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Donaldson (calf) not on Twins' wild-card roster
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Tuesday, 29 September 2020 12:46
MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Twins third baseman Josh Donaldson will miss the best-of-three AL first-round series against Houston because of a nagging injury to his right calf, and the team included rookie Alex Kirilloff on the roster that was set on Tuesday prior to Game 1.Donaldson missed 30 games this season with a muscle strain and returned to the lineup on…
Cubs' Hendricks gets Game 1 start vs. Marlins
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Tuesday, 29 September 2020 12:46
CHICAGO -- Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks will start Game 1 of their NL Wild Card Series against the Miami Marlins on Wednesday, manager David Ross announced. The decision was between Hendricks and Cy Young contender Yu Darvish. Darvish will take the ball in Game 2."I [feel] like I have two aces," Ross said. "I trust both those guys.""It's a huge…
MLB Playoffs Daily: Baseball's biggest postseason party ever is here
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Tuesday, 29 September 2020 05:37
Sixteen teams are still standing for the expanded 2020 MLB playoffs after a thrilling finish to the 60-game regular season. As the postseason starts up with a four-pack of American League matchups on Tuesday, we break down the matchups to watch (hint: The New York Yankees at Cleveland Indians pitching matchup is going to be epic), the stats to know,…
Jeff Passan's 20 questions as the MLB playoffs begin
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Tuesday, 29 September 2020 05:37
Someone asked about the best thing I saw in the 2020 Major League Baseball regular season, and my answer was baseball. Not a titanic Ronald Acuna Jr. home run or a dazzling Mookie Betts throw or an obscene Yu Darvish splitter or Trevor Bauer doing his Conor McGregor walk or Fernando Tatis Jr.'s drip or a Jose Ramirez walk-off or…
2-time World Series champ Johnstone dies at 74
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Monday, 28 September 2020 16:42
LOS ANGELES -- Jay Johnstone, who won World Series championships as a versatile outfielder with the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers while being baseball's merry prankster, has died. He was 74.He died Saturday of complications from COVID-19 and had suffered from dementia in recent years, according to his daughter, Mary Jayne Sarah Johnstone. He died at a nursing…
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