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LOS ANGELES — It doesn't feel like 30 years.

It seems that longevity gets overlooked when it comes to the Hall of Fame. Plenty of guys who play for years past their peaks are dismissively referred to as compilers, especially if their best years were less impressive than those of players with high peaks but shorter careers. That is…

Watt will one day be enshrined as a member of the Hall of Fame in Canton. For now, his final game jersey is on display there.

Also in this week's mailbag: Is Naomi Osaka already a Hall of Famer? And who will be the next American man to win a major?

If it isn’t obvious by now that Tom Ricketts wants no part of a Sammy Sosa reunion, I don’t know what else the Chicago Cubs chairman can say to end the discussion.

He’s in danger of falling off the ballot, but he deserves more consideration.

The statue is set to be unveiled in 2024, president of business operations Crane Kenney said at Cubs Convention.

Hall of Fame member Jan Stephenson was a three-time major champion and winner of 16 LPGA events

PHILADELPHIA — In stretching out Trea Turner’s $300 million contract over 11 years, the Phillies diluted the average annual salary for luxury-tax purposes and payroll flexibility. It’s the approach they took four years ago in signing Bryce Harper. The length of Turner’s deal, like Harper’s 13-year pact, was predicated on…