I was drunk’: Ingrid Andress responds to criticism of national anthem performance

  16-07-2024 20:38
  
  Country singer says she will enter rehab after off-key performance before the MLB’s Home Run DerbyIngrid Andress has responded to criticism of her out-of-tune performance of the national anthem before Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby.The 32-year-old country singer announced on her social media that she was drunk during a wildly off-key rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Monday evening, and would be entering rehab. Continue reading.
  
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• Teoscar Hernández wins $1m and Home Run Derby in first for Dodgers player

  16-07-2024 14:16
  
  Outfielder beats Bobby Witt Jr to claim title31-year-old hits 49 homers over three roundsWhen Teoscar Hernández needed a moment to calm down during the Home Run Derby, the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger got a boost from a former teammate who just happened to be last year’s champion.
  Vladimir Guerrero Jr wore a Blue Jays jersey with Hernández’s name and No 37 on the back as he watched the competition, honoring his friend from their time as Toronto teammates from 2017-22.
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• Australian Travis Bazzana selected No 1 by Cleveland Guardians in MLB draft

  15-07-2024 01:49
  
  First second baseman to be drafted with top pickFormer cricketer moved to the US to play baseballAustralian second baseman Travis Bazzana was taken by the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday night with the top pick in Major League Baseball’s amateur draft.
  Bazzana is the first second baseman to be drafted with the top overall pick and is also the first Australian to be selected in the first round of the MLB draft.A former cricket, rugby and soccer player who came to the United States to play bas
  
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• The Mariners have never reached a World Series. Fans hope for a drought’s end

  04-07-2024 11:00
  
  Seattle are sitting atop the American League West but the team’s ambitions have been dashed plenty of times beforeBilly Mac remembers being in the broadcast booth in 2019 when Félix Hernández pitched his final game for the Seattle Mariners. Hernández, a Cy Young Award-winner and six-time All-Star who also threw a perfect game, came up in the big leagues with the team in 2005. But over the course of his 15-year career in the Pacific northwest, he was often the lone brig
  
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• Phillies radio host Howard Eskin banned from home games over ‘unwanted’ kiss

  03-07-2024 20:41
  Eskin barred from Citizens Bank ParkWIP host alleged to have kissed a worker without consent Philadelphia sports radio host Howard Eskin has been suspended from Phillies home games for the rest of the season after investigations by his employer showed he kissed a worker for Citizens Bank Park’s food service provider without consent.Audacy, the parent company for Philadelphia’s SportsRadio 94WIP, said in a statement it learned of the “unwelcome kiss” of the Aramark employe
  
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• Shohei Ohtani to skip Home Run Derby to focus on elbow rehab

  03-07-2024 17:43
  Dodgers star still recovering from ligament injuryRanks second in the majors in home runs this seasonShohei Ohtani won’t participate in the Home Run Derby on 15 July despite the Japanese superstar ranking second in the majors with 27 homers for the Los Angeles Dodgers.Ohtani has taken part in the Derby just once, exiting in the first round in 2021 at Coors Field in Denver. This year’s event is at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Continue reading...
  
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• Willie Mays obituary

  20-06-2024 18:36
  
  Baseball’s most exciting player and the first black superstar of the post-integration eraIn America’s golden age, the 1950s, when baseball was still the national pastime and New York was the unofficial centre of the world, the city had three baseball teams that were each blessed with an outstanding centre-fielder. Brooklyn’s Dodgers, for decades loveable losers until Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s apartheid, had Duke Snider. The dynastic Yankees, the team of Babe Ruth,
  
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• MLB has integrated Negro Leagues stats. Is it too little, too late?

  20-06-2024 17:00
  
  Josh Gibson, nicknamed the Black Babe Ruth, is belatedly recognized as the all-time hit king and a tribute game will be held in Alabama today – but only 5.7% of players are now Black AmericansAs Bob Kendrick, president of the Kansas City-based Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, tells it, baseball’s all-time hit king had eyes like Ted Williams and power like Babe Ruth.“For me, his greatest feat of all is hitting a ball into the right-field upper deck at Yankee Stadium,” says K
  
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• WNBA star rookie Cameron Brink out of Olympics after tearing ACL

  19-06-2024 21:13
  
  Forward’s rookie professional season under threat22-year-old suffered injury during loss to SunsLos Angeles rookie Cameron Brink tore the ACL in her left knee, the Sparks announced on Wednesday.The Sparks said they will give a further update in the near future but such injuries often end a player’s season. Continue reading...
  
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• Willie Mays: a life in pictures

  19-06-2024 04:25
  
  Willie Mays, the electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid’ whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died aged 93Willie Mays, all-time Giants great, dies aged 93 Continue reading...
  
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• Willie Mays, baseball’s towering legend and all-time Giants great, dies aged 93

  19-06-2024 03:11
  
  New York/San Francisco Giants legend dies aged 93Mays retired with 660 home runs, third most at timeWillie Mays, the electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid’ whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93.Mays’ family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night he had “passed away peacefully” Tuesday afternoon surrounded by loved ones. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Bow before the KING’: did gay icon Grimace save the Mets’ season?

