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We'll miss the London Series, which gave us the weirdest MLB game of 2019
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Tuesday, 21 January 2020 08:37
America's second attempt at exporting its national pastime to England was called off this week. Regardless of when Major League Baseball begins play again, the 2020 season will not include a London Series.As with so many coronavirus-related cancellations, this one is unsurprising, for the best and sad. The first attempt at Baseball Goes to London produced games so absurd and…
PA to pay those at camp on minor league deals
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Friday, 03 April 2020 14:56
NEW YORK -- About 370 players who were at big league spring training with minor league contracts will get advance payments of up to $50,000 each from the Major League Baseball Players Association.The money approved Friday by the union's executive board will be in addition to $400 weekly allowances being paid to all minor leaguers through May 31 by Major…
Harper, Matz latest MLBers to aid in virus relief
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Friday, 03 April 2020 20:06
NEW YORK -- Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper and New York Mets pitcher Steven Matz are the latest baseball players to make donations to coronavirus relief efforts.Harper and his wife, Kayla, are giving $500,000 to Direct Relief and Three Square in his hometown of Las Vegas and to Philabundance in Philadelphia."Now is the time to come together and adhere to…
Ex-Astro Gattis: Obviously cheated baseball, fans
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Friday, 03 April 2020 08:54
Evan Gattis, who won a World Series ring with the Houston Astros in 2017, said the team and its players "obviously cheated baseball and cheated fans" with the sign-stealing scandal that has rocked the sport."Everybody wants to be the best player in the f---ing world, man," Gattis, who has since retired, told The Athletic's "755 Is Real" podcast. "And we…
Judge nixes fantasy players' lawsuit against MLB
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Friday, 03 April 2020 13:12
A federal judge in New York has dismissed a class-action lawsuit brought against Major League Baseball by a group of daily fantasy sports contestants, who claimed to have been harmed by the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox sign-stealing scandals.In a 32-page opinion issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff lambasted the Astros and Red Sox for "shamelessly" breaking baseball's…
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