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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
MLB renames disabled list as injured list
ORLANDO, Fla. — MLB is changing the name of its disabled lists to injured lists. Deputy commissioner Dan Halem said Thursday the change is being made at the suggestion of advocacy groups for the disabled, including the Link20 Network. Clubs were notified of the change in a Dec. 20 memo...
Hall of Famer, pioneering manager Frank Robinson dies at 83
LOS ANGELES — Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, the first black manager in Major League Baseball and the only player to win the MVP award in both leagues, died Thursday. He was 83. Robinson had recently been in hospice care at his home in Bel Air. MLB confirmed his death....
Former Pirate Jason Bay headed to Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
Jason Bay, who won the National League Rookie of the Year Award for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2004, has been named to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Bay, who also played for the Padres, Red Sox, Mets and Mariners, was selected on Tuesday along with pitcher Ryan Dempster, coach...
Texas Rangers’ new stadium will have synthetic turf, not grass
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers will use specially designed synthetic playing surface rather than grass in their new retractable-roof stadium that opens in 2020. Texas’ decision will make it the fourth of the 30 major league teams to use artificial turf. Toronto’s Rogers Centre and Tampa Bay’s Tropicana Field...
Ex-Pirate Neil Walker agrees to 1-year, $2M deal with Marlins
MIAMI — Pine-Richland graduate and longtime Pirates infielder Neil Walker agreed Tuesday to a one-year contract with the Miami Marlins and is expected to compete for a starting job. The Athletic reported the deal is worth $2 million. Walker has a .268 career average and has reached double figures in...
Nike to replace Under Armour for MLB
NEW YORK — The swoosh is expected to be on the front of Major League Baseball uniforms starting in 2020. Nike will succeed Majestic Athletic as Major League Baseball’s uniform supplier for the 2020 season. The swoosh logo likely will move to a more prominent position on jersey fronts. The...
Asdrubal Cabrera finalizes $3.5M deal to be Rangers 3B after Adrian Beltre
ARLINGTON, Texas — Two-time All-Star shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera will get a chance to replace a likely Hall of Fame player in Texas by shifting to the corner on the left side of the infield. Cabrera finalized a $3.5 million, one-year contract with the Rangers on Thursday to take over at...
Metallica say congrats to Mario Rivera on HOF selection
When the driving drums, guitar riffs and opening lines of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” rang out in Yankee Stadium as closer Mario Rivera walked towards the mound, the stadium shook while opposing teams felt the game shift in favor of the closer. Tuesday night, Rivera became baseball’s first unanimous Hall of...
Mariano Rivera 1st unanimous selection to Baseball Hall of Fame
NEW YORK — Mariano Rivera became baseball’s first unanimous Hall of Fame selection, elected Tuesday with Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez and Mike Mussina. Rivera received all 425 votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced. The quartet will be enshrined in Cooperstown along with Today’s Game Era...
Rivera, Halladay likely to get voted into Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday
NEW YORK — Mariano Rivera figures to make quick work of his Hall of Fame ballot appearance, just as he did of opposing batters, and set yet another record when voting is announced Tuesday: for highest percentage of ballots. No one has ever been a unanimous Hall of Fame selection....
John Wetteland, MVP of the 1996 World Series, arrested on child sex-abuse charge
John Wetteland, a three-time MLB all-star and the 1996 World Series MVP, has been arrested on a child sex-abuse charge in Denton County, Texas, accused of the continuous abuse of a child under the age of 14. According to online jail records, Wetteland posted $25,000 bond and was released on...


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