Emma Span

Emma Span

Indians Continue Historic Win Streak While Dodgers Maintain Freefall
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Indians Continue Historic Win Streak While Dodgers Maintain Freefall

Take a tour of the biggest stories in baseball from Saturday.

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MLB Umpires' Protest Against Verbal Attacks Unlikely to Garner Much Sympathy
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MLB Umpires' Protest Against Verbal Attacks Unlikely to Garner Much Sympathy

MLB umpires, including Joe West, are protesting what they called 'escalating verbal attacks' from players like the Tigers' Ian Kinsler, but their grievances fall flat given both the subject matter and timing.

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MLB Roundup: Alonso Is Headed to the Pacific Northwest, Trout's Continued Pursuit of 1,000
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MLB Roundup: Alonso Is Headed to the Pacific Northwest, Trout's Continued Pursuit of 1,000

Three strikes includes Yonder Alonso's trade to the Seattle Mariners, Mike Trout's pursuit of his 1000th hit, the AL wild card race and the defensive struggles of Gary Sanchez.

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Grand Slam: Neshek Trade, Adrian Beltre Antics, Inside-The-Park Homers and More
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Grand Slam: Neshek Trade, Adrian Beltre Antics, Inside-The-Park Homers and More

A sneaky-good trade, a Hall-of-Famer's ejection and much more headlined Wednesday’s MLB action.

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Saturday in MLB brings a Fenway marathon, a cycle, an ace's return and...a donkey?
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Saturday in MLB brings a Fenway marathon, a cycle, an ace's return and...a donkey?

A 16-inning game, the first cycle by a rookie in Dodgers history, the return of Madison Bumgarner and Joey Votto keeping his word—it was a busy Saturday in baseball.

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Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and everybody else: Handicapping the HR Derby field
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Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and everybody else: Handicapping the HR Derby field

It's Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and everybody else in the MLB Home Run Derby.

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Buy or sell? It could come down to AL vs. NL
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Buy or sell? It could come down to AL vs. NL

The Royals should be selling. Instead, they're only two games out. In the NL, the World Series-champion Cubs are left with a narrow path to the playoffs.

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Edinson Volquez overcomes injury scare, odds to throw MLB's first no-hitter in over a year
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Edinson Volquez overcomes injury scare, odds to throw MLB's first no-hitter in over a year

Edinson Volquez nearly didn't make it to the second batter on Saturday after a collision at first base. Nine innings later, the Marlins' righty etched his name in MLB history with an unlikely no-hitter.

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Three strikes: Dingers, masterpieces and disasterpieces from Tuesday's MLB action
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Three strikes: Dingers, masterpieces and disasterpieces from Tuesday's MLB action

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Jeremy Guthrie’s return to majors quickly turns to disaster as Phillies drub Nationals
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Jeremy Guthrie’s return to majors quickly turns to disaster as Phillies drub Nationals

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2016 MLB playoff flowchart: Which team should you be rooting for?
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2016 MLB playoff flowchart: Which team should you be rooting for?

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Jose Reyes case a test for MLB and Rob Manfred and a lesson for us all
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Jose Reyes case a test for MLB and Rob Manfred and a lesson for us all

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