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• MLB’s Opening Day Is a Reason to Celebrate

  07-04-2022 23:03 via nytimes.com
  
  After a lockout, it is easy enough to point out baseball’s flaws — many have tried — but opening day is a reminder of everything the game still does right.
  
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• Orlando Cepeda, Baseball Star Known as the Baby Bull, Dies at 86

  29-06-2024 13:38 via nytimes.com
  
  Only the second Puerto Rican native elected to the Hall of Fame, he hit 379 home runs but later served time in prison on a drug-smuggling charge.
  
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• Orlando Cepeda, Baseball Slugger Known as the Baby Bull, Dies at 86

  29-06-2024 07:18 via nytimes.com
  
  Only the second Puerto Rican native elected to the Hall of Fame, he hit 379 home runs but later served time in prison on a drug-smuggling charge.
  
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• A Game, a Parade, a Shooting: The Story of America in Three Acts

  17-02-2024 11:16 via nytimes.com
  
  When the Super Bowl was followed by a shooting at the winning team’s victory celebration, disparate elements of American culture collided.
  
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• ‘Mythological’: The Best Shohei Ohtani Comparison Is Bo Jackson

  21-04-2023 01:30 via nytimes.com
  Ohtani, baseball’s only two-way player, is largely without precedent. The best comparison may be Bo Jackson, a “mythological” two-sport superstar.
  
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• ‘Mythological’: The Best Shohei Ohtani Comparison Is Bo Jackson

  21-04-2023 01:20 via nytimes.com
  
  Ohtani, baseball’s only two-way player, is largely without precedent. The best comparison may be Bo Jackson, a “mythological” two-sport superstar.
  
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• JJ Picollo Tries to Build Royals Into Winner

  06-03-2023 19:14 via nytimes.com
  Kansas City’s approach had been boom and (mostly) bust. A new strategy has the team trying to attain the sustained relevance of Tampa Bay and Cleveland.
  
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• JJ Picollo Tries to Build Royals Into Winner

  06-03-2023 19:14 via nytimes.com
  
  Kansas City’s approach had been boom and (mostly) bust. A new strategy has the team trying to attain the sustained relevance of Tampa Bay and Cleveland.
  
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• Gaylord Perry, Hall of Fame Pitcher With a Doctoring Touch, Dies at 84

  01-12-2022 21:28 via nytimes.com
  He won 314 games and recorded 3,500 strikeouts, but he’s remembered as much for his acknowledged spitball, with saliva just one substance in his arsenal.
  
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• Gaylord Perry, Hall of Fame Pitcher With a Doctoring Touch, Dies at 84

  01-12-2022 17:36 via nytimes.com
  He won 314 games and recorded 3,500 strikeouts, but he’s remembered as much for his acknowledged spitball, with saliva just one substance in his arsenal.
  
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• Book Excerpt: The Grandest Stage A History of the World Series

  09-10-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  In his new book, Tyler Kepner digs into the history of the Fall Classic, including a look at unheralded players who stepped up for their teams at exactly the right time.
  
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• Book Excerpt: The Grandest Stage A History of the World Series

  09-10-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  In his new book, Tyler Kepner digs into the history of the Fall Classic, including a look at unheralded players who stepped up for their teams at exactly the right time.
  
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• After Trade to Yankees, Benintendi is ‘Open-Minded’ About Vaccination

  28-07-2022 22:34 via nytimes.com
  With Giancarlo Stanton injured, Benintendi, a high-contact hitter, will fill an immediate gap. He says he is “open-minded” to being vaccinated against Covid-19.
  
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• After Trade to Yankees, Benintendi is ‘Open-Minded’ About Vaccination

  28-07-2022 22:34 via nytimes.com
  
  With Giancarlo Stanton injured, Benintendi, a high-contact hitter, will fill an immediate gap. He says he is “open-minded” to being vaccinated against Covid-19.
  
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• Yankees Trade for Andrew Benintendi

  28-07-2022 06:04 via nytimes.com
  
  With Giancarlo Stanton injured, Benintendi, a high-contact hitter, will fill an immediate gap. His vaccination status could be an issue.
  
