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Giancarlo Stanton of Yankees Wins All-Star MVP Award in Hometown
LOS ANGELES — The All-Star break came later than usual this summer, deep enough in the schedule to see October off in the distance. As the game’s top players scattered back to their home cities late Tuesday night, after the American League’s 3-2 victory over the National League, the majors’ best team could guess where […]
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Dodger Stadium Shadows Could Aid All-Star Pitchers
LOS ANGELES — The All-Star Game has visited 37 different ballparks, including some more than once, since its last edition at Dodger Stadium. Ten of those sites have been razed, and three others no longer host Major League Baseball games. Chavez Ravine still glows. That may be part of the problem, at least for hitters […]
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At Pride Night, Dodgers Embrace Glenn Burke, Who They Once Shunned
“He could jump out of a stadium,” said Rick Monday, Burke’s former Dodgers teammate and now the club’s radio analyst. “With his vertical leap, he could have been one of Santa’s reindeer.” The 2022 M.L.B. Season “Relax, all right? Don’t try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they’re fascist. Throw some ground […]
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Smell Good, Play Good? MLB Players Douse Themselves in Cologne
In the minors, where players often make meager salaries, Pérez said he didn’t see many players spraying themselves before games. But in the majors, everything is more, from the paychecks to the notoriety. “You’ve got to look good,” said Astros infielder Aledmys Díaz, 31, a Cuban. “This is the show.” Before he defected from Cuba […]
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Jeremy Pena of the Astros Does Not Want to Be Carlos Correa
Peña’s baseball pedigree is unmistakable. In 1997, he was born in Santo Domingo, the capital of the baseball-crazy Dominican Republic. His father, Gerónimo, played in parts of seven seasons with St. Louis and Cleveland, his final season coming in 1996. Although Jeremy never saw his father play, he grew up wanting to know everything about […]
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