Category: MLB JERSEYS
Cora protests Rays game: Late subs a ‘total mess’
Confusion reigned in the Red Sox-Rays matchup Wednesday when a series of defensive changes prompted Boston manager Alex Cora to protest the game, due to the placement of subs into Tampa Bay’s lineup after the designated hitter was removed. The eighth-inning lineup switch appeared to leave the umpires bewildered in St. Petersburg, Florida. They stopped […]
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Dodgers fuming after Phils’ Neris curses them out
The Los Angeles Dodgers are irate with Philadelphia Phillies reliever Hector Neris, who celebrated his save against them Thursday with a fist pump and then a stare-down into the L.A. dugout. “Neris got the save and looked right into our dugout and screamed as loud as he could, ‘F— you!’” Dodgers first baseman Max Muncy […]
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Strasburg gets 2 hits in one inning, including HR
Washington Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg went 3-for-3 with five RBIs — including a single and a 420-foot home run in one inning — in Thursday’s 13-4 win over the Braves in Atlanta. Strasburg became the first Nationals pitcher to drive in five runs in a game and have two hits in one inning. He’s the […]
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Schoenfield’s take: Rays just miss perfection, but can they reach October?
There have been 13 combined no-hitters in MLB history, including the Los Angeles Angels’ emotional tearjerker on Friday night. On Sunday, the Tampa Bay Rays nearly threw the first combined perfect game in MLB history. Ryne Stanek started and retired the first six Baltimore Orioles. Ryan Yarbrough came on and retired the next 18 in […]
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Royals deal RHP Bailey to Athletics for prospect
The Athletics bolstered their beleaguered rotation by acquiring right-hander Homer Bailey from the Kansas City Royals, Oakland announced Sunday. Bailey, 33, has experienced something of a renaissance in 2019, posting his highest strikeout rate in more than half a decade to go along with a 7-6 record and 4.80 ERA — his best number in […]
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Is glass half-empty or half-full for Cubs entering MLB All-Star break?
It probably shouldn’t come down to the semantics of one game, but the Chicago Cubs were that close to finishing the first half on a positive note after a miserable stretch of baseball. After winning consecutive games on Thursday and Saturday for the first time since June 23-24, it was too much to ask for […]
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Bieber, late addition to All-Star roster, wins MVP
In a 4-3 American League All-Star Game victory with no clear MVP on Tuesday, hometown favorite Shane Bieber, a right-handed starter for the Cleveland Indians, earned the honors after striking out the side in the fifth inning amid a Progressive Field-wide chant of his name. The 24-year-old Bieber, once a walk-on at UC-Santa Barbara, caught […]
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How 23-win Orioles could possibly end up with more than one All-Star
I mean, there’s no earthly way that the Baltimore Orioles, who are on pace to lose 116 games, could have more than one All-Star, right? After all, they’re the worst team in baseball, and it’s not particularly close. In fact, if you look through run-differential-colored glasses, they’re on pace to be the worst team in […]
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Kris Bryant is an All-Star again, but there’s room for improvement
Calling it the “most special” selection for him yet, Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant made his third All-Star team just a few months removed from completing rehab on an injured left shoulder that hampered him for much of last season. “It’s just nice when you don’t make it for a couple years, then you […]
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Yankees’ Stanton back to IL with knee injury
Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton went back on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with a sprained right knee, barely a week after returning from a series of setbacks that kept him out of action for almost three months. New York manager Aaron Boone said it’s likely Stanton will be sidelined for longer than 10 days. “It’ll […]
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