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Ex-Astro Gonzalez regrets team's actions in '17
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Tuesday, 11 February 2020 11:13
Marwin Gonzalez on Tuesday became the first position player from the 2017 Houston Astros team that was implicated in a sign-stealing scandal that has rocked baseball to express remorse for the scheme.Gonzalez, who is now with the Minnesota Twins, addressed reporters at the team's spring training complex in Fort Myers, Florida."I'm here to tell how I feel and just that…
Report: No decision by MLB this week on Red Sox
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Tuesday, 11 February 2020 11:46
Major League Baseball will not have a decision in the Boston Red Sox sign-stealing investigation this week, a person with knowledge of the probe told The Associated Press, meaning the team will open spring training without knowing whether it will be punished.No formal announcement has been made by MLB, and commissioner Rob Manfred said last week that he hoped to…
Sources: Roenicke to be Boston interim manager
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Tuesday, 11 February 2020 11:09
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The Boston Red Sox will name Ron Roenicke interim manager Tuesday -- a day before the first scheduled workout for pitchers and catchers -- sources confirmed to ESPN.Boston entered spring training without a skipper. Alex Cora departed in January after MLB's investigation into sign stealing by the Houston Astros -- Cora's previous employer -- leaving new…
Inside John Altobelli's Kobe connection: A shared ferocity and passion for players
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Tuesday, 11 February 2020 06:19
IN LATE MARCH 2019, the Orange Coast College baseball team lost two games in a row. For the powerhouse junior college program, this constituted a mini-crisis. As OCC's coach, John Altobelli, searched for ways to prevent the skid from worsening, he happened upon the perfect solution. He would ask Kobe Bryant for help.Over the previous three years, Altobelli had become…
Altobelli family memorial held at Angel Stadium
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Monday, 10 February 2020 17:07
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The smiling faces of baseball coach John Altobelli, his wife, Keri, and their daughter Alyssa shined in photos and videos of them hitting the baseball field, the basketball court and the beach, which were cast on screens Monday at Angel Stadium.But as friends and family remembered the couple and their teenage daughter, killed in last month's helicopter…
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