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For the second time in three years, the Yankees used their first pick in Wednesday evening’s 2020 MLB Draft to take a catcher. With the 28th pick in a draft reduced from 40 rounds to five because of the coronavirus, the Yankees selected left-handed hitting Austin Wells from the University of Arizona and Las Vegas …
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The Red Sox vowed to crack down on racism at Fenway Park after former All-Star Torii Hunter claimed he was called the N-word there “100 times,” including by “little kids” whose parents failed to intervene. Hunter said it became so bad that he called for a no-trade clause in his contract that prevented the veteran …
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Rob Manfred pulled a Joe Namath on Wednesday. With his sport dragged down by an ugly battle over dollars, the Major League Baseball commissioner assured the game’s remaining fans that they’ll get their fix soon enough. “We’re going to play baseball in 2020. One-hundred percent” Manfred told the MLB Network’s Tom Verducci, shortly before baseball’s …
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Claudell Washington, a versatile outfielder who finished his MLB career with the Yankees, died on Wednesday morning at the age of 65. ESPN.com first reported the news. Washington was living in the San Francisco area and had been battling illness for several years, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Washington, a Los Angeles native, played …
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The biggest news on March 12 was MLB canceling spring training due to the coronavirus. However, college and high school schedules were also terminated, which meant the June draft was going to be dramatically altered in several ways. With few chances to watch players live, teams were going to resort to watching oceans of video …
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They are our Little League Boys of Summer, robbed of the joy of playing the game they love and by COVID-19. The Elmora Troopers dreamed of reaching the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa., where the 2019 team finished fourth and returned home to a celebratory Elizabeth, N.J., filled with memories that will last …
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It’s not the type of fun T.J. Sikkema expected to be having this summer, but the Yankees minor leaguer is making the most out of a difficult situation. Instead of being on a field for his first full minor league season, he’s spending his time with his girlfriend helping to deliver food to those who …
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Angel Hernandez may have made another bad call. The veteran umpire — labeled “as bad as there is” by Pedro Martinez following a disastrous 2018 Yankees-Red Sox playoff game — allegedly eavesdropped on an MLB investigative call last July, which focused on a 14-minute delay during a game between the Red Sox and Rays due …
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On a cold March day two years ago, 30 scouts made the trip to Monsignor McClancy to see Quentin Holmes, the Queens school’s highly rated senior center fielder. When Holmes took his at-bats, all the scouts paid close attention. McClancy’s opponent, Mount St. Michael, was irrelevant — until coach Wally Stampfel inserted sophomore right-hander Alex …
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What is being lost by major league owners and players is so much more than an 82-game season and wrapping themselves in wall-to-wall games on Independence Day weekend and potentially creating new fans starved for live games. An already compromised season was going to provide MLB a hall pass to workshop extra innings that would …
For the second time in three years, the Yankees used their first pick in Wednesday evening’s 2020 MLB Draft to take a catcher. With the 28th pick in a draft reduced from 40 rounds to five because of the coronavirus, the Yankees selected left-handed hitting Austin Wells from the University of Arizona and Las Vegas …
