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MLB cancels spring training, pushes back season in wake of coronavirus

Major League Baseball announced on Thursday morning that it has canceled spring training and pushed back the regular season.
4 years ago
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Arizona Sports

Report: Mariners could temporarily play home games in Arizona

With government officials keeping close tabs on the spread of the coronavirus, the Mariners could be sticking around the Valley past spring training.
4 years ago
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Torrence Dunham

Rain washes away most Cactus League action in the Valley

Most baseball fans in the Valley will have to wait a day to get a taste of spring training as rain showers canceled six of the eight games on Saturday.
4 years ago
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Dan Bickley

Sports should improve our moral compass, not the other way around

In times like these, we need sport to shine. We need sports to set examples and illuminate the path. To stand above the lying and the cheating.
4 years ago
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Associated Press

MLB moves ahead with 3-batter minimum, roster changes

MLB went ahead with its planned rules changes for this season, including the requirement that a pitcher must face at least 3 batters or end the half-inning.
4 years ago
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Dan Bickley

Houston Astros should be vacated of 2017 World Series, 2 ALCS banners

Our own 98.7 FM Arizona's Sports Station's Dan Bickley writes that the Houston Astros should be vacated of their 2017 World Series and two ALCS titles.
4 years ago
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Arizona Sports

Former D-backs Greinke, Scherzer to square off in World Series Game 7

The starting pitching matchup for Wednesday's Game 7 in Houston will pit former D-backs pitchers Zack Greinke and Max Scherzer against each other.
5 years ago
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Altuve’s HR in 9th sends Astros to World Series over Yankees

Jose Altuve homered off Aroldis Chapman with two outs in the ninth inning to send the Astros to the World Series for the second time in three years.
5 years ago
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ESPN reports Angels PR employee supplied Skaggs with opioids

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office said Tyler Skaggs was found dead with a toxic mix of alcohol and painkillers in his body.
5 years ago
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Jake Anderson

Angels throw no-hitter in 1st home game since passing of Tyler Skaggs

The Los Angeles Angels combined to no-hit the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. It was the Angels' first home game since the passing of Tyler Skaggs.
5 years ago
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Jake Anderson

Guerrero Jr. shatters records in Home Run Derby but Alonso takes crown

Vlad Guerrero Jr., son of Hall-of-Famer and 2007 Home Run Derby winner Vlad Guerrero Sr., hit the most home runs in a single Home Run Derby, but still lost.
5 years ago
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Buehler, Dodgers top Rockies; 6th straight NL West title

Rookie Walker Buehler tossed one-hit ball into the seventh inning, Cody Bellinger and Max Muncy launched two-run homers, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2 Monday.
6 years ago
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Zach Alvira

Minor league baseball rivalry ends in tie after 52 years

The rivalry between Double-A Arkansas and San Antonio came to an abrupt end Sunday, after their final meeting ever was canceled due to rain, ending the 52-year series in a tie.
6 years ago
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Fabian Ardaya

MLB, New Era release All-Star Game hats

The design is based off of the Cincinnati Red Stockings' look in the 1880s and 1890s.
9 years ago
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Fabian Ardaya

Former ASU baseball coach Murphy named San Diego Padres interim manager

The former ASU baseball coach will replace Bud Black for the remainder of the 2015 season.
9 years ago
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Arizona Sports

Arizona Fall League set to begin 23rd season

The Fall League is back again as young players look to make a name for themselves in fall ball.
10 years ago
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Arizona Sports

MLB Playoffs: Giants vs. Pirates – Wed.

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10 years ago
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Jeter tributes continue, find cover of New Yorker

Subscribers to The New Yorker will tell you — sports rarely find their way into the magazine’s contents. Expect political commentary, long-form features, poems, short stories and arts critiques. Derek Jeter transcends even that. In his last season with the New York Yankees, the shortstop has received warm tributes at every road venue he has […]
10 years ago
Arizona Sports

MLB drops lawsuit against Fla. clinic, owner

MIAMI (AP) – Major League Baseball has withdrawn its lawsuit against a defunct Florida anti-aging clinic at the center of the scandal involving use of banned substances by players, including New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez. A lawyer for MLB, Matthew Menchel, confirmed Wednesday the league dropped its case against Biogenesis of America, its owner […]
10 years ago
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Ron Wolfley

Is there anything better than being clutch?

David Freese did it again for the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the NLDS. This time it was the Pittsburgh Pirates that were victimized. Even though Adam Wainwright was the story of Game 5, little did he know that David Freese’s 2-run bomb in the 2nd inning would prove to be the coup […]
11 years ago
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Arizona Sports

FanBall Weekly: 2013 MLB fantasy MVPs

2013 Fantasy MVP’s As the fantasy baseball season winds down, giving way to the almighty fantasy football season, we writers like to take a look back at the year that was. Many players made huge impacts on your teams and they all deserve recognition, especially the guys you had never heard of when the season […]
11 years ago
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Arizona Sports

FanBall Weekly: Second half help

They aren't all prospects but they all could help you in one way or another. Here is one player from each team worth picking up for the 2nd half of the season. Note: All players are 30 percent owned or less in Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Baseball.
11 years ago
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Arizona Sports

WSJ study: 90 percent of baseball spent doing nothing

Yes, baseball games often last between three and four hours (or more than five, as in the case of some that go extra innings), but how much action actually happens during that time?
11 years ago
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Adam Green

Joe Torre ready to lead Team USA in WBC

Joe Torre is putting his managerial skills back to work in 2013, for a few weeks at least, serving as Team USA’s skipper during the third edition of the World Baseball Classic from Mar. 2-19. At a press conference Monday in Phoenix, Torre compared the feeling of putting on the USA jersey this year to […]
11 years ago