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Benjamin Hochman: Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols represent St. Louis with pride and passion

They say St. Louis English teachers used to write in and complain about Cardinals broadcaster Dizzy Dean, who sometimes would butcher the language, such as describing a player who “slud into third.”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Dieter Kurtenbach: The SF Giants are one of the hottest teams in baseball. They still need an offseason overhaul.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants closed September on a tear, winning 10 of their final 11 games of the month and providing a bit of positivity to cap a season that has seen far too little of it.

Tribune News Service

Phillies splash past National, 8-1, reduce magic number to two

WASHINGTON — As it drizzled outside Sunday morning, Phillies officials gathered in the visiting clubhouse for multiple meetings with representatives from the Washington Nationals and Major League Baseball. Everyone agreed on the objective.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Mariners promote Justin Hollander to general manager

As a self-described no-talent Little League right fielder growing up in Dayton, Ohio, Justin Hollander officially gave up any dream of playing for a Major League Baseball team in 1988.

Tribune News Service

Bill Madden: From Aaron Judge to Buck Showalter, handing out our end-of-season awards

NEW YORK — Although the postseason seedings have yet to be decided, with one notable exception — the National League MVP race — we’ve seen enough to determine the deserving individual honors. Everyone has their opinions, many even have actual votes, but here are our picks for baseball’s 2022 awards…

Tribune News Service

Dodgers come back to win on big night for Jaime Jarrin and Freddie Freeman

LOS ANGELES — How joyful. How fitting. With the Los Angeles Dodgers already having achieved nearly every conceivable regular-season goal — and adding victory No. 110 by the end of the night — Saturday provided an opportunity to honor a broadcaster employed by the franchise for 64 years and a…

Los Angeles Times

Padres celebrate reaching playoffs for seventh time in franchise history

SAN DIEGO —At the end, it was easy.

Tribune News Service

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Mets can’t give Max Scherzer much support in 4-2 loss to Braves

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves have quite possibly one of the deepest lineups in baseball. The Mets assembled a starting pitching rotation that they believed could counter that lineup.

Tribune News Service

Kanye West hides his face before Balenciaga fitting as he risks Kardashian run-in at PFW

The 45-year-old father-of-four was seen holding his black hoody over his face as he tried to shield his identity with a grey baseball cap

Daily Mirror

‘Let’s F—ing Party’: The Mariners Finally End Their 21-Year Playoff Drought

After two decades of bad decisions and bad bounces and bad play, it’s time for Seattle baseball to celebrate again.

Sports Illustrated

The summer goeth before the fall in this week’s baseball quiz

How well do you know how the Cubs and Sox did from June 21 to Sept. 22?

Chicago Sun-Times

How a collector in Florida wound up with Roberto Clemente's most iconic bat

PITTSBURGH — Rob Shelling's vast collection of baseball bats is enough to make any memorabilia junkie drool with jealousy. There's one Babe Ruth swung while cracking a home run in the first MLB All-Star Game in 1933. Another Joe DiMaggio used during his 56-game hitting streak eight years later.

Tribune News Service

Jimmy Carter to celebrate 98 with family, friends, baseball

Jimmy Carter, already the longest-living U.S. president in history, will celebrate his 98th birthday Saturday with family and friends in Plains, the tiny Georgia town where he and his wife, 95-year-old Rosalynn, were born

The Independent UK

Jack Flaherty shines, Albert Pujols hits No. 701 as Cardinals clip Pirates, 2-1

ST. LOUIS — While Jack Flaherty had an impressive audition Friday night not only for a postseason roster spot but a chance to be in the rotation in next weekend's first round, Albert Pujols took another step toward the National Baseball Hall of Fame, not that his route wasn’t already…

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SF Giants’ rookie hits grand slam for 1st homer, Rodon retakes strikeout lead in win over Rockies

SAN FRANCISCO — Two grand slams, separated by about 10 minutes but thousands of miles, could change the course of baseball’s playoff race. What’s crazy isn’t the coincidence; it’s the fact that it matters at all.

Salon

Gleefully sex positive "Resident Alien"

There’s no crying in baseball and no shaming in “Resident Alien," which takes a refreshingly candid view of sex

Chicago Sun-Times

‘How do we handle failure?’: Jason Heyward addresses split with Cubs, possible reunion

Heyward addressed the media for the first time since Jed Hoyer revealed the team planned to release Heyward before the final year of his $184 million contract.

Liverpool Echo

Families brawled with golf clubs and baseball bats as neighbours watched

David and Jack Roach and Brendan and Michael Kennedy all appeared before the courts this morning

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Chicago Sun-Times

Coverage of Aaron Judge’s home-run chase puts Len Kasper’s move to radio in focus

For those who still don’t accept Kasper’s rationale for leaving Cubs TV for White Sox radio nearly two years ago, consider what happened in baseball broadcasting last week.

Sports Illustrated

Roger Maris Jr. Will Consider Aaron Judge MLB’s HR Record Holder

Maris: “Baseball do the right thing!”

Daily Mirror

Baseball fan left distraught after dropping Aaron Judge home run ball worth $2m

Aaron Judge tied Roger Maris' 61-year-old record with his 61st home run of the season against the Toronto Blue Jays and one fan almost came away with a piece of memorabilia

The Independent UK

World distraught for baseball fan who drops Aaron Judge’s historic home run ball worth $2m

Video showed multiple baseball fans diving for missed opportunity of a lifetime

Sports Illustrated

Twitter Reacts to Maris Jr. Dismissing Barry Bonds Record

He believes that Aaron Judge will have the true home run record if and when he hits No. 62.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | One Step Closer to 62

What are we supposed to make of Aaron Judge’s historic season?

Chicago Sun-Times

Roger Maris Jr. calls Aaron Judge the true home run king

Judge tied the AL record with his 61st homer on Wednesday. Maris Jr. earlier said he considers the home run totals held by Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds to be illegitimate. “I think most people do.”

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