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You’d think that, given their workplace of Texas, the Astros players would know the difference between a smoking gun and a hand-sized water pistol. Alas, those from the defending American League champions who took to social media on Saturday — in the wake of a titillating story that tied the Yankees to illegal sign-stealing — …
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The illegal sign-stealing drama that rocked MLB before the pandemic might not be over — and this time it involves the Yankees. A letter from commissioner Rob Manfred to the Yankees detailing the findings of a 2017 investigation into the ball club’s alleged sign-stealing program should be unsealed, a judge ruled Friday, according to The …
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They don’t negotiate. This is e-mail bargaining. One side sends an offer, the other rejects it and makes a counter-proposal. All done electronically. Perhaps this is how you find a date in 2020. But is this really how talks to restart the national pastime within a pandemic should be handled? Because this isn’t Tinder as …
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The Mets already know they have a fighter in Eric Orze, the right-handed pitcher the organization drafted in the fifth round of the 2020 MLB Draft on Thursday. The 22-year-old pitcher out of the University of New Orleans was unable to compete in part of the 2018 season and all of the 2019 season as …
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The Yankees completed their abbreviated 2020 MLB Draft on Thursday night by selecting second baseman/outfielder Trevor Hauver and right-handed pitcher Beck Way. In the third round of the draft, which was reduced from 40 rounds to five because of the global coronavirus pandemic, the Yankees took Hauver with the No. 99 pick. The Arizona State …
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Being drafted for a second time by the Yankees and a lot higher than the first stab flushed any thought of returning to college out of Austin Wells’ head. The Yankees’ first-round pick in Wednesday night’s draft was asked Thursday on a conference call if the strong possibility of not having minor league games to …
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Old gag: They call radio a medium because when it’s well done, it’s rare. WFAN is much like ESPN in that all these years later — since 1979 in ESPN’s case, 1987 in FAN’s — both by now should be much better than they are. Seems that every change in hosts turns WFAN flatter, less …
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Nationals ace Max Scherzer flung another high-and-inside pitch at Major League Baseball owners. The three-time Cy Young winner, who serves as a member of the MLBPA’s executive subcommittee, continues to be outspoken in the midst of salary disputes between the players union and MLB. Scherzer took to Twitter Wednesday to unload another jab at team …
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History repeated itself on Wednesday night when the Yankees drafted Austin Wells 28th overall in the 2020 MLB Draft. But for Wells, who the Yankees originally drafted in the 35th round in 2018, two years made a world of difference. After emerging as top prospect in the summer of 2017, Wells hurt his elbow and …
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Pete Crow-Armstrong, the Mets’ first-round pick in the 2020 MLB Draft on Wednesday night, is from a family that is no stranger to the big stage. Both of Crow-Armstrong’s parents are actors, with his mom playing a role in a well-known baseball movie. His mom, Ashley Crow, played Billy Heywood’s mom Jenny in “Little Big …
You’d think that, given their workplace of Texas, the Astros players would know the difference between a smoking gun and a hand-sized water pistol. Alas, those from the defending American League champions who took to social media on Saturday — in the wake of a titillating story that tied the Yankees to illegal sign-stealing — …
