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Every MLB: The Show cover star since 1997

Let's look at every MLB: The Show cover athlete from the past two and a half decades.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 1, 2023

After meeting Japan stars as a kid, Nootbaar is now one himself

LOS ANGELES -- It's a heartwarming photo -- a young boy happily posing with a team of Japanese high school all-stars. Fast forward nearly two decades, and that boy has made a Japanese all-star team of his own, although in a roundabout way.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jan 31, 2023

It's official: Caray's deal to call Cardinals games on television is finalized

It was in October 1969 when Harry Caray was fired as the Cardinals' lead broadcaster, one of the most controversial — if not the most controversial — moves in St. Louis sportscasting history. The dismissal of the immensely popular broadcaster who didn't hesitate to speak his mind, after 25 years…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jan 30, 2023

Column: At 88, fastballs are flying at him, and this slugger is swinging for the fences

LOS ANGELES -- It was a Friday morning, and the sun was shining. To 88-year-old Benny Wasserman, that meant only one thing.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 30, 2023

Jim Souhan: How Falvey, Twins kept the door open for Carlos Correa

The Twins have rarely competed for top talent on the free-agent market. The signing of Carlos Correa to a franchise-record contract could alter perceptions of the franchise, and if that happens, it will be due mostly to the Correa deal, a long-running, sharp-winding negotiation that required chief baseball officer Derek…

Tribune News Service · Jan 30, 2023

Dublin migrant camp 'attacked with sticks and dogs'

Gardai were alerted to the scene after a number of men reportedly arrived at the camp with sticks, dogs, and a baseball bat

Dublin Live · Jan 29, 2023

Bill Madden: We are making the selection of Hall of Famers way too complicated

NEW YORK — The Baseball Writers’ Association election of Scott Rolen to the Hall of Fame this week created a goodly share of controversy and consternation among the baseball populace, and once again it got me to wonder why it’s become so complicated.

Tribune News Service · Jan 29, 2023

Masked gang of 20 armed with baseballs smash windows and TVs in pub

The group entered the pub around 7.15am and caused extensive damage. It's understood that some of the masked gang were armed with baseball bats.

Irish Mirror · Jan 28, 2023

Is this ‘The Ex-Files’ or is this baseball trivia?

The truth is right here: all we be revealed about some former Cubs and Sox players

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 28, 2023

Cap on event attendance lifted ahead of downgrading COVID-19

The government lifted its restriction on crowd size at large events after it revised its basic response policy, which serves as a guideline for coronavirus measures, at a meeting of its Novel Coronavirus Response Headquarters on Friday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jan 28, 2023