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• How Tim Flannery, the Giants Coach, Got Back to Writing Songs

  14-09-2023 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Tim Flannery’s rollicking life as an athlete and a musician was nearly cut short by a staph infection. But one of baseball’s most unlikely characters found his way back.
  
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• Alex Cobb of the Giants Throws 131 Pitches in a One-Hitter

  30-08-2023 15:05 via nytimes.com
  
  Alex Cobb of the San Francisco Giants gave up a hit with two outs in the ninth but finished what he started. It was the most pitches in a game since 2019.
  
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• Mets walk 3 batters, hit 2 and make 1 error in 8th-inning meltdown and lose 7-6 to Phillies

  26-06-2023 04:49
  
  Brett Baty hesitated getting the ball out of his glove. Josh Walker failed to throw the ball over the plate. Jeff Brigham threw his baseballs directly at Phillies hitters.
  
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• Reds release outfielder Will Myers

  24-06-2023 19:53
  
  The Cincinnati Reds released outfielder Wil Myers on Friday, three days after designating him for assignment.
  
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• Giants place OF Mike Yastrzemski on injured list with strained left hamstring

  24-06-2023 18:57
  
  San Francisco Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski was placed on the 10-day injured list Friday with a strained left hamstring strain.
  
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• Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acuña Jr elected to start in MLB All-Star Game

  23-06-2023 22:05
  
  Two-way star Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels and Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. were elected Thursday to start in the July 11 All-Star Game at Seattle's Safeco Field.
  
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• Two Debatable Calls at Home Plate Spur a Rules Debate in MLB

  22-06-2023 12:46 via nytimes.com
  
  A night after Bruce Bochy said a replay ruling was “one of the worst calls I’ve ever seen,” another controversial call on a play at the plate added even more confusion.
  
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• MLB views the UK as a gateway to European growth, with eyes on Paris and Germany

  21-06-2023 17:18
  
  London seems like a no-brainer for a European road trip. Paris is all but assured next. Why not throw in Germany and the Netherlands?
  
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• Angels unlikely to trade Shohei Ohtani if they stay in contention, GM says

  21-06-2023 15:59
  
  The Los Angeles Angels are highly unlikely to trade Shohei Ohtani if they remain in playoff contention this summer, general manager Perry Minasian said Tuesday.
  
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• Yankees say Aaron Judge appears to respond to second toe injection

  21-06-2023 15:45
  
  Aaron Judge appears to be responding to a second platelet-rich plasma injection to his right big toe yet has not resumed baseball activities.
  
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• MLB to stage Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field next June honoring Willie Mays

  20-06-2023 22:57
  
  Major League Baseball will stage a Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 20, 2024, between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals.
  
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• Memorial Honors Roger Craig Whose Baseball Career Spanned Generations

  20-06-2023 22:00 via nytimes.com
  
  At a memorial service for Roger Craig, a writer recalls time spent with a player, coach and manager who connected generations of baseball history.
  
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• How MLB’s Ban on the Shift Is Improving Outfield Grass

  20-06-2023 17:30 via nytimes.com
  
  In an era of expertly manicured fields and shared knowledge among groundskeepers, crews have an unexpected tool in their arsenal: the ban on infield shifts.
  
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• Alabama’s Rickwood Field Will Host an MLB Game in 2024

  20-06-2023 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The Birmingham, Ala. stadium was home to Willie Mays in his Negro leagues days. It will host a game between Mays’s Giants and the Cardinals in 2024.
  
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• Ohtani, Trout homer to lead Angels past Royals 5-2

  19-06-2023 00:11
  Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout hit back-to-back home runs to help the Los Angeles Angels defeat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Sunday in the finale of a three-game series.
  
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• Braves cut Charlie Culberson before infielder’s father was to throw 1st pitch

  18-06-2023 23:58
  The Braves designated infielder Charlie Culberson for assignment hours before his father was set to throw out a ceremonial first pitch on Father's Day.
  
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• Giants put Alex Cobb on injured list with oblique strain

  18-06-2023 23:56
  The Giants put pitcher Alex Cobb on the injured list with an oblique strain.
  
