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Cleveland’s Shane Bieber, Cincinnati’s Trevor Bauer win Cy Young Awards

Cleveland Indians ace Shane Bieber was the unanimous winner of the AL Cy Young Award on Wednesday night, and Trevor Bauer became the first player to take home the NL honor for the Cincinnati...

DATE: Nov 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Kevin Cash, Don Mattingly win MLB Manager of the Year awards

Tampa Bay’s Kevin Cash won the AL Manager of the Year award on Tuesday night, and Miami’s Don Mattingly took home the NL honor. Long regarded as one of baseball’s bright young min...

DATE: Nov 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Righty Dereck Rodríguez signs minor-league deal with Rockies

DENVER – Right-hander Dereck Rodríguez has signed a minor-league contract with the Colorado Rockies that includes an invitation to spring training. The 28-year-old Rodríguez is th...

DATE: Nov 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Justin Turner will not be disciplined by MLB for return to field

NEW YORK – Justin Turner will not be disciplined by Major League Baseball for coming onto the field last week to celebrate the World Series title with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates after...

DATE: Nov 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Japan uses high-tech experiments to fill baseball stadium

YOKOHAMA, Japan – Officials in Japan are using some high-tech devices to see if they can fill sports stadiums closer to capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The baseball stadium...

DATE: Oct 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Dozen MLB players have options turned down, go free

ARLINGTON, Texas – What figures to be a down and perhaps brutal market for baseball free agents in the offseason following the pandemic began Wednesday when a dozen players were told their c...

DATE: Oct 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB says Justin Turner violated protocols when he returned to field

ARLINGTON, Texas – Justin Turner violated coronavirus protocols when he celebrated with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates and he refused instructions from security to leave the field, behavi...

DATE: Oct 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Rockies decline $12M option for infielder Daniel Murphy

DENVER – The Colorado Rockies declined infielder Daniel Murphy’s $12 million option on Wednesday, bringing a close to his two-year stint with the team. Murphy will receive a $6 mi...

DATE: Oct 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Blue no more: Dodgers win first World Series title since 1988

ARLINGTON, Texas – No large dogpile, no champagne and a mask on nearly every face – the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated their first World Series title since 1988 in a manner no one could have...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Clayton Kershaw stops steal of home, hands Dodgers 3-2 World Series lead

ARLINGTON, Texas — As much as Clayton Kershaw has dominated hitters throughout a glittering career, he has not silenced those who cite his lack of baseball’s ultimate accomplishment. ...

DATE: Oct 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Rays’ rally joins Buckner, Bevens among wild World Series endings

ARLINGTON, Texas — It was improbable enough that little-known Brett Phillips would get the big hit for Tampa Bay against Dodgers All-Star closer Kenley Jansen. What followed was o...

DATE: Oct 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Stumbling stunner! Rays shock Dodgers in 9th, tie World Series 2-2

ARLINGTON, Texas — Brett Phillips squatted on the field crying, Randy Arozarena sprawled in the dirt pounding his hands on home plate. Tears of joy, smacks of celebration — and a ...

DATE: Oct 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports