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• Outside The Confines: Family drama for the Padres

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Ownership dramas are casting a dark cloud over San Diego Happy Monday, friends. While the hot stove hasn’t been too steamy this past week, there’s definitely some news to keep us busy. Drama continues to develop in San Diego as an ownership lawsuit takes shape and is forcing some unwelcome attention on the team thanks to a lawsuit from the...2025
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• Outside The Confines: The Hot Stove is calm

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images A look at where we are in the offseason. Some deals are evaluated. Where might Roki Sasaki sign? And other news from around MLB. Good morning. We’re in the home stretch of the offseason, so R. J. Anderson hands out progress report grades to each team. Mike Axisa looks at players currently on the trade market and where they might get dealt. Katie W...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Silent Night

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images A look back at the year that was. Where some free agents should sign. And other news from baseball. Good morning. I’m typing with two hands today — albeit gingerly — after my left hand recovers from my Christmas dinner burn accident. Al has reminded me that trying to make a bare-handed catch rarely works out well. Especially when it’s a pan coming out of a 4...2024
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• Outside The Confines: A very merry OTC

Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images Merry Christmas, everyone! Happy Holidays, dear BCB readers! If you celebrate Christmas, I hope today brings you lots of joy and a delightfully filling dinner. If you’re not a Christmas person, I hope your Wednesday is still lovely and fulfilling. News will be light, but I would never leave your OTC stockings empty! Let’s dive into your mid-wee...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Farewell to a legend

Set Number: X27208 TK1 R14 F17 Tributes come in for Rickey Henderson. The Astros sign a first baseman. The Marlins trade Jesús Luzardo to Philadelphia. And other Hot Stove news. Good morning. I assume you all know about the passing of Rickey Henderson by now. We have a lot of tributes to “The Man of Steal” today. Late last night, the Mets agreed to a three-year, $75 million deal to bring...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Stadium news abounds

Photo by Mario Hommes/DeFodi Images via Getty Images The Rays and the A’s are both moving forward... probably. In today’s news we have a mixed bag of everything: will Juan Soto crack the $700 million mark for his contract? Should Shohei Ohtani play the field? What does the Luis Severino signing mean for the pitching market? But the biggest news is from two ongoing stadium sagas. In Tampa B...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Stadium news abounds
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• Outside The Confines: Never mind

Photo by J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images Gerrit Cole opts out and then he doesn’t. Qualifying offers were issued. Free agents are ranked. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. You officially have my permission to call them the Sacramento A’s if you want. Or the West Sacramento A’s if you’d rather. After opting out of his contract with the Yankees, which still ha...2024
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• Outside the Confines: The Dodgers take New York

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers win their 8th World Series. The Yankees look back and regret a disastrous fifth inning. The Juan Soto free agency sweepstakes is underway. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. I assume you know what happened in Game 5 of the World Series by now, but if you want to relive it, AJ Cassavell breaks down how the Dodgers j...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Going for gold

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Major leaguers press to be allowed to compete in the 2028 Olympics. Aaron Judge wants to play, but no one will pitch to him. More on the White Sox and other news from around the league. Good morning. With the 2024 Paris Olympics now over, some people are looking forward to 2028 Los Angeles, where baseball will be a sport again. Jake Mintz looks at the...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Somebody call a doctor

Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Two major injuries hit the Dodgers over the weekend. Another week, another gambling scandal. Snoop Dogg starts broadcasting. And other news from MLB. Good morning. We’re going to start with the butcher’s bill, because it’s really expensive today. Especially for the Dodgers. Shortstop Mookie Betts broke his left hand when he was hit with a pitch in Sunday’...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Just a bad situation all around

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports A Mets reliever takes out his frustrations in the wrong way and the Mets make it worse. The Negro Leagues join the record book. A look ahead at the draft and other news from MLB. Good morning to everyone. Happy Friday. The Mets designated reliever Jorge López for assignment after he threw his glove into the stands after getting ejected. There were also some thi...2024
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• Outside The Confines: A retiring Angel

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images The much maligned umpire has announced his retirement Usually, when we report news on retirements, it’s about a long-tenured player, or a multi-World Series-winning team manager, but the absolute biggest news of the week was the announcement that umpire Angel Hernandez was planning to retire. Umpires bear a certain amount of negativity from MLB fans, bu...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Them’s the breaks

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The Braves lost their superstar for the season. The Yankees are soaring and the Dodgers are struggling. And other news from MLB and baseball. Good morning. Reigning National League Most Valuable Player Ronald Acuña Jr. is out for the season with a torn ACL in his left knee. He tore his right ACL back in 2021 and missed the rest of that season as well. Dan...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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• 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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• Is it time to discuss Rays attendance?