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• Pete Alonso, the NL home run leader, makes speedy return to Mets after wrist injury

  18-06-2023 23:54
  National League home run leader Pete Alonso returned to the Mets' lineup against the Cardinals after spending the minimum 10 days on the injured list with a left wrist bone bruise and sprain.
  
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• MLB to start months-long approval process for Oakland Athletics’ move to Las Vegas

  16-06-2023 02:43
  MLB will start a months-long approval process for Oakland's proposed move to Las Vegas, which appears set to become the second shift of a franchise in the last half-century.
  
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• Oakland Athletics stadium deal wins final legislative approval in Nevada as MLB weighs move to Vegas

  15-06-2023 06:26
  
  The Oakland Athletics cleared a major hurdle for their planned relocation to Las Vegas after the Nevada Legislature gave final approval on Wednesday to public funding for a portion of a proposed $1.5 billion stadium with a retractable roof.
  
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• Oakland Athletics stadium deal wins final legislative approval in Nevada as MLB weighs move to Las Vegas

  15-06-2023 06:26
  
  The Oakland Athletics cleared a major hurdle for their planned relocation to Las Vegas after the Nevada Legislature gave final approval on Wednesday to public funding for a portion of a proposed $1.5 billion stadium with a retractable roof.
  
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• Scherzer tagged, Smith ejected as Yankees rally past Mets 7-6 in Subway Series opener

  14-06-2023 06:41
  Clay Holmes got out of a sticky situation, Drew Smith did not and the New York Yankees won a wild Subway Series opener at Citi Field.
  
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• A’s fans come out en masse for reverse boycott and tell owner John Fisher to sell

  14-06-2023 04:33
  Furious Oakland Athletics fans came en masse with a single message to owner John Fisher: “SELL.”
  
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• Luke Voit signs minor league contract with Mets after Brewers release

  13-06-2023 17:24
  Former big league home run champion Luke Voit signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets and will report Tuesday to Triple-A Syracuse.
  
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• Albies hits 3-run homer in 10th, Braves rally to beat reeling Mets 13-10 for 3-game sweep

  09-06-2023 16:36
  
  Ozzie Albies' walk-off homer for the Braves did more than just complete their three-game sweep of the NL East-rival New York Mets.
  
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• Yanks place Nestor Cortes on 15-day injured list with left rotator cuff strain

  08-06-2023 22:48
  The Yankees placed Nestor Cortes on the 15-day injured list Thursday with a left rotator cuff strain that will sideline the left-hander for at least two starts.
  
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• Yankees place Nestor Cortes on 15-day injured list with left rotator cuff strain

  08-06-2023 22:48
  The Yankees placed Nestor Cortes on the 15-day injured list with a left rotator cuff strain that will sideline the left-hander for at least two starts.
  
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• MLB, WNBA postpone games due to smoke from Canadian wildfires

  08-06-2023 03:19
  
  Major League Baseball postponed games in New York and Philadelphia on Wednesday night because of poor air quality caused by Canadian wildfires.
  
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• Semien hit streak to 24, scores winning run as Rangers walk-off Cards 4-3

  06-06-2023 05:55
  The AL West-leading Texas Rangers extended their winning streak to four games on Nathaniel Lowe's RBI single in the ninth.
  
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• McClanahan earns MLB-leading ninth win, Rays beat Red Sox 4-1

  06-06-2023 04:19
  
  The Red Sox saved two Rays home runs, but that didn't stop Tampa Bay.
  
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• Mets cut catcher Tomás Nido, reinstate Omar Narváez from 60-day IL

  06-06-2023 03:40
  Omar Narváez' reinstitution meant Tomás Nido's release.
  
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• Roger Craig, Teacher of an Era-Defining Pitch, Is Dead at 93

  05-06-2023 05:04 via nytimes.com
  
  After winning three World Series as a player, Craig became a coach and spread the gospel of the split-fingered fastball, what one player of the time called “the pitch of the ’80s.”
  
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• Padres claim 2-time All-Star catcher Gary Sánchez off waivers from Mets

  30-05-2023 17:24
  The scuffling Padres claimed catcher Gary Sánchez off waivers from the Mets.
  
