Articles filed under Baseball
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Jim O’Donnell: Ambitious 1984 Cubs reunion skips Wrigley, set for Lake in the HillsJun 22, 2024 3:22 pm - WHAT'S AN HVAC GUY from Lake in the Hills doing outhustling the Cubs front office? That question will be air-conditioned Monday and Tuesday when Stu McVicar and his c...
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Hey now, are there really no White Sox worthy of being an all-star?Jun 22, 2024 11:53 am - Early returns confirm that the White Sox do not exist, as we have suspected for some time now. Among the 80 American League players included on the first listing for the ...
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Chicago Dogs take series opener against Kansas City MonarchsJun 21, 2024 11:57 pm - A lot of tension was in the air at Impact Field in Rosemont on Friday night for the 2023 Wolff Cup Championship rematch between the Chicago Dogs and the Kansas City Monarchs.
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Kane County Cougars ride 9-run fifth inning to victoryJun 21, 2024 10:53 pm - The Kane County Cougars continued their hot hitting, posting a 9-run fifth inning on the way to a 13-8 victory over the Lake Country DockHounds on Friday night at Northwestern Medicine Field.
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Schaumburg Boomers rally to take lead but fall to WashingtonJun 21, 2024 10:05 pm - The Schaumburg Boomers fell behind early and rallied to lead in the fifth inning, but the Washington Wild Things scored the final six runs to nab a 10-5 win in the opener of a weekend series at Wintrust Field.
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White Sox can’t get bats going against Tigers, who snap 4-game skidJun 21, 2024 9:19 pm - Carson Kelly hit an early 2-run homer, Jack Flaherty was solid into the sixth inning and the Detroit Tigers snapped a four-game losing streak by holding on to edge the White Sox 2-1 on Friday night.
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Martinez hits a 3-run homer as the Mets rough up Imanaga while routing the Cubs 11-1Jun 21, 2024 8:53 pm - J.D. Martinez, Francisco Alvarez and Brandon Nimmo homered against Shota Imanaga, and the New York Mets pounded the Cubs 11-1 on Friday. Francisco Lindor had 3 hits and s...
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Reds, Brewers, Nationals are on pace to post highest stolen-base totals of any MLB team since 1990sJun 21, 2024 6:11 pm - MILWAUKEE — Cincinnati's Elly De La Cruz understands how much of a distraction he causes to opposing pitchers whenever he gets on base. “It seems like they get a little b...
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Bat speed finally becomes a concrete stat; what does it show?Jun 21, 2024 6:00 am - This week in baseball takes a look at the new bat-speed metric and what it says about a couple of young Cubs sluggers.
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Kane County Cougars rack up 15 hits in lopsided triumphJun 20, 2024 11:01 pm - The Kane County Cougars clinched a series victory with a dominant 12-1 win over the Kansas City Monarchs on Thursday night at Northwestern Medicine Field. Kane County (2...