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Or what we call the “A” word? This recent Wild Card series was the least fun I’ve had watching baseball in quite a long time. To add insult to injury, the conversation around our suddenly-inept team was essentially overshadowed by the conversation we Rays fans always dread having. Attendance. Here's some perspective on today's attendance of 19,704 at the Tr...2023
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") Tyler Kepner explains why he didn’t vote for left-hander Félix Hernández for Cooperstown."

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"Tyler Kepner of The Athletic writes that this could help make the Royals competitive."

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"— Tyler Kepner (@TylerKepner) October 3, 2023 The year 1919 had many things working against it, including the Black Sox scandal and the difficulty of selling physical, single game tickets day-of (when tickets used to be sold in 3-game packs)."

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"Yankees ace Gerrit Cole had been scheduled to start tomorrow’s game against the Orioles but won’t take the mound after testing positive for Covid-19, manager Aaron Boone announced to reporters this evening (Twitter link via Tyler Kepner of the New York Times)."

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"As surprising as it was to see a position player in to pitch in a postseason game, Tyler Kepner says it was actually the second time to happen."

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"Tyler Kepner takes a look into his crystal ball to see how each series might play out."

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" Tyler Kepner of the New York Times reported the Mets would be sending Brandon Nimmo and two other players to the Reds in exchange for Bruce."

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"According to the New York Times' Tyler Kepner, the game's final out was also historic: With the wild-card berth, New York has now made 13 more postseason appearances than any other team in MLB history, per ESPN Stats & Info: The Yankees' official Twitter account celebrated the evening's other big milestone: Following the on-field celebration, the Yankees took to the clubhouse to pop champagne, per Baseball Tonight: While the Yankees got off to a modest 26-25 start in April and May, they hit their stride during the dog days of summer."

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""For me, the whole focus is just get through the sixth inning tied or with the lead, so that we can get to those guys," Yost told Tyler Kepner of The New York Times."

• Outside The Confines: Family drama for the Padres
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• Outside The Confines: Silent Night
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• Outside The Confines: A very merry OTC
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• Outside The Confines: Farewell to a legend
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• Outside The Confines: Stadium news abounds
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• Outside the Confines: The Dodgers take New York
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• Outside The Confines: Let the games begin!

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The 2024 World Series begins tonight, and it will be a clash of titans. The World Series is here! And depending on who you ask, it’s either the most boring (but TV-friendly) match-up possible, or a veritable clash of titans with some of baseball’s greatest sluggers duking it out. However you feel about it, most of us will be tuning in and enjoying ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: LA strikes first

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images The Dodgers are ascendant with three-straight shutouts. Previews of both Championship Series and other news from MLB. Good morning. I think I won’t publish links to the articles where Kodai Senga assured everyone that he was ready to pitch Game 1 of the National League Championship Series. I think nearly all of America is a Guardians fan now. Even if m...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Family drama for the Padres
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• Outside the Confines: The Dodgers take New York
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• Outside The Confines: The postseason has begun!

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The annual postseason tournament got under way, and other MLB news and notes. It’s October! And that means that postseason ball is here, and it’s already proving to be as interesting as one could hope, with the Tigers and Royals both winning the first game in their series, which means if things continue on this course, we might have an ALDS that is three-qu...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Going for gold
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• Outside The Confines: Just a bad situation all around
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• Outside The Confines: A retiring Angel
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• Outside The Confines: Them’s the breaks
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• Outside The Confines: Making a first impression

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Paul Skenes made the most anticipated rookie pitching start since Stephen Strasburg. The Giants lose an outfield. Miami fans are unhappy. And other news from MLB. Good morning. Sad news last week as former major league infielder Sean Burroughs died of a heart attack at age 43. Our condolences go out to his family, friends and former ...2024
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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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• Outside The Confines: The postseason has begun!
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• Outside The Confines: 51/51

Photo by Chris Arjoon/Getty Images Shohei Ohtani goes where no ballplayer has gone before. The White Sox rot from the head. A look ahead to the end of the season and the Mariners had some issues. Good morning. This Ohtani fellow is good, but he’s no Babe Ruth. After all, the Babe was a great pitcher too. Now if Ohtani learns to pitch next season, them maybe we can consider him the greates...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Making a splash

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images The first-ever splash hit by a right-hander in San Francisco. MLB sells out even more. A look ahead to the playoff races and other news from around baseball. Good morning. My wife says the one overriding principle of modern ballpark design is to have something interesting to hit home runs in. I can’t argue with that. This is kind o...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Just how bad are the White Sox?

