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Samurai Japan stave off challengers for world top spot

NEW YORK -- Japan was first in the men's baseball rankings released by the World Baseball Softball Confederation on Dec. 31, a spot it has held since 2014. Samurai Japan will compete in the World Baseball Classic international tourney in March.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

15 MLB Predictions to Ring in 2023

The rule changes will bring joy to baseball in the new year.

Sports Illustrated

2023 visions: Bears win! (Oops.) Bulls get in! (Briefly.) And our baseball teams? Not all bad

What’s with all the predictions? Consider it a year’s worth of precious intel.

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San Francisco Giants chief speaks out on deal for MLB megastar Carlos Correa collapsing

Major League Baseball superstar Carlos Correa was hours away from being unveiled as a San Francisco Giants player only for the deal to collapse - and the Giants have spoken out about what happened

Daily Mirror

Baseball quiz: And now for something completely different ...

Let’s put statistics and trivia aside and see if you can name the author of these baseball quotes.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB Letter in Yankees Sign-Stealing Investigation Finally Unsealed

I wrote about the unsealing order in 2020; the order was then affirmed earlier this year, and just today Judge Jed Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.) unsealed "the minimally redacted version" of the letter. (Judge Rakoff's opinion starts with, "Time to close the books.") You can see that redacted version, which is too…

Reason

Gang of men armed with hammers and baseball bat attack car

The terrified driver and passenger drove away in fear to avoid more damage to the car

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Let’s Remember What We’ll Forget From 2022

Many of us at Sports Illustrated have spent the last few weeks looking back on this year in sports. We combed through the catalog of stories we’ve published over the past 12 months to pick out our favorites and sum up what happened (or in the case of MMQB editor…

Sports Illustrated

Aaron Judge is AP male athlete of year after setting HR mark

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has been voted The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year

The Independent UK

What We'll Remember From 2022: MLB

Aaron Judge's home run chase and Houston's second title headlined a baseball season that, for a time, seemed like it might not happen at all.

Sports Illustrated

The Best Sports Shows, Movies and Books of 2022

An updated TV version of a cinema classic was the high point in a fantastic year for sports media.

Sports Illustrated

'Almost a saint': Roberto Clemente is as influential as ever 50 years after his death

When Roberto Clemente Jr. woke on the morning of Dec. 31, 1972, he immediately tiptoed to his parents' bedroom to see whether his father was up.

Los Angeles Times

Tom Krasovic: Peter Seidler is trying to finish the job that Ray Kroc began

Baseball scouts tell me their bosses can't figure out Peter Seidler's math. The riddle: how the Padres can afford such large player payrolls, without losing big money.

Tribune News Service

The Beautiful Life of Vin Scully

The legendary Dodgers broadcaster, who died Tuesday at age 94, was simultaneously a giant and America’s best friend.

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Most Little Leaguers Dream of the Big Leagues. He Dreamed of Dentistry

When he played in the 1956 Little League World Series, he told SI that his goal wasn’t MLB. Here’s what happened.

Sports Illustrated

Jeff Luhnow’s Next Act: Soccer

The scandal-marked former Astros GM says he has nothing to apologize for.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Roberto Clemente’s death 50 years ago forever changed his son, a former Phillies minor leaguer

PHILADELPHIA — Roberto Clemente Jr. was dressing for his first spring training workout in February 1986 when a Phillies official alerted him to a group of reporters waiting outside the clubhouse in Clearwater, Fla. He signed with the team a month earlier for $40,000. Now the press wanted to know…

Sports Illustrated

This Year in Home Run Reactions: A Study in the Human Condition

Dramatic dingers tell us something about baseball. The pitchers reveal something about frustration, pain and apathy.

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The Independent UK

Ten convicted in attempted killing of slugger David Ortiz

A Dominican court has convicted 10 people involved in the 2019 attempted killing of former Red Sox baseball star David Ortiz

Daily Mirror

NFL legend claims playing in MLB was harder as he could 'not master it'

Deion Sanders, the iconic cornerback who defined showmanship in sports in the 1990s, played in both the NFL and MLB and made history when he scored a touchdown and home run on the same day

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mike Sielski: Tim Mayza gave up Aaron Judge’s 61st home run. Why his moment of failure was actually a triumph.

CAMP HILL, Pa. — On Sept. 28 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, in the seventh inning of a game against the Blue Jays, on the eighth pitch of his fourth at-bat of his 151st game, the Yankees’ Aaron Judge hit a two-run home run. The ball traveled 394 feet, landing…

Chicago Tribune

Lucas Giolito pitches in to clean up beaches in the Dominican Republic. ‘We have one planet,’ the Chicago White Sox starter says.

When Lucas Giolito arrived in the Dominican Republic earlier this month for a beach cleanup project, he noticed a group of young baseball players going through agility drills with a trainer.

Tribune News Service

Mets officially bring back Adam Ottavino, continue needed improvements in the bullpen

While the baseball world awaits word on Carlos Correa’s situation with the Mets, the Amazin’s are taking care of other business. The team announced on Tuesday that Adam Ottavino’s one-year deal to return to Flushing is official.

Sports Illustrated

Deion Sanders Says Baseball Was More Difficult Than Football

The former cornerback and outfielder said the choice was easy to make.

Sports Illustrated

And the Most Representative MLB Hitter of 2022 Is ...

Which player best shows the type of baseball we saw this year? Let’s take a look.

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