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Best MLB draft picks ever and one that got away for all 30 teams
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Saturday, 06 June 2020 04:14
Editor's note: This story initially ran on May 30, 2018Draft history is fascinating, and maybe the first thing you learn when looking through past drafts is not just how few players make the majors but also how few end up contributing much value beyond replacement level even if they do make it. Drafting a future star is rare -- even…
Chipper Jones just looked like someone who was going to be special
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Friday, 05 June 2020 21:40
You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we'll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history.ON THIS DATE IN 2008, Chipper Jones hit his 400th home run.Minutes before that game, Jones was playing computer solitaire because that's what he did to relax. He didn't need to…
A's admit 'mistake,' will resume minor league pay
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Friday, 05 June 2020 18:43
The Oakland Athletics have reversed course on their controversial decision to cease payments for their minor league players.A's owner John Fisher said Friday that he "made a mistake" and will pay the organization's minor leaguers their $400-a-week stipend for the remainder of what would've been a typical minor league season. Those players will also be paid retroactively for this week.The…
MLB players slam teams for 'depriving America'
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Friday, 05 June 2020 19:30
NEW YORK -- Players accused MLB teams of "depriving America of baseball games" as part of a money fight set off by the coronavirus pandemic and raised the possibility baseball commissioner Rob Manfred might push ahead with a shortened season over the union's objection.Bruce Meyer, the Major League Baseball Players Association's chief negotiator, sent a letter to deputy MLB commissioner…
Ex-Dodger Crawford arrested on assault charge
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Friday, 05 June 2020 00:25
HOUSTON -- Former Los Angeles Dodgers star Carl Crawford has been arrested after he was accused of assaulting his former girlfriend during an argument over a man she had begun dating.An arrest affidavit filed Wednesday by Houston police states that Crawford went to the home of Gabriele Washington on May 8, produced a handgun from which he unloaded the ammunition…
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