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Ohtani hasn’t risen to the occasion; frozen by Kershaw
Ohtani set to hit against Zack Godley on Tuesday.SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Shohei Ohtani show has reached the humdrum stage here in spring training.During the second full week of Cactus League games,...
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Real Ohtani emerges in third inning of “B” game
Ohtani warms up for “B” game at Maryvale Baseball Park.PHOENIX — It took the real Shohei Ohtani until the third inning of Friday’s “B” game against the Brewers at Maryvale Baseball Park before the...
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New season, fresh set of questions for Lovullo, D-backs
D-backs Torey Lovullo begins his second season as manager.SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Last year at this time, D-backs manager Torey Lovullo was just starting on this journey. New in his job, the season was a...
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Ohtani slated to pitch in “B” game on Friday
Ohtani getting his hacks in as a DH this week.SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Japanese two-way phenom Shohei Otani was the Angels’ designated hitter for the second time in consecutive Cactus League games against...
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Ohtani on base three times in first MLB game as hitter
The Shohei and Ippei show.PEORIA, Ariz. — Phase Ni (two) of the Shohei Ohtani experiment was unveiled on Monday as the two-way player who came over from Japan, took his first live hacks against Major...
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Ohtani not at his best in first spring start
Ohtani getting ready to face Major League hitters.TEMPE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani made his first start on Saturday against Major League hitting and looked decidedly ordinary.He faced seven Brewers batters...
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Ohtani slated to make first start for Angels Saturday
Ohtani ready to make first start.TEMPE, Ariz. — The Shohei Ohtani era is about to open for the Angels and Major League Baseball.The Angels have tabbed the Japanese right-handed pitcher to make his...
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MLB won’t travel most big leaguers this spring until March 1
Joe Torre handles all rule enforcement for MLB.GLENDALE, Ariz. — Spring Training opens for Major League Baseball on Friday in Florida and Arizona. And if you’re attending the games, keep this in...
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MLB heading in right direction with new pace of play rules
Giants new duo of Evan Longoria, Andrew McCutchen will have to adapt to new rules once they step into the batter’s box.SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Major League Baseball, in conjunction with its Players’...
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Hill has moved beyond the 2017 World Series. Have you?
Hill is in second season of a three-year, $48 million contract.GLENDALE, Ariz. — As another spring training begins for the Dodgers in the Valley of the Sun, a defeat by the Astros in last fall’s...
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Giants open to Lincecum reunion
The Freak getting back in track.SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Giants have told the agent for former pitcher Tim Lincecum that they’d like to have him back in the same San Francisco uniform he wore from 2007...
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Memorializing Ohtani’s first MLB presser
Ohtani and IppeiTEMPE, Ariz. — The latest best thing has come over from Japan and his name is Shohei Ohtani, the first two-way player of any repute to hit the Major Leagues since Babe Ruth.Ohtani took...
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Nets not moving to San Diego, or anywhere else
At the junction of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues, the arena is in the heart of downtown Brooklyn.SAN DIEGO — The Brooklyn Nets are not moving to San Diego. Period. The National Basketball Association...
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K.T. was one of a kind
PHOENIX — Life can be short, sweet and at the same time somewhat cruel. And thus, it was for Kevin Towers, the former general manager of the Padres and D-backs, who died on Tuesday after a 13-month...
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Trammell, Morris secure in the Hall
Morris, Trammell in their Tiger days.Usually when I write about the 1984 World Series it’s from the Padres’ point of view. But with the election by the 16-member Modern Era Committee on Sunday of Jack...
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Dodgers suddenly facing adversity
Clayton Kershaw threw a gem in Game 1.The Dodgers had been nothing but resilient all season as they ran away from the National League West in convincing fashion. But they find themselves now in a...
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Girardi, Lovullo face tough questions
Joe Girardi faces the media after Yanks lose to Indians.A manager is only as good as the pitcher he hands the ball to, I learned a long time ago, and so it was the case thousands of miles apart on...
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D-backs, Yanks up it against in Division Series
Robbie Ray, Game 2 for the D-backs or Game 4?The D-backs can still win their best-of-five National League Division Series against the Dodgers that opens tonight with Game 1 at Dodger Stadium. But the...
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Claire, Bill, Garv, Rachel had massive impact on my career
That was the sentiment on Saturday at Doubleday Field.COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Reni Smith is the 9-year-old niece of Claire Smith, the 2017 recipient of the J.G. Spink Award bestowed upon her Saturday by...
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The Secret of Ebbets Field
Ebbets Field, then and now.It was somewhat magical to me that my now nearly 18-month old grand son lives in Brooklyn a few blocks from the neighborhood that once was home to Ebbets Field. It’s been 60...
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