MLB
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Gonzales: Where's Willson? For now - and perhaps for a long time - with the CubsDec 30, 2021 12:00 am - Shortly after the Cubs signed free agent catcher Yan Gomes to a two-year, $13 million contract last month, Willson Contreras tweeted an emoji with a plane departing and ...
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Gonzales: Robin Ventura is back in the classroom and on the fieldDec 28, 2021 12:00 am - Robin Ventura remains accustomed to working under pressure situations, five seasons after managing the White Sox. His current deadlines occur close to midnight with the ...
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O'Neil and Banks together again in CooperstownDec 25, 2021 12:00 am - It is too late for John "Buck" O'Neil to deliver his Hall of Fame induction speech. But O'Neil's recent election to the Hall of Fame by the Early Baseball Era Committee ...
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Former outfielder Mark Kotsay named new manager of Athletics
Dec 21, 2021 6:00 am - OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Mark Kotsay arrived for his interview with the Oakland Athletics as if his task was to make a strong first impression. His bosses, Billy Beane and...
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Former MLB OF and Tigers 1B coach Kimera Bartee dies at 49
Dec 21, 2021 6:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Kimera Bartee, a former Major League Baseball outfielder and Detroit Tigers first base coach, died Monday. He was 49. The Tigers made the announcement Tue...
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APNewsBreak: MLB payrolls drop 4%, back to 2015 level
Dec 21, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball payrolls dropped 4% in 2021 compared to the league's last full season, and the $4.05 billion total was the lowest in a fully comple...
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Baseball Writers cancel awards dinner for 2nd straight year
Dec 20, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The annual dinner to present the Baseball Writers' Association of America's awards has been called off for the second straight year. The Jan. 29 dinner a...
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MLB sued by 4 former affiliates over minor league cuts
Dec 20, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Four minor league teams that lost their big league affiliations before the 2021 season have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Major League Baseball, usi...
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Zalusky: Hemond served champagne on a beer budgetDec 18, 2021 12:00 am - The news of Roland Hemond's death arrived around the time that players from two of his most memorable teams also made the headlines. Dick Allen, the man credited with sa...
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Trickle-down economics at heart of baseball labor dispute
Dec 17, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Francisco Lindor's $341 million contract with the New York Mets was supposed to be a boon for other shortstops. Same for pitchers when aces Gerrit Cole a...