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FORT MYERS, Fla. — So, does the baseball look like a beach ball this spring?

NORTH PORT, Fla. — On the final pitch of the Braves’ Grapefruit League opener versus the Red Sox, the Braves fell victim to the new pitch timer.

Here are the 10 things to know about how the new rule will impact baseball next season.

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Montana State Senate District 42 — Mary Anne Dunwell (D) and Matt Olson (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for…

PHILADELPHIA — Inside a somber clubhouse Saturday, Dansby Swanson, head hung, embraced Kenley Jansen. Michael Harris, with his head down, sat facing his locker and looked at his phone. A bit further down that row of lockers, a small group of players chatted. All around the room, coaches, players and…

ATLANTA -- This is how fast it can happen. With two out in the sixth inning, Zack Wheeler had retired 17 of 18 hitters, needing 58 pitches to run through the Braves’ batting order twice. His 59th delivery – a sinker that bore in, as opposed to down – plunked…

ATLANTA — You’re greedy. We get it.

ATLANTA — The Phillies ended their postseason drought at 10 years only because MLB added an extra wild card this year. They were the lowest seed to make it through the wild-card round. The Phillies are up against the Braves in the National League Division Series. The defending World Series…

NEW YORK — Hard as it must be for the Citi Field faithful to accept the fact the Mets won 101 games, the second-most wins in their history, and still wound up as a wild card, there is this dose of hard reality: The Braves were simply a better team.