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How Nationals left Astros reeling with Game 2 rout
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Wednesday, 23 October 2019 22:46
HOUSTON -- It was just a few days ago when the Houston Astros opened up as the biggest World Series favorites since 2007.Time to recalibrate those odds.After beating Gerrit Cole in Game 1 and Justin Verlander in Game 2, the Washington Nationals are two wins away from a World Series championship, and it's clear the Astros are in big trouble.…
MLB looking into longtime umpire Drake's tweet
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Wednesday, 23 October 2019 16:22
Major League Baseball is looking into a since-deleted tweet by longtime major league umpire Rob Drake, according to a league spokesman.Drake tweeted late Tuesday that he planned to buy an assault rifle "because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL WAR!!! #MAGA2020", according to a copy of the tweet obtained by ESPN.The tweet, which was…
World Series TV audience plummets for Game 1
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Wednesday, 23 October 2019 16:05
The World Series opener between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros narrowly averted setting a record low.Washington's 5-4 victory Tuesday night averaged 12,194,000 television viewers, according to national numbers from Nielsen. That edges the 12,191,000 who tuned in for San Francisco's 7-1 win over Kansas City in the 2014 opener.The numbers are down 11.4% from last year's Game 1 between…
Hinch: Springer made 'honest mistake' on double
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Wednesday, 23 October 2019 16:57
HOUSTON -- George Springer set a World Series record in Game 1 with a home run in his fifth consecutive World Series game, but in the wake of the Houston Astros' 5-4 loss to the Washington Nationals, Springer's failure to sprint out of the batter's box in the eighth inning became a hot topic.With the Astros down 5-3 and Kyle…
Coonelly out as Pirates, president part ways
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Wednesday, 23 October 2019 09:16
The Pittsburgh Pirates have parted ways with longtime team president Frank Coonelly, who said that "change was necessary" after the team's second-half swoon this season.The Pirates announced the decision Wednesday, saying that Coonelly's replacement will be introduced next Monday."Frank and I both agreed that it was clear a change in the day-to-day leadership of the Club is needed," Pirates chairman…
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