Alfonso Soriano doesn’t get a chance to watch many Chicago Cubs games in his Tampa, Fla., home, but he’s seen enough of Chicago Cubs rookie Christopher Morel to know the rookie has a promising future. “Oh man, I’ve seen him and he’s got a lot of talent,” Soriano said Wednesday while treating his son Allen’s…
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LOS ANGELES — The next day in “day to day” could determine if Anthony Rendon heads back to the injured list. The Angels’ third baseman had been out with right wrist inflammation for 12 games, but he returned early than expected on Friday. On Tuesday night, his fourth game back, his wrist bothered him enough…
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LOS ANGELES ― Major League Baseball is branding this year’s All-Star Game as a return to Hollywood, where a certain Will Smith has been keeping a low profile ever since the Academy Awards. Dave Roberts is hopeful another Will Smith gets a chance to slap some American League pitchers around soon. Asked who he felt…
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Tuesday night’s Gerrit Cole vs. Corey Kluber matchup may have been the main event a few years ago, but Wednesday night was the marquee pitching matchup everyone in baseball was waiting for. Nestor Cortes and the Bombers bullpen held off the Rays bats to beat their young lefty Shane McClanahan in the Yankees 4-3 win…
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The idea of a moral victory in baseball offers little solace to the losing ballclub, but there’s still something to take out of the Orioles’ loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night. Baltimore had faced a five-run deficit and came back to tie the game, the kind of effort that might be lost…
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Ugly, sloppy baseball. The Mets did nothing right in Wednesday’s 10-2 defeat to the Brewers, with the pitching staff and Francisco Lindor creating the most disappointment. Lindor not only went 0-for-3 at the plate with two strikeouts, he flubbed a grounder that might’ve saved the Mets from such an embarrassing scoreline. Simply put, it was…
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There have been swings that hinted this was on the horizon, an eventuality Adley Rutschman would soon achieve if Orioles fans were patient enough to wait. Well, the wait is over. The rookie catcher hit the first home run of his major league career in the fourth inning Wednesday night against the Toronto Blue Jays,…
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SANTA ANA — A 45-year-old man pleaded guilty Monday and was immediately sentenced to 17 years in prison for opening fire on deputies who responded to his San Juan Capistrano home six years ago. Robert Case Fee pleaded guilty to two counts of assault with a semiautomatic rifle on a peace officer and admitted sentencing…
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It was quite the week for the position players among Baltimore’s top prospects. In the majors, Adley Rutschman’s bat started to heat up, and Kyle Stowers joined him up there. Gunnar Henderson and Jordan Westburg were promoted to Triple-A and immediately impressed. Heston Kjerstad at last made his pro debut for Low-A Delmarva and didn’t…
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When Richie Palacios stepped onto the baseball diamond inside of Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on April 25 to make his Major League Baseball debut with the Cleveland Guardians, he was mesmerized. “It was absolutely beautiful,” the former Towson standout said. “But honestly, I think any stadium would have been beautiful because I made my…
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