Baseball
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Elian
@Elian -
3 months ago
How a forensic artist reconstructed the face of 500-year-old Inca “ice maiden”
Dubbed "Juanita," the young woman was likely killed during a sacrificial ritual.
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Alexzander
@Alexzander -
over 4 years ago
Tyler Skaggs' mom throws first pitch in his honor at Angels game
Tyler Skaggs' mother threw out the first pitch. Then his teammates threw a no-hitter(CNN)On the eve of what would have been pitcher Tyler Skaggs' 28th birthday, the Los Angeles Angels threw a combined no-hitter.It was the Angels' first home game since Skaggs died , and hi...continued
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Clarissa
@Clarissa -
about 3 years ago
Texas Rangers Host 12,911 Fans at Exhibition Game
The Rangers raised eyebrows by opening 40,300 seats at Globe Life Field for Monday’s exhibition. Only 12,911 fans showed up.
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Muriel
@Muriel -
over 4 years ago
Nationals pitcher Strasburg named World Series MVP
Nationals pitcher Strasburg named World Series MVP(Reuters) - Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg was named the Most Valuable Player of the World Series on Wednesday after helping his team capture their maiden Major League Baseball championship.Strasbu...continued
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Liliane
@Liliane -
9 months ago
Bucket hats and baseball caps battle it out this summer
The jostling for headspace speaks to the tribal nature of hatsWhen the England test captain, Ben Stokes, wore a bucket hat with the Three Lions crest embroidered on the front at the first day of the men’s Ashes last week, it brought almost as much attention a…
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Clarissa
@Clarissa -
over 1 year ago
Mickey Mantle Card Breaks Record As Sports Memorabilia Soar
A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card has sold for $12.6 million, blasting into the record books Sunday as the most expensive ever paid for a piece of sports memorabilia.
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Maida
@Maida -
almost 2 years ago
7 of the Best Summer Jobs for a Teenager
From age thirteen until I went off to college, I held a myriad of different jobs. I worked as a Little League umpire, a bus boy, a grocery store cashier, a summer camp counselor, a lawn mower, and a focus group participant. The pay for these jobs varied widel…
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Adelia
@Adelia -
over 2 years ago
Red Sox Beat Rays to Advance to ALCS
It sometimes feels like the Tampa Bay Rays are reinventing baseball, but it was Boston that upended conventional wisdom by using good hitting to beat good pitching in October.
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Kraig
@Kraig -
almost 3 years ago
Fans Wait on Yankees to Show Up, but One Player Won’t Be Back
Jay Bruce, a recent arrival, announced his retirement, and the Yankees fell to 5-10, with problems that seem deeper than their struggles with Tampa Bay.
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Kraig
@Kraig -
about 4 years ago
Baseball Makes An Early Pitch To Catch The Interest Of Black Players
Baseball Makes An Early Pitch To Catch The Interest Of Black PlayersEnlarge this image toggle caption Esther Ciammachilli/WAMU Esther Ciammachilli/WAMUFebruary 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues, which once provided African-Americans the chance to play ...continued
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Jerrold
@Jerrold -
over 4 years ago
Boston Red Sox: MLB opens investigations into 'sign-stealing' claims
Boston Red Sox: MLB opens investigations into 'sign-stealing' claimsMajor League Baseball is investigating claims that the Boston Red Sox used video replays to steal signs from catchers to pitchers during their 2018 World Series-winning season.A report in The Athletic cla...continued
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Webster
@Webster -
almost 3 years ago
Fact check: Cotton suggested Abrams endorsed a Georgia boycott. She opposed it.
Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas suggested on Tuesday that Democrat Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia House minority leader and gubernatorial candidate, had initially supported a boycott of Georgia in response to the state's controversial new elections …
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Torey
@Torey -
4 months ago
Sources: Red Sox deal Sale to Braves for Grissom
The Atlanta Braves acquired left-hander Chris Sale from the Boston Red Sox for infielder Vaughn Grissom on Saturday, sources told ESPN, shoring up their rotation with the seven-time All-Star they hope rounds out a World Series-caliber roster.
