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Johnny Bench Apologizes For ‘insensitive’ Jewish Penny-pinching Remark

Johnny Bench, 75, who is widely considered the best catcher in professional baseball history, had his blooper over the weekend

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Tigers rally with three runs in eighth inning to beat Royals 3-2 in opener

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There's always that moment in a baseball game, that pivotal moment where the outcome hangs in the balance. It can come early, late or somewhere in the middle innings.

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Former Spartan Mitch Jebb officially signs with Pittsburgh Pirates

Former Michigan State baseball shortstop Mitch Jebb has officially signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates

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Shohei Ohtani Expands Baseball’s Imagination Once Again With Trade Talks

The Angels have already made it clear they’re not interested in trading, but the question of what could be possible if they did echoes the two-way player’s magic.

Sports Illustrated

ESPN baseball reporter Jeff Passan offered encouraging update after suffering a scary back injury

He plans to break news with a broken back.

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Buster Olney Interview Backlash Is Way Off Base

The ESPN reporter had to ask Angels manager about possible Shohei Ohtani trade.

Sports Illustrated

Braves Are Under Pressure to Be an All-Time Great Team

Atlanta will enter the playoffs on top of the baseball world, but that doesn’t guarantee the team will be anything more than an aside come October.

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SI:AM | Carlos Alcaraz Ushers in a New Generation

He prevailed over Novak Djokovic after four hours and 42 minutes of drama.

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Are Seattle's iconic tourist attractions worth a visit? We tried out 5

SEATTLE — Tens of thousands baseball fans flooded into Seattle for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game and surrounding festivities from July 7-11.

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Gary Phillips: The Yankees say they’re championship-caliber, but actions speak louder than words

DENVER — The Yankees have insisted that they’re a championship-caliber team all season. But actions speak far louder than words, and the former has made the latter hard to believe when it comes to this team.

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Patrick Reusse: MLB still has Spanish-speaking influence, thanks to voices like Alfonso Fernandez

MINNEAPOLIS — Baseball's All-Star Game was played in Minnesota for the first time in 1965. There were 53 players designated as All-Stars, including those replaced due to injury. Eight of these players came from Latin America and 14 were American-born Black players.

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Mike Sielski: Scott Rolen is about to be a Hall of Famer, and he was never the bad guy with the Phillies

PHILADELPHIA — Scott Rolen will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame next weekend, and the occasion promises to reignite a series of debates around here that have the staying power of a syndicated sitcom. Does Rolen deserve enshrinement? Was he a great player? A very good player?…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

MSU baseball infielder Trent Farquhar signs NDFA with Phillies

Michigan State baseball star infielder Trent Farquhar has signed with the Philadelphia Phillies

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Paul Sullivan: Like the weather in Chicago, the Cubs’ ‘buy or sell’ mode can change by the minute

CHICAGO — As one of baseball’s most prominent in-between teams, the sub-.500 Chicago Cubs have teetered between being buyers and sellers as the Aug. 1 trade deadline nears.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago baseball disappoints again — so why do we settle?

Is this us? If so, is this who we are, having both teams almost in unison singing the same ol’ hopeless song of “Wait Until Next Year,” with an entire city their backing vocalists.

Chicago Sun-Times

Keep blowing the whistle on hazing, racism in high school and college sports

Northwestern’s controversies over hazing and racism in its sports programs took me back to the time my brother laughed off a high school football coach’s racist digs toward him and his friend.

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In one year, Arlington, Texas, will try to put on greatest All-Star celebration in MLB history

SEATTLE — It’s a beautiful morning on Puget Sound. A slight marine layer of haze is leisurely giving way to brilliant sunshine. The breeze, however, isn’t going anywhere. It is a constant and pleasant companion.

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After retiring from baseball, Ryan Ripken embracing new career path in sports media

BALTIMORE — For Ryan Ripken, conviction has replaced uncertainty.

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Three Spartans selected in 2023 MLB Entry Draft

Three Spartans got drafted in the 2023 MLB Draft:

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Luis Robert Jr.’s All-Star experience ‘exceeded expectations,’ White Sox center fielder says

ATLANTA — Luis Robert Jr. didn’t participate in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday, sitting out as a precaution after feeling tightness in his right calf during the Home Run Derby the previous night.

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Northwestern baseball coach Jim Foster is fired days after football hazing scandal

In an announcement posted to Northwestern University's athletics page, head baseball coach Jim Foster was "relieved of his duties effective immediately."

Chicago Sun-Times

Man fatally stabbed near Uptown baseball diamond

The victim, who police say is 64, suffered stab wounds to the head and neck about 5:30 a.m.

Sports Illustrated

Baseball Fans Have Plenty to Say About Shohei Ohtani, Yankees Trade Report

On Thursday, ESPN’s Buster Olney called New York the “most motivated” team to make a play for the Angels phenom.

The Times of India

Making of Yashasvi Jaiswal: Playing single shot 300 times a day and 100m power-hitting

NEW DELHI: Playing a single shot 300 times a day in an isolated facility in Talegaon, working with a baseball coach to perfect the power game and painful blisters on his palms after continuous hours of range-hitting: all this and more went into the making of Yashasvi Jaiswal as the…

Chicago Tribune

Shakeia Taylor: How the Double Duty Classic connects Chicago’s rich baseball past with its future

CHICAGO — It’s commonplace for Chicagoans to claim our importance in American history. And yes, that’s exactly what I’m doing now as it pertains to Black baseball.

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