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Two wrongs trying to make a right – makeup calls are common for MLB umpires, financial analysts and probably you

Major League Baseball has been trying something new in recent seasons: instant replay for umpire calls. After replay review, some erroneous calls on the field can be overturned. Baseball in its own fashion is acknowledging what sports fans have always known – officials make mistakes.

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New York Yankees Aaron Judge Home Run Ball Worth Millions Before It's Hit

The 2022 Major League Baseball season could see several records fall thanks to the bat of New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge. Here’s a look at the massive figures thrown out for home run balls from Judge before they’re even hit.

Benzinga

Cubs minor-league managers, coaches weigh in on pitch clock and how to make it better

Cubs manager David Ross said he’s eager to pick High-A South Bend manager Lance Rymel’s brain about rules changes when he meets with the big-league team in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Why the home run chases of today are different from the late '90s and early 2000s

For many baseball fans, the excitement over Aaron Judge, Albert Pujols and the milestones they've been chasing has evoked bittersweet memories of the home run chases of baseball's "steroid era."

WEKU

Cardinals slugger Pujols joins baseball's elite 700-homer club

Los Angeles (AFP) - St.Louis slugger Albert Pujols became just the fourth Major League Baseball player to hit 700 home runs on Friday, with two homers against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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700! With two homers in LA, Cardinals great Albert Pujols launches himself into exclusive club.

LOS ANGELES — With one swing, that familiar snap of his shoulders, and the signature glare as a baseball vanishes in the distance, Cardinals great Albert Pujols launched himself into one of the most exclusive clubs in baseball.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Minor Leaguers Who Sprung a Union on MLB

Players were already fuming over their treatment. Enter a motley crew of career minor leaguers with a plan.

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Gabe Kapler: Tigers' new president is 'very, very driven,' and values other people's opinions

DETROIT — Gabe Kapler first met new Tigers president Scott Harris in the fall of 2019, when Kapler was interviewing for the Chicago Cubs' managerial opening.

Tribune News Service

Yankees' Judge blasts 58th, 59th homers of MLB season

Chicago (AFP) - New York Yankees star centerfielder Aaron Judge homered twice on Sunday to move within two home runs of tying Roger Maris's American League single-season record of 61.

AFP

Yankees' Judge blasts 58th homer of MLB season

Chicago (AFP) - New York Yankees star centerfielder Aaron Judge smashed his 58th home run of the season on Sunday, moving closer to an iconic Major League Baseball record.

AFP

Cardinals' Pujols edges closer to 700 homer milestone

Los Angeles (AFP) - St.Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols edged closer to Major League Baseball's exclusive 700-homer club on Friday, belting the 698th home run of his career in a 6-5 win over Cincinnati.

AFP

Mets honor Roberto Clemente before Thursday’s matchup against his former team

NEW YORK — Thursday was Roberto Clemente Day across Major League Baseball.

Tribune News Service

MLB milestone set with nine Latino hitters in Rays' lineup

Toronto (Canada) (AFP) - The Tampa Bay Rays became the first team in Major League Baseball history to start nine Latin American hitters in their batting lineup on Thursday, in a game at Toronto.

AFP

Trevor Bauer argues new video shows accuser 'smirking and uninjured' after encounter

LOS ANGELES — The video lasts nine seconds, with no sound. Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer appears to be asleep in bed, with a mask over his eyes. Next to him in bed, his attorneys say: the woman whose sexual assault allegations against Bauer triggered the investigation that resulted in his…

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Evening Standard

Jurgen Klopp is not a fan of Chelsea owner Boehly’s ‘North vs South’ game idea

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has sarcastically responded to Chelsea counterpart Todd Boehly's Premier League 'North vs South' match proposal.

AFP

Pujols' 697th career homer puts him fourth all-time in MLB

Los Angeles (AFP) - St.Louis slugger Albert Pujols drilled the 697th home run of his Major League Baseball career on Sunday, moving to fourth on the all-time list with the go-ahead ninth-inning blast in a 4-3 win over Pittsburgh.

The Independent UK

Former MLB pitcher turned cop Varvaro dies in car crash

Anthony Varvaro, a former Major League Baseball pitcher who retired in 2016 to become a police officer in the New York City area, was killed in a car accident on his way to work at the Sept. 11 memorial ceremony in Manhattan

AFP

Pujols hits 696th career homer to join A-Rod at fourth all-time

Los Angeles (AFP) - St.Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols belted the 696th home run of his career on Saturday to join Alex Rodriguez at fourth on Major League Baseball's all-time list.

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Chicago Tribune

Cubs offer mixed reactions to MLB rule changes: ‘Some of the little things ... would’ve helped players get behind a little bit more’

CHICAGO — If anyone expected a great outcry from players after Major League Baseball announced major rule changes for 2023 on Friday — a pitcher’s clock, enlarged bases and severe restrictions on defensive shifts — well, just take the temperature of P.J. Higgins’ reaction as an example.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB will recognize minor league players union

The Major League Baseball Players Association launched the unionization drive on Aug. 28 and told MLB on Tuesday it had obtained signed authorization cards from the approximately 5,000 to 6,500 players with minor league contracts.

Tribune News Service

Pitch clocks and a ban on defensive shifts coming to MLB in 2023 as part of major rule changes

Major League Baseball announced a huge set of rule changes on Friday, which will go into effect for the 2023 season.

AFP

MLB rule changes for '23 include pitch timer, bigger bases

New York (AFP) - A pitch timer, bigger bases and limitations on defensive position shifting will come to Major League Baseball in 2023 rule changes approved Friday.

Tribune News Service

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.

AFP

Yankees' Judge belts 54th home run of year

New York (AFP) - New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge continued his march toward Roger Maris's American League record of 61 home runs in a season on Monday, pounding his 54th in a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Twins.

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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.

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