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• Royals negotiating return to Diamond Sports

Photo by Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Diamond emerges from bankruptcy with a re-brand. Royals fans may not be done with Bally Sports Kansas City quite yet. The name has changed - Bally Sports regional networks have re-branded as the FanDuel Sports Network - but the channel itself is still owned by Diamond Sports Group, which emerged from bankruptcy on Thursday. The group...2024
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• Braves, FanDuel Sports Network will be available to stream in-market via Prime Video

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Cord-cutters, rejoice! You will no longer need a cable subscription to watch the Braves on an in-market stream. We’ve got yet another turn in the Diamond Sports Group saga and it appears as if we’re reaching the end of this thing. Evan Drellich of The Athletic is reporting that Diamond has been given the “green light to get out of bankruptcy.” Part of t...2024
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• Diamond Sports Group Emerges From Bankruptcy
A bankruptcy judge has approved the plan put forward by Diamond Sports Group for the company to return from bankruptcy. The Athletic’s Evan Drellich was among those to first report the news. Today’s confirmation hearing was the last step in a long-drawn-out process for DSG to return to business as usual, or at least some…...2024
• Tuesday Rockpile: What do the early Steamer projections suggest about the 2025 Colorado Rockies?

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, November 12, 2024 We are fast moving into 2025 MLB projections, and last week, FanGraph’s 2025 Steamer rankings dropped. In case you need a refresher, MLB.com describes Steamer as follows: Like other projection systems, Steamer uses past performance and aging trends to develop a future projection for playe...2024
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• Braves and MLB reject Diamond Sports Group’s Bankruptcy plan

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images It is the legal song that never ends with the Braves’ TV partner and the hijinks that go with it Diamond Sports Group, who controls the Braves TV rights holder known as Fanduel Sports Network, is still in the throes of bankruptcy. At least, that’s the way they tell it publicly. In court and to Rob Manfred, they have entered bankruptcy to avoid TV rights ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Stayin’ alive!

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Yankees' slump was one for the ages, but they still have a chance. The World Series seems as if it only just started, and now it might just get interesting. Don’t call it a comeback! But do call it a comeback. Lots of experts had all but counted the Yankees out after a 3-0 Series start from the Dodgers. Despite a slumping performance ...2024
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• Braves News: Diamond Sports Group saga, Arizona Fall League update, and more

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. Diamond Sports Group is undergoing yet another change, as formerly known Bally Sports South/Southeast will now be known as FanDuel Sports Network South and FanDuel Sports Network Southeast. As of right now, the Atlanta Braves would play on this network, but with the way things have gone lately, there is still am...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Bad blood

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Bad blood reigns in the Dodgers/Padres series. The Tigers shocked the Guardians. And other news from around the playoffs. Good morning. I suppose it’s a good morning if you’re a Mets or Padres fan. I assume you know the scores of those games yesterday, so I’m not linking to any game recaps. I will link to the brouhaha that took place at Dodger Stadium durin...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 30, 2024

10 years ago today! | Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Can we just all pretend last night’s game was a bad dream? At The Star, Jaylon Thompson talked to the team about winning the division title: Now, after Wednesday’s series-ending loss, they’re one game behind and the divisional race has become an all-out sprint. “That’s our goal,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said of winning the AL Cen...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Joey Votto calls it quits

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images The most interesting man in baseball retires. The Mariners fire their manager. A look ahead to the stretch run and other news from around MLB. Good morning. Driving to the stadium right now. My Uber driver asked, "Are you a player?" I said, "No."— Joey Votto (@JoeyVotto) August 22, 2024 Longtime Reds first baseman Joey Votto an...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ unfriendly Cards

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Stinkin’ Cardinals win and Jordan Wicks is headed back to the IL. Jed Hoyer’s seat has to be getting warm. 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 basebal...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The wonder of Yu

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Yu Darvish wins his 200th game. The Blue Jays have issues. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. I’m back for more. Infielder David Fletcher, who played for the Angels from 2018 to 2023 and is with the Braves organization now, is reported to have gambled with the same illegal bookmaker that Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter, bet with. F...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Can’t anyone around here hit?

Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A look at the first quarter off the season and offense is down all over MLB. The trade deadline and draft are starting to come into view. And Shohei Ohtani leaves them speechless. Good morning. Jesse Rogers has a piece on how teams are using “load management” to mitigate the effects of fatigue over the course of the season. This is t...2024
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• Outside The Confines: To bee or not to bee

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports A hero emerges in Phoenix. Another injury for Mike Trout and another broadcast dispute. A look at home runs in college ball and other news from around baseball. Good morning. It’s good to be home. See you at 1:20. As you no doubt heard, Angels superstar Mike Trout is injured again. Will Leitch has five questions about Trout, his injury and the Angels. Ke...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Off to a flying start

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images A look at trends to start the season, like Mike Trout is back. The fans who fought back against the A’s. And other news from MLB. Good morning. No big stories today, but lots of little ones. Dan Moore has a strong piece on the fan groups that have fought against the Athletics leaving Oakland (and some historical precedents elsewhere) and the dilemma of...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The Yankees bid farewell to John Sterling

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images The iconic radio voice of the team announced his sudden departure this week. On Monday, with no preamble, the Yankees announced that their long-time radio play-by-play announcer John Sterling was calling it a career, and his last game in the booth was behind him. The 85-year-old called 5,420 regular season games over his long career. Sterling cited the s...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 5, 2024

Monday is Eclipse Day | Set Number: X161331 TK1 Anne Rogers with a pair of stories about injuries. The first is about Frank Mozzicato’s injury last season: Frank Mozzicato’s 2023 season can be broken into two parts: Before the collision and after the collision... On June 2, a day after Mozzicato struck out 10 in five innings for the Fireflies, he was in shallow center field during battin...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Baseball is here
Chris Jones-USA TODAY Sports The College Baseball season started over the weekend. Manny Machado announced his decision to opt out of his deal. And more news from around baseball. So we had real live baseball in the US over the weekend. Yes, I know baseball really never ends when you include the winter leagues, but it’s always a sign that the main event is coming when the college kids tak...2023
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""— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) October 2, 2024 Diamond Sports Group could be among those that negotiate new deals with clubs, and they did renegotiate deals with NBA and NHL clubs on their regional sports networks."

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"As reported by Evan Drellich, Dennis Lin, and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Padres took out a $50MM loan in September to address “short-term cash flow issues” and cover their player payroll, among other expenses."

2022
"MLB’s self-imposed deadline to reach an agreement with the Players Association is today, and Evan Drellich, Ken Rosenthal and Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic report that the league took a “more threatening” tone to the MLBPA today and voiced a willingness to miss a month’s worth of regular-season games (Twitter link)."

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"MLB made its first core economic proposal to the MLBPA this week, report Evan Drellich and Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic."

2020
"Major League Baseball is set to bring forth an unprecedented set of penalties against the Astros organization in light of the sign-stealing scandal against them, Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of The Athletic report."

2019
"The Nationals have re-signed right-hander reliever Javy Guerra to a minor league contract, Evan Drellich of The Athletic tweets."

2018
"Evan Drellich of NBC Sports Boston spoke to agent Scott Boras Tuesday evening, with Boras making clear that his client is willing to wait until after the start of Spring Training to sign a contract."

2017
"4:45pm: Evan Drellich of CSN New England tweets that Dombrowski said there is indeed an investigation looking into the Yankees."

2016
"5:05pm: Evan Drellich of the Boston Herald reports (via Twitter) that top right-handed pitching prospect Anderson Espinoza is headed to the Padres in the…"

2015
"29, per the Houston Chronicle's Evan Drellich."

2014
" The Astros' official Twitter account passed along the official report: Evan Drellich of the Houston Chronicle and Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports noted more contract details: Drellich also passed along what position Lowrie will be playing moving forward: Lowrie sounded optimistic about the direction his new team is headed, via Brian McTaggart of MLB."

• Royals negotiating return to Diamond Sports
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What do the early Steamer projections suggest about the 2025 Colorado Rockies?
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• Braves and MLB reject Diamond Sports Group’s Bankruptcy plan
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• Outside The Confines: Bad blood
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• MLB to take over TV broadcasts for Brewers starting in 2025

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images The Brewers will be one of six teams that MLB will produce and distribute games for in 2025 Following the end of the 2024 regular season, the Brewers’ TV deal with Diamond Sports Group came to an end. One point of concern this offseason was going to be securing a new TV deal, but that has already been handled. Today, MLB published a statement that they will...2024
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• Diamond Sports and MLB might be reaching the end of the line together

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The owner of Bally Sports Networks said in court that they’re not going to sign deals with most of the MLB teams they’ve been carrying. The ongoing saga of Diamond Sports vs. MLB came to a head in bankruptcy court Wednesday. Here’s what happened, per Evan Drellich in The Athletic: Diamond Sports Group appears to be threatening to drop virtually every ML...2024
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• Diamond Sports proposes Braves remain on Bally Sports, per report

