Baseball
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Shohei Ohtani belts first two homers as Angels top Rangers
Shohei Ohtani hit two of the Angels' five home runs as Los Angeles came from behind for a 9-6 victor...
April 16, 2022
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Bases-loaded intentional walk part of Angels’ win over Texas
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Angels manager Joe Maddon ordered the second bases-loaded intentional walk o...
April 16, 2022
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Retooled Lions look for import O’Grady to help power roster
A last-place finish in the Pacific League a season ago was part of the reason the Saitama Seibu Lion...
April 15, 2022
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AP exclusive: MLB average salary up 5.9% after lockout
NEW YORK (AP) — The average salary in the major leagues rebounded to $4.4 million on opening day, bo...
April 15, 2022
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Giants’ Nakken 1st MLB female coach on field, SF tops Padres
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alyssa Nakken made major league history as the first female coach on the field ...
April 13, 2022
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Ohtani steals 1st base, scores in 6-2 Angels win
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Michael Lorenzen had been looking forward to making his first start for his h...
April 12, 2022
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Marines phenom Sasaki throws perfect game with Japan baseball record 19 strikeouts
Perhaps the most dominant performance by a pitcher in history had to be seen to be believed. Not o...
April 11, 2022
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5 HBPs, benches clear as Cubs top Brewers 9-0; Suzuki 3 RBIs
CHICAGO (AP) — Seiya Suzuki drove in three runs for his first big league RBIs and the Chicago Cubs b...
April 11, 2022
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Sasaki pitches perfect game with 19 strikeouts
Roki Sasaki of the Chiba Lotte Marines threw a perfect game on Sunday to become the first pitcher to...
April 10, 2022
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Astros thump Angels, Ohtani gets 1st hit
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jeremy Peña got something even more rare than his first major league home run...
April 9, 2022
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MLB umpires to announce replay decisons for 1st time
NEW YORK (AP) — In addition to “Play ball!” and “Yer Out!", big league umpires will be heard saying ...
April 2, 2022
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Pro baseball opens season with vendors, more fans back in stands
Japan pro baseball began its third season of the pandemic on Friday night with more fans allowed i...
March 26, 2022
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Play ball!
A brass band plays at the 94th National Invitational High School Baseball Tournament that began Satu...
March 20, 2022
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MLB cancels opening day after sides fail to end lockout
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball has canceled opening day, with Commissioner Rob Manfred a...
March 2, 2022
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Samurai Japan changes stripes in aim for continued success
Coming off a gold medal run at the Tokyo Olympics, Japan’s national baseball team unveiled its new u...
January 14, 2022
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