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• Where Have You Gone, Dustin Pedroia?

  14-07-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  For decades, second basemen were the smallest players on the field. But with game strategies evolving, and double plays evaporating, the position is getting supersized.
  
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• Second Baseman Are Growing as Baseball Evolves

  14-07-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  For decades, second basemen were the smallest players on the field. But with game strategies evolving, and double plays evaporating, the position is getting supersized.
  
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• M.L.B. Puts Trevor Bauer on Leave Amid Sexual Assault Allegations

  03-07-2021 00:12 via nytimes.com
  
  The seven-day administrative leave will keep Bauer from making his start on Sunday. He has denied the allegations against him.
  
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• Baseball Puts Trevor Bauer on Leave Amid Sexual Assault Allegations

  02-07-2021 23:41 via nytimes.com
  
  The seven-day administrative leave will keep Bauer from making his start on Sunday. He has denied the allegations against him.
  
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• Dodgers' Trevor Bauer Is Accused of Assaulting a Woman

  30-06-2021 15:22 via nytimes.com
  
  The team said that it was aware of the accusation against the star pitcher, and the police said they were investigating the allegation.
  
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• Umpire Substance Checks Put Pitchers in Awkward Positions

  25-06-2021 19:56 via nytimes.com
  
  As M.L.B. rolls out its “enhanced enforcement” of rules on prohibited substances, pitchers have faced T.S.A.-like checks on their way back to the dugout.
  
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• Mike Marshall, 78, First Relief Pitcher to Win Cy Young Award, Dies

  03-06-2021 21:46 via nytimes.com
  
  Dominant and durable, he appeared in a record 106 games for the 1974 pennant-winning Dodgers. His tools? A screwball and a doctorate in physiology.
  
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• With Cole on the Hill, Yankees Run Scoreless Streak to 30 Innings

  23-05-2021 03:18 via nytimes.com
  
  Pitching has powered a five-game winning streak. The Mets lost in the ninth and Scott Kazmir made it back to the majors with the Giants.
  
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• Gerrit Cole Falters as Yankees Lose to Rangers

  18-05-2021 05:07 via nytimes.com
  
  A rare bad outing by Cole included his first walk in more than 40 innings. The Mets beat Atlanta but Kevin Pillar left the game after being hit in the head.
  
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• Dodgers and Padres Rivalry Is Just Warming Up

  19-04-2021 16:17 via nytimes.com
  
  A weekend series between N.L. West titans didn’t disappoint. But San Diego, after years of playing second (or third or fourth) fiddle, has a lot to prove.
  
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• Jackie Robinson's Signing Caused a Financial Dispute

  14-04-2021 20:33 via nytimes.com
  
  As baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day, a look at how his signing led to the dismantling of the Negro leagues, with only one M.L.B. owner speaking up for their rights.
  
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• Trevor Bauer Finds Himself at Center of Ball-Doctoring Inquiry

  09-04-2021 21:45 via nytimes.com
  
  Denying a report that suggested otherwise, Bauer, a reigning Cy Young Award winner, says balls were removed from his start for routine inspection.
  
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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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• How the Dodgers Keep Spending When Other Teams Cut Back

  30-03-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  As most teams look for ways to scale back, Los Angeles wants to get bigger and better. To do so, the fan base needs to grow.
  
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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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• Norm Sherry, 89, Dies; Gave Koufax a Tip, and the Rest Is History

  11-03-2021 22:18 via nytimes.com
  
  His suggestion to his Dodger teammate Sandy Koufax helped turn him from a pitcher with control problems into a Hall of Famer.
  
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• Yankees’ Optimism Relies on Offense and the Law of Averages

  17-02-2021 23:48 via nytimes.com
  
  After four straight years of being eliminated by a team that went on to the World Series, Manager Aaron Boone is looking to get his team “over that last hump.”
  
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• Ready or Not, Baseball Begins Spring Training This Week

  15-02-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Some things will be remarkably different — and others will get closer to normal — as M.L.B. and the players’ union continue to debate the sport’s future.
  
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• Trevor Bauer Picks Dodgers Over Mets

  05-02-2021 21:25 via nytimes.com
  
  Bauer, the National League Cy Young Award Winner in 2020, will team with Clayton Kershaw in Los Angeles instead of with Jacob deGrom in New York.
  
