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• Emerald FlowShow #82: Junta is for the Children
Paul & Gerard dive into the latest in All Japan & NOAH featuring several great tag team matches and the recent OZAWA GHC title defense....2025
• Bianca Andreescu confirms comeback following injury setbacks

Bianca Andreescu confirms her return to the Tour during the clay swing after a series of injuries and nearly six months away from competition. The former US Open champion seemed to be regaining her form in the latter half of 2024, reaching the quarterfinals at the Japan Open....2025
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• Bianca Andreescu’s comeback begins: Canadian star set for clay swing return

Bianca Andreescu confirms her return to the Tour during the clay swing after a series of injuries and nearly six months away from competition. The former US Open champion seemed to be regaining her form in the latter half of 2024, reaching the quarterfinals at the Japan Open....2025
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• Record 26 Cubans make opening-day MLB rosters
Cuba had a record 26 players on Major League Baseball's opening-day rosters, and Japan had 12 for its most since 2012....2025
• Battle looms as Nakajima, Chacarra share Hero Indian Open lead

Defending champion Keita Nakajima of Japan and Spain’s Eugenio Chacarra shared the lead after day two of the Hero Indian Open in Gurgaon on Friday. The post Battle looms as Nakajima, Chacarra share Hero Indian Open lead appeared first on Tee Time Tales....2025
• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 1

Brad Penner-Imagn Images We’re kicking off our own power rankings of the NL Central, because who doesn’t love arbitrary lists? Welcome to our first edition of NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% accurate. Wi...2025
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• Bianca Andreescu confirms comeback following injury setbacks
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• Bianca Andreescu’s comeback begins: Canadian star set for clay swing return
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• This Day in Braves History: Rabbit Maranville breaks his left leg

This was after the Braves legend broke his right leg eight years earlier! Braves Franchise History 1934: Rabbit Maranville breaks his left leg while sliding home on a double steal in an exhibition game against the New York Yankees. The Boston Braves veteran is out for the season and will play just 23 games next year. He had broken his right leg earlier in spring training of 1926. MLB History 197...2025
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• BCB roundtable: 2025 Cubs season preview

Getty Images A discussion of the season to come from the BCB staff. BCB’s front-page writers have done several of these roundtable discussions previewing Cubs seasons and postseasons, so here we are again to kick off the 2025 season. Josh, Sara, Thomas, Duane and I had a lively online conversation Wednesday afternoon. The online chat has been lightly edited for clarity. Ashley was unable ...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Will Workman work out?

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if Rule 5 pick Gage Workman will last the season in Chicago. It’s the night before (domestic) Opening Day here at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us for a while. We still have a few tables available. There’s no cov...2025
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• Mistico Dealing With Partially Torn Triceps And Ligament Injury In Right Ankle, To Miss Multiple Shows
Mistico provided an update. On March 24th, CMLL announced that Mistico would be out for two weeks due to an injury that he suffered, and he would need two weeks to recover. Speaking on the March 26th episode of CMLL Informa, Mistico and Dr. Roberto Rodriguez discussed his injuries. It was noted that Mistico has a partially torn right tricep and a ligament injury in his right ankle. Mistico will n...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 26

RVR Photos-Imagn Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The Tokyo Series that wasn’t, and other stories for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Jose Vizcaino* and other Cubs! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plen...2025
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• Rotation and Injury Updates - March 26, 2025
Ben Brown SP CHC The Cubs informed Brown on Tuesday that he will begin the season as the club's No. 5 starter, Sahadev Sharma of The Athletic reports. Brown entered via the bullpen in the season opener in Japan last week and worked 2.2 innings. However, in 2024, Brown revealed high-class stuff, highlighted by a 31% Whiff Rate that led to a 1.08 WHIP. This guy has sleeper appeal in Mixed Leagues, w...2025
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• Cubs 4, Braves 2: And soon, it’ll be for real

Ben Brown | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The Cubs won their final 2025 Spring Training game. Yes, the results of spring games are meaningless, but I’m sure the Cubs didn’t want to lose all five games at Sloan Park following their return from Japan. And they didn’t, taking the spring finale 4-2 from the Braves as Haydn McGeary hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth. The Cubs ...2025
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• WATCH: MLB Stars Crash Wedding Photos in Japan After Historic Tokyo Series
Justin Turner and Pete Crow-Armstrong crashed a couple’s wedding photos at Tokyo Sky Tree during the team’s visit to Tokyo to open the season....2025
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• Tokyo travelogue: Street scenes in Shinjuku

