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Williams voted NL Manager of the Year, Showalter takes AL honour
NEW YORK — Matt Williams was chosen NL Manager of the Year after guiding the Washington Nationals to the league-best 96 wins in his first season on the job while Baltimore’s Buck Showalter took the AL...
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Official: Cardinals’ Taveras was drunk at time of fatal car crash
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — St. Louis Cardinals rookie outfielder Oscar Taveras was drunk at the time of his fatal car crash last month in his Caribbean homeland, an official in the Dominican...
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Victor Martinez’s new deal with Detroit Tigers worth $68 million over four years
DETROIT — Victor Martinez has agreed to a $68 million, four-year contract to stay with the Detroit Tigers, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The person spoke on condition of anonymity...
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Clayton Kershaw unanimous pick for NL Cy Young, Kluber wins AL honours
NEW YORK — Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was a unanimous choice for his third NL Cy Young Award, and Cleveland’s Corey Kluber edged Seattle’s Felix Hernandez to win the AL honour for the...
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Report: Billy Butler and A’s reach three-year deal
OAKLAND, Calif. — A person with knowledge of the negotiations says free agent designated hitter Billy Butler and the Oakland Athletics have agreed to a $30 million, three-year contract. The person...
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Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton signs $325 million, 13-year deal, MLB record for...
MIAMI — Giancarlo Stanton signed his record $325 million, 13-year contract with the Miami Marlins at a news conference formally announcing the deal Wednesday. Stanton signed the agreement at the start...
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Red Sox make double free agent splash, land Pablo Sandoval, Hanley Ramirez
SAN FRANCISCO –The Red Sox are hoping to spend their way out of the AL East cellar with two big free agent signings. The first team in major league history to go from worst to first and back again has...
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Red Sox finalize $95M agreement with Pablo Sandoval; Hanley Ramirez’s deal next
BOSTON — Pablo Sandoval and Hanley Ramirez spent the last two seasons as NL West rivals. Now they’re teammates, signing with the Boston Red Sox as free agents to try to boost Boston out of the AL East...
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Chicago White Sox officially sign 1B Adam Laroche to two-year, $25M deal
CHICAGO — When Adam LaRoche was a kid, he used to hang with his father at old Comiskey Park when Dave was a coach with the Chicago White Sox. Now LaRoche gets to play for one of his dad’s old teams....
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Major League Baseball umpire Dale Scott says he is gay
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball umpire Dale Scott says he is gay, the latest such disclosure in sports. The 55-year-old told the website Outsports.com he married Michael Rausch in November 2013 and...
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Canadian pitcher Ryan Dempster retires with Cubs, joins front office
CHICAGO — Former pitcher Ryan Dempster of Gibsons, B.C., is retiring with the Chicago Cubs and joining their front office. The Cubs announced the move on Friday. Dempster, who played 16 years in the...
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OF Yasmany Tomas can opt out of deal with Arizona Diamondbacks after four years
SAN DIEGO — Yasmany Tomas can become a free agent again after receiving $36 million US during the first four years of his contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Under the agreement announced Monday,...
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Chicago Cubs’ odds of winning World Series move into top five after Jon...
Jon Lester’s decision to join Chicago rather than return to Boston has pushed the Cubs’ odds of winning the World Series past those of the Red Sox. Lester, the top free agent pitcher available this...
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Jon Lester hopes to end Chicago Cubs’ century-plus World Series drought
CHICAGO — Jon Lester says he believes in the Chicago Cubs’ plan and is ready to try to help bring them their first championship since 1908. Lester says “we fully buy in.” A three-time all-star who won...
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Michael Morse agrees to two-year deal with Miami Marlins: source
MIAMI — The Miami Marlins’ busy off-season has reached first base. Mike Morse has agreed to a two-year contract with the Miami Marlins pending a physical, a person familiar with the negotiations said...
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Jake Peavy to stick with San Francisco Giants on two-year, $24M deal: source
SAN FRANCISCO — A person familiar with the negotiations says pitcher Jake Peavy has agreed to a $24-million, two-year contract to stay with the World Series champion San Francisco Giants. The person...
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Philadelphia Phillies finalize deal to send shortstop Jimmy Rollins to LA...
PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies have finalized their trade of Jimmy Rollins, sending the all-star shortstop and $1 million to the Los Angeles Dodgers for right-hander Zach Eflin and left-hander Tom Windle....
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Giants lefty Madison Bumgarner wins top male player award after dominating...
SAN FRANCISCO — Madison Bumgarner sat in the outfield alongside Jake Peavy before Game 7 of the World Series and told his teammate exactly what needed to happen: Tim Hudson would work a few innings and...
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Among the best lefties to play the game, Randy Johnson expected to join the...
By Bob Baum PHOENIX — At 6-foot-10, Randy Johnson stood on the mound and looked down on batters, an intimidating presence before he even threw the ball. And when he let it fly, his talent matched his...
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A dominant career, and now Pedro Martinez waits for call from baseball Hall...
By Jimmy Golen BOSTON — As a Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster, Nomar Garciaparra watched Clayton Kershaw become the dominant pitcher in the National League, winning three of the last four NL Cy Young...
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Love affair between Royals, their fans reminds some of bygone era in pro sports
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The game had been over for hours. Kauffman Stadium had gone dark. The roars of a sold-out crowd, which had rooted the Kansas City Royals to a sweep of the mighty Los Angeles Angels,...
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Rest or rust? Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants return from extended...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Alex Gordon took a big rip at a batting-practice fastball, fouled it off badly into the cage, and ducked when the carom nearly hit him in the head. Gordon let out a huge laugh, and...
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After leaving Game 2 of World Series with tight back, Lincecum to be...
By Janie McCauley SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum is scheduled to undergo treatment and further evaluation on his tight back once the team returns to AT&T Park. The...
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Tim Hudson’s 16-year World Series wait ends with Game 3 start vs Jeremy...
SAN FRANCISCO – In the middle of a champagne-and-beer-soaked clubhouse after the San Francisco Giants won the NL Championship Series, Tim Hudson was given the chance to speak to his team. The message...
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Not in Kansas City anymore: Royals ready for quirky park as World Series...
SAN FRANCISCO – Eric Hosmer loaded up, launched a long fly and watched it sail toward McCovey Cove. Way out there in right field, near the 421-foot mark, the ball bonked off the brick wall. No splash...
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San Francisco Giants top Kansas City Royals 5-0 to take 3-2 edge in World Series
SAN FRANCISCO – With every pitch, Madison Bumgarner etched his place among the World Series greats. The long, tall lefty kept slinging away and put the San Francisco Giants just one win from yet...
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Kansas City Royals hope to overcome 3-2 World Series deficit at home in...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In Lorenzo Cain’s view, the Kansas City Royals have a big advantage when it comes to Game 6 of the World Series. “We’re definitely not facing Bumgarner tomorrow, so that definitely...
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Cardinals stunned by Oscar Taveras’ death in car accident in Dominican Republic
Mike Matheny needed some time to figure out what to say. Like the rest of the St. Louis Cardinals, the manager was levelled by the sudden death of Oscar Taveras. The Cardinals are grieving the loss of...
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Giants, Royals both have key players set to become free agents once World...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Giants star Pablo Sandoval dug into the batter’s box in Game 5 of the World Series, peering out at Royals ace James Shields standing on the mound. By next month, both of them could...
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Kansas City Royals rout San Francisco Giants 10-0 to force Game 7 in World...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A couple hundred fans stood behind the Royals dugout for more than a half-hour after the final out, screaming and waving white rally towels. Bring on Game 7! Yordano Ventura, a...
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Gallery – World Series Game 7: Kansas City Royals vs San Francisco Giants
Kansas City Royals pitcher Jeremy Guthrie throws. (AP Photo/Peter G. Aiken, Pool) Jeremy Affeldt #41 of the San Francisco Giants pitches against the Kansas City Royals. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty...
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San Francisco Giants win World Series with 3-2 Game 7 victory over Kansas...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A giant, indeed. Madison Bumgarner punctuated one of the finest World Series performances in baseball history by pitching the San Francisco Giants to their third title in five years...
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Madison Bumgarner the star, but manager Bruce Bochy should get his due after...
The easiest decision Bruce Bochy had all night was when to put Madison Bumgarner in the game. The hardest thing was supposed to be deciding when to take him out. Actually it wasn’t that tough. You...
