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‘I felt like Babe Ruth’: baseball’s 3ft 7in pinch-hitter, 75 years on

Baseball showman Bill Veeck’s most audacious stunt sent Eddie Gaedel to bat for the lowly St Louis Browns in 1951 – and created an unforgettable diamond spectacleBill Veeck had a track record for designing some of the most elaborate marketing promotions during his four stints as a Major League Base…

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Brewers shell Mariners 22-0, tied for largest shutout win in 139 years

Milwaukee match major-league record dating to 1887Yelich, Hamilton and Lara hit three-run home runsCatcher Sánchez completes five-hitter with slowballsThe Milwaukee Brewers matched baseball’s modern-era record for the biggest shutout, beating the Seattle Mariners 22-0 on Tuesday night behind three-…

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San Diego Padres minor-league staffer detained by ICE after arrest in Texas

Family says Venezuelan has pending asylum claimDHS says 34-year-old faces removal proceedingsSan Diego Padres minor-league catching coordinator Oswaldo Pirela remained in federal immigration custody on Tuesday after being detained at an airport in El Paso, Texas, while returning from a work trip.Pi…

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Tommy John, pitcher whose surgery changed baseball, dies at age of 83

John was first player to undergo pioneering operationNew York Yankees pay tribute to four-time All-StarTommy John, the namesake of a ligament-replacement surgery that paved a path to recovery for injured baseball players, has died. He was 83.TMZ.com reported that the pitcher died at his home in Flo…

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Cardinals rookie Joshua Báez makes MLB history with three homers in first three at-bats

23-year-old hits home run on first pitch in majorsBáez drives in five during 8-4 victory over CubsRookie was called up from Triple-A earlier in dayJoshua Báez became the first player to hit three home runs in his first three at-bats in the major leagues, leading the St Louis Cardinals to an 8-4 vic…

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Major League Baseball comes to rural Iowa for Field of Dreams game – in pictures

The Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies played before 8,000 fans on Thursday at a ballpark carved into the cornfields of tiny Dyersville, Iowa (population: 4,477), where the 1989 Kevin Costner film was shotBraves and Reds break MLB attendance record at Tennessee racetrack – in pictures Contin…

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The rich get richer as Dodgers land ace Tarik Skubal in blockbuster trade

Defending champions send prospects to TigersCy Young-winning Skubal joins stacked rotation in LAThe Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired the biggest prize on the trade deadline market, getting two-time reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal from the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night.Skubal got …

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Ted Williams, Satchel Paige and the fight to induct Negro Leaguers into baseball’s Hall of Fame

Sixty years ago, the famed Red Sox slugger used his Cooperstown speech to champion Black players who were excluded because of the sport’s color barrierWhen Ted Williams, the last man to hit .400, was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, he had an iconic career to reflect on. But he dec…

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Trump hosts champion Dodgers at White House as some players stay away

Betts and Hernández opt against joining team for eventBack-to-back World Series winners gift ring to TrumpMany loyal fans had conflicted feelings over visitDonald Trump hosted the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers at the White House on Thursday for the team’s second trip to the White House …

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‘Like pulling a tractor trailer’: what it’s like to play on an awful MLB team

A 162-game season guarantees failure as much as success. Inside a losing clubhouse, staying together and believing can become the hardest part of the jobIf you ask professional athletes, they’ll tell you. Losing is no fun. But in Major League Baseball, losing big can be especially tedious.An MLB se…

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New York Mets reject concerns over in-game AI use after Ottavino claims

Green says Mets follow all MLB AI guidelinesOttavino alleges club used AI for pitch decisionsMLB recently restricted dugout iPad functionsNew York Mets interim manager Andy Green said the club is fully compliant with Major League Baseball when asked about a report that singled out his organization …

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American League pitchers combine for first All-Star Game shutout since 2013

Cease and bullpen combine for three-hitterBellinger named MVP after two-run singleAL record first All-Star shutout since 2013Dylan Cease struck out the side in the first inning, combining with 10 relievers on a three-hitter in a show of pitching dominance that led the American League to a 4-0 win o…

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Jordan Walker tunes out Philadelphia boos to stun Kyle Schwarber in Home Run Derby

St Louis Cardinal homers on final six swings24-year-old outfielder wins $1m and titleSchwarber, Contreras finish second and thirdJordan Walker silenced Philadelphia’s boo birds by homering on his last six swings, chasing down Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber in the final round and becoming the first…

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MLB storylines at the All-Star break: summer surges, the woeful Mets and the first-place White Sox

As the Home Run Derby and All-Star Game take over Philadelphia, we take a spin around the majors with an awards watch, an Ohtani update and lots in betweenWith more than half of the MLB season in the books, the baseball world has convened in Philadelphia for the annual All-Star festivities. What be…

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‘What’s more American than baseball?’: World Cup brings fans, chants and verve to the national pastime

The crossover in the American sports calendar has made for a compelling collision of cultures, from Scots in Boston to a new English folk hero in AtlantaFirst they sang for Harry Kane. Then they sang for Michael Harris II.The Atlanta Braves center-fielder is not someone many Major League Baseball f…

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Nationals’ Cavalli suspended seven games after ‘Sit down, boy’ comment sparks brawl

Red Sox’s Contreras also given seven-game banPitcher apologized for remark, racial overtonesBench-clearing fracas resulted in four ejectionsMajor League Baseball suspended Washington Nationals starting pitcher Cade Cavalli and Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras seven games each on Thurs…

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Last-place Mets fire manager Carlos Mendoza: ‘Our fans deserve better’

New York are 34-47 and have lost six straightOwner Cohen calls season a disappointmentTeam have MLB’s second-highest payroll at $377mCarlos Mendoza was fired as manager of the underperforming New York Mets on Friday and replaced by Andy Green.New York are 34-47 following a six-game losing streak, 1…

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I will show you fear in a rainbow baseball cap: the right’s culture wars come to MLB | Howard Bryant

The right’s verdict is in: white, heterosexual, Christian men face the most discrimination in the US. The Giants don’t want to push backOn 19 June, the New York Times published an article on the hostility toward minority members of the military at the Department of Defense and the blocking of sever…

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Manfred defends MLB’s response to Bible verses on players’ Pride caps

San Francisco Giants pitchers wrote Bible verses on hatsMLB had warned players over violation of league rulesMLB commissioner Rob Manfred has defended the league’s policy over Pride celebrations in a letter to Republican senator Josh Hawley.Most of MLB’s 30 teams celebrate Pride month with a themed…

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Brewers ace Misiorowski throws record 47 pitches of 101 mph or faster but ends with loss

24-year-old hits 104.2 mph in defeat to BravesPitcher had given up one earned run over eight startsMilwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy wanted to remind everyone after his team’s 3-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Friday night that Jacob Misiorowski is indeed human.“He was great,” Murphy said of the…