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GM Hoyer has goals for Cubs at trade deadline but needs sense of urgency to arriveJul 18, 2025 3:47 pm - Before the Cubs opened the second half of the season against Boston at Wrigley Field on Friday, president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer gave an update on the Major League Baseball trade market.
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Craig Counsell’s Cubs arrive as World Series contenders, but those pesky Brewers won’t go awayJul 17, 2025 5:59 pm - For all that has gone right so far — Pete Crow-Armstrong blossoming into a superstar, Kyle Tucker pushing to be the offseason’s No. 1 free agent, the Cubs getting unexpected contributions from so many pitchers — the Milwaukee Brewers are still breathing down their necks.
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Kyle Schwarber’s 3 homers in All-Star Game’s first tiebreaking swing-off lift NL over ALJul 15, 2025 11:21 pm - ATLANTA — Kyle Schwarber went 3 for 3 in the first All-Star Game home run swing-off to put the National League ahead 4-3 following a 6-6 tie in which the American League ...
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Matthew Boyd’s winding All-Star journey: ‘One of the best human beings you’re ever going to be around’Jul 15, 2025 10:30 pm - In the summer of 2001, Matthew Boyd’s father surprised him with tickets to the All-Star festivities in Seattle, a dream occasion for a 10-year-old residing in Washington state.
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MLB honors Hank Aaron with recreation of record 715th homer during All-Star GameJul 15, 2025 10:29 pm - ATLANTA — Major League Baseball honored late Hall of Famer Hank Aaron by re-creating his record-breaking 715th home run through the use of projection mapping and pyrotech...
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A lockout is looming over MLB in December 2026, with a salary-cap fight possibly at the centerJul 15, 2025 1:31 pm - ATLANTA — Looming over baseball is a likely lockout in December 2026, a possible management push for a salary cap and perhaps lost regular-season games for the first time...
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O’Donnell: Hollow ’05 White Sox reunion merely an elegy for the agedJul 15, 2025 11:01 am - WAS IT RICK NELSON OR FORMER WHITE SOX GM KENNY WILLIAMS who sang, “If memories are all I have, I'd rather drive a truck?” The answer is “A.” But the sentiment was totall...
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Seattle’s Cal Raleigh becomes first catcher and switch-hitter to win Home Run DerbyJul 14, 2025 10:14 pm - ATLANTA — Seattle's Cal Raleigh won his first All-Star Home Run Derby after leading the big leagues in long balls going into the break, defeating Tampa Bay's Junior Camin...
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Robot umpires to make All-Star Game debut, another step toward possible regular-season use in 2026Jul 14, 2025 10:07 pm - ATLANTA — Tarik Skubal views the strike zone differently than robot umpires. “I have this thing where I think everything is a strike until the umpire calls it a ball,” De...
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White Sox stay committed to local players by drafting Nazareth’s Fauske in 2nd roundJul 14, 2025 8:29 pm - The White Sox took a recommendation from former slugger Jim Thome to draft Nazareth outfielder Jaden Fauske in the second round.