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The Good, the Bad and the Meh of MLB’s Rule Changes

Regular readers of this newsletter know I disagree with Rob Manfred frequently. His handling of MLB labor issues is callous, and at best, he is an awkward public speaker. His treatment of minor leaguers is inhumane, and he has mishandled multiple baseball cheating scandals. For all of these ...

Sports Illustrated

10 pitchers with the slowest tempos who could be most affected by the MLB’s new pitch clock in 2023

These guys are going to have to speed it up!

USA Today Sports Media Group

Pitch clocks, shift limits among changes MLB adopts for 2023

The decision on the clock and shift limits by the sport’s 11-man competition committee was made Friday over the unanimous opposition of players on the panel.

Chicago Sun-Times

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SI:AM | The U.S. Open Is on the Verge of a Historic Finish

Don’t worry, we’re not ignoring NFL Week 1.

Sports Illustrated

After latest blowout loss, can A’s avoid setting new Oakland record for futility at home?

OAKLAND, Calif. – The most uplifting news for the Oakland A’s on Thursday was the announcement that Tony Kemp had been named the team’s nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award, the third straight year he’s been given that distinction.

Tribune News Service

Everything You Need to Know About MLB’s Rule Changes

Answering the questions behind the league’s efforts to improve pace of play next season.

Sports Illustrated

Grown man callously snatches fly ball from children at Nationals baseball game

Virginia mom Gina Hilliard tells The Independent her 10-year-old daughter was ‘very upset’ by the man’s actions

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Serena Williams-Backed Sorare Teams Up With NBA For NFT-Based Fantasy Sports Game

Fantasy sports and blockchain technology company Sorare is partnering with one more professional sports league. Here’s the latest and what it means for the world of sports and non-fungible tokens.

Benzinga

Oswaldo Cabrera and Gerrit Cole power Yankees to doubleheader sweep of Twins

NEW YORK — Aaron Judge got one home run closer to Roger Maris, Gerrit Cole mowed down the Twins with 14 strikeouts and the decimated Yankees swept a doubleheader in the Bronx.

Tribune News Service

Cubs’ 15 MLB debuts this year match last year’s total

Hayden Wesneski was the 15th Cub to make his major-league debut this season

Chicago Sun-Times

Oakland A’s bullpen lit up as defending World Series champs earn series sweep

OAKLAND, Calif. – A’s left-hander Ken Waldichuk had a fairly solid outing Wednesday in his first career start at the Coliseum – with the exception of two loud at-bats by the Atlanta Braves.

Tribune News Service

Arizona Diamondbacks vs. San Diego Padres, live stream, TV channel, time, how to stream MLB

The Arizona Diamondbacks will meet the San Diego Padres in the final game of their three-game series on Wednesday night at Petco Park.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Jerry Seinfeld is blaming Timmy Trumpet for the Mets’ collapse to the Braves in NL East

Let's check in on Mets fans ....

USA Today Sports Media Group

Jorge Alfaro gives Padres fans what they want with ‘Let’s [expletive] go San Diego!’ after another walkoff

Alfaro's catchphrase is back.

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MLB fans were baffled after man who grabbed Triston Casas’s first HR reveals the wild backstory of the catch

You will not believe where this story goes.

Tribune News Service

Matt Calkins: Meetings? A melee? Pitching? Answers vary on how hot Mariners made a midseason turnaround.

A journalism titan named Larry Stone tweeted Sunday that the Mariners were 47-19 since dropping 10 games below .500 after a mid-June series against the Angels. That was the same pace at which the Mariners won in 2001, when they tied the MLB record with 116 victories.

WEKU

More than half of minor league baseball players have voted to unionize

Most minor league players make less than the federal poverty line. The Major League Baseball Players Association has asked MLB to voluntarily recognize the unionizing efforts.

Tribune News Service

Matthew Roberson: Explaining MLB’s new 6-team-per-league playoff format and the advantages of the No. 3 seed

NEW YORK — As the old saying goes, if it ain’t broke, Rob Manfred will break it.

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Chicago Sun-Times

MLBPA asks baseball management to accept union for minor leaguers

The MLBPA, which reached its first collective bargaining agreement for major leaguers in 1968, launched the minor league unionization drive on Aug. 28.

Sports Illustrated

MLBPA Has Majority Support for Minor League Union

The MLBPA needed over 50% of players to sign the authorization cards in order to ask MLB for voluntary recognition.

The Guardian - US

Aaron Judge turned down $213.5m. Now he’s on his way to a home-run record

The slugger turned down a huge contract extension from the Yankees and bet on his own abilities. It looks like he made the right decision

USA Today Sports Media Group

Infielder Kody Clemens had the best reaction after striking out Shohei Ohtani with a 68 MPH pitch

Roger Clemens' kid got quite a strikeout.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Craig Kimbrel walking out to ‘Let It Go’ from Frozen has become an incredible good-luck charm

The song from Frozen has seemingly helped him pitch better.

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.

The Guardian - US

MLB’s Art Shires: hitter, peacock, boaster, boxer and accused killer

The Texan was a hothead who beat up his own manager, pursued an off-season fighting career and was implicated in the deaths of two people

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