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Associated Press Jun 25, 2023, 06:57 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Brett Baty hesitated getting the ball out of his glove. Josh Walker failed to throw the ball over the plate. Jeff Brigham threw his baseballs directly at Phillies hitters. Kyle Schwarber and Trea Turner couldn’t escape the wild ones, and the Phillies sluggers were plunked
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterJun 25, 2023, 09:44 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman collected the 2,000th hit of his career Sunday, an eighth-inning, run-scoring
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Tim Kurkjian, ESPN Senior WriterJun 25, 2023, 10:00 AM ET Close Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Has covered baseball since 1981 LONDON — Some sports are only as international as the International House of Pancakes. Not baseball. It is everywhere, from Cuba to Aruba, from Canada to Panama, from Ty France to Jonathan
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Associated Press Jun 23, 2023, 12:21 PM ET LONDON — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says one big turnout by Oakland Athletics fans doesn’t change “a decade worth of inaction” as he defended earlier comments about the “reverse boycott” held in protest of the team’s proposed move to Las Vegas. Manfred said he was
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Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterJun 23, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. IT FELT LIKE a fairy-tale start to Dansby Swanson‘s Chicago Cubs career. Swanson had left the Atlanta Braves to sign a seven-year, $177 million deal with Chicago in December, in part because
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David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterJun 22, 2023, 07:00 PM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Ronald Acuna Jr. is a frontrunner for National League MVP and after leading all players in total votes in the first phase of All-Star voting he’ll be headed to
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Jun 22, 2023, 09:05 AM ET Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said he has some regrets over his handling of the Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal, admitting in a recent interview that granting immunity to the players was “maybe not my best decision ever.” MLB did not punish any Houston players after a league investigation
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Associated Press Jun 21, 2023, 08:40 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Los Angeles Angels infielder Gio Urshela is likely to miss the rest of the season with a broken pelvis. Angels manager Phil Nevin provided the update Wednesday on Urshela, who was enjoying a solid debut season for Los Angeles before he fell awkwardly at
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Associated Press Jun 21, 2023, 03:00 PM ET WASHINGTON — The Nationals placed center fielder Victor Robles on the 10-day injured list with back spasms for the second time this season Wednesday, a day after Washington starter MacKenzie Gore questioned Robles’ effort on a fly ball that fell for a single. Washington selected the contract
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ESPN News Services Jun 20, 2023, 11:56 PM ET NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole wagged a finger 15 times at Mariners manager Scott Servais and threw a pitch to Jose Caballero that landed high up on the backstop. Cole’s message was clear: Don’t mess with me. “Sometimes a high fastball can be a really effective
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Associated Press Jun 20, 2023, 09:58 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels are highly unlikely to trade Shohei Ohtani if they remain in playoff contention this summer, general manager Perry Minasian said Tuesday. Minasian didn’t unequivocally vow he won’t trade Ohtani, who is scheduled to enter unrestricted free agency after the season.
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Jun 20, 2023, 02:03 PM ET The New York Yankees reinstated outfielder Harrison Bader from the injured list Tuesday. Bader had been on the IL since May 30 with a hamstring strain. He was eligible to come off sooner but requested to extend his rehab stint to gain confidence in his healing hamstring. Bader, 29,
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