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Phils LHP: Extended beer sales put fans 'at risk'
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Thursday, 13 April 2023 07:44
Several baseball teams have amended their alcohol sale policies in response to shorter game times this season, and at least one major leaguer isn't wild about the change.Phillies pitcher Matt Strahm said during a recent podcast that he disagreed with extending alcohol sales beyond the traditional seventh-inning cutoff, citing "common sense" and the "safety of fans.""The reason we stopped [selling…
MLB Power Rankings: Who's the new No. 1 atop our list?
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Thursday, 13 April 2023 08:19
There's a new top team in our rankings!After two weeks of baseball, the Rays remain undefeated, their 12-0 start the best since the 1987 Brewers. Will they be able to keep up this dominance? Or will the division rival Yankees catch them soon enough?As if that wasn't surprising enough, elsewhere in the league, the Astros sit third in the American…
Our hottest hot takes two weeks into the MLB season
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Thursday, 13 April 2023 08:19
We are two weeks into the 2023 MLB season, and most teams have played a dozen games of their 162-game schedule. In other words, it's early. Perhaps too early to glean a whole lot from what has happened so far. But what's the fun in that?We asked our MLB experts to go all-in on what they've seen by making a…
MLB scorer takes win from 'ineffective' Familia
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Wednesday, 12 April 2023 22:58
BALTIMORE -- Chad Smith's first major league win came courtesy of a rarely applied official scoring rule.It was an unusual twist at the end of a long day for the Oakland reliever.Smith pitched the final two innings of the Athletics' 8-4 victory over Baltimore on Wednesday night, holding the Orioles scoreless and allowing only one hit. He entered in the…
Rays now 12-0, one short of best start since 1900
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Wednesday, 12 April 2023 22:58
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Rays won their 12th straight game to start the season, one short of the best major league start since 1900, as Randy Arozarena hit a three-run homer in a 9-7 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.The 1987 Milwaukee Brewers and 1982 Atlanta Braves both opened 13-0. Tampa Bay's 12-game winning…
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Surging Rays place RHP Zach Eflin on 15-day IL
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