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Christian Yelich, not Mike Trout, is MLB's best player -- and the numbers show it
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Friday, 24 July 2020 06:22
Mike Trout is not the best player in baseball anymore.I know -- that reads like blasphemous clickbait. After all, Trout already has produced more career WAR (72.8) than Larry Walker, Derek Jeter, Tony Gwynn and Ernie Banks. He already has collected more top-two MVP finishes (seven) than Hank Aaron, Pete Rose, Ken Griffey Jr. and Chipper Jones -- combined. But…
New Cubs TV network has deal to air games
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Friday, 24 July 2020 08:04
CHICAGO -- With no time to spare, the Chicago Cubs' new television network, called Marquee, has a last-minute agreement with Chicagoland's largest cable provider, Comcast, to air their games. The deal allows fans in the Chicago market to watch the Cubs as soon as Friday night when the team hosts the Milwaukee Brewers in its season opener."It was a complicated…
'That's 2020 in a nutshell': Inside the road of uncertainty MLB traveled to bring baseball back
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Friday, 24 July 2020 08:41
WASHINGTON -- THEY PLAYED BASEBALL here Thursday. The defending World Series champion Washington Nationals hosted the New York Yankees at Nationals Park. The attendance was 0. Max Scherzer, the Nationals' ace, faced off against Gerrit Cole, the Yankees' shiny new $324 million toy. They threw pitches. Hitters swung at them. Balls flew and fielders chased them and batters ran and…
Your complete guide to the most unusual MLB Opening Day ever
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Friday, 24 July 2020 05:32
Baseball is back. The home runs are back. The blazing fastballs blurring across our TV screens are back. The bat flips, the doubles in the gap, the "how did he do that?" defensive plays, the box scores, the exit velocities, the hot takes, the debates, the hopeful late-game rallies, the walk-off hits, the beautiful background noise of summer, it's all…
Betts, who had vowed to stand, kneels for anthem
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Friday, 24 July 2020 01:59
LOS ANGELES -- Dave Roberts and Mookie Betts both were raised by fathers who served in the military. A few years ago, after Colin Kaepernick and Bruce Maxwell took a knee to peacefully protest social injustice and police brutality toward people of color in this country, Roberts and Betts each spoke out against not standing for the national anthem, pointing…
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Thursday, 23 July 2020 23:14
MLB's 16-team playoffs: Winners, losers -- and is this a good thing?
Thursday, 23 July 2020 21:52
McCutchen speech drives Yanks-Nats ceremony
Thursday, 23 July 2020 20:04
Betts' massive Dodgers deal to pay him to age 52
Thursday, 23 July 2020 20:04
Yanks, Nats kneel in unison, then rise for anthem
Thursday, 23 July 2020 17:29
Trump welcomes Opening Day with Rivera, kids
Thursday, 23 July 2020 17:29
Kershaw (stiff back) out vs. Giants, placed on IL
Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:46
Talks held on Blue Jays playing in Baltimore
Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:46
Yanks' Tanaka to wear protective insert in cap
Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:54
Source: Royals near deal with Matt Harvey
Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:54
Sources: MLB union OKs postseason expansion
Thursday, 23 July 2020 13:33
The power of pinstripes: How Gerrit Cole bought into becoming a Yankee
Thursday, 23 July 2020 12:33
Indians, Native Americans to talk name change
Thursday, 23 July 2020 12:33
Red Sox shut down Rodriguez for 'complications'
Thursday, 23 July 2020 12:33
Nats' Soto tests positive for virus, to miss opener
Thursday, 23 July 2020 05:47
Previously on MLB: A newbie's guide to watching baseball in 2020
Thursday, 23 July 2020 06:11
Everything you need for the 2020 MLB season: Power Rankings, big questions and more
Wednesday, 22 July 2020 22:08
Trout says 'I'm playing'; Rendon (oblique) still out
Wednesday, 22 July 2020 19:30
Cashman supports Yankees players, staff kneeling
Wednesday, 22 July 2020 23:24
Reports: MLB, union talk expanding playoffs to 16
Wednesday, 22 July 2020 13:13