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• Inside the making of Mariners' now-famous Ichiro Suzuki statue
You know about the reveal mishap. Here's what went into creating the sculpture that will forever honor a Seattle icon....2026
• Effectively Wild Episode 2464: Hello, Dolly!

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, please visit our Patreon. Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the bad omen of a broken bat on an Ichiro Suzuki statue, whether Mason Miller is, at this moment, the best pitcher ever on a batter-per-batter basis, and how to label atypical […]...2026
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• Ichiro Suzuki's statue unveiling goes poorly for Mariners

The Seattle Mariners unveiled a statue for Ichiro Suzuki, one of the team's greatest all-time players, on Friday, and in a testament to how the season has gone so far, the ceremony ended with a bat issue....2026
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• Mariners’ Ichiro Suzuki statue broken in awkward unveiling moment

As the Mariners unveiled a statue of Ichiro Suzuki on Friday afternoon, it became quickly apparent that something was very wrong....2026
• Going batty: Ichiro statue breaks during unveiling
A statue has been unveiled of Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki at the Seattle Mariners' T-Mobile Park. There was just one problem at the ceremony Friday -- a broken bat....2026
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• Tops for each team

A Pirates account on Bluesky recently featured the Pirates player for which he had the most cards and then put out the question (I'm paraphrasing), "which Pirates player has the most cards in your collection?" My favorite team isn't the Pirates, so I could only guess. My first thought was Dave Parker, but I knew that wasn't right because he also appeared with the Reds on many junk...2026
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• Outside The Confines: For the love of baseball

Photo by Brandon Soto/Minor League Baseball via Getty Images The trade deadline approaches. Hall of Fame weekend approaches. The Moon Mammoths are born. And other news around MLB. Good morning. Now that the All-Star Game is over, the trade deadline is the next event on the baseball calendar. Except for All-Star induction ceremonies this upcoming weekend. We’ll get to that later. But the ...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 25

Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content. Happy birthday to A-Ram and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. Here’s a ...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 2

Jerry Lai-Imagn Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Jon Lieber* and others, and more stories for the discerning reader. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives t...2025
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• Ichiro, Sabathia, Wagner inducted to Baseball Hall of Fame

Photo credit should read JOHN MABANGLO/AFP via Getty Images An all-time international baseball icon will get his day in the Cooperstown sun this July, alongside pitchers CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. Few Americans knew what to expect of Ichiro Suzuki when he first came to the United States in 2001. He had been an otherworldly hitter in Japan, tearing up the NPB with a .353/.421/.522 triple...2025
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• The Royals Review Hall of Fame ballots

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Who deserves enshrinement in Cooperstown? Baseball writers are currently mulling over this year’s Hall of Fame candidates, with selections to be announced on January 21. None of us at Royals Review have a vote but who would we vote for if we did? You can see the list of eligible candidates and their career statistics here. Here are our ballots with some wr...2024
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• The Next Brewers Hall of Famers (and a Hall-of-Fame Rabbit Hole)

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images I have thoughts. On Sunday, former Brewer All-Star Dave Parker was one of two players (along with Dick Allen) inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, via the Era Committee’s Classic Baseball Era (formerly known as the Veterans Committee) ballot. I’m a Hall junkie, so I had a million thoughts, some of which I will share. But the thought that will guide me: who...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Troy Tulowitzki’s Hall of Fame case

Photo by Jacob de Golish/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, November 20, 2024 The National Baseball Hall of Fame released the ballot for the 2025 cycle on Monday, with a cast of characters both returning and debuting for the first time on the ballot. The new batch of candidates features a no-brainer like Ichiro Suzuki while featuring a slew of debatable players who...2024
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Ichiro Suzuki leads a long list of Hall of Fame hopefuls On Monday, the ballot for the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame voting was released. (We already covered the Classic Era ballot–formerly referred to as the Veterans Committee ballot–here.) There’s one obvious choice and a few others who have a shot at getting voted in this year, plus a handful of interes...2024
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• The Brewers and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot

