Articles filed under Baseball
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This Date in BaseballJun 17, 2020 7:00 am - June 18 1947 - Cincinnati's Ewell Blackwell tossed a 6-0 no-hitter against the Boston Braves. 1950 - In the nightcap of a doubleheader, the Cleveland Indians scored 14 r...
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Would MLB fans view champ, stats as legit in 50-game season?Jun 17, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Fresh off a robust round of batting practice in Central Park, softball slugger Todd Montgomery squared up his Mets cap and took a swing at hardball quest...
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Summer forecast: It looks like baseball is coming backJun 17, 2020 1:00 am - Baseball is … back? Not quite, but Wednesday's flow of information finally pointed to the end of weeks of ill will between the owners and players and the beginning of a ...
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Kipnis can't wait to play for his hometown CubsJun 17, 2020 1:00 am - Like many other kids in his Northbrook neighborhood, Jason Kipnis grew up with big dreams. He imagined suiting up for his favorite major league team - the Cubs - and sho...
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This Date in BaseballJun 16, 2020 7:00 am - June 17 1915 - George 'œZip'ť Zabel of the Chicago Cubs was called into the game against the Brooklyn Dodgers with two outs in the first inning. He won 4-3 in the 19th i...
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Former Cy Young winner Mike McCormick dies at age 81Jun 16, 2020 7:00 am - CORNELIUS, N.C. (AP) - Longtime Giants pitcher Mike McCormick, who won the Cy Young Award in 1967, has died. He was 81. The Giants say McCormick died Saturday at his hom...
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Yankees president Levine calls for MLB talks to resumeJun 16, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Yankees President Randy Levine called on the players' association to resume negotiations with Major League Baseball to start the pandemic-delayed season....
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Drafted by Mets, Glenbard North grad Orze continues to beat the oddsJun 16, 2020 1:00 am - Eric Orze needs to work on his poker face. As last week's curtailed Major League Baseball amateur draft inched through its fifth and final round, the Glenbard North grad...
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Rozner: The next baseball fight is the one to fearJun 16, 2020 1:00 am - Through all the baseball strikes and lockouts over the last 40 years, there has been one constant. It's that when the rhetoric gets the loudest, when the players and own...
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This Date in BaseballJun 15, 2020 7:00 am - June 16 1916 - Tom Hughes of the Boston Braves pitched a no-hitter in a 2-0 win over Pittsburgh Pirates. 1938 - Jimmie Foxx didn't get a chance to hit when the St. Louis...