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• Benintendi Among 10 Unvaccinated Royals Who Won’t Travel to Toronto

  14-07-2022 04:09 via nytimes.com
  Andrew Benintendi, Whit Merrifield and eight others will be placed on the restricted list ahead of Kansas City’s four-game series against the Blue Jays.
  
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• Benintendi Among 10 Unvaccinated Royals Who Won’t Travel to Toronto

  14-07-2022 00:26 via nytimes.com
  
  Andrew Benintendi, Whit Merrifield and eight others will be placed on the restricted list ahead of a four-game series against the Blue Jays.
  
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• Willie Mays Aikens Has His Story Told in ‘The Royal’

  01-06-2022 18:50 via nytimes.com
  A film tells the true story of Willie Aikens, a World Series star for the Kansas City Royals whose life was derailed by drugs — and prison — before he pieced it back together.
  
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• Willie Mays Aikens Has His Story Told in ‘The Royal’

  01-06-2022 12:45 via nytimes.com
  
  A film tells the true story of Willie Aikens, a World Series star for the Kansas City Royals whose life was derailed by drugs — and prison — before he pieced it back together.
  
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• Smell Good, Play Good? MLB Players Douse Themselves in Cologne

  22-05-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Baseball is full of traditions and superstitions. For numerous players, a heavy dose of cologne or women’s perfume is the unlikeliest of performance enhancers.
  
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• Mets Collapse Late in Loss to Phillies

  12-04-2022 16:05 via nytimes.com
  A 4-0 Mets lead turned into a 5-4 defeat. Steve Kwan of the Guardians, meanwhile, continues to dominate.
  
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• Mets Collapse Late in Loss to Phillies

  12-04-2022 04:57 via nytimes.com
  
  A 4-0 Mets lead turned into a 5-4 defeat. Steve Kwan of the Guardians, meanwhile, continues to dominate.
  
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• MLB’s Opening Day Is a Reason to Celebrate

  08-04-2022 03:26 via nytimes.com
  After a lockout, it is easy enough to point out baseball’s flaws — many have tried — but opening day is a reminder of everything the game still does right.
  
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• World Series: 1979 Pirates, 1985 Royals and 2016 Cubs Recount Overcoming 3-1 Deficits

  02-11-2021 00:36 via nytimes.com
  The Houston Astros are trying to pull off a feat that has been done only six times in the World Series. Players from the teams that did it happily recalled their thrilling comebacks.
  
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• World Series: 1979 Pirates, 1985 Royals and 2016 Cubs Recount Overcoming 3-1 Deficits

  02-11-2021 00:25 via nytimes.com
  
  The Houston Astros are trying to pull off a feat that has been done only six times in the World Series. Players from the teams that did it happily recalled their thrilling comebacks.
  
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• Dodgers and Giants Face Off In Rare Elimination Game Between 100-Win Teams

  15-10-2021 01:41 via nytimes.com
  
  For the fifth time in baseball history, teams with 100 or more victories will face off in a do-or-die postseason game. For the Dodgers and the Giants, a rivalry complicates matters.
  
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• Erik Neander, Dayton Moore and Baseball's Executive Title Inflation

  28-09-2021 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  As M.L.B. front offices get more and more corporate, titles have steadily inflated. Yesterday’s general manager is today’s president of baseball operations … or chief baseball officer.
  
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• Sortable Stats Help Track Manager Tendencies

  09-09-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A treasure trove of sortable statistics for managers gives fans the ability to track their team’s tendencies on things like stolen bases, intentional walks, ejections and, yes, bunts.
  
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• How Each Baseball Stadium Will Handle Fans to Start 2021

  31-03-2021 14:58 via nytimes.com
  
  Every major league stadium will let in fans to start the season, but capacities vary, ranging from just over 1,000 to 40,300.
  
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• 2021 MLB Season Preview: Team-by-Team Capsules

  29-03-2021 06:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Reasons for optimism and pessimism abound. Catch up with where each team stands ahead of opening day.
  
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