Tag: American League
Like father, like son: Vlad Guerrero Jr. shines as All-Star
DENVER — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. admired his 468-foot screamer for a moment before bouncing into his triumphant home run trot at the All-Star Game...
Sho-case: Shohei Ohtani gets All-Star win for AL, bats, too
DENVER — A Sho-case for Shohei Ohtani became a grand stage for Vladimir Guerrero Jr., too.
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A uniform opinion: All-Star duds don’t draw All-Star reviews
DENVER — Fernando Tatis Jr., Aaron Judge, Nolan Arenado and the rest of the All-Stars certainly got needled over their new threads.
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Alonso bests Mancini, Ohtani for 2nd straight HR Derby title
DENVER — Pete Alonso danced to his second straight Home Run Derby title, besting Shohei Ohtani, Trey Mancini and Juan Soto on a night...
Year since Washington change, Native sports imagery evolving
Washington will not have any kind of Native American imagery as part of its next name, and the subject is still evolving across sports...
This Date in Baseball
July 14
1916 — St. Louis Browns pitcher Ernie Koob went...
Barnes guaranteed $18.75M by Red Sox for 2022-23
All-Star closer Matt Barnes is guaranteed $18.75 million as part of his new contract with the Boston Red Sox covering 2022 and 2023.
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Manfred: A’s fate in Oakland to be decided in coming months
DENVER — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says the fate of the Athletics in Oakland will be determined in the next few months.
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Angels 1st to select exclusively pitchers in amateur draft
Mike Trout has helped the Los Angeles Angels score a lot of runs over the years. Preventing them has been a bigger issue.
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Altuve’s 3-run homer in 9th caps Astros’ rally past Yankees
HOUSTON — Jose Altuve hit a three-run homer to cap a startling six-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning, getting his jersey...