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Murakami caps Triple Crown season with 56th home run

Tokyo Yakult Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami became the first player in 18 years to win a batting Triple Crown in Japan pro baseball, and he capped it in dramatic fashion by breaking one of Japan's most cherished records in his final at-bat of his final game of the regular season.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Joe DiMaggio is lovestruck, controlling and abusive in new Marilyn Monroe biopic

Does ‘Blonde’ offer a fair account of the troubled marriage of Monroe and DiMaggio, the baseball legend from Martinez and San Francisco?

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What happens next to Shohei Ohtani and Angels? Dodgers' 2012 sale might provide clues

The Angels have not had a playoff team since 2014. Now that Arte Moreno said he's exploring a sale of the team, what happens to the current team and what is the future of Shohei Ohtani with the Angels?

Los Angeles Times

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In the new A League Of Their Own series, tensions between femininity and queerness are explored in women's sports

Amazon Prime Video’s recent release A League Of Their Own has been making headlines with its frank portrayal of queer women, with the show presenting a diverse range of queer bodies and expressions. The cast features women presenting queerness from high femme to more masculinised, and each representing different ways…

The Conversation

White Sox manager Tony La Russa admits his time is up

La Russa concedes disappointment as he leaves Sox to deal with his health issues.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bill Shaikin: Yes, Dodgers' Julio Urías is in the Cy Young race. Here's why.

We have heard enough about how Aaron Judge is the only rightful candidate for the American League most valuable player award. He's not.

Los Angeles Times

The Guardians Are MLB’s Most Interesting Postseason Team

Cleveland is out to prove that teams don’t need to hit homers to win playoff games.

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MLB legend's son wants rule change after Aaron Judge matches historical home run record

The MLB home run record is set to be officially broken any day now, as Aaron Judge has four more games to hit another, but the son of the previous record owner wants change

Daily Mirror

Benjamin Hochman: Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols represent St. Louis with pride and passion

They say St. Louis English teachers used to write in and complain about Cardinals broadcaster Dizzy Dean, who sometimes would butcher the language, such as describing a player who “slud into third.”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Dieter Kurtenbach: The SF Giants are one of the hottest teams in baseball. They still need an offseason overhaul.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants closed September on a tear, winning 10 of their final 11 games of the month and providing a bit of positivity to cap a season that has seen far too little of it.

Tribune News Service

Phillies splash past National, 8-1, reduce magic number to two

WASHINGTON — As it drizzled outside Sunday morning, Phillies officials gathered in the visiting clubhouse for multiple meetings with representatives from the Washington Nationals and Major League Baseball. Everyone agreed on the objective.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mariners promote Justin Hollander to general manager

As a self-described no-talent Little League right fielder growing up in Dayton, Ohio, Justin Hollander officially gave up any dream of playing for a Major League Baseball team in 1988.

Tribune News Service

Bill Madden: From Aaron Judge to Buck Showalter, handing out our end-of-season awards

NEW YORK — Although the postseason seedings have yet to be decided, with one notable exception — the National League MVP race — we’ve seen enough to determine the deserving individual honors. Everyone has their opinions, many even have actual votes, but here are our picks for baseball’s 2022 awards…

Tribune News Service

Dodgers come back to win on big night for Jaime Jarrin and Freddie Freeman

LOS ANGELES — How joyful. How fitting. With the Los Angeles Dodgers already having achieved nearly every conceivable regular-season goal — and adding victory No. 110 by the end of the night — Saturday provided an opportunity to honor a broadcaster employed by the franchise for 64 years and a…

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Padres celebrate reaching playoffs for seventh time in franchise history

SAN DIEGO —At the end, it was easy.

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Mets can’t give Max Scherzer much support in 4-2 loss to Braves

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves have quite possibly one of the deepest lineups in baseball. The Mets assembled a starting pitching rotation that they believed could counter that lineup.

Daily Mirror

Kanye West hides his face before Balenciaga fitting as he risks Kardashian run-in at PFW

The 45-year-old father-of-four was seen holding his black hoody over his face as he tried to shield his identity with a grey baseball cap

Sports Illustrated

‘Let’s F—ing Party’: The Mariners Finally End Their 21-Year Playoff Drought

After two decades of bad decisions and bad bounces and bad play, it’s time for Seattle baseball to celebrate again.

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The summer goeth before the fall in this week’s baseball quiz

How well do you know how the Cubs and Sox did from June 21 to Sept. 22?

Tribune News Service

How a collector in Florida wound up with Roberto Clemente's most iconic bat

PITTSBURGH — Rob Shelling's vast collection of baseball bats is enough to make any memorabilia junkie drool with jealousy. There's one Babe Ruth swung while cracking a home run in the first MLB All-Star Game in 1933. Another Joe DiMaggio used during his 56-game hitting streak eight years later.

The Independent UK

Jimmy Carter to celebrate 98 with family, friends, baseball

Jimmy Carter, already the longest-living U.S. president in history, will celebrate his 98th birthday Saturday with family and friends in Plains, the tiny Georgia town where he and his wife, 95-year-old Rosalynn, were born

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jack Flaherty shines, Albert Pujols hits No. 701 as Cardinals clip Pirates, 2-1

ST. LOUIS — While Jack Flaherty had an impressive audition Friday night not only for a postseason roster spot but a chance to be in the rotation in next weekend's first round, Albert Pujols took another step toward the National Baseball Hall of Fame, not that his route wasn’t already…

Tribune News Service

SF Giants’ rookie hits grand slam for 1st homer, Rodon retakes strikeout lead in win over Rockies

SAN FRANCISCO — Two grand slams, separated by about 10 minutes but thousands of miles, could change the course of baseball’s playoff race. What’s crazy isn’t the coincidence; it’s the fact that it matters at all.

Salon

Gleefully sex positive "Resident Alien"

There’s no crying in baseball and no shaming in “Resident Alien," which takes a refreshingly candid view of sex

Chicago Sun-Times

‘How do we handle failure?’: Jason Heyward addresses split with Cubs, possible reunion

Heyward addressed the media for the first time since Jed Hoyer revealed the team planned to release Heyward before the final year of his $184 million contract.

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