  18-06-2024 22:43
  
  The team from Flushing were enduring a long slump until the McDonald’s mascot popped up at a game. They have been on a hot streak sinceThe New York Mets were in disarray. The club with Major League Baseball’s largest payroll, $308m, had started the season 29-37. They were primed for a second-straight year of rebuilding despite their massive outlay on talent. Less than a month earlier, on 15 May, hedge fund magnate and team owner Steve Cohen all but admitted in a since deleted tweet t
  
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• Bryce Harper does ‘soccer slide’ as Phillies batter Mets on London debut

  08-06-2024 22:26
  
  All Philadelphia starters get hits in 7-2 comeback victoryFirst-place Phillies improve to MLB-best record of 45-19Ranger Suárez becomes first pitcher to 10 wins this yearBryce Harper celebrated with a soccer slide after his tying home run, Ranger Suárez became the season’s first 10-game winner and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 7-2 on Saturday in the opener of Major League Baseball’s third London Series.After Harper sparked the four-run sixth, Whit Mer
  
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• Tucupita Marcano’s ban puts fine point on MLB’s alliance with gambling

  04-06-2024 22:46
  
  Baseball’s partnerships with sportsbooks inundate viewers with ads for sports betting. Is it any wonder the San Diego Padres infielder ended up getting hit with a lifetime ban?Major League Baseball has brought down the heaviest hammer in its arsenal. On Tuesday, the league issued a lifetime ban to the San Diego Padres’ Tucupita Marcano after its investigation revealed he had repeatedly bet on Pittsburgh Pirates games while a member of that team.MLB said that Marcano placed 387 bets o
  
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• Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter, pleads guilty to stealing $17m from MLB star

  04-06-2024 19:08
  
  Ohtani ex-interpreter pleads guilty to stealing from MLB starMizuhara’s losing bets were around $183m, a net loss of $41mThe former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud on Tuesday and admitted to stealing nearly $17m from the Japanese baseball player to pay off sports betting debts.Ippei Mizuhara’s crimes stunned the baseball world, shattering his image as Ohtani’s shadow at ballparks around the US. He entered his guilty pl
  
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• Ippei Mizuhara, ex-interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, pleads guilty in sports betting case

  04-06-2024 19:08
  
  Ohtani ex-interpreter pleads guilty to stealing from MLB starMizuhara’s losing bets were around $183m, a net loss of $41mThe former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud on Tuesday and admitted to stealing nearly $17m from the Japanese baseball player to pay off sports betting debts.Ippei Mizuhara’s crimes stunned the baseball world, shattering his image as Ohtani’s shadow at ballparks around the US. He entered his guilty pl
  
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• Padres’ Tucupita Marcano given lifetime MLB ban for betting on baseball

  04-06-2024 16:53
  
  Four other players given one-year bans for betting offencesInfielder does not appear to have influenced gamesMajor League Baseball has handed San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano a lifetime ban for betting on baseball. The league suspended four other players for one year after finding they placed unrelated bets with a legal sportsbook.Marcano appears to be the first active major leaguer banned under the sport’s gambling provision since New York Giants outfielder Jimmy O’Connel
  
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• Padres’ Marcano could face lifetime baseball ban over alleged bets, say reports

  03-06-2024 23:17
  
  Player allegedly placed bets while a member of PiratesMLB players face lifetime ban for betting on baseballSan Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano is under investigation by Major League Baseball for allegedly betting on baseball and could be subject to a lifetime ban, according to multiple reports.
  MLB is looking into allegations Marcano bet on games involving the Pittsburgh Pirates while on the team’s injured list last season, according to the person who spoke to the Associated Press
  
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• Hapless Mets to cut Jorge López after ejected reliever throws glove into stands

  30-05-2024 11:57
  
  Mets reliever throws glove into stands after latest implosionLópez will be designated for assignment following outburstNew York drop to 22-33, 16 games behind first-place PhilliesJorge López will be cut by the struggling New York Mets after the reliever threw his glove into the stands following his ejection Wednesday at Citi Field.Mets manager Carlos Mendoza called the outburst “not acceptable” and said it would be handled internally. López expressed no remorse o
  
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• Bronx Zoo ‘90: the season the New York Yankees hit a chaotic low

  29-05-2024 10:00
  
  The Yankees stumbled to a last-place finish at the dawn of the 90s. But a new series documents how things were even worse off the fieldChampionships, champagne and ticker-tape parades – that’s the story of New York Yankees baseball, right? Not if you were on the team in 1990.During that season, the team’s combustible owner, George Steinbrenner, was banned from baseball after connecting with gambler Howard Spira to discredit one of his own players, Dave Winfield. Outfielder Mel
  
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• Josh Gibson becomes MLB’s career batting leader as Negro Leagues records incorporated

  29-05-2024 02:13
  
  Negro Leagues statistics incorporated into MLB recordsGibson becomes MLB season and career batting leaderJosh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367, when Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporated Tuesday after a three-year research project.Gibson’s .466 average for the 1943 Homestead Grays became the season standard, followed by Charlie ‘Chino’ Smith’s .451 for the 1
  
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• Gibson passes Cobb as MLB career batting leader after Negro Leagues baseball records incorporated

  29-05-2024 02:13
  
  Negro Leagues statistics incorporated into MLB recordsGibson becomes MLB season and career batting leaderJosh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367, when Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporated Tuesday after a three-year research project.Gibson’s .466 average for the 1943 Homestead Grays became the season standard, followed by Charlie ‘Chino’ Smith’s .451 for the 1
  
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