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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…
Yanks' Sabathia third lefty in 3,000-strikeout club
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Tuesday, 30 April 2019 21:41
PHOENIX -- As he nears the end of what might be a Hall of Fame career, CC Sabathia added to his extensive Cooperstown résumé Tuesday night at Chase Field by recording his 3,000th major league strikeout.The milestone K came in the bottom of the second inning of the New York Yankees' series-opening 3-1 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Sabathia got…
From A-plus to, wait, F-minus!? First-month grades for all 30 teams
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Wednesday, 01 May 2019 05:30
What happened in April? Here are the five big storylines.1. Lots of home runs2. Dogfight in the National League3. Cody Bellinger and Christian Yelich4. Defending champs play like chumps5. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reaches the bigsBut what about for your team? My April grades with best storyline and one key do-over for each team:Jump to ...: The high achievers | The…
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Tuesday, 30 April 2019 13:32
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Tigers prospect Mize throws no-hitter in AA debut
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Real or not? These crazy home run totals are the new normal
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Cano: MRI negative, expect return this week
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Rays promoting slugging first baseman Lowe
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Beat-up Yanks lose LeMahieu, Urshela to injury
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Padres' Tatis Jr. exits in 10th with hammy injury
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