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Dec 12

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What Shohei Ohtani’s unique $700M contract could mean for the future of baseball

By Stephanie Sy, Shoshana Dubnow

Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers is the highest in professional team sports in North America. The 29-year-old from Japan dominates in both pitching and hitting and was the American League’s most valuable player this past…

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Dec 09

Shohei Ohtani agrees to sign record $700 million contract with Los Angeles Dodgers

By Ronald Blum, Associated Press

Shohei Ohtani has set a financial record to go along with his singular on-field performance, getting a record $700 million to make a 30-mile move up Interstate 5 to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Nov 02

7 things to know about the Texas Rangers’ first World Series win

By David Brandt, Associated Press

Considering the heartache this club endured 12 years ago in one of the all-time Fall Classic gut punches, Texas was certainly due.

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Oct 01

Tim Wakefield, knuckleball-wielding pitcher who helped Red Sox win 2004 World Series, dies at 57

By Jimmy Golen, Associated Press

Tim Wakefield, the knuckleballing workhorse of the Red Sox pitching staff who bounced back after giving up a season-ending home run to the Yankees in the 2003 playoffs to help Boston win its curse-busting World Series title the following year,…

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Jun 15

MLB teams embrace Pride Nights despite pushback

By Jay Cohen, Associated Press

All but one big league team will celebrate Pride Night this season, yet the sport remains hampered by ongoing issues around LGBTQ+ inclusivity.

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Apr 12

MLB teams extend alcohol sales after new pitch clock shortens games

By David Brandt, Associated Press

Thanks to the pitch clock, the action is moving much faster at Major League Baseball games. It also means a little less time for fans to enjoy a frosty adult beverage.

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Apr 07

Climate change boosts temperatures and home runs, researchers say

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Hotter, thinner air that allows balls to fly farther contributed a tiny bit to a surge in home runs since 2010, according to a statistical analysis by Dartmouth College scientists published in Friday’s Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

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Mar 22

In a storybook ending, Ohtani strikes out Trout at World Baseball Classic for Japanese championship

By Ronald Blum, Associated Press

Shohei Ohtani emerged from the bullpen and fanned Los Angeles Angels teammate Mike Trout for the final out in a matchup the whole baseball world wanted to see, leading Japan over the defending champion United States 3-2 for its first…

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Feb 16

Tim McCarver, All-Star catcher and broadcaster, dies at 81

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press

The famed broadcaster and former St. Louis Cardinals star Tim McCarver has died. He was 81. During 60 years in major league baseball, McCarver played in two All-Star games and on two World Series championship teams.

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Jan 25

All-Star 3rd baseman Scott Rolen elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

By Ronald Blum, Associated Press

Slick-fielding third baseman Scott Rolen has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with five votes to spare above the 75 percent needed.

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