Shinjuku train station | Al Yellon I spent the last partial day of my trip just hanging around the city. TOKYO — When you read this, or at least at the time it’s going to post, I’ll be only a few hours from landing at O’Hare Airport. This will be the longest Monday ever, as I had a full morning and early afternoon in Tokyo, and the flight left at 6:20 p.m. Japan time. It’s scheduled to lan...2025
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• Japan travelogue: A day trip to Kyoto

Al Yellon I ventured forth from Tokyo to see a bit more of Japan. KYOTO, Japan — For something different on a Saturday, I decided to take the bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto, to see a part of Japan I’d never seen before. According to Google Maps, the distance between Tokyo Station (where the Shinkansen train departs) and Kyoto Station is 282 miles. The trip took a bit over two hours, with...2025
• A Tokyo travelogue, and Tuesday at the Tokyo Dome

Al Yellon Here’s how I spent my Monday and Tuesday in Japan. TOKYO — This is a big city, much bigger than Chicago. In fact, by most estimates the Tokyo megalopolis is the largest in the world, around 37 million people. The city of Tokyo itself is about 14 million, the rest is six neighboring “prefectures,” as they call them here. One way to get an idea of how large this city is, is to go t...2025
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• Hanshin Tigers 3, Cubs 0: Welcome to Japan, Cubs fans!

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images The Cubs offense was mostly silent in this exhibition game. But there were lots of other things to see and do in Tokyo. TOKYO — The Cubs took the field at the Tokyo Dome Saturday afternoon (Japan time) against the Hanshin Tigers and fell flat. The Tigers’ top prospect, 20-year-old lefthander Keito Mombetsu threw five perfect innings against Cubs hitters, l...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2025

Did you think you’d see Daniel Mengden today? | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Asia baseball previews begin today with the CPBL At Royals.com, Anne Rogers writes about how Hunter Renfroe is, say it with me everyone, in the best shape of his life! Renfroe came into camp this year leaner, thanks to offseason training that included going to a physical therapist and focusing on his diet a...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ don’t make a habit of this

Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Cubs lose to Diamondbacks in a game that doesn’t count but feels bad nonetheless. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, s...2025
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• It was smart for WWE not to change this

WWE.com Welcome to the weekly Rumor Look Back, where we look at the rumors from six months ago and see which played out as originally stated. Let’s jump right to it. August 9, 2024 On a recent episode of Keepin’ It 100, Konnan said “one of the reasons” why Cody Rhodes left AEW in 2022 was because there were problems between Brandi Rhodes and Britt Baker, and Tony Khan “always” takes Britt...2025
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• NXT Vengeance Day preview & predictions!

WWE.com NXT’s next premium live event, Vengeance Day, happens Sat., Feb. 15 at 6 p.m. Eastern. Tonight’s card from the Washington, D.C.’s CareFirst Arena will be NXT’s fifth with the Vengeance Day branding (the first was a TakeOver; all but 2022’s have been PLEs). This one will feature multi-person matches for NXT’s top men’s and women’s titles... and more! It all streams live on Peacock h...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: February 14

This absolute mass of a human, Yermín Mercedes, was born on this day, 32 years ago. | Patrick McDermott/Getty Images A player who will become a South Side phenomenon, albeit briefly, is born 1993 Sadly, his impact on the South Side was brief, but the clubbing machine who would rise to prominence on the South Side, Yermín Mercedes, was born in La Romana, Dominican Republic. It took Mercedes...2025
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• A visitor’s guide to 2025 Arizona spring training

Fans at Sloan Park during Spring Training 2024 | Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images Everything you need to know if you’re headed to the Valley of the Sun for baseball (and other entertainment!) this spring. SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — 2025 will be my 36th spring training and as a veteran of going to spring games as well as other places in the Phoenix area, I thought I’d post some helpful hints f...2025
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"NPB’s Yokohama DeNA BayStars To Sign Trevor Bauer"