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• Voit designated for assignment by Brewers, Claudio demoted to Nashville

  30-05-2023 17:20
  Luke Voit was designated for assignment by the Brewers, who owe the former home run champion a little more than $1.3 million for the remainder his of contract.
  
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• New bill to build Athletics stadium on Las Vegas Strip caps Nevada’s cost at $380 million

  27-05-2023 18:14
  A bill introduced in the Nevada Legislature would give the Athletics up to $380 million for a potential 30,000 seat, $1.5 billion retractable roof stadium on the Las Vegas Strip.
  
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• Brewers’ Willy Adames taken to hospital, heading to IL after getting hit by foul ball in dugout

  27-05-2023 18:06
  Willy Adames was taken to the hospital after getting hit by a foul ball off the bat of teammate Brian Anderson while in the dugout during Milwaukee's game against the Giants.
  
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• Athletics, Nevada legislative leadership reach tentative agreement for new ballpark

  24-05-2023 21:27
  The tentative agreement indicates a funding bill will be introduced in the Nevada Legislature in the coming days with less than two weeks until the legislative session's end
  
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• RHP Julio Teheran agrees to terms with injury-riddled Brewers

  24-05-2023 05:08
  
  Two-time All-Star right-hander Julio Teheran, who hasn’t pitched in the major leagues since 2021, has agreed to terms on a deal with the Milwaukee Brewers.
  
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• Julio Teheran agrees to terms with injury-riddled Brewers

  24-05-2023 05:08
  
  Two-time All-Star right-hander Julio Teheran, who hasn’t pitched in the major leagues since 2021, agreed to terms on a deal with the Brewers.
  
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• Athletics broadcaster Glen Kuiper let go after racial slur on air

  23-05-2023 05:59
  Athletics broadcaster Glen Kuiper was let go by NBC Sports California after using a racial slur during a telecast while describing a trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
  
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• A’s broadcaster Glen Kuiper let go after racial slur on air

  23-05-2023 05:59
  Oakland Athletics broadcaster Glen Kuiper was let go by NBC Sports California after using a racial slur during a telecast while describing a trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
  
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• New York Yankees cut struggling OF Aaron Hicks

  20-05-2023 22:38
  Yankees cut struggling outfielder Aaron Hicks before the game against the Reds.
  
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• Padres’ Manny Machado headed to injured list with fractured left hand

  20-05-2023 22:35
  Padres slugger Manny Machado was placed on the 10-day injured list because of a hairline fracture in his left hand.
  
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• Yankees’ Domingo Germán suspended 10 games by MLB for using foreign substance

  19-05-2023 15:58
  Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán was suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball and fined for violating the sport's prohibition of foreign substances on the mound.
  
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• Álvarez three-run HR in 9th, Alonso three-run HR in 10th give Mets 8-7 comeback win over Rays

  18-05-2023 06:19
  Francisco Álvarez and Pete Alonso both came up with crucial heroics for the Mets.
  
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• Padres’ Manny Machado has fracture in left hand, status uncertain

  18-05-2023 06:16
  Padres slugger Manny Machado has a small fracture in his left hand and the team isn't sure if he will require a stint on the injured list.
  
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• Grieving Clayton Kershaw set for start against Twins

  16-05-2023 19:56
  Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw will take the mound with a heavy heart, pitching three days after the death of his mother, Marianne Tombaugh.
  
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• Streaking Dodgers shut out Padres 4-0 for 3-game sweep, fifth win in a row

  15-05-2023 01:50
  
  Tony Gonsolin and four relievers combined on a three-hit shutout, Mookie Betts homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 4-0 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep and their fifth straight victory.
  
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• Astros star Jose Altuve to begin injury rehab assignment at Triple-A

  13-05-2023 05:00
  
  Houston Astros star Jose Altuve is moving a step closer to returning from a broken right thumb, set to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sugar Land.
  
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• Rangers designate veteran pitcher Ian Kennedy for assignment

  12-05-2023 03:14
  Right-hander Ian Kennedy was designated for assignment by the Rangers after a tough start to his 17th season in the big leagues.
  
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