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Umpires Don’t Allow Dodgers to Use Position Player as Pitcher

Down five in the ninth inning to the Mets, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didn’t want to waste any more of…

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Dodgers Open With Record $310M Tax Payroll, Would Owe $47M

NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers opened the season with an all-time high $310.6 million payroll for purposes of the…

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Phillies Fire Manager Joe Girardi 51 Games Into Season

The Phillies announced Friday that the organization is parting ways with manager Joe Girardi. The Phillies announced Friday that the…

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Assessing the Impact of Limiting MLB Rosters to 13 Pitchers

Welcome to The Opener, where every weekday morning during the regular season you’ll get a fresh, topical story to start…

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Albert Pujols’s Walk-Off Rescues Cardinals in Extra Innings (Video)

Albert Pujols added another storybook moment to his career on Tuesday night as he hit a walk-off sacrifice fly in…

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Veteran Pitcher J.A. Happ Retires After 15 MLB Seasons

Left-handed pitcher J.A. Happ announced his retirement from baseball after 15 MLB seasons in an appearance last week on “The…

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Welcome Back to the New Normal, Hitters

Welcome to The Opener, where every weekday morning during the regular season you’ll get a fresh, topical story to start…

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Video of Tommy Pham Slapping Joc Pederson Has Leaked

Reds outfielder Tommy Pham slapped Giants outfielder Joc Pederson on Friday night, leading to one of the strangest sports feuds in…

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Giants’ Pederson Explains Fantasy Football Beef With Reds’ Pham

Giants slugger Joc Pederson detailed what led to his altercation with Reds outfielder Tommy Pham on Friday, explaining that the spat was…

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MLB Memo Says Many Teams Don’t Have Proper Workplace Facilities for Women Employees

MLB has issued a memo to team workplace facilities lack the necessary standards and work environments for female employees. The league…

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