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"Andre the Giant vs. Akira Maeda: The Real Fight That Shook Japan"

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"Ring Ratings Update: Terence Crawford seizes No. 1 in pound-for-pound rankings"

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"MLB lockout: Bryce Harper jokes about playing in Japan as players grow frustrated with negotiations"

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"2020 Tokyo Olympics: Team USA advances to baseball gold medal game with 7-2 win over Korea"

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"Japan, IOC officially postpone Tokyo Games until 2021"

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"MLB hot stove: Reds sign Japanese outfielder Shogo Akiyama to three-year deal, report says"

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"NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 card, matches, date, start time, PPV price, wrestlers"

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"Two-way star Ohtani reportedly to be posted"

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"Dr. J: 2016 Dunk Contest ‘As Good as the Wilkins-Jordan Showdown’"

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"USA 5, Japan 2 | Women's World Cup Final match recap"

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"Yankees' Kuroda heading back to Japan"

• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 1
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• This Day in Braves History: Rabbit Maranville breaks his left leg
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• RVD chooses WWE over AEW after watching Jon Moxley get nailed in the back

AEW The ECW legend thinks Moxley’s dangerous spot is “not wrestling” and shows why it’s bad when the inmates run the asylum in AEW. On last week’s (Mar. 19) episode of Dynamite, there was a gruesome spot in the AEW world championship street fight where Adam Copeland suplexed Jon Moxley onto a nail-studded board. The spikes got stuck in Jon’s back, and you could even see his skin being pull...2025
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• BCB roundtable: 2025 Cubs season preview
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• BCB After Dark: Will Workman work out?
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• Bishop Dyer (Baron Corbin) Announces He Has Committed To A Few Shows With MLW
Bishop Dyer is coming to MLW. WWE opted not to renew Baron Corbin's contract at the end of 2024, and he has since returned to the ring. He competed under his real name, Tom Pestock, at The People vs. GCW. He has also competed under his new ring name, Bishop Dyer, for Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling. Speaking on The Ariel Helwani Show, Bishop Dyer discussed his future following his departure from WWE. "I ...2025
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• Mina Shirakawa announces she’s leaving Stardom, joining AEW

@wwr_stardom The in-demand Japanese star broke the news in a video, less than 24 hours after reports surfaced about her plans. After a successful run with AEW last year as part of Timeless Toni Storm and Mariah May’s widely-praised Women’s World title storyline, Stardom’s Mina Shirakawa saw her popularity in the United States skyrocket. Shirakawa has a great look, bountiful charisma, and t...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 26
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• Mina Shirakawa Officially Announces She'll Be Joining AEW After Contract With STARDOM Expires On 3/31
Mina Shirakawa has officially announced her departure from STARDOM. In a video statement on social media, Shirakawa revealed that she won't be re-signing with STARDOM when her contract with the company expires on March 31, 2025. This news was first reported by Tokyo Sports on March 25. Furthermore, Shirakawa also announced that she will be joining AEW. Fightful Select confirmed this news shortly a...2025
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• Rotation and Injury Updates - March 26, 2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 1
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 3

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images One and two. In more ways than one. One and two. That describes the Cubs record this season through three games. A large number of teams will be one and two after three games. Maybe as many as half, probably a little less. It is predictive of nothing. Would “oh” and three have been worse? Somewhat, but not massively. There are no “big” wins in March. Of tha...2025
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• Cubs 10, Diamondbacks 6: Miguel Amaya drives in five

