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Polling Place: OK, critics, here are your selections of the best baseball movies ever

Why are there so many good ones? Not that anybody’s complaining.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bill Madden: What a difference a month has made for the Mets and Yankees

NEW YORK — To get a good idea of how fickle the fates of baseball can be, let’s flash back to July 17: The Yankees had just completed 14-1 and 13-2 routs of the Red Sox to forge a 64-28 record, by far the best in baseball, 4.5 games ahead…

Tribune News Service

How Vin Scully scored his Dodgers gig

Legendary broadcaster Red Barber took a chance on Scully when he asked him to be an announcer for the Dodgers

Salon

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Shohei Ohtani’s mentor from Japan ‘relieved’ Angels star is excelling in majors

ANAHEIM, Calif. —The day before last month’s All-Star Game, Shohei Ohtani said he wanted to play in next March’s World Baseball Classic and was under the impression that the Angels would let him. And on Friday, before the team’s 4-0 home loss to the Minnesota Twins, one of Ohtani’s mentors…

Los Angeles Times

Royals were beating bases-loaded, nobody-out odds, until Dodgers heated up for victory

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the second time in two games, the Royals escaped ultimate baseball danger. They didn’t allow a run after the opponent loaded the bases with no outs.

Tribune News Service

Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. suspended 80 games for drug violation; A.J. Preller cites ‘trust’ issue

WASHINGTON — Fernando Tatis Jr. will not play for the Padres this season.

Tribune News Service

Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. suspended 80 games for PED violation

WASHINGTON — Fernando Tatis Jr. will not play for the Padres this season.

Tribune News Service

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After 11 seasons in the minors, Rockies OF Wynton Bernard realizes lifelong goal: 'Am I dreaming?'

DENVER — Every night of his 11-year minor league career, Wynton Bernard would say a prayer that one day he’d be able to call himself a Major League baseball player.

The Denver Post

Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. suspended 80 games for PED violation

WASHINGTON — Fernando Tatis Jr. will not play for the Padres this season.

Tribune News Service

Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. suspended 80 games for PED violation

WASHINGTON — Padres superstar Fernando Tatis Jr. was suspended Friday for 80 games by Major League Baseball for violation of the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy.

Tribune News Service

More than 3.1 million TV viewers for 'Field of Dreams' game

More than 3.1 million viewers watched Fox Sports’ broadcast of Major League Baseball’s second “Field of Dreams” game, about half of the audience for the 2021 game

The Independent UK

"A League of Their Own" gets in the game

The Prime Video take on the classic baseball movie puts queer and Black women in the starting lineup – separately

Salon

Joliet Slammers looking to win and entertain

Both the franchise’s baseball and business sides know what they must do to succeed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Paul Sullivan: Kevin Costner’s absence, Cubs executive cameos and other observations on the Field of Dreams telecast

CHICAGO — It turns out you can stage a great infomercial for baseball, Iowa and Hollywood without the presence of the New York Yankees or a walk-off home run by Tim Anderson.

Chicago Tribune

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Reuters

Mexico's president draws ire after navy helicopter flies in baseball mascot

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is facing a flood of criticism after Mexico's navy lent a military helicopter to fly in his home team's mascot at a major baseball playoff during a week of violent unrest elsewhere in the country.

Tribune News Service

‘A League of Their Own’ series finally puts Black women on the baseball field

There’s a famous scene in Penny Marshall’s “A League of Their Own” movie: a Black woman, in a dress and hat, picks up a loose ball in foul territory and whips it past Geena Davis’ Dottie right into the waiting glove of Ellen Sue.

Sports Illustrated

‘Field of Dreams’ Game Is MLB’s Blueprint for More Special Events

Last night was the second time an MLB game was played at the Field of Dreams movie site in Dyersville, Iowa. The game was a success despite its lack of star power and, well, in-game excitement, especially when compared to what we saw when the Yankees and White Sox played…

Tribune News Service

The cast of the new ‘A League of Their Own’ doesn’t care if you don’t think women should play baseball

It’s fine not to like the new “A League of Their Own” series, says the cast. But only if it’s for the right reasons.

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Irish Mirror

Mum's chilling last Google search before she leapt off balcony holding son

Raquel Wilkins, 40, was killed alongside her two-year-old son Denzel Wilkins-Browning after she stepped off a high point of the Petco arena, a baseball stadium in downtown San Diego, California, in the US

The Independent UK

A League of Their Own: Chanté Adams is the Black breakout player the original failed to include

A new TV version of the beloved 1992 movie goes where the original couldn’t, writes Inga Parkel. Playing the rebellious Max, Adams leads a joyfully inclusive look at WWII-era women baseball players

The Guardian - UK

A League of Their Own review – this gorgeous baseball drama is about something far bigger than sport

Abbi Jacobson’s remake of the 80s Madonna-starring movie about a female baseball team in the 1940s is touching, funny – and even better than the original

Chicago Tribune

‘Wow. This is truly incredible.’ Cubs soak up unique atmosphere at the Field of Dreams game.

DYERSVILLE, Iowa — Chicago Cubs third baseman Patrick Wisdom searched for the right words.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs ‘have a catch,’ claim a win over Reds in second ‘Field of Dreams’ game

The Cubs took an early lead, as Seiya Suzuki, Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ combined to drive in three runs in the first inning. Nick Madrigal’s fourth-inning single gave the Cubs a 4-0 lead.

USA Today Sports Media Group

A Harry Caray hologram sang the 7th inning stretch at the Field of Dreams Game and baseball fans were creeped out

Ah one, Ah two, Ah OH NO!

USA Today Sports Media Group

Ken Griffey Jr. and his dad played catch at the Field of Dreams Game and baseball fans were emotional

What a special moment between Ken Griffey Jr. and Ken Griffey Sr. at the Field of Dreams Game.

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