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Study: Young umps top older peers on calls
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Monday, 08 April 2019 04:14
A new study reports that younger umpires are better at calling balls and strikes than older umpires and that umpires selected for recent World Series games have not necessarily been the best performers.Boston University finance professor Mark Williams and a team of BU graduate students studied the results of nearly 4 million pitches from the past 11 seasons of Major…
The truth about Michael Jordan's MLB prospects: 'I swear, he was going to the majors'
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Friday, 05 April 2019 12:05
He has made it very exciting tonight. With the Barons leading 5-1, Jordan steps in for the fourth time ... two of his three at-bats were near homers ... he skied deep to left center when he hit the ball to the wall in the fourth, and then in the sixth, Jordan pulled the ball a little bit more and…
D-backs' Avila hurt on home run trot, put on IL
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Sunday, 07 April 2019 13:51
PHOENIX -- The Arizona Diamondbacks placed catcher Alex Avila on the injured list with a strained left quadriceps, an injury suffered while circling the bases on a home run.Avila was hurt when he homered off Boston infielder Eduardo Nunez, who was on the mound during the eighth inning of the Diamondbacks' 15-8 victory Friday."He was gearing up to get to…
Puig among 5 ejected after Reds-Pirates incident
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Sunday, 07 April 2019 13:36
Cincinnati Reds right fielder Yasiel Puig was one of five ejected after a benches-clearing incident in the top of the fourth inning of Sunday's 7-5 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park.Three Reds (manager David Bell, Puig and relief pitcher Amir Garrett) and two Pirates (relievers Keone Kela and Felipe Vazquez) were ejected.Pirates starter Chris Archer threw a 93…
Yanks' Sanchez hits three homers, wanted four
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Sunday, 07 April 2019 16:31
BALTIMORE -- Granted one final plate appearance Sunday afternoon, Gary Sanchez sauntered from Camden Yards' visiting on-deck circle to its batter's box with one thought on his mind.It was the same thought many in the 33,102-person crowd had, and one that was even murmured about in the New York Yankees' dugout: "Do you think he's trying to hit another one…
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