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Jesus Christ was first person to play cricket and baseball, historians bizarrely claim

It has bizarrely been claimed that Jesus Christ was the first person ever to play cricket after a manuscript from a previously unseen Gospel was unearthed

Daily Mirror

'I'm going to bash the f--- out of you now': Cameron Welsh guilty of baseball bat attacks, head stomping

In the space of a few days in June last year, Cameron Reginald Welsh brutally bashed three men in three separate attacks at New Lambton, Woodberry and Beresfield, stomping on one man's head and repeatedly striking two others with a baseball bat.

Newcastle Herald

Former manager Joe Maddon repeats frustration in how Angels’ front office handled analytics

Former Angels manager Joe Maddon continued on his crusade against the way analytics have flooded the game of baseball, including expressing frustration in the way he and the Angels front office worked together before he was fired in June.

The Orange County Register

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More than half of minor league baseball players have voted to unionize

Most minor league players make less than the federal poverty line. The Major League Baseball Players Association has asked MLB to voluntarily recognize the unionizing efforts.

WEKU

Tom Krasovic: Padres can't expect to hold wild-card lead playing like this

The Padres can take comfort in knowing they still lead the race for the third wild card that Major League Baseball adopted this year, despite their offense stinking up Petco Park once again Monday afternoon in a 5-0 loss to a loose Diamondbacks team.

Tribune News Service

MLBPA asks baseball management to accept union for minor leaguers

The MLBPA, which reached its first collective bargaining agreement for major leaguers in 1968, launched the minor league unionization drive on Aug. 28.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bill Shaikin: 'That was absolutely deliberate.' Focus at Jackie Robinson Museum is off the field.

NEW YORK — There was a time, and not so long ago, when you could ask a major league player about Jackie Robinson and get a shrug in return. The league retired his number in 1997, on the 50th anniversary of his debut, with President Clinton in attendance. That made…

Los Angeles Times

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Taking a deep statistical dive into Dylan Cease’s gem

Baseball by the numbers: One-hitter earned a game score of 90, tied for 5th in the majors this season

Chicago Sun-Times

America's next big labor battle could be Minor League Baseball

When the Major League Baseball Players Association sent union authorization cards to approximately 5,000 minor league players in an attempt to unionize them, I was both surprised and not surprised at all.

The Conversation

Ben Frederickson: Even NL fundamentalists have to admit Pujols and Cardinals have made DH a hit

I know it’s impolite to say, ‘I told you so.’

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

MLB’s Art Shires: hitter, peacock, boaster, boxer and accused killer

The Texan was a hothead who beat up his own manager, pursued an off-season fighting career and was implicated in the deaths of two people

The Guardian - US

Andrew Benintendi may miss rest of season with broken wrist

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Andrew Benintendi was diagnosed with a broken hook of the hamate bone. The Yankees left fielder is not ready to rule out a comeback before the end of the season, but the typical rehab for baseball players with this is at least three to four weeks…

Tribune News Service

Gene Collier: Boy, will Albert Pujols miss PNC Park

PITTSBURGH — By next Sunday, if it hasn't already, the looming launch of the NFL season will have fully swallowed what remains of our baseball consciousness around here.

Tribune News Service

Baseball quiz: The quizmaster takes you to school

These classes are sure to teach you something you didn’t know about baseball.

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‘Same page’: Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki, interpreter Toy Matsushita face rookie MLB seasons together

The player-interpreter relationship goes far beyond interviews and press conferences.

The Denver Post

Rockies lose in walk-off fashion to Reds, 3-2

Give the Rockies points for creativity. They keep finding ways to lose baseball games on the road.

Sports Illustrated

Five Things to Follow Five Weeks Before the Playoffs

In five weeks, we’ll be watching playoff baseball. Because of the new 12-team postseason format, this is the first year in which there will be four best-of-three Wild Card Series, two in the AL and two in the NL, as opposed to the single one-and-done game in each league. This…

Tribune News Service

Nationals’ Meneses delivers gut-wrenching loss to Oakland A’s

The Oakland A’s suffered a gut-punch loss to the worst team in Major League Baseball.

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Jack Quinlan still remembered, revered decades after his death

When former Blackhawks voice Pat Foley was calling a Cubs game last week, he made a point to credit Quinlan for “planting the seed” of his broadcast career. But Foley was just one of many kids influenced by Quinlan.

The Independent UK

Pictured: Couple accused of sex act at Oakland A’s baseball game

Oakland Athletics fans have since returned to the stands with signs referencing the situation, including: “These seats suck”

Chicago Tribune

The ‘emotional’ story of how an 8-year-old Blue Jays fan from England met his favorite player— Cubs pitcher Marcus Stroman

TORONTO — It all started with a tweet.

Chicago Sun-Times

Everything about the White Sox and Tony La Russa has been wrong, but getting him right is all that matters

The manager will undergo tests for a heart issue. Stepping away from baseball for the last month of the season should be his only priority.

Tribune News Service

Orioles promote Gunnar Henderson, MLB’s No. 1 prospect, for playoff push

BALTIMORE — For the second time in 2022, the Orioles have promoted baseball’s No. 1 prospect to the majors.

Tribune News Service

Logan Webb says SF Giants got ‘complacent.’ Gabe Kapler agrees.

SAN FRANCISCO — Entering play on June 19, the Giants owned the sixth-best record in baseball. They were 10 games over .500 and, even if in third place in their own division, appeared to be well on their way to the franchise’s first consecutive postseason berths since the earliest years…

Benzinga

Serena Williams Part Of Crazy Tennis And Baseball Stat: Can She Cap Off Retirement With US Open Win?

Considered by many one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Serena Williams is playing in her final US Open. Williams announced her retirement from the sport of tennis to focus on building a family. Here’s a crazy stat from her first win at the 2022 US Open and…

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