Brett Davis-Imagn Images A murky TV situation gets murkier. As you may have heard, there is a sticky ongoing dispute between Major League Baseball and Diamond Sports, which operates the Bally Sports network of regional sports channels, including the Atlanta Braves. On Wednesday, it appears Diamond Sports threw the league offices a curveball. Here’s the latest from Evan Drellich of The Athl...2024
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• MLB says teams whose games are on Diamond Sports can’t plan revenue for 2025

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images This could have serious repercussions through the industry. The ongoing saga of the 12 MLB teams whose games are carried by Diamond Sports Group took another turn this week. Diamond operates the Bally Sports Networks, who carry games of the Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 30, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Joey Votto calls it quits
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• Outside The Confines: Stayin’ alive!
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• Outside The Confines: Bad blood
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 30, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Joey Votto calls it quits
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• Outside The Confines: London Calling

Photo by Zac Goodwin/PA Images via Getty Images The Phillies and Mets played in London. Gambling is causing a safety problem for the players. And other news from around baseball. So they’re playing cricket on Long Island and baseball in London. What a world we live in. Before we get to the London Series, Bob Nightengale has a story about how MLB players are getting angry and threatening ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: To bee or not to bee
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• Outside The Confines: Off to a flying start
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• Outside The Confines: Heading to Sacto

D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports The Athletics announce they are moving to Sacramento, temporarily. Mookie Betts is tearing up the league. The Marlins are in trouble. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. The Athletics announced that the team will play from 2025 to (at least) 2027 in Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento. Sutter Health Park is the home of the Triple-A Sacra...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 5, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Opening Week is here!

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The pre-season ends this week, real baseball is almost here! Well, friends, we have officially made it. This is the last Monday without baseball! (Well, regular season baseball. that is.) It’s so thrilling to realize that this is the week baseball begins in earnest and we can switch from saying “Spring training doesn’t count” to “it’s ...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What do the early Steamer projections suggest about the 2025 Colorado Rockies?
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• Diamond Sports and MLB might be reaching the end of the line together
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• MLB says teams whose games are on Diamond Sports can’t plan revenue for 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 30, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Joey Votto calls it quits
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• Outside The Confines: London Calling
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• Outside The Confines: The wonder of Yu
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• Outside The Confines: Can’t anyone around here hit?
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• Outside The Confines: To bee or not to bee
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• Outside The Confines: Off to a flying start
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• MLB To Suspend Jeff Luhnow, A.J. Hinch For One Year; Astros Stripped Of Draft Picks
Major League Baseball is set to bring forth an unprecedented set of penalties against the Astros organization in light of the sign-stealing scandal against them, Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of The Athletic report. President of baseball operations/general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J. Hinch will both be suspended for one year, per the report.…...2020
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• MLB Reportedly Indicates Willingness To Miss A Month Of Regular Season Games
MLB’s self-imposed deadline to reach an agreement with the Players Association is today, and Evan Drellich, Ken Rosenthal and Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic report that the league took a “more threatening” tone to the MLBPA today and voiced a willingness to miss a month’s worth of regular-season games (Twitter link). The first meeting between…...2022
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• Red Sox Acquire Drew Pomeranz For Anderson Espinoza
5:33pm: Jon Morosi of MLB.com and FOX Sports tweets that it is indeed a one-for-one swap. 5:15pm: Lin tweets that the trade may be a one-for-one swap of Pomeranz and Espinoza. 5:05pm: Evan Drellich of the Boston Herald reports (via Twitter) that top right-handed pitching prospect Anderson Espinoza is headed to the Padres in the…...2016
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• Red Sox Reportedly Caught Stealing Signs From Yankees
4:45pm: Evan Drellich of CSN New England tweets that Dombrowski said there is indeed an investigation looking into the Yankees. Newsday’s David Lennon tweets that when asked about the Red Sox’ allegations regarding YES cameras, Yankees skipper Joe Girardi replied bluntly: “No chance. We’re not doing it.” Girardi did acknowledge that all teams try to…...2017
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• Giants Have Considered Pursuing Pablo Sandoval Trade
The Giants have had internal discussions about trying to strike a deal for Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval, according to Evan Drellich of the Boston Herald. It is not known whether the two organizations have talked about the former San Francisco star. Sandoval, 30, is two years into what has been a disastrous free…...2016
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• Chris Correa Sentenced to 46 Months for Hacking Astros' Computer System
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• Scott Kazmir to Dodgers: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
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• Red Sox To Promote Andrew Benintendi
The Red Sox are having top outfield prospect Andrew Benintendi meet the team in Seattle tomorrow, Evan Drellich of the Boston Herald writes. The move means Benintendi will skip straight from Double-A Portland, where he’s batted .295/.357/.515 in 263 plate appearances this season, to the big leagues. Benintendi has relatively little minor-league experience, with just…...2016
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• Outside The Confines: No Rays of sunshine