RICK WOOD / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK Three former Brewers appear on this year’s ballot Monday marked the release of the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. The biggest new name on the ballot is that of Ichiro Suzuki, who could become the second unanimous Hall of Famer after Mariano Rivera in 2019. But there are two newcomers and one holdover who have a history with the...2024
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• Tonight: Come to Sox Park for AAPI Heritage Night!
Get to the park early enough to claim one of 10,000 boutique, Filipino-flavored White Sox T-shirts, by Chicago artist Brian Nevado. | Chicago White Sox Five Asian American White Sox fans share their journeys and love of the game in advance of the celebration “Chicago embraces so many ethnicities, and it’s a beautiful part of the fabric of our city,” lifelong White Sox fan Kenny Nakai says...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Is the MLBPA going to stand up for MiLB?
Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Seems like some interesting changes might be coming. In some late-breaking Sunday news that we will most certainly be hearing a lot more about in the coming week, it appears that a vote is on the way to see how Minor League players feel about having the MLPBA act as their collective bargaining representative. BREAKING: Minor Leaguer...2022
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• Asian and American Ballplayers Face Unusual Challenges When Living Abroad
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• Fourteen Years After 116-Win Record, Mariners Ready to End Playoff Drought
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"A statue has been unveiled of Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki at the Seattle Mariners' T-Mobile Park."

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"Ichiro Suzuki wants to raise a glass with the voter who chose not to check off his name on the Hall of Fame ballot."

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"Outfielder Ichiro Suzuki and pitcher CC Sabathia are among 14 new candidates on the Hall of Fame ballot released Monday, joining 14 holdovers led by reliever Billy Wagner."

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"LOOK: MLB legend Ichiro Suzuki breaks window while hitting home run at 50 years old"

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"Iris Skinner and Mariners icon Ichiro Suzuki have quite a history together."

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"The Seattle Mariners will induct Ichiro Suzuki into the team's Hall of Fame during a game on Aug."

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"Ichiro Suzuki enjoyed one of America's staple meals."

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"The Mariners have reached an agreement on a minor-league deal with ageless outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today."

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"Ichiro Suzuki’s agent, John Boggs, tells Barry Bloom of MLB."

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"With a rare start in center against the Cubs on Sunday, Ichiro Suzuki made history."

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"Ichiro Suzuki, going strong at age 42, is energizing the Marlins."

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"The reasons the Marlins initially signed Ichiro Suzuki as a free agent in January remain in place today."

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"Ichiro Suzuki Speaks, Cooperstown Listens Don't order that retirement cake just yet for legendary outfielder Ichiro Suzuki."

• Outside The Confines: The trade season is underway

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images Arizona deals first baseman Josh Naylor to Seattle, and they’re not done yet. Other players who might get dealt this week. It’s Hall of Fame induction weekend. Good morning. Trade season is open. The Diamondbacks traded first baseman Josh Naylor to the Mariners for two pitching prospects, left-hander Brandyn Garcia and right-hander Ashton Izzi. Daniel K...2025
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• Outside The Confines: For the love of baseball
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 25
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• The Royals Quarter-Century Team

Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images 25 years? Wait, what? Recently, esteemed baseball writer Jayson Stark complied his First Quarter Century baseball team for a story which ran in the Athletic. Has it already been 25 years since Y2K? Crazy how time slips away. I didn’t see much to argue about with Stark’s selections. The team is loaded with Hall of Famers and all-time greats as you would expect. St...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 2
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• A brief history of all MLB regular season games played outside the USA and Canada

Al Yellon The Cubs are preparing to play the Dodgers in Japan. The Cubs and Dodgers will meet at the Tokyo Dome Tuesday and Wednesday to begin the 2025 regular season. This will be the fifth time MLB teams have met in Tokyo, and the second time for the Cubs, who played the Mets there 25 years ago in the first MLB series in Japan. Going forward, international MLB games are being branded as ...2025
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• Facing My Heroes: The Day I Struck Out Ichiro Suzuki Twice
Editor’s Note: Brandon Beachy had a relatively brief but highly memorable career, rising from undrafted free agent to a key — at times overpowering — member of the Braves’ rotation. Injuries derailed Beachy’s career, but he retired with a 14-12 record and 275 2/3 innings of 3.36 ERA ball under his belt. Beachy was at…...2025
• Outside The Confines: College baseball begins

