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Outfielder Austin Hays becomes sixth player in Baltimore Orioles history to hit for cycle

“Beyond unbelievable. An epic night,” Baltimore manager Brandon Hyde said after Austin Hays became the sixth player in Orioles history to hit for the cycle. Hays completed the feat with a sixth-inning double in the midst of a steady shower and shortly before play was halted for good in Baltimore’s 7-0 victory over the Washington […]

Tempers flare after Washington Nationals’ Steve Cishek hits New York Mets’ Francisco Lindor in helmet

WASHINGTON — Benches cleared during the New York Mets-Washington Nationals game Friday night after Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor was hit in the batting helmet with a pitch, the second such incident in the season’s first two days. As Lindor lay face down in the batter’s box, Mets manager Buck Showalter stormed out of the dugout, […]

Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Friday

Even so, there are a handful of arms to stream, along with the standard assortment of batters in favorable scenarios. Good luck as we head down the homestretch. Here are Friday’s players designed to get your weekend off in the right direction. Adrian Houser (R), rostered in 42% of ESPN leagues, Milwaukee Brewers vs. Chicago […]

Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Wednesday

It’s a very good day for grinders with a healthy supply of pitchers and some solid bats to give your lineup a midweek boost. Here they are, with everyone rostered in fewer than half of all ESPN leagues. Tyler Anderson (L), rostered in 16% of ESPN leagues, Seattle Mariners vs. Texas Rangers: Anderson did not […]

Tony La Russa sings Albert Pujols’ praises, but says stacked White Sox lineup leaves ‘no fit’ for his ex-slugger

CHICAGO — There won’t be a reunion between Albert Pujols and his former manager as White Sox skipper Tony La Russa indicated the slugger won’t be joining him in Chicago. “We have Jose (Abreu) and Yermin (Mercedes) and even if Yermin gets less hot, it’s a good way to DH other guys, get them off […]

Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani’s two-way showing was a success and there needs to be more of it

ANAHEIM, Calif. — There was a moment in Sunday’s Chicago White Sox-Los Angeles Angels game that would’ve passed as a nondescript subtlety if not for the obvious constraints that have come to define Major League Baseball. It was the start of the third inning. Shohei Ohtani made the final out in the second, a hard […]

Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani ‘fine’ after limping off in fifth inning of historic start

ANAHEIM, Calif. — An exhilarating start to a historic night ended in potential injury for Shohei Ohtani, who exited his outing after taking a Jose Abreu cleat to his left ankle in the fifth inning on Sunday night. Moments later, a Los Angeles Angels spokesperson said Ohtani’s ankle was merely sore and that he wasn’t […]

How sports, coronavirus and hygiene mix: Spit, snot rockets and licking during return to play

The coronavirus pandemic has been a referendum on societal cleanliness. Not just regarding the time spent washing one’s hands or wiping down household surfaces but also going right to the source: bodily fluids. That includes the kinds found all over the sports world — the spitting, the licking, the spewing, the sweating and, perhaps most […]

Recapping MLB’s offseason moves, from blockbusters to those you probably forgot

At times, it feels like we are all trapped in one of the dream levels in Christopher Nolan’s “Inception,” except instead of time moving faster, it slows down. Way back last winter, which nobody remembers because it happened 100 years ago, we had a baseball offseason. Players signed with new teams, trades were made and […]

MLB summer camp: Players’ first impressions of training during the pandemic

The day-to-day changes Major League Baseball players are dealing with might become routine in time, many players said after the first full week of workouts at summer camp. But the new normal amid the coronavirus pandemic has already had an effect on one aspect of the game that is part of the fabric of sport […]

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