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Things are going wrong fast for the Rays. Also the Angels, who bet big on one last year with Shohei Ohtani. And other news from around MLB Just a few months ago, the Tampa Bay Rays were the biggest story in the game for the best start to a season since the 1984 Tigers. Now, they’re the biggest story in the game for not-as-pleasant reasons. The Tampa Bay Ray...2023
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What do the early Steamer projections suggest about the 2025 Colorado Rockies?
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• Outside The Confines: Stayin’ alive!
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• Outside The Confines: Bad blood
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• MLB to take over TV broadcasts for Brewers starting in 2025
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• Diamond Sports and MLB might be reaching the end of the line together
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 30, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Joey Votto calls it quits
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• Braves and Reds set to play 2025 game at Bristol Motor Speedway, per report

Photo by Michael Shroyer/Getty Images Braves and Reds are reportedly set to play a game at one of NASCARS most famous tracks in 2025. Major League Baseball will soon be announcing the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds will playing a 2025 regular season game at Bristol Motor Speedway, according to a report from Evan Drellich of The Athletic. BREAKING NEWS from @Jordan_Bianchi and @EvanD...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ unfriendly Cards
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• Outside The Confines: London Calling
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• Outside The Confines: Bad blood
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• Outside The Confines: The Yankees bid farewell to John Sterling
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• Outside The Confines: Opening Week is here!
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• Braves News: Jarred Kelenic’s improvement, Ohtani gambling scandal, more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves’ news and notes from Wednesday Jarred Kelenic may be turning the corner with the adjustments he’s made this spring for Atlanta. Elsewhere in the league, a gambling scandal is brewing around the sport’s biggest star, Shohei Ohtani, and turmoil continues in the MLBPA. Kelenic looked good on Wednesday after a really rough...2024
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• Another update on the Oakland A’s to Las Vegas situation

Fans at the Oakland Coliseum in September 2022 | Al Yellon Just when you thought it couldn’t get messier, it has. Gonna say this right now, off the top, so we’re all on the same page: If this topic doesn’t interest you, go pass it on by and click on some other BCB article. I think the issues surrounding the Oakland Athletics’ proposed move to Las Vegas are important for the entire future o...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The Tigers claim the voice of the White Sox

Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images This might be the best offseason move yet. Well, one of the biggest moves of the offseason has nothing to do with players, or even with the shuffle of managers. The Detroit Tigers announced today that after Bally Sports Detroit parted ways with Matt Shepard the new play-by-play announcer for the season will be none other than White Sox great ...2023
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• Rob Manfred’s term as Commissioner extended for another five years
Al Yellon This is news, so we’re reporting it. Major League Baseball today announced the extension of Commissioner Rob Manfred’s term, which will now run through January 25, 2029. The vote was taken now, before Manfred’s deal expired, for this reason: The vote ... comes right at the start of a window of 18 months before the expiration of the commissioner’s term where a majority vote of lea...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Bench ‘em
Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images A new practice of benching bad behavior is picking up steam. “Benching” baseball players isn’t a new practice, but it seems to be gaining popularity this season, as we’re seeing managers bench their players for a number of largely behavioral reasons. No hustle on the basepaths? Get benched. Boneheaded lack of attention paid during the game? Get...2023
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• A few thoughts about how Rob Manfred is handling the A’s move to Las Vegas
Al Yellon NARRATOR: “Not very well.” This morning in Outside The Confines, Ashley posted a number of links having to do with the Nevada legislature’s approval of money for a stadium for the Athletics to move to Las Vegas, and you can get the basic outline of the story there. I’ve been on record as saying that I didn’t think this was going to happen, and who knows? It still might not. All w...2023
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• Outside The Confines: The Mets got a lump of Correa for Christmas
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Though if he passes his physical, he might be a diamond for the Mets. This will be the last OTC before Christmas, so first and foremost I want to wish everyone reading a very safe and happy holiday. I hope you get some time off and an opportunity to decompress, spend time with family, and just enjoy the offerings of the season. And with the holiday in m...2022
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