Major League Baseball News and Rumors
Baseball writer Hal McCoy could use a ride to Reds games this seasonMark Townsend, yahoo.com For 41 years, Hal McCoy has been a fixture at Cincinnati Reds games while covering the team for the Dayton Daily News (1972-2009) and his baseball blog The Real McCoy (2009-present). He'd like to keep it that way for a 42nd season, but it sounds like th… |
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Greg Johns, MLB.com Justin Smoak knows this will be a big Spring Training for him. He knows the Mariners acquired Kendrys Morales, Mike Morse and Raul Ibanez to compete at first base and designated hitter. |
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Brad Stevens calmly got off the bench, arms folded, and walked down the court to shake hands with Mark Few, whose Gonzaga team has been one of the best three programs west of the Rockies over the last 10 years. |
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Mark Townsend, yahoo.com The world lost one of its greatest men, and the game of baseball lost an icon, a warrior and its perfect knight on Saturday when Stan Musial passed away at age 92. He was a remarkable man who lived an incredible life. And though he is now gone, we’re ve… |
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Jenifer Langosch, MLB.com With news of Stan Musial's death still raw on Sunday, there was a noticeable shift in tone at the Cardinals' Winter Warm-Up. An event designed to spur excitement about the upcoming season turned largely into a gathering of folks paying tribute to one of… |
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David Brown, yahoo.com It might surprise you to learn that President Obama took the official Oath of Office on Sunday in a private ceremony. So, even though Inauguration Day is Monday, it's still a busy day for him, like most days. And, like the rest of us, it hurt him to lea… |
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David Brown, yahoo.com They've been linked for years but now New York Mets spokesthirdbaseman David Wright has put a ring on the appropriate finger of model Molly Beers. Aesthetically, they're a fairly handsome couple. ESPN's Adam Rubin got the scoop: Weeks after model Molly … |
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Carrie Muskat, MLB.com Reaction to the Cubs' five-year plan to restore Wrigley Field has been positive -- once fans are assured the field itself will not change, the ivy will still be on the outfield walls, and the renovation does not call for a third deck to be added. |
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Mark Sheldon, MLB.com Even with three different general-manager regimes, the Reds have made it almost an entire decade without going to an arbitration hearing against a player. But this could be the year that bucks the trend. |
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The Dallas Stars Showed An Empty Chair On The Jumbotron, Identified It As "Manti Te'o's Girlfriend"Jan 20
Isaac Rauch, deadspin.com Like SNL, half of minor league baseball, and Mets GM Sandy Alderson, the Dallas Stars had some fun with the Manti Te'o story yesterday. During their home-opener (a 4-3 win over the Phoenix Coyotes) the stadium's jumbotron operators spotted an empty seat… |
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David Brown, yahoo.com Eleven years ago this March, San Francisco Giants slugger Jeff Kent made news by breaking a bone in his wrist while "washing his pick-up truck." Only, that was his cover story. He actually broke his wrist by falling off his motorcycle after he… |
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Mark Newman, MLB.com The announcement of Stan Musial's death just before the Baseball Writers' Association of America distributed its major awards for the 2012 season provided perspective, even elevating the honors bestowed on the big league's elite. |
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Jay Schreiber, nytimes.com General Manager Sandy Alderson is having a hard time putting together a solid outfield for the Mets, but the jokes about the team's lack of fielders have been much easier to come by. |
