He popped the question and she headed for the exits. A suitor bent down on one knee during a minor league baseball game in Massachusetts and suffered a public rejection that was recorded by sympathetic fans and broadcast on the…
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After a Winding Journey, the Blue Jays Will Return to Canada
The team has been granted an exception to resume play in Toronto on July 30, with restrictions in place to help prevent coronavirus outbreaks. By James Wagner The last time the Blue Jays played a game at Rogers Centre, their…
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Yankees Can’t Keep Taking the Weekends Off
BOSTON — The Yankees start almost every Monday with jackhammers pounding their skulls. Their hangovers are not from weekends of revelry, but from binges of shame and regret. It happened again this weekend, at a festive Fenway Park hosting overflow…
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M.L.B. Commissioner: ‘We’re Moving the Game in the Right Direction’
Major League Baseball’s crisis of the moment will be worth the short-term distraction, Commissioner Rob Manfred said on Wednesday, if the league’s effort restores balance to the product on the field. The league’s enhanced enforcement of foreign-substance usage by pitchers…
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Gang armed with baseball bats stealing catalytic converters
CCTV captures gang armed with baseball bats stealing catalytic converters from SIX cars in one road in overnight crime spree Three men were caught stealing the catalytic converters from six parked cars Gang caught on CCTV footage on street in…
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Gerrit Cole Stumbles Through Answer About Doctoring Baseballs
Asked directly on Tuesday if he had used Spider Tack — a sticky paste that can greatly increase the spin on pitches — while on the mound, the Yankees’ Gerrit Cole stammered through an answer by citing the shadowy tradition…
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Jacob deGrom Returns for Mets and Corey Kluber Exits for Yankees
Jacob deGrom struck out nine in a successful return from the injured list and Tomas Nido hit a tiebreaking homer to send the depleted Mets past the Colorado Rockies, 3-1, on Tuesday night. Back from a bout with tightness on…
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Mets Sweep Arizona, but deGrom Leaves Early
Winners of five consecutive games, the Mets have a big test brewing: Jacob deGrom is getting an magnetic resonance imaging exam. deGrom, the two-time National League Cy Young Award winner, was pulled from his start Sunday after five innings with…
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Willie Mays Carries the Torch for His Generation
I once asked Willie Mays what his proudest achievement was in baseball. His oft-cited designation as the greatest all-around player in history? His two Most Valuable Player Awards? The Catch? None of the above. “I came into the league with…
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A Major Change in the Minors: Baseball Moving the Mound Back
Strikeouts were out of control. Changes in pitching techniques had resulted in batters swinging and missing like never before. To fix the problem, leading minds focused on the center of the diamond. The pitcher would have to move back. The…
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Baseball Takes ‘Step Toward Where It Should Be’ With All-Star Move
Steve Blass pitched in parts of 10 seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He won a World Series title in 1971, earned an All-Star selection the following season and retired from the diamond a few years later. In many ways, he…
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Steve Blass pitched in parts of 10 seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He won a World Series title in 1971, earned an All-Star selection the following season and retired from the diamond a few years later. In many ways, he…
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Pitchers Are Hitting Again, So Injuries Will Follow
The good news is that there will be a baseball season. The pandemic jeopardized and then truncated last year’s schedule. Next year is an open question, because the collective bargaining agreement between the players and the owners expires Dec. 1….
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Mariners’ Team President Hands the Union a Weapon
Until Monday, Kevin Mather was the president and chief executive of a Major League Baseball team with two dubious distinctions. His franchise, the Seattle Mariners, is woeful, both currently and historically. It is the only team to never reach the…
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