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Police: 40 arrested during San Francisco Giants’ victory celebration
SAN FRANCISCO — The celebration in San Francisco’s streets following the Giants’ World Series victory turned raucous and violent, with two people shot, two stabbed and 40 arrested, as revelers...
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Should the Kansas City Royals have waved home Alex Gordon in ninth inning?
Madison Bumgarner was pitching a gem of a game in relief for the San Francisco Giants but in the ninth inning, he hung a pitch high that Kansas City Royals Alex Gordon crushed to right field. As Gordon...
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San Francisco Giants fans arrive early to snag prime spots for World Series...
SAN FRANCISCO — Thousands of fans in Giants gear who were eager to cheer the World Series champions in rainy downtown San Francisco grabbed prime viewing spots early Friday, hours ahead of the...
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Chicago Cubs introduce Joe Maddon as 54th manager in franchise history
CHICAGO — When Joe Maddon and the Tampa Bay Rays visited Wrigley Field in August, the manager raved about National League baseball and praised the iconic neighbourhood ballpark. Couple that with...
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Los Angeles Dodgers hire Canadian Farhan Zaidi to be their general manager
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers hired Canadian-born Farhan Zaidi as general manager and Josh Byrnes as senior vice-president of baseball operations Thursday. The moves are the first major ones under Andrew...
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Canadian men’s rugby seven squad goes 1-2 at World Series stop in New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Canada wrapped up its fourth stop of the Rugby Sevens World Series on Friday with a seven-try 41-0 victory over Papua New Guinea after absorbing two losses. Canada received...
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One of a kind autograph: Sale of Shoeless Joe Jackson signed photo may net...
By John Seewer Shoeless Joe Jackson’s autograph has been called the Holy Grail of baseball signatures. Now perhaps the rarest example of the famed ballplayer’s autograph has come up for auction and...
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James Shields agrees to join San Diego Padres on a four-year contract
SAN DIEGO — Right-hander James Shields, who helped Kansas City reach the World Series last season, has agreed to a $75 million, four-year contract with the San Diego Padres. The deal includes an option...
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Closer Greg Holland, Kansas City Royals come to terms on $8.25M contract...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals and closer Greg Holland avoided salary arbitration Friday when they agreed to an $8.25 million, one-year contract shortly before their hearing, and Kansas City gave free...
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Lefty Barry Zito agrees to minor-league contract with Oakland A’s: source
OAKLAND, Calif. — Left-hander Barry Zito is returning to the Oakland Athletics with a minor contract that includes an invitation to major league spring training, two people with knowledge of the...
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Giants manager Bruce Bochy ‘doing great’ after heart procedure
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy is “doing great” and is expected to be released from the hospital Friday, a day after a heart procedure to insert two stents. Brett Bochy, a...
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David and Goliath: Ortiz arrives at Boston Red Sox camp and quickly jokes...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Big Papi arrived at spring training with a weighty quip about new teammate Pablo Sandoval. “My belly hasn’t grown like Panda,” David Ortiz said Tuesday, joking about new Boston Red...
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David Ortiz says he never knowingly took steroids; Red Sox slugger adds he’s...
Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is certain on this point: “I never knowingly took any steroids.” And this, too: “I deserve to be in the Hall of Fame.” The remarks by the 39-year-old designated...
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Josh Hamilton won’t be disciplined by Major League Baseball under drug program
NEW YORK — Los Angeles Angels outfielder Josh Hamilton will not be disciplined by Major League Baseball for his latest problems involving cocaine and alcohol. MLB said Friday the decision was made by...
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Manfred says Rose will be allowed to participate in all-star game
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says Pete Rose will be allowed to participate in activities surrounding this summer’s all-star Game in his hometown of Cincinnati. Rose,...
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Counsell replaces Roenicke as Milwaukee manager
MILWAUKEE — Craig Counsell enjoyed a solid but unspectacular major league career, hitting .255 over 16 seasons. He is confident he will have more success as a manager. “It’s an honour, and it’s...
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Long road back: Josh Hamilton is in Rangers’ lineup, playing left field...
CLEVELAND — For the first time in three years, Josh Hamilton’s name is in the Texas Rangers’ lineup. The 2010 AL MVP is playing left field and batting fifth for Monday’s game against the Cleveland...
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