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• Al Downing, the Pitcher for Home Run No. 715, Reflects on Hank Aaron

  23-01-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Forever linked to a legend, Al Downing says Aaron, the Hall of Famer who died on Friday, “couldn’t have been a nicer man.”
  
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• Don Sutton Had an ‘Easy Job’ Thanks to a Lifetime of Hard Work

  20-01-2021 21:38 via nytimes.com
  
  A pitcher known for durability and consistency, Sutton’s approach was shaped by a childhood of earning everything you received.
  
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• Don Sutton, Hall of Fame Right-Hander, Is Dead at 75

  19-01-2021 23:53 via nytimes.com
  
  “When you gave him the ball, you knew one thing,” his former manager Tommy Lasorda once said. “Your pitcher was going to give you everything he had.”
  
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• Tommy Lasorda’s Death Starts a Conversation About His Son

  11-01-2021 18:16 via nytimes.com
  
  The Dodgers manager loved Tommy Jr., but publicly denied that he was gay and that he died of AIDS complications. Friends of both men hope to remember them by discussing their relationship.
  
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• Tommy Lasorda Was a Celebrity. He Was Also a Leader.

  09-01-2021 00:51 via nytimes.com
  
  The longtime Dodgers manager enjoyed antics on and off the field. But his tactics propelled an underdog to a World Series title, and his vision helped expand the sport’s reach.
  
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• Tommy Lasorda, a Dodger From His Cleats to His Cap, Dies at 93

  08-01-2021 18:14 via nytimes.com
  
  “Cut my veins, and I bleed Dodger blue,” said Lasorda, who managed the club to two World Series championships in a decades-long Hall of Fame career.
  
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• 2020's Memorable Moments in Sports

  30-12-2020 19:52 via nytimes.com
  
  Sports were not a simple salve for the events of 2020, but they still provided some moments of joy, levity and shared humanity.
  
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• The 2020 Moments When Sports Made Sense

  30-12-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Sports were not a simple salve for the events of 2020, but they still provided some moments of joy, levity and shared humanity.
  
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• In a Miserable Year, I Had the Dodgers and a Stray Dog

  29-12-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  I mourned my father, democracy and happiness. But there were wins, too.
  
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• Tyler Kepner’s 2020 Baseball Trivia Extravaganza

  24-12-2020 18:08 via nytimes.com
  
  This test is not for the faint of heart, or the casual fan. See how your knowledge of the sport holds up in our fourth annual holiday baseball quiz.
  
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• Steven Cohen, Justin Turner and Alex Cora Were All Shown Mercy on Friday

  09-11-2020 15:11 via nytimes.com
  
  The era of outrage took a timeout as Steven Cohen took over the Mets, Alex Cora was rehired by the Red Sox and Justin Turner escaped punishment for a controversial on-field celebration.
  
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• A Friday Full of M.L.B. News and Mercy

  07-11-2020 00:43 via nytimes.com
  
  The era of outrage took a timeout as Steven Cohen took over the Mets, Alex Cora was rehired by the Red Sox and Justin Turner escaped punishment for a controversial on-field celebration.
  
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• An Open Letter to Justin Turner and M.L.B.

  30-10-2020 23:16 via nytimes.com
  
  Turner could not have been unaware of the pandemic’s severity when he insisted on celebrating his World Series win in close quarters with his Dodgers teammates. And Rob Manfred, baseball’s commissioner, can’t just blame one player.
  
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• M.L.B. Says Justin Turner Refused to Stay Off Field After Dodgers’ Win

  28-10-2020 23:56 via nytimes.com
  
  “Turner’s decision to leave isolation and enter the field was wrong and put everyone he came in contact with at risk,” the league said in a statement.
  
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• After a Dampened Celebration, Enduring Glory Still Awaits the Dodgers

  28-10-2020 22:31 via nytimes.com
  
  For years, Los Angeles’s players have borne the burden of a title drought. The unusual circumstances of their World Series win won’t dim the joy and relief that come with the long-awaited championship.
  