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The Cubs began the North American portion of the 2025 schedule with an offensive outburst. Here’s yet another example of why Spring Training results mean nothing. The Cubs returned from Japan — where their bats were pretty silent — and played five games at Sloan Park, in which they were outscored 35-13, and lost four of the five. Two days later, the Cubs sma...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Rabbit Maranville breaks his left leg
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• Ikuro Kwon To Enter MLW Battle Riot VII
Ikuro Kwon is ready to riot. Major League Wrestling announced that Ikuro Kwon will enter MLW Battle Riot VII on April 5. From MLW: Ikuro Kwon enters MLW Battle RIOT VII in Los Angeles on April 5 LOS ANGELES – Major League Wrestling (MLW) today announced Ikuro Kwon will participate in the 40-wrestler Battle RIOT match at MLW Battle RIOT VII on Saturday, April 5 at Thunder Studios Arena in greater ...2025
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• Mistico Dealing With Partially Torn Triceps And Ligament Injury In Right Ankle, To Miss Multiple Shows
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• Bishop Dyer (Baron Corbin) To Enter MLW Battle Riot VII
Bishop Dyer is ready to riot. Major League Wrestling announced that Bishop Dyer (formerly Baron Corbin in WWE) will make his MLW debut by entering MLW Battle Riot VII. From MLW: Bishop Dyer to debut in MLW… at Battle RIOT VII in Los Angeles on April 5 LOS ANGELES – Major League Wrestling (MLW) today announced Bishop Dyer will make his MLW debut in in the 40-wrestler Battle RIOT match at MLW Bat...2025
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• The 2025 Royals and MLB predictions thread

Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images How do you see this season going? Yes, I know technically the regular season has begun (thanks Cubs and Dodgers in Japan!) but this is the eve of the start of the season for most teams. This makes it a good time to put our powers of prognostication on the line. Earlier this week we asked readers to give their predictions on the season...2025
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• Rotation and Injury Updates - March 26, 2025
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• Cubs 4, Braves 2: And soon, it’ll be for real
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• Ikuro Kwon To Enter MLW Battle Riot VII
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• Cedric Alexander On Wanting To Join The Hurt Syndicate In AEW: 100%, That's A Big Chapter Of My Career
Cedric Alexander wants to finish his business with the Hurt Syndicate in AEW. Cedric Alexander was the fourth member of the Hurt Business in WWE, alongside MVP, Bobby Lashley, and Shelton Benjamin. Now, those three men are known as the Hurt Syndicate in AEW. WWE recently released Alexander, and the former WWE Raw Tag Team Champion is interested in finishing his business with those three gentlemen...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Will Workman work out?
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• London John Cena Merch, Cody Rhodes Reacts To Slammy Nominations, More | Fight Size
Here's your fight size update for Tuesday, March 25, 2025. - Good news, London! A new collection of John Cena merchandise has been released: The Last Time is Now! Head to #WWEShop and check out this NEW John Cena Farewell Tour London Collection! Including a London Championship Spinner Replica Title! #WWE --: https://t.co/4L6usAGWuC pic.twitter.com/9EgdxGqKbp — WWEShop.com (@WWEShop) March 25, 202...2025
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• A few final thoughts about the Tokyo Series

Outside the Tokyo Dome before the first Cubs/Dodgers game | Al Yellon Baseball did pretty much everything right here — and they should do more of it. I returned to Chicago on the longest Monday ever — leaving Tokyo’s Haneda Airport at 6:20 p.m. local time and arriving at O’Hare at 4:05 p.m. CT. That gave me a full Monday in Tokyo and allowed me to arrive home to catch the last few innings ...2025
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• Should Red Bull replace Liam Lawson?

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images History, and math, are not on Liam Lawson’s side as Red Bull contemplates a driver switch At the 2024 Miami Grand Prix Lando Norris captured his first Formula 1 victory, holding off Max Verstappen to take the checkered flag. But with Sergio Pérez finishing fourth, and both Red Bull drivers finishing on the podium in the F1 Sprint race, Red Bull banked 44 po...2025
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• WATCH: MLB Stars Crash Wedding Photos in Japan After Historic Tokyo Series
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• San Diego Padres minor league preview

Boston Bateman aka Sasquatch | Photo by Marison Bilagody/MLB Photos via Getty Images El Paso Chihuahuas get going on Friday The Padres major league season is around the corner. Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr. and their teammates play the first of 162 this Thursday. The following day the El Paso Chihuahuas, the Padres Triple-A affiliate, begin their season versus the Salt Lake Bees (Angel...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Mid-season reinforcements

Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks which Cubs prospect will make the biggest mid-season impact. It’s a new week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us. It’s always good to see a friend, new or old. We still have a few tables availa...2025
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• WWE Confirms The Natural Disasters (Typhoon And Earthquake) For WWE Hall Of Fame 2025
Earthquake and Typhoon are headed to the WWE Hall of Fame. WWE confirmed that The Natural Disasters will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2025. From WWE: The Natural Disasters to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2025 One of the most physically imposing duos in professional wrestling history, Earthquake (John Tenta), and Typhoon (Fred Ottman), known together as The Natural...2025
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• USA 5, Japan 2 | Women's World Cup Final match recap
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• Women's World Cup: Watch Carli Lloyd give the USWNT a 2-0 lead on Japan in 5 minutes
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• Jeter, Matsui reunite in Japan for home run derby
Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui reunited on the field on Saturday, going to bat in Tokyo to raise funds for children affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami....2015
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• Women's World Cup: USWNT win over Japan sets ratings records as massive US TV audience tunes in
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• Marlins go the extra mile to introduce Ichiro
Five team executives flew 18 hours to Japan to properly welcome Ichiro Suzuki -- who signed a one-year, $2 million contract on Tuesday night -- into the family....2015
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• Dr. J: 2016 Dunk Contest ‘As Good as the Wilkins-Jordan Showdown’
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• Julius Erving Amazed by Zach LaVine, Says '16 Dunk Contest Was an All-Timer
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• Rose on record: Ichiro Japan hits don't count
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• Preseason Prep - March 22, 2025
Matt Shaw Shaw made his big league debut with the Cubs a couple days ago, and boy was it on a big stage. The Cubs rookie played third during their series in Japan. Shaw went 1-9 during that series, but that isn't really notable. What is notable is that Shaw is now creeping up draft boards, and with multi-positional eligibility between 2B, 3B, and SS, there is a ton of intrigue. He stole 31 bags a...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - March 21, 2025
Alexis Diaz, CIN Diaz has struggled mightily this spring, allowing 5 ER's in 2.1 IP with 5 BB's, 1 HBP and just 1 K across his 3 appearances. It was almost a given heading into spring training that Diaz would be the Reds closer in 2025, but that is very much in question right now, and there's even a possibility that he opens the season in the minors. Diaz already showed significant decline last...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 20, 2025
Shohei Ohtani, DH (LAD) Ohtani's path to back-to-back 50/50 seasons began on Wednesday in Japan when the Dodgers' superstar blasted his first home run of the regular season, a towering fly off a 99-mph fastball that was initially ruled fan interference but later overruled via replay review. Ohtani finished the 2-game Tokyo series with three hits, including two extra-base hits, and two walks in 10 ...2025
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• Sometimes It Hurts- Preseason Prep- March 17, 2025
Happy St. Patrick's Day! The Luck o' the Irish hasn't been with several teams and players so far in Spring Training as a rash of injuries has hit them. The first game that counts will be tomorrow when the Dodgers and Cubs face off in Tokyo. SS Mookie Betts may not be playing in the two games of the Tokyo Series. He has been suffering an illness that has forced him to miss the exhibition games tha...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 7, 2025
Roki Sasaki, SP, Dodgers Roki Sasaki signed with the Dodgers out of Japan this offseason, and he's ready to make his mark in the major leagues. He is only 23 years old but has been a superstar in Japan for several years. His most notable achievement was throwing a perfect game in 2022. He did deal with some injuries and regression in 2024, but he posted his career worst ERA of just 2.35, which sho...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 4, 2025
Yankees Back Half of the Rotation is Suddenly Uncertain While the Top of the Yankees rotation looks as solid as ever, injuries have made for some opportunities at the back half. Clark Schmidt has yet to pitch in the spring due to a back injury and has been limited to bullpen sessions although he is expected to get into a game soon. Schmidt had a breakout half-season last year with a 2.85 ERA / 3....2025
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• Masahiro Tanaka's Opening Day Flop Is Instant Reality Check for 2015 Yankees
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 1
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 3
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• Cubs 10, Diamondbacks 6: Miguel Amaya drives in five
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• This Day in Braves History: Rabbit Maranville breaks his left leg
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks preview, Thursday 3/27, 9:10 CT

