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Going, going, gone: MLB again hits new HR mark
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Monday, 01 July 2019 10:30
NEW YORK -- A month after setting a record for most home runs in a month, big league batters did it again and are on pace to shatter the season mark.Batters hit 1,142 home runs in June, seven more than they had hit in May.Five of the top six home run months have occurred in the last three years. August…
Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, 27, dies in Texas
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Monday, 01 July 2019 15:02
Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died Monday, the team announced. He was 27.Police responded to a report of an unconscious man in a hotel room in Southlake, Texas, and pronounced Skaggs dead at the scene. No foul play is suspected and an investigation is ongoing, police said."It is with great sorrow that we report Tyler Skaggs passed away earlier…
Snubbed no more! How Anthony Rendon stopped being baseball's Glenn Close
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Sunday, 30 June 2019 21:05
Anthony Rendon is an All-Star. Finally.Once again, the fans did not vote Rendon to be the starting third baseman for the National League (he finished fifth at his position). However, in a shocking break from tradition, the powers that be actually selected him to be a reserve. To paraphrase a 2017 quote from former Washington Nationals teammate Daniel Murphy, they…
Braves reliever Swarzak on IL with inflammation
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Sunday, 30 June 2019 17:14
NEW YORK -- Atlanta Braves reliever Anthony Swarzak has been placed on the 10-day injured list with inflammation in his pitching shoulder, a significant blow to the bullpen for the National League East leaders.The team hopes the right-hander will be ready to return July 12, immediately after the All-Star break.The move was made Sunday, retroactive to Saturday. Right-hander Chad Sobotka…
Controversial fan-interference decision costs Cubs
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Sunday, 30 June 2019 20:12
CINCINNATI -- The Chicago Cubs must feel like when it rains, it pours on them, especially on the road, as they saw everything go against them in an 8-6 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.Most damaging was a fan-interference call in the top of the third inning that turned a foul ball into the final out, while runners were…
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