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Working media: A story of dads and sons and pins
ATLANTA — Game 3 of the 2021 World Series featured a two-hit shutout and a victory by the Atlanta Braves in front of an emotional home crowd. Hours before the first pitch, I sat in […]
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Trey Mancini, Jameson Taillon latest members of MLB Cancer Club
Cancer is something that will touch everyone’s life at some point. For those of us fortunate not to get a diagnosis or a scare, there are friends and relatives who won’t be so fortunate. Shawn […]
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Anthony Rizzo, Jon Lester headline MLB Cancer Survivor All Stars
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Coping with a diagnosis: Former MLB outfielder Brett Butler
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Field of Dreams: Inspired by 1989 film, MLB makes Iowa debut
More than three decades after “Field of Dreams” seeped into the country’s cultural consciousness, with a one-year delay caused by the pandemic, one of the most famous cornfields in Hollywood history finally gets the opportunity […]
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HARSANYI: Moving the MLB All-Star Game to Denver makes zero sense
Major League Baseball is moving its 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta, Georgia, to Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. This, says ESPN, is “in response to a new Georgia law that has civil rights groups concerned […]
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MATTHEWS: Here’s what President Biden’s attacks on Georgia’s new voting law are really all about
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed the Election Integrity Act of 2021 into law two weeks ago, after roughly three months of debate in the state over the bill. Among other things, the law makes […]
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Lessons in sign-stealing from a major leaguer
The former major leaguer sat in front of a plate of barbecue, making eye contact with me across the table. His eyes darted hard to the left. After returning his gaze to me, he cut […]
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Big Four flood first round of MLB Draft
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World Series returns to DC with Nationals looking to go up 3-0
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl9bIgg38E8[/embedyt] WASHINGTON, D.C. — The last time Washington hosted a World Series game, FDR was in his first year as president, construction had just started on the Golden Gate Bridge and prohibition hadn’t yet […]