MLB
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Easy does it: MLB pitchers prepare for usual 162-game grind
Feb 18, 2021 6:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - The sport of baseball, much like the rest of the world, is craving normalcy after a full year of disruptions caused by the pandemic. So the familiar feel...
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Yanks' Cole: Players concerned about lack of competitiveness
Feb 18, 2021 6:00 am - New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole and other baseball players will be pushing for changes that make more teams competitive as they think about looming labor negotiatio...
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Indians' Bieber slowed by COVID-19, not yet at training camp
Feb 18, 2021 6:00 am - CLEVELAND (AP) - The Indians pitchers reported to training camp without their ace. Shane Bieber, who dominated hitters last season while winning the AL Cy Young Award, r...
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Blue Jays expect to play in Florida, Buffalo and Toronto
Feb 18, 2021 6:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - The Blue Jays expect to split the home portion of this year's regular-schedule among their spring training complex in Dunedin, Florida, their Triple-A bal...
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Side-arming O'Day joins Yankees thriving on guile, not gas
Feb 18, 2021 6:00 am - Darren O'Day laughed when he thought about the gas station, a new pitching barn on the Yankees minor league complex in Tampa, Florida. 'œThey had to make an exception to...
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After solid Twins debut, Maeda aims to finish even stronger
Feb 18, 2021 6:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Though Kenta Maeda's first season with Minnesota was abbreviated by the pandemic, the Japanese right-hander's debut was a runaway success. His ability...
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Mariners thrilled to have 'Big Maple' back in Seattle
Feb 18, 2021 6:00 am - When Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais walked out of the training facility in suburban Seattle last fall he was impressed by what James Paxton showed. He was also u...
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Angels' Ohtani having more fun, still chasing 2-way dreams
Feb 18, 2021 6:00 am - ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - When Shohei Ohtani's major league career got off to its incredible start in 2018, the Los Angeles Angels' two-way star remembers having fun every ...
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Rangers RHP Arihara starts transition to majors from Japan
Feb 18, 2021 6:00 am - SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) - Japanese pitcher Kohei Arihara says he settled on the Texas Rangers because they told the right-hander what they thought he could do better in add...
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Red Sox's Sale not looking too far ahead after elbow surgery
Feb 18, 2021 6:00 am - Chris Sale has tried not to think about the future as he began working his way back from Tommy John surgery in April. As virtually the only person at the Red Sox's trai...