Cubs Plan to Release Jason Heyward From Final Year of Deal The 32-year-old has played his last game as a Cub, according to team president Jed Hoyer. Sports Illustrated · Aug 9, 2022
Dylan Hernández: Dodgers' dominance means only one thing — they must win the World Series By now, the years are starting to blend together, the decade-long renaissance making one season indistinguishable from the last. October baseball is now taken for granted in this city. Los Angeles Times · Aug 8, 2022
Phillies hit sweet 60 milestone against the Nationals with 13-1 win PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies won their 60th game of the season on Sunday, and their fifth game in a row, and they did it with ease. In a 13-1 win over the Washington Nationals, to complete a four-game sweep, the Phillies allowed only seven hits. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Aug 7, 2022
Hafta letters: Why context matters, secularism in Turkey, RSS podcast Hi Abhinandan, Newslaundry · Aug 6, 2022
Michael Cunningham: It’s not necessary for Braves to leap Mets in NL East, but it is urgent Everybody knows that the Braves don’t need to win the National League East to make the playoffs. There are three wild cards now, so they don’t even need to finish with one of the top two records for non-division winners. Getting in the postseason and then seeing what happens worked… Tribune News Service · Aug 4, 2022
A look at the buyers and sellers from a busy trade deadline This is quite a time to be a season ticket holder for the San Diego Padres The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022
Juan Soto traded to Padres; Nationals get big prospect haul The San Diego Padres have acquired superstar outfielder Juan Soto from the Washington Nationals in one of baseball’s biggest deals at the trade deadline The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022
MLB Trade Deadline Winners and Losers After a whirlwind of deals unfolded over the last couple of days, let’s review the good, bad and ugly from trade deadline season. Sports Illustrated · Aug 3, 2022
Nationals star Juan Soto heads to the Padres in a blockbuster deal San Diego acquired the superstar outfielder in one of baseball's biggest deals at the trade deadline, vaulting their postseason chances by adding one of the game's best young hitters. WEKU · Aug 2, 2022
Juan Soto, who spurned $440m deal, sent to Padres in deadline blockbuster The San Diego Padres acquired superstar outfielder Juan Soto from the Nationals on Tuesday in one of baseball’s biggest deals at the trade deadline The Guardian - US · Aug 2, 2022
Betting/Fantasy Impact: Brewers Trade Josh Hader to Padres Brewers star reliever Josh Hader is headed to San Diego to help the Padres in the NL wild card race, while Milwaukee likely will turn to Devin Williams to be its closer. Sports Illustrated · Aug 1, 2022
Judge’s Home Run Chase Isn’t Enough to Keep Yankees From Falling Here’s where all 30 teams stand as we near the trade deadline. Sports Illustrated · Aug 1, 2022
Phillies complete four-game sweep in Pittsburgh with season-high 18 hits in 8-2 win PITTSBURGH — Sunday’s game went about as well as a game could go for the Phillies. They won, 8-2, completing a four-game sweep of the Pirates. Aaron Nola pitched another gem, finishing his day at six innings, six hits, one run, one walk and eight strikeouts. Interim manager Rob Thomson… The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 31, 2022
Hafta letters: App glitches, demographic change in Kashmir, lazy analysis of judiciary Hi NL team, Newslaundry · Jul 30, 2022
Boston Herald · Jul 30, 2022 Brayan Bello shines in relief, but Red Sox go quietly in another July loss as MLB trade deadline looms BOSTON — Chaim Bloom insisted this week that how the Red Sox perform leading up to Aug. 2 would only go so far into determining his approach at the trade deadline. The standings matter, but they weren’t everything to the chief baseball officer’s plans.
Tribune News Service · Jul 27, 2022 Michael Cunningham: Depleted farm leaves Braves with fewer trade assets than NL rivals ATLANTA — When Alex Anthopoulos made trades last summer, the goal was to give the Braves a chance to win a fourth consecutive National League East title and then see what happens in the postseason. The Braves are shoo-ins to play in the postseason this year, so any moves the…
The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022 Jackie Robinson Museum opens after 14 years of planning The Jackie Robinson Museum has opened in Manhattan with a gala ceremony attended by the 100-year-old widow of the barrier-breaking ballplayer and two of his children
Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 26, 2022 Jackie Robinson Museum opens in New York after years of planning Rachel Robinson, who turned 100 on July 19, watched the half-hour outdoor celebration from a wheelchair in the 80-degree heat, then cut a ribbon to cap a project launched in 2008.
Newslaundry · Jul 23, 2022 Hafta letters: Yeh Bhi Theek Hai, RSS podcast, privilege of bail I listened to the first two episodes of Yeh Bhi Theek Hai podcast and, frankly, I found them quite underwhelming. Particularly, the flow of discussion did not feel coherent. In the second episode, the topic of respecting elders was just odd and not interesting at all. This might just be…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jul 22, 2022 Cardinals manager Marmol says winning means only one thing, 'win the whole thing' As any newcomer from the minors or another major-league club makes his way for the first time from the players’ parking lot to the Cardinals clubhouse, he is enveloped in history and greeted by its expectation.
Tribune News Service · Jul 21, 2022 Michael Cunningham: Braves better than last year but need more pitching to repeat The Braves are not a sure thing to make the postseason. There’s no such thing as certainty in baseball (though this year’s Yankees may come close). Still, it’s already safe to say the defending World Series champions again will play in the postseason. The Braves won’t have to rely on…
Tribune News Service · Jul 21, 2022 SF Giants: Storylines to watch in the second half The All-Star break is an abbreviated one for the Giants, who are one of eight teams that open the second half on Thursday, rather than Friday, with a four-game set with the Dodgers. Playing the first games at Dodger Stadium since the midsummer classic, they could use whatever pixie dust…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jul 21, 2022 Benjamin Hochman: Juan Soto is for the birds; starting pitching is for the Cardinals Even for a win-now, splurge-“Mo”-splurge guy like myself, the idea of the Cardinals trading for Juan Soto is a tough one to back.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jul 20, 2022 ‘The perfect leader’: As greats retire, Paul Goldschmidt rises as Cardinals’ next star of stars LOS ANGELES — A sensation he had around the Cardinals clubhouse a year ago continued this week when Paul Goldschmidt returned to the All-Star Game for the first time in four years. More than his jersey had changed, but it was hard to explain what.
Los Angeles Times · Jul 20, 2022 Giancarlo Stanton comes full circle with homer to take home All-Star Game MVP Giancarlo Stanton's two-run homer in the fourth inning of Tuesday night's All-Star Game traveled 457 feet and landed toward the back of the left-field pavilion in Dodger Stadium, not far from where the former Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High star usually sat when he attended Dodgers games as a kid.