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This baseball quiz is a numbers game

For those of you keeping score, this quiz holds special meaning: it’s by position

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Say Hey, Willie Mays!’: Many praise the superstar on marvelous HBO doc — but not him

Baseball great keeps it modest in a must-see film looking back on his talents on the field, his brushes with racism and his generosity with fans.

Chicago Sun-Times

Baseball quiz: These players’ nicknames are in the spirit of the season

C’mon, even the grouchy have a love of Halloween. Kids dressed in costumes, looking cute, asking for candy as if it were manna from heaven. Now, I will admit, I’m a fan of treats, not tricks.

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Baker laments lack of US-born Black players in World Series

Dusty Baker is deeply disturbed that there project to be no U.S.-born Black players in this year's World Series

The Independent UK

SI:AM | That Yankees Ninth Inning Had Everything

No. 60 was just the beginning.

Sports Illustrated

Gene Collier: Boy, will Albert Pujols miss PNC Park

PITTSBURGH — By next Sunday, if it hasn't already, the looming launch of the NFL season will have fully swallowed what remains of our baseball consciousness around here.

Tribune News Service

Baseball by the numbers: Albert Pujols loses in WAR among GOATs

Crunching the numbers shows he falls well below greats such as Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds.

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Mets Retire Willie Mays’s No. 24 at Old Timers’ Day Ceremony

The legendary outfielder became the seventh player in Mets history to receive the honor.

Sports Illustrated

In Old Timer’s Day surprise, Mets retire Willie Mays’ No. 24: ‘New York was a magical place to play baseball’

NEW YORK — On a day when Mets fans, players and coaches old and young gathered to celebrate Old Timers’ Day, the team made a surprise announcement.

Tribune News Service

Baseball quiz: Keeping it 100

How well will you fare on this quiz that focuses on the century mark?

Chicago Sun-Times

Mark Bradley: Jason Heyward’s career takes another abrupt turn

It was 2010. Jason Heyward was baseball’s No. 1 prospect. In spring training, he launched baseballs that pelted cars parked behind the outfield fence at Disney’s Wide World of Sports. He was from McDonough. He was big, strong and fast. He was wise beyond his tender years. Crusty folks who’d…

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Nick Canepa: Vin Scully brought vocal hospitality and flawless delivery to baseball fans

SAN DIEGO — Vin Scully was baseball's Sinatra, a man who sang the song of the game with great timing and phrasing, without blowing a lyric, or dangling a participle. But unlike Frank, when Vinny approached the final innings, his pipes, his chops, his instrument, never failed him.

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Rickey Henderson’s quest for respect and the dawn of MLB’s big money era

In an extract from his new book on the Hall of Famer, Howard Bryant explores how fans and athletes reacted as serious money entered baseball

The Guardian - US

Why Barry Bonds feels a kinship with Steph Curry

Let’s go back to Boston. Where an important moment in NBA history came, went and was swept away with the confetti.

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This week’s baseball quiz: Time to do ‘the hustle’

Some White Sox might be slowing down, but the quizmaster knows only one speed

USA Today Sports Media Group

Miguel Cabrera got welcomed to the 3,000 hit club by some of sport’s biggest legends

What a party for one of the best of all time.

Tribune News Service

Tigers' Miguel Cabrera delivers 3,000th hit — and cements his place among MLB's greats

DETROIT — Commission the statue, clear space on the Comerica Park bricks and alert the Hall of Fame.

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