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Baseball brings its dramatic new look: Faster games, more action, kill off the 'dead time'

FORT MYERS, Fla. — A clock ticking backwards isn't only the newest and most significant change to the way baseball is played in the major leagues — it's also a metaphor for what the national pastime is trying to accomplish.

Tribune News Service

Sharpton blasts Trump for posting photo showing him wielding a baseball bat directed at Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

NEW YORK — An outraged Rev. Al Sharpton blasted former President Donald Trump for his baseball-bat wielding social media post aimed at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

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Championship trophy put on display

The championship trophy won by Japan at the World Baseball Classic went on display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Friday, with fans lining up more than one hour before the facility opened to view the coveted prize.

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All 30 MLB stadiums, ranked: 2023 edition

Here are the best places to watch a baseball game.

USA Today Sports Media Group

John Henry makes statement as FSG face familiar Liverpool situation in Boston

Liverpool principal owner John Henry claims trademark bid in the US was initiated by MLB itself, not FSG

Liverpool Echo

Season’s greetings: Making sense of Kyle Wright and Cubs and Sox win totals

Bet on it: Smart baseball bettors can find value in MLB futures bets

Chicago Sun-Times

Baseball quiz: Each games equals 0.0061728395 of the season

Does opening day really matter? Well, it’s worth the same in the standings as any other game

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The pressure of being a rookie MLB umpire? This Compton native dealt with much more.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Malachi Moore's first season as a full-time major league umpire will be stressful enough, what with the bigger stadiums, higher stakes, hostile crowds, enhanced sticky stuff checks, travel demands, and the "Umpire Scorecards" website tracking every one of the 32-year-old's missed calls.

Los Angeles Times

Phillies expect Rhys Hoskins to miss the season; Darick Hall to be primary first baseman

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins, who was diagnosed with a left ACL tear on Thursday, will likely miss the rest of the season, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski announced on Friday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

One Contender Will Be Hurt More Than the Rest by the Defensive Shift Ban

Los Angeles was the master of the shift and used it to its advantage. With the ban on the defensive strategy starting this season, the Dodgers and other teams might get stuck.

Sports Illustrated

Donald Trump shares disturbing baseball bat photo after posting chilling threat

Donald Trump posted an image of himself holding a baseball bat next to a picture of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as he awaits the grand jury's decision to arrest him or not

Daily Mirror

Apple Moves “Friday Night Baseball” to Apple TV+

The games, which start on April 7, will now require a $6.99 subscription to Apple TV+

TV Tech

Chris Russo Fights Back Against Critics Who Wanted Him Fired for WBC Take

He has strong words for people bent out of shape.

Sports Illustrated

Rankings for Fantasy Baseball Drafts: Hitters Rising and Falling on Cheatsheet

Heading into a big weekend of fantasy baseball drafts, there are some hitters that have jumped up the rankings while others head in the wrong direction.

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Fantasy Baseball Cheatsheet: Pitchers That Are Rising and Falling on Rankings

Heading into a big weekend of fantasy baseball drafts, here are some pitchers to target and some to fade based on the latest rankings.

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Fantasy Baseball Risers and Fallers: Hitters

Heading into a big weekend of fantasy baseball drafts, here are some hitters to target and some to fade.

Sports Illustrated

Fantasy Baseball Risers and Fallers: Pitchers

Heading into a big weekend of fantasy baseball drafts, here are some pitchers to target and some to fade.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Ohtani told WBC catcher to sit back and enjoy the show

NARITA, Chiba -- Before Shohei Ohtani closed out Japan's dramatic victory over the United States in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic, catcher Yuhei Nakamura went out to the mound for a talk.

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Ohtani donates WBC cap to U.S. Hall of Fame

MIAMI -- Shohei Ohtani has donated the cap he wore in the final of the World Baseball Classic to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, the museum said Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Fantasy baseball: Bank on Juan Soto, Manny Machado and (a healthy) Fernando Tatis Jr. in your league

When the San Diego Union-Tribune hired me in 2008, Petco Park was a fantasy wasteland.

Tribune News Service

Fantasy baseball: Here's who will boom, bust during the 2023 baseball season

In sports and gambling there, there is a (mistaken) belief that a player who is performing better than normal will continue to play well.

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Mac Engel: World Baseball Classic captured our interest not because it’s baseball, but that flag

Bud Selig fouled a lot of pitches off his face and crotch in his 22-year tenure as MLB commissioner, but his baby that is the WBC is a big league double.

The Independent UK

Anger as Trump posts picture of himself wielding baseball bat next to Alvin Bragg’s head

Manhattan district attorney leading probe into hush money payments allegedly made to Stormy Daniels

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ben Frederickson: Sooner rather than later, Cardinals need a new wave of World Series championship experience

JUPITER, Fla. — Something should strike you about this Cardinals roster that will be introduced to a packed Busch Stadium on opening day.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tim Anderson rejoins White Sox, gets back to being a shortstop

White Sox notebook: Tim Anderson, rough start for Kopech, Savala homers, Vaughn set for minor league game

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