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Tim Cowlishaw: With pitch clocks here to stay, Rangers must embrace MLB’s new, fast-paced game

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — The pitch clock has arrived in Major League Baseball. It’s here to stay, and that’s a wonderful thing, no matter how loudly people howl on Twitter or anyplace else about the end of Saturday’s Braves-Red Sox game in Florida.

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Dieter Kurtenbach: I love baseball’s new pitch clock, which is already changing the sport for the better

There is a tell-tale rhythm to broadcasting a baseball game. The downtimes between pitches and at-bats are opportunities to opine, inform, or tell stories, as the greats have done.

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Cubs hoping they can get the right numbers from Cody Bellinger

The next chapter in Cody Bellinger's professional baseball career began Saturday with a mistake as he walked to the plate for his first at-bat as a member of the Chicago Cubs.

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College Baseball Player Hits Two Grand Slams in Same Inning

This is impressive.

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How a new MLB rule could change baseball games this season

A pitch clock will give pitchers 20 seconds or less to throw the ball, and hitters have to be in the batter's box when the timer hits 8 seconds. It already cost one team a game in spring training.

WEKU

An MLB Player’s Career May Now Be Defined by How He Handles One Age-Old Pitch

The best bats today come with good swing decisions behind them. Take the most recent postseason as an example: The World Series came down to it.

Sports Illustrated

The MLB pitch clock is already proving to be the best thing for baseball after just a few days

MLB games are already faster thanks to the pitch clock, which is HUGE for baseball.

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Paul Sullivan: ‘Last Comiskey’ stirs memories of a lovable Chicago White Sox team and its iconic ballpark

The start of Cactus League play in Arizona this weekend reminds us the daily grind of the baseball season is underway and opening day is on deck.

Chicago Tribune

Braden Shewmake’s newborn son gives him perspective on baseball

TAMPA, Fla. — When the days rehabbing his torn PCL became long or monotonous, or both, Braden Shewmake’s motivation was at home waiting for him when he finished.

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What will be José Castro’s approach as Chicago White Sox hitting coach? ‘Adaptability is part of his DNA.’

GLENDALE, Ariz. — José Castro’s professional baseball career included three seasons in the Chicago White Sox farm system. He played all four infield positions and the outfield in the organization from 1982-85.

Chicago Tribune

Michigan State football offers 2024 4-star WR, Tennessee baseball commit

MSU has sent an offer to a Tennessee baseball commit, who also is a 4-star wide receiver prospect:

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Michigan State baseball: Spartans stumble off of opening weekend momentum

MSU stumbled in the second weekend series of the year following a great opening weekend:

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Ron Cook: Steve Cohen's spending is ruining baseball? That's rich.

PITTSBURGH — The New York Mets' opening-day payroll this season is projected to be $345.1 million, according to Cot's Baseball Contracts. That is $74 million more than the New York Yankees will spend as the next-highest-paying team. The Mets also are expected to pay nearly $100 million in luxury tax,…

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Paul Sullivan: Here’s hoping Jerry Reinsdorf can celebrate his 87th birthday despite dueling White Sox and Bulls distractions

CHICAGO — Former Chicago Cubs owner Phillip K. Wrigley once said baseball “is too much of a sport to be a business and too much of a business to be a sport.”

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When the answer is just a click away

When I was about 12 I committed some misdemeanour in class and as a punishment the teacher ordered me to write a thousand-word essay on baseball and hand it in the next morning. This was something of a challenge as being an English kid I knew absolutely nothing about baseball…

Daily Mirror

Tom Cruise admits wearing 'baseball cap disguise' to watch his own new movies in theatres

Tom Cruise admitted attending the opening weekends for his own new films as he joins the audience in a 'baseball cap disguise' within the 'paying audience'

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Manny Machado made a little MLB spring training history with a pitch clock violation and he had the best reaction to it

Going to have to speed things up a bit, Manny.

Chicago Sun-Times

Baseball quiz: It’s my quiz, and I can ask if I want to

Baseball has been filled with celebrity owners. See if you recall their teams.

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Bryce Miller: Padres pitching star Joe Musgrove’s emotional story of a father, a family — and a promise

PEORIA, Ariz. — In a quiet room at a care center, a 15-year-old boy promised his father he would take care of the family. If the unthinkable became a horrifying reality, if a life-and-death teeter-totter or crushing financial pressure pushed them to the brink, the teen would shoulder the weight…

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Texas leads in Pro Football Hall of Famers, but how does state compare in other sports?

DALLAS — No state has more native-born players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame than the state of Texas. Zach Thomas’ recent election will add to the number of Texans enshrined in Canton, Ohio.

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‘Tis the season: A how-to guide to 2023 spring training baseball in South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s the constant refrain of escapees from Elmira and East Rutherford: South Florida has no seasons. Not so. Saturday is opening day for Grapefruit League spring-training baseball for five Major League teams in three South Florida ballparks — for fans, it’s Christmas every day.

Sports Illustrated

Tennessee Baseball Coach Tony Vitello Suspended for ‘Violation’

Assistant Josh Elander will serve as the Volunteers acting head coach.

Chicago Sun-Times

Padres’ Manny Machado makes baseball history with first pitch clock violation

He wasn’t fully in the batter’s box and alert to Mariners lefty Robbie Ray as the 15-second clock wound under 8 seconds in the bottom of the first inning. Umpire Ryan Blakney called time and signaled strike one against Machado.

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John Romano: Tampa may be MLB’s choice for the Rays, but the Tropicana Field site is where the money is

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Inside a tavern area at Tropicana Field, there is laughter and conversation. A Suncoast Tiger Bay meeting with Rays president Brian Auld has just wrapped up early Thursday evening, and members are now mingling with politicians and team executives.

Sports Illustrated

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