Baseball
Players have financial incentive to play ball
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Monday, 04 May 2020 04:36
NEW YORK -- Mike Trout and Gerrit Cole aren't the only major leaguers with a big financial incentive to get back on the field.While they head a starry quartet that would take in more than $200,000 per game, 65 players would earn at least $100,000 each time their team wins or loses if the pandemic-delayed major league season gets underway,…
Bivens found out family was dead on Facebook
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Monday, 04 May 2020 05:45
Blake Bivens, a Double-A pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization, found out on Facebook that his family had been killed last August and since then has been leaning on his faith to carry on.Bivens' wife, child and mother-in-law were killed in a small Virginia town, with police arresting Bivens' brother-in-law and charging him with three counts of first-degree homicide.…
Power rankings, top players, key storylines and more: Everything you need for KBO opening day
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Friday, 01 May 2020 14:40
The Korea Baseball Organization, the highest level of baseball in South Korea, is scheduled to begin its season on Tuesday (which is overnight Monday in the U.S.) -- making it one of the first major professional sports leagues to return to action during the coronavirus pandemic.It's not quite the opening day that fans of Major League Baseball envisioned six weeks…
Which World Series is the best ever? We rank all 115 Fall Classics
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Monday, 27 April 2020 08:32
The World Series begins with only one promise: It will produce a winner. It won't assure us a compelling story, though it does often deliver. It won't guarantee seven nights of entertainment, though we're frequently so blessed. There's no pledge that we'll remember more than one or two things about it 20 years later, but some produce dozens of unforgettable…
Rays ace Snell wins Players League title in sweep
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Sunday, 03 May 2020 17:52
Tampa Bay Rays ace Blake Snell won the inaugural MLB The Show Players League on Sunday with a three-game sweep against the Chicago White Sox's Lucas Giolito in the best-of-five championship series.Snell's Rays beat Giolito's White Sox 5-1 in Game 1, 3-2 in Game 2 and 6-0 in Game 3. The three-inning games were televised on ESPN.The Boys & Girls…
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