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Reggie Jackson ranks among the best right fielders in Major League Baseball history, which boasts the likes of Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Tony Gwynn, and Roberto Clemente, among others. The aptly nicknamed “Mr. October” celebrates a birthday today. Reginald Martinez Jackson was born in the Wyncote neighborhood of Cheltenham Township, just north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar Gamble, an outfielder who hit 200 home runs over 17 major league seasons, has died of a rare tumor of the jaw. He was 68. Gamble, recognizable during his playing days for an Afro that spilled out of his helmet, died Wednesday at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, according to […]

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A day after accepting a 30-game suspension, New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman has apologized for using a gun and insisted he never hurt his girlfriend. Chapman agreed to the penalty, assessed by Major League Baseball under its new domestic violence policy. His girlfriend, 22-year-old Cristina Barnea, told police he pushed […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — The lovable legend of Yogi Berra, that ain’t ever gonna be over. The Hall of Fame catcher renowned as much for his dizzying malapropisms as his unmatched 10 World Series championships with the New York Yankees, died Tuesday. He was 90. Berra, who filled baseball’s record book as well as “Bartlett’s […]

Yogi Berra—the iconic New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher—has died at the age of 90. Berra, who won a record 10 World Series championships…

  Major league pitcher Dock Ellis became a household name for various reasons aside from his prodigious talent on the mound. Ellis, who later in life became a drug counselor, is perhaps best known for pitching a no-hitter game while high on LSD. Dock Phillip Ellis Jr. was born March 11, 1945 in Los Angeles, […]

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The Mariners made the kind of splash they’ve wanted for nearly a decade. They reached agreement with Robinson Cano, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Friday. ESPN reported earlier Friday that the contract was worth $240 million for 10 years. The person told the AP that the deal was pending […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez expanded his assault on the baseball establishment with a lawsuit accusing the Yankees team physician and a New York City hospital of mishandling his medical care during the 2012 AL playoffs. In a suit filed late Friday in New York Supreme Court in the Bronx, lawyers for Rodriguez say […]