Jace LaViolette | Dylan Widger-Imagn Images The college baseball season started this weekend. Storylines from Spring Training. Who might yet be traded? Plus other baseball news. Good morning. We had real baseball over the weekend, albeit the kind with aluminum bats. Jacob Rudner has 12 takeaways from NCAA baseball’s opening weekend. Rudner also has 18 college pitchers who stood out this...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, January 24

Not his birthday | Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to ‘Q’, Jackie Robinson enters the HOF, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the ...2025
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• Outside the Confines: Winning the press conference

Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images More on Roki Sasaki and the Dodgers. The Hall of Fame inductees met the media. Anthony Santander’s deal is not what it seems. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Jeff Passan has the story of why Roki Sasaki decided to sign with the Dodgers. Yes, in many ways it is obvious, but Passan has a bunch of details you may not be aware of. Jack Har...2025
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• The Hall of Fame’s voting system is irretrievably broken

The Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in 2022 | Al Yellon The failure of Ichiro Suzuki to be unanimous clinched that. Monday’s announcement by the Hall of Fame that Ichiro Suzuki had been elected, but one vote short of unanimously on the 394 returned ballots by BBWAA members, runs the risk of making these Hall elections irrelevant. Some would argue that they already are, but let’s look at the po...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Your new Hall of Fame inductees

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images I just want to talk to that one voter who left Ichiro off their ballot... Well, the long-anticipated time arrived last night as the newest class of MLB Hall of Famers was announced. Ichiro Suzuki was one vote shy of being a unanimous inductee, and I think perhaps anonymous ballots shouldn’t be allowed because I just want to have a quick chat with the pe...2025
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• Baseball Hall of Fame voting results: Nine things to know, including hope for Carlos Beltrán, Andruw Jones

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected into Cooperstown Tuesday night...2025
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to the Hall of Fame

Getty Images Ichiro fell one vote short of being the second player elected unanimously. Ichiro Suzuki failed to become the second player elected to the Hall of Fame unanimously, when the results of the 2025 Baseball Writers Association of America results were announced late Tuesday in a live broadcast on MLB Network. There were 394 ballots received by the Hall of Fame and Ichiro was named ...2025
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• Baseball Hall of Fame voting winners and losers: Who else got good (or bad) news?
The results are in! Our experts break down the highs and lows of the 2025 vote that made Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner Hall of Famers....2025
• Ichiro, Sabathia, Wagner inducted to Baseball Hall of Fame
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• Baseball Hall of Fame welcomes Billy Wagner, Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Andruw Jones, Brian McCann fall short on the 2025 ballot. The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced the results for the 2025 elections, as voted on by qualifying members of the Baseball Writer’s Association of America (BBWAA). On his tenth, and final appearance on the ballot, former Atlanta Braves closer Billy Wagner was elected after narrowly missi...2025
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2464: Hello, Dolly!
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• Mariners’ Ichiro Suzuki statue broken in awkward unveiling moment
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• The Royals Quarter-Century Team
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• The Global Game: Former Nats coach and manager McLaren has spread the baseball gospel around the world

Piotr Nowak Former Nationals interim manager John McLaren is now in Poland teaching baseball to the parts of the world where the sport needs to be spread “Hey guys, it is good to see you again’’; said former Nationals coach and manager John McLaren, 73, standing in front of the first-base dugout at a baseball complex in central Poland on a sun-splashed May afternoon. “We have some of you ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: College baseball begins
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• Outside the Confines: Winning the press conference
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• Outside The Confines: Your new Hall of Fame inductees
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• Ichiro, Sabathia, Wagner inducted to Baseball Hall of Fame
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• Outside The Confines: Blake Snell is the first to go