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images The Cubs resume their 2025 schedule with their North American opener in Phoenix. Thursday notes: BACK-TO-BACK... LOSSES: This is the 28th season since 1901 in which the Cubs lost their first two games. It is the seventh since 2000. They also started 0-2 last year. They had not done so in back-to-back seasons since 1986-87. The Cubs lost their third game ...2025
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• Chicago Cubs Lineup (3/27/25): Opening Day Take 2, Steele Starting Second Straight Game
I don’t know how much the Cubs got paid to serve as the sacrificial lamb home team against the heavily favored Dodgers in Japan. That’s not necessarily about the short-handed Dodgers still being better despite missing two former MVPs from the lineup, it’s just that the Japanese fans made it feel like the game may … The post Chicago Cubs Lineup (3/27/25): Opening Day Take 2,...2025
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• Ikuro Kwon To Enter MLW Battle Riot VII
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• Tigers @ Dodgers March 27, 2025: Snell makes his Dodger debut as the Dodgers face the reigning AL Cy Young winner on domestic Opening Day
(Via @Dodgers) The Dodgers are back in the states after a successful series in Japan. They took both games against the Cubs despite their short-handed lineups and have led baseball with a 1.000 winning percentage for the last week. They returned home for the Freeway Series and took two of three from the Angels in …...2025
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• Dodgers’ Dave Roberts Says Mookie Betts’ Illness Was Getting ‘Concerning’

Mookie Betts was on the sidelines with an illness for more than two weeks. The eight-time All-Star outfielder finally returned to the Los Angeles Dodgers lineup on Tuesday. Betts, who lost approximately 20 pounds while battling the illness, developed symptoms before the Dodgers’ trip to Japan for the Tokyo Series. The Dodgers organization decided to …...2025
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• BCB roundtable: 2025 Cubs season preview
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• RVD chooses WWE over AEW after watching Jon Moxley get nailed in the back
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• Should Red Bull replace Liam Lawson?
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• BCB After Dark: Mid-season reinforcements
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• Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are pushing the F1 grid, and each other

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Recapping some winners from the Chinese Grand Prix, and some who have some work to do before Japan For the better part of three years, Zak Brown has been telling anyone who would listen that Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri comprise the best driver pairing on the Formula 1 grid. The smile on the McLaren CEO’s face as he posed with the pair for photographs fol...2025
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• Is Liam Lawson already at risk of losing his spot at Red Bull?

Photo by QIan Jun/Paddocker/NurPhoto via Getty Images Liam Lawson’s poor start to the 2025 F1 season has kicked the replacement rumors into overdrive Liam Lawson’s difficult start to the 2025 Formula 1 season continued at the Chinese Grand Prix. After qualifying 18th and crashing out of the Australian Grand Prix, Lawson qualified in P20 for both the F1 Sprint race and the Grand Prix itself...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ spring training speed bump

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs dropped another game, and the regulars played very little. Domestic Opening Day looms. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overhe...2025
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• Cub Tracks returns to form

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs dropped one at Sloan Park, thanks in part to Michael King’s good pitching and their quiet bats. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, ov...2025
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• Further thoughts on the MLB Tokyo Series, the Cubs, the Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani

Al Yellon The Cubs participated in the games, but they still have a long way to go in Japan. TOKYO — The window display you see above is in a random store in the Shibuya District in Tokyo. The Shibuya Crossing is one of the most famous spots in Tokyo; I wrote a bit about it the other day. But it’s not just in random stores in Shibuya where you see images of Shohei Ohtani. It’s literally e...2025
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• Karl-Anthony Towns proves he’s the biggest Assassin’s Creed fan in the world with pregame tunnel fit

Photo by Logan Riely/NBAE via Getty Images Despite his best efforts to blend in, we saw right through Karl-Anthony Towns’ disguise. Listed at seven feet and 248 pounds, Karl-Anthony Towns is already one of the largest players in the NBA. But while there may be bigger players than him in the league, his pregame fit on Wednesday night proved that there is no bigger Assassin’s Creed fan in th...2025
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• Dodgers 6, Cubs 3: Let’s have an overreaction party!

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images As a Dodgers official I rode down in an elevator with after the game said, “It’s just two games.” TOKYO — You could look at it the way I noted below the headline. Or you could look at the Cubs’ 6-3 loss to the Dodgers at the Tokyo Dome, a sweep the Dodgers completed without two of their best players (Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman) and utterly panic as t...2025
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