Lance Lynn summed up his start Saturday against the Minnesota Twins as “frustrating.” The right-hander gave up a season-high three homers as the Chicago White Sox saw their winning streak end at four with a 6-3 loss in front of 28,514 at Target Field. The Sox were attempting to move above .500 for the first…
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With the Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium, we look at the history of one of America’s most sung songs. Baseball has inspired a lot of music. There have been pop songs and polkas, quicksteps and two-steps, mambos and marches and even operas have been written in celebration of America’s favorite pastime. Here…
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For Gareth Bale and Giorgio Chiellini, summers during their famed European careers were earmarked for vacation and preseason preparation. This year, after both players agreed to significant pay cuts to sign with the Los Angeles Football Club, they chose game time over downtime in Major League Soccer. Bale and Chiellini will be available for selection…
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ANAHEIM — The Angels are going to give Jo Adell a chance to stick in right field. With Brandon Marsh sitting against a left-handed pitcher on Saturday night, the Angels had right-handed hitters Adell and Taylor Ward on either side of Mike Trout. However, instead of keeping Ward in right, where he’s been all season,…
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As much as the Orioles’ fanbase begged for him to join the club’s major league roster and has since pleaded to watch him every day, Adley Rutschman won’t catch every game. Baltimore’s roster construction will likely keep the face of the franchise from the designated hitter spot most of the time, as well. But those…
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Q: I would much rather trade for Myles Turner, whose expiring contract is the same cap hit as Duncan Robinson’s. Duncan Robinson and two first-rounders for Myles in my opinion is the safest move and provides flexibility after this season if we don’t re-sign him!— Jesse. A: This affords an opportunity to address an element…
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Greg Amsinger’s first year hosting MLB Network’s coverage of the league’s draft lacked suspense, at least in the terms of the No. 1 pick. That isn’t the case with what the Orioles will do in that spot this year. In 2009, San Diego State right-hander Stephen Strasburg was the top player available by a hefty…
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Former Maryland and Georgetown men’s basketball players will look to rekindle a local rivalry when they face each other Aug. 6 in an alumni game. This will be the first event under the Alumni Basketball League, which was founded by former Missouri and Los Angeles Lakers guard Kareem Rush. Game time, location and ticket prices…
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The Chicago Cubs find themselves in an unfamiliar position. For the first time in seven years, they own a top-10 pick in the MLB draft. The No. 7 selection Sunday marks their highest since 2014, when the Cubs chose Kyle Schwarber at No. 4. The pick became part of a three-draft stretch that also produced…
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Mike Shirley is fascinated to see how the Major League Baseball draft plays out. “In all my years of doing this when you get outside of pick eight or nine, I think you have no idea what’s going to happen,” the Chicago White Sox director of amateur scouting said Friday during a Zoom interview. “In…
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