Articles filed under MLB
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Baseball players get a peek at playing without fansJul 09, 2020 7:00 am - Baseball players got a sense of what the game will be like without fans in the stands upon returning for workouts last week. They're getting a more realistic glimpse thi...
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New extra-inning format stirs debate as teams plot strategyJul 09, 2020 7:00 am - MILWAUKEE (AP) - Baseball has its answer to penalty kicks, overtimes and shootouts, and it figures to stir just as much debate as all those other tiebreakers. Major Leag...
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White Sox's taxi squad to train in SchaumburgJul 09, 2020 1:00 am - Baseball is coming back to Boomers Stadium this summer. COVID-19 forced the Frontier League to cancel its season June 24, putting the Schaumburg Boomers on the sidelines...
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Encarnacion homers in intrasquad game; Renteria on family leaveJul 09, 2020 1:00 am - Like everyone else, Edwin Encarnacion would have preferred playing a normal 162-game season. No doubt abut it. But when major-league baseball was shut down for over thre...
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Upcoming MLB free agents have fewer games to impressJul 08, 2020 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Robbie Ray already knew 2020 would be a big season for his financial future because it's his last one before becoming a free agent. Now the Arizona Diamon...
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Kimbrel looking to bounce back after tough debut with CubsJul 08, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - With just 60 games this season, the Chicago Cubs need Craig Kimbrel to be better than he was last year. Much, much better. The 32-year-old Kimbrel is look...
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Giants return, so do some players, but Padres INF Mateo outJul 08, 2020 7:00 am - As Major League Baseball cautiously tiptoes closer toward beginning its delayed 2020 season, several teams welcomed back players who might have been exposed to the coron...
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This Date in BaseballJul 08, 2020 7:00 am - July 9 1902 - Rube Waddell beat Bill Dinneen 4-2 in 17 innings when light-hitting Monte Cross hit a two-run homer for Philadelphia. 1932 - Ben Chapman of the Yankees hit...
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Healed Twins speedster Byron Buxton: 'I've got no limit'Jul 08, 2020 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - An array of injuries was largely responsible for the blight on the first five years of Byron Buxton's still-promising major league career, with surger...
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Emerging Sox ace Giolito gets back to businessJul 08, 2020 1:00 am - On the original schedule, the White Sox were supposed to be hosting the Cubs Wednesday night. The coronavirus obliterated that circle-the-calendar matchup, and it forced...