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Pollock to undergo surgery for infection in elbow
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Wednesday, 01 May 2019 18:57
SAN FRANCISCO -- Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder A.J. Pollock will need surgery because of an infection in his surgically repaired right elbow.Manager Dave Roberts said Pollock will undergo the operation on Thursday. Roberts had no timeline on how long Pollock will be sidelined but said "it's going to be a little bit." Roberts said he expects Pollock back this…
Indians RHP Kluber hit by liner, fractures forearm
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Wednesday, 01 May 2019 19:00
MIAMI -- Cleveland Indians right-hander Corey Kluber has a nondisplaced fracture of his right ulna after he was hit on the arm by a line drive off the bat of Miami Marlins outfielder Brian Anderson on Wednesday, the team said.The Indians initially said Kluber had a right forearm contusion but later said X-rays revealed the fracture. Kluber's arm was placed…
Win or lose, the rebuilding Mariners are -- gasp! -- fun to watch
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Wednesday, 01 May 2019 08:49
SIX GAMES, SIX LOSSES. Nothing season-defining, nothing heartbreaking, nothing even memorable, just a nearly weeklong mid-April shrug that ended with the Seattle Mariners trudging toward the clubhouse six times while the Astros or Indians shook hands. But near the end of it, before loss five, Mariners manager Scott Servais found himself in an odd position: forced to explain why a…
Cubs to option Russell to Triple-A when ban over
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Tuesday, 30 April 2019 18:59
SEATTLE -- Citing solely baseball reasons, Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said the team will option infielder Addison Russell to Triple-A Iowa when his 40-game suspension for violating the league's domestic violence policy is up Thursday."There have been some real promising signs with his play. Six games just isn't enough to get fully up to speed to…
Rich Hill pens essay detailing newborn's death
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Tuesday, 30 April 2019 21:42
Rich Hill and his wife, Caitlin, were met with an unfathomably difficult decision early in the 2014 calendar year -- whether to go against doctors' recommendations and put their newborn son through dialysis, or take him home on hospice care so that he could die peacefully."I honestly wouldn't wish that sort of decision on my worst enemy," Hill, the Los…
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