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Source: MLB to test robot umps in spring training
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Wednesday, 22 January 2020 08:57
Major League Baseball will test a computerized camera system for balls and strikes during spring training games this year, a source told ESPN on Wednesday.Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred indicated earlier Wednesday that MLB would use the system to call balls and strikes during spring training games, but the source later clarified to ESPN that the system would only be tested…
GM: Mets close to naming Rojas new manager
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Wednesday, 22 January 2020 09:59
The New York Mets are close to naming Luis Rojas their new manager.Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen told reporters Wednesday that the team is finalizing a multiyear deal with Rojas."I think it's the fit. It's where the team is. I think it's the culture we're trying to create," Van Wagenen said.Rojas, 38, would replace Carlos Beltran, who parted ways…
Walker's plaque to show Rockies cap, not Expos
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Wednesday, 22 January 2020 12:32
NEW YORK -- Larry Walker's Hall of Fame plaque in Cooperstown will have a Colorado Rockies cap, not a Montreal Expos one.Walker spoke with Hall officials after he was elected Tuesday in his 10th and final appearance on the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot.Born in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Walker made his big league debut with the Expos in…
Here's where Derek Jeter really ranks among MLB's all-time greatest shortstops
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Tuesday, 21 January 2020 12:26
For years on the internet, there was a sizable cottage industry built on the claim that Derek Jeter was overrated. In the five years since Jeter retired, new takes in that vein have grown sparse. And don't we miss them? This week, with Jeter falling just short of becoming the second player to win unanimous selection to the Hall of…
Jeter, Walker elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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Tuesday, 21 January 2020 15:18
NEW YORK -- Derek Jeter came within one vote of being a unanimous pick for the Hall of Fame, and Larry Walker also earned baseball's highest honor Tuesday.Jeter, the longtime New York Yankees captain, appeared on 396 of 397 ballots cast by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, falling just shy of the standard set last year when longtime Yankees…
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Astros' Altuve confident 'everything will be fine'
Saturday, 18 January 2020 17:33
Olney: Manfred's mistake was giving sign stealers too much leeway
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Saturday, 18 January 2020 09:46
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Martinez confident Red Sox did nothing wrong
Friday, 17 January 2020 18:30
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Friday, 17 January 2020 20:06
Darvish now asks: Were Astros stealing off me?
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Former Royals owner David Glass dies at 84
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Astros' owner expects to hire manager by Feb. 3
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Source: Ineligible list ends at death for MLB bans
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