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• Blake Snell, Kevin Cash and a Decision That Will Haunt the Rays

  28-10-2020 15:32 via nytimes.com
  
  Blake Snell was dominating the Dodgers in a must-win World Series game. Kevin Cash still pulled him, raising painful questions of what might have been.
  
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• The Manager, the Ace and a Decision That Will Haunt the Rays

  28-10-2020 10:47 via nytimes.com
  
  Blake Snell was dominating the Dodgers in a must-win World Series game. Kevin Cash still pulled him, raising painful questions of what might have been.
  
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• Looking Back on Baseball’s Silent Season

  28-10-2020 10:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Empty stadiums, player protests and Covid-19 outbreaks shook up the sport. Maybe that’s a good thing.
  
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• Justin Turner Was Pulled From Game 6 After Positive Virus Test

  28-10-2020 05:14 via nytimes.com
  
  The positive test was announced on the broadcast after the end of the game, which the Dodgers won to clinch the World Series title.
  
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• Dodgers’ Justin Turner Was Pulled From Game 6 After Positive Virus Test

  28-10-2020 05:14 via nytimes.com
  
  After leaving the game, which the Dodgers won to clinch the World Series, Turner was allowed to return to the field for postgame celebrations.
  
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• The Other Rookie Star of the World Series? Globe Life Field

  27-10-2020 23:14 via nytimes.com
  
  While the Texas Rangers did not make the postseason, their new ballpark has provided an unlikely yet oddly fitting setting for this World Series.
  
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• What to Watch as Dodgers Face Rays in World Series Game 6

  27-10-2020 22:19 via nytimes.com
  
  Tony Gonsolin will be on the mound for Los Angeles as it tries to close out the series, while Blake Snell will be pitching for Tampa Bay.
  
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• Dodgers Win the World Series After Years of Frustration

  27-10-2020 22:19 via nytimes.com
  
  Mookie Betts delivered two runs in a win over the Rays that sealed the franchise’s first title in 32 years and compensated for postseason disappointments in recent years.
  
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• With Title in Sight, the Dodgers Are Armed and Ready to Get Creative

  26-10-2020 23:54 via nytimes.com
  
  Los Angeles has a wealth of pitching options for two more potential World Series games. If the club can get the combination right, it could mean the end of a long title drought.
  
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• In a Must-Win Game 6, Rays Plan to Turn Up the Aggressiveness

  26-10-2020 23:44 via nytimes.com
  
  Tampa Bay Manager Kevin Cash said he felt like his pitchers had been too conservative so far in the World Series. Fortunately for the Rays, it will be Blake Snell, their ace, on the mound on Tuesday.
  
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• A Bid to Steal Home Offers a Taste of the 20th Century

  26-10-2020 12:48 via nytimes.com
  
  No, it wasn’t 1955 in Yankee Stadium, but yes, Manuel Margot tried to match Jackie Robinson in the World Series.
  
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• Clayton Kershaw Steadies Dodgers and Puts a World Series Within Reach

  26-10-2020 05:21 via nytimes.com
  
  Los Angeles rebounded after a wild loss on Saturday to beat the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 5 and move to within one win of a championship.
  
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• Brett Phillips Becomes the Rays’ Latest Unlikely Hero

  25-10-2020 14:29 via nytimes.com
  
  Phillips may have been the last hitter the Rays wanted in a do-or-die situation in the World Series. But he delivered one of the most memorable hits in team history to win Game 4.
  
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• Rays Stun the Dodgers With a Chaotic Walk-Off Win in Game 4

  25-10-2020 05:50 via nytimes.com
  
  The Dodgers needed one more out to take a 3-1 lead in the Series, but they made two mistakes on a wild final play that gave the Rays a memorable Game 4 victory.
  
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• Austin Barnes Give the Dodgers an Unlikely Lift at the Plate

  24-10-2020 17:54 via nytimes.com
  
  Barnes, a backup catcher, has been a mainstay in the World Series for the Dodgers because of his defense, but he delivered a home run and a timely bunt in Game 3.
  
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• How a Journeyman Infielder Taught Dave Roberts to Slow the Game Down

  24-10-2020 17:45 via nytimes.com
  
  When Roberts was an information-hungry 26-year-old in the minor leagues, he soaked up valuable advice from a veteran third baseman named Jeff Manto that still serves him.
  
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