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Nimmo, Canha on IL after Mets coach positive

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Friday, 15 April 2022 12:19

NEW YORK -- Mets outfielders Brandon Nimmo and Mark Canha were placed on the injured list Friday after a New York coach tested positive for COVID-19.Neither player was with the team for its home opener at Citi Field against the Arizona Diamondbacks.Mets manager Buck Showalter, without identifying the coach, confirmed that a member of his staff tested positive for the…

Special delivery: Seaver immortalized with statue

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Friday, 15 April 2022 10:21

NEW YORK -- The New York Mets made sure that nobody will forget "The Franchise," unveiling a long-awaited statue of legendary pitcher Tom Seaver on Friday by the entrance to Citi Field.The statue, featuring Seaver's iconic drop-and-drive delivery, stands to the right of the Home Run Apple, measures 10 feet high, 13.5 feet long and is made of 2,000 pounds…

Freeman: Ovation in L.A. debut 'special as it gets'

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Friday, 15 April 2022 05:56

LOS ANGELES -- The baseball ricocheted off the warning track and sailed into the stands, prompting a pitching change, sending a capacity crowd into a frenzy and leaving Freddie Freeman by himself on second base, in the middle of Dodger Stadium, with his family roaring from a luxury suite and his new fans boisterously chanting his name.Fre-ddie! Fre-ddie! Fre-ddie!"I got…

Ricketts family group withdraws Chelsea bid

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Friday, 15 April 2022 08:41

The owners of the Chicago Cubs have ended their interest in buying Chelsea after opting not to submit a final offer before the Thursday deadline.A consortium led by the Ricketts family investment group was one of four bidders advanced to the last stage by New York-based merchant bank Raine Group, along with a consortium headed by Los Angeles Lakers part-owner…

In Robinson's words: You play bolder in the World Series

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Friday, 15 April 2022 08:25

This story originally ran in the November 1956 edition of SPORT Magazine -- a year after Jackie Robinson finally won his first World Series with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Before 1955, Robinson had played in four World Series since he debuted in 1947 -- all against the New York Yankees, all losses. After he and the Dodgers finally broke through, he…

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