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images So bad they’re dragging down the average of the entire AL Central division. Happy Wednesday, friends! Here we are in September, and there are some fun stories making the rounds, so here’s what you can look forward to in today’s links: the White Sox have been brutally bad, but just HOW bad? Shohei Ohtani reaches historical highs, and experts are starting...2024
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• Outside The Confines: A happy reunion

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK The ‘84 Tigers celebrate an anniversary and Chet Lemon makes it there. The ‘62 Mets react to the ‘24 White Sox. Winners and losers from the Trade Deadline. And other news from around MLB. Chet Lemon may not be in the Hall of Fame, but he’s certainly a first-ballot inductee into the Hall of the Very Good. Jeff Seidel writes of former Tigers and White Sox grea...2024
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• Yankees Clinch 2015 Playoff Berth: Highlights, Twitter Reaction to Celebration
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• Prince Fielder, Matt Harvey Win MLB's Comeback Player of the Year Awards
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• Jay Bruce to Mets: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Buster Posey Joins San Francisco Giants’ Ownership Group
The San Francisco Giants announced Wednesday that recently retired Buster Posey has returned to the famed organization, albeit as an owner. The 12-year veteran has purchased an unknown minority share in the Giants’ ownership group, recently valued by Forbes at $3.5B. Moreover, Posey will also serve on the Giants’ board of directors. Tyler Kepner of…...2022
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• Orioles vs. Royals: Game 4 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2014 MLB Playoffs
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• Gerrit Cole Tests Positive For Covid-19
Yankees ace Gerrit Cole had been scheduled to start tomorrow’s game against the Orioles but won’t take the mound after testing positive for Covid-19, manager Aaron Boone announced to reporters this evening (Twitter link via Tyler Kepner of the New York Times). Cole will presumably be placed on the Covid-19 injured list and, as a…...2021
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• Tony Gwynn's Family Files Wrongful-Death Lawsuit Against Tobacco Industry
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• On Baseball: M.L.B. Spoiler Alert: Here’s What Will Happen in the Playoffs
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• Rookie Brandon Finnegan Makes History with 1st NCAA, MLB World Series Double-Dip
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• Outside The Confines: The White Sox tie an unwelcome record

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images They are on their way to the most losses in modern baseball history. We all know the White Sox are having a bad season, but now we officially know they’re one of the worst teams in modern baseball history. On Sunday night they lost to the Padres, and that loss saw them tie the 1962 New York Mets at 120 losses ($). And there’s still a week of baseball left....2024
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• Outside The Confines: Somebody call a doctor
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• Outside The Confines: Early success stories

Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images MLB admits the uniforms are a problem. A look back at the first month of baseball. And other news from around the MLB. Good morning. According to a memo sent from the union to the players, MLB has reportedly finally admitted there was a problem with the uniforms. The uniforms will be changed, mostly back to what they were, by the start of next year at the...2024
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• The Colorado Rockies, home run celebrations, and hope

Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, April 2, 2024 I spent part of last season writing about home run celebrations, a ritual of which I am a fan. I ranked the best ones (The Seattle Mariners’ trident won out), and when any team came to Coors Field, I asked to see their home run celebration gear. For example, here’s the Minnesota Twi...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Baseball is underway

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images News from Opening Day weekend and MLB. It’s the home opener! (Weather permitting.) It’s also April Fools Day. In honor of that, all the links will take you to Rick Astley singing “Never Gonna Give You Up.” (No, they won’t.) The City of Oakland have delivered their list of demands to allow the Athletics to play for the next three years at the Coliseu...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Feltner’s ‘reckless confidence’ needs to become contagious
Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, April 21, 2023 The eight-game skid is over. Thursday’s 5-0 over the Phillies was a welcome relief. Ryan Feltner, Justin Lawrence, and Pierce Johnson combined to hold the Phillies to six hits and struck them out 11 times. That made the difference. Entering the game, Feltner had given up 13 runs in 13 1/3 innings...2023
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• Steroids or Not, a-Rod's 2,000th RBI Is Rare Feat Worth Celebrating
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