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Rex
@Rex -
over 4 years ago
Angels’ Tyler Skaggs Had Opioids in His System When He Died, Coroner Says
Autopsy of Angels’ Tyler Skaggs Reveals Opioids in His SystemSkaggs’s body was found in a room at the Angels’ team hotel in the early afternoon on July 1, hours before the team was to open a series against the Rangers. The police said they found Skaggs dead after respondi...continued
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Madalyn
@Madalyn -
almost 5 years ago
Baseball union: Player approval needed to play in Montreal
Baseball union: Player approval needed to play in MontrealLONDON — Baseball's players' union says the Tampa Bay Rays would need its permission to play games in Montreal.Commissioner Rob Manfred said last week the low-drawing Rays may explore a split season in Montreal. No...continued
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Elvie
@Elvie -
almost 5 years ago
Japanese Charts: Super Mario Maker 2 Keeps Top Spot As Switch Sales Soar
Japanese Charts: Super Mario Maker 2 Keeps Top Spot As Switch Sales SoarFamitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for 1st - 7th July, revealing that Super Mario Maker 2 has managed to keep hold of its first-place position with style.The game shifted another 83,204 copie...continued
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Muriel
@Muriel -
almost 5 years ago
Alex Rodriguez Drops Out of a Feud With Kylie Jenner Before It Really Got Started
Alex Rodriguez Drops Out of a Feud With Kylie Jenner Before It Really Got StartedAlex Rodriguez may be the Joe Biden of baseball, a one-man gaffe factory who became a media darling, at least for a time, thanks to a high-profile relationship with an even more beloved publi...continued
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Jerrold
@Jerrold -
over 1 year ago
Young Cuban ballplayers dream of U.S. major leagues - Reuters
Cuban 8-year-old Kevin Kindelan, a hot-handed shortstop for a Central Havana junior league baseball team and teammate and first baseman Leoni Venego, 7, both dream of stardom./cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/YAMLTAZA3VLILA7JOMKBL2SBKA.jpg)
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Elliott
@Elliott -
almost 2 years ago
U.S.P.S. Stops Mail to Santa Monica Block After ‘Assaults’
The United States Postal Service briefly stopped delivering mail to a block in Santa Monica, Calif., after multiple “assaults and threats of assault” against its workers.
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Alexie
@Alexie -
about 3 years ago
Trevor Bauer Picks Dodgers Over Mets
Bauer, the National League Cy Young Award Winner in 2020, will team with Clayton Kershaw in Los Angeles instead of with Jacob deGrom in New York.
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Leda
@Leda -
over 1 year ago
Breakingviews - Endeavor is a switch hitter in baseball deal - Reuters
There is a saying in Tinseltown: no conflict, no interest. It may apply to the wide world of sports too based on a recent kerfuffle in the baseball business. The $11 billion entertainment company led by super-agent Ari Emanuel, Endeavor/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/T5FIFEOEEFLXBCZ7EP5HGUSOQY.jpg)
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Emmie
@Emmie -
about 2 months ago
I was able to keep my office romance a secret for 2 years. We've now been married for over a decade.
A sports journalist's secret office romance led to marriage. She and her then-coworker met on the late-night shift and dated privately for 2 years.
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Adelia
@Adelia -
6 months ago
'Like rooting for Michael Jordan to play baseball': Here's how Wall Street is reacting to Alphabe...
"Regulatory headwinds persist, competition is dynamic, and we believe the darkest days of this downturn are ahead of us," a Wall Street analyst said.
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Ezequiel
@Ezequiel -
3 months ago
Adrian Beltre and Joe Mauer are headed to Cooperstown, while Todd Helton snuck in Vincent Adultma...
Wading into Baseball Hall of Fame debates is like diving into a pool full of eels, if the eels were up their own ass (personally, not physically, which eels might be able to do). Everyone’s got their own benchmarks, everyone hates your benchmarks, and never t…
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Raoul
@Raoul -
almost 4 years ago
Agent Scott Boras to clients in memo: Don’t bail out baseball owners - Sportsnet.ca
NEW YORK — Agent Scott Boras recommends his clients refuse Major League Baseball’s attempt to cut salaries during negotiations with the players’ association, claiming team financial issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic have their origin in management debt financing.I...continued
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