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images The hot stove means we know big changes are coming to some teams. Hot stove season means we know that a lot of changes will be coming to teams around baseball, either by offloading talent to save money and stock up the farm system, or attempting to bolster their rosters and make a run for the 2025 offseason. Blake Snell signed a deal late...2024
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• Ichiro passes Cobb; Marlins open to 2016 return
The reasons the Marlins initially signed Ichiro Suzuki as a free agent in January remain in place today. The organization has been so impressed by the 41-year-old that they are open to bringing him back in 2016....2015
• Source: Ichiro, Marlins agree to 1-year deal
The Marlins have filled a need for a fourth outfielder by agreeing on Friday to a one-year contract with 10-time All-Star Ichiro Suzuki, a baseball source confirmed to MLB.com. The deal is pending a physical. The club has not confirmed the deal....2015
• Ichiro's 4 hits energize Marlins past Rays
Ichiro Suzuki, going strong at age 42, is energizing the Marlins. The veteran outfielder had four singles, one RBI and a run scored on Monday night, and he was in the heart of the club's eighth-inning rally that lifted Miami to a 7-6 win over the Rays at Marlins Park....2016
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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
• Ichiro ties Cobb with 4,191 professional hits
Ichiro Suzuki is at a point in his career where each hit moves him closer to another milestone. With his opposite-field single in the fifth inning of the Marlins' 3-1 loss to the Cardinals on Friday night, the 41-year-old now has the distinction of being mentioned in the same sentence as the legendary Ty Cobb....2015
• Ichiro moves past Babe on all-time hits list
Ichiro Suzuki passed Babe Ruth on the all-time hits list in his first at-bat, going the other way on a 3-2 pitch to lead off the second inning with a single to left-center....2015
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• Mets rally late to clinch series over Marlins
A late scratch on Saturday afternoon removed Yoenis Cespedes from the lineup, and his replacements were able to pick up the slack. Juan Lagares made a runs-saving catch on Ichiro Suzuki in the sixth inning. And in the eighth inning, Matt Reynolds, who pinch-hit for Lagares, laced an RBI single that rallied New York to a 6-4 win over Miami at Marlins Park....2016
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• Ichiro Suzuki to Marlins: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
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• Is Aaron Nola back to being a fantasy ace? - June 6, 2023
Justin Turner (DH-BOS) went 1-for-3 with a solo homer and a walk against the Rays on Monday. Turner was one of the few bright spots for the Red Sox in their 4-1 loss to Tampa Bay during Monday's series finale at Fenway Park. Turner contributed Boston's only run with his sixth-inning solo shot off Shane McClanahan. The dinger was Turner's seventh of the season, five of which have come during the pa...2023
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• Hitter Profiles: Aged Rookies
Like fine wine, some Rookies are simply better with age. Now I am not talking Rooke of the Year winners such as Jose Abreu or Ichiro Suzuki, who dominated upon their arrival to the MLB at a more advanced age. Those guys had a leg up as stars in the native leagues prior to taking the MLB by storm. No, we are talking about the guys like Jose Martinez, Shane Spencer or Ryan Shimpf who took the lea...2022
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• Dee Gordon's PED Suspension Stunner Is Gut Punch for MLB
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• Astros Sparkplug Jose Altuve Rising as Dark-Horse AL MVP Threat
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to the Hall of Fame
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• The Next Brewers Hall of Famers (and a Hall-of-Fame Rabbit Hole)
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia among first-timers on Hall of Fame ballot

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Former Royals infielder Ben Zobrist is also on the ballot. Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia headline a list of 14 new candidates on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for enshrinement in Cooperstown. Also on the list is former Royals infielder Ben Zobrist, who was part of the championship team in 2015. Other first-timers include Carlos González, Curtis Granders...2024
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• Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer elected to Hall of Fame

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán falls a bit short The Baseball Hall of Fame announced this evening that writers have elected Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer to be inducted along with former manager Jim Leyeland this summer. Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán improved his vote total from 46.5 percent to 57.1 perce...2024
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• Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s 2 free agency leaders could have domino effect for Juan Soto

Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images The race for the 25-year-old Japanese ace is heating up. As the MLB Winter Meetings roll on, a huge spotlight is on a right-handed pitcher from Japan with a devastating array of pitches, and the numerous clubs clamoring for his services. We are of course talking about Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the 25-year-old right hander. Did you have someone else in mind? Whi...2023
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• Since We Last Met: Seattle Mariners

Ty France and Eugenio Suárez of the Seattle Mariners celebrate a win against the Chicago White Sox at T-Mobile Park on June 18, 2023, in Seattle | Alika Jenner/Getty Images Everybody’s favorite second team (ok, maybe just mine) pays a visit to the South Side The red-hot Seattle Mariners pay a visit to the South Side of Chicago to take on your White Sox. These surging Mariners have won eig...2023
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