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Beyond the grunt: Umpires mic up, and baseball changes a bit

After a century and a half of Major League Baseball, something quietly extraordinary happened this year

The Independent UK

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

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.

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Aaron Judge is not the MLB single-season home run king. Sorry, Roger Maris Jr.

No matter how you feel, Barry Bonds is the single-season home run king until someone hits 74.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Aaron Judge Home Run Chase Could Benefit Several Media Companies

The New York Yankees have nine games left in the 2022 Major League Baseball season. Those games, like many before them, could see strong viewership due to a home run chase happening with the team's star player.

Benzinga

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.

The Conversation

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.

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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

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

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.

Sports Illustrated

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

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

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…

Los Angeles Times

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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.

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

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.

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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.

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.

The Conversation

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.

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.

Tribune News Service

Mark Zeigler: As prior offender, Padres' Tatis now faces the teeth of MLB’s drug testing program

SAN DIEGO — Padres infielder Fernando Tatis Jr. has served 17 of his 80-game doping suspension by Major League Baseball and forfeited the first installment of what could be $2.9 million in lost wages. He’s met with the owner, the general manager, teammates, the media, apologizing profusely for “my mistakes,”…

Chicago Tribune

Minor-leaguers and their advocates hope Congress will revoke MLB’s antitrust exemption. Here’s how they are pushing for change.

CHICAGO — Rob Manfred’s response to a question last month about minor league salaries before the All-Star Game took off when the Major League Baseball commissioner said “I reject the premise that they’re not paid a living wage.”

USA Today Sports Media Group

Shane McClanahan struck out Mike Trout with a silly 100 mph pitch that looked like a wiffle ball

Are we sure this wasn't a wiffle ball?

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