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# MLB

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2022
# RIP
Former Major League Baseball standout Jeremy Giambi dies aged 47
Giambi spent six seasons in MLB and had his best success alongside older brother Jason in Oakland.
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Feb 10th 2022, 6:49 PM
All time
# MLB
Astros rally to beat Braves and extend World Series
Game 6 is in Houston tomorrow.
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Nov 1st 2021, 7:49 AM
# Top of the World
Atlanta Braves edge Houston Astros to reach brink of World Series title
Atlanta take a 3-1 series lead and could clinch the title in Game Five on Sunday.
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Oct 31st 2021, 9:42 AM
# in control
Braves pitchers baffle Astros to grab World Series lead
The Braves, who improved to 6-0 at home in the playoffs, seek their first championship since 1995.
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Oct 30th 2021, 9:05 AM
# All Square
Astros rout Braves 7-2 to level World Series
The Astros, in their third World Series in five seasons, won the 2017 crown but lost the 2019 title to Washington.
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Oct 28th 2021, 8:00 AM
# Ouch
Baseball player hospitalised after being struck in the head with ball
Oakland pitcher Chris Bassitt was conscious when loaded into the ambulance.
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Aug 18th 2021, 9:15 AM
# hollywood ending
Anderson's walk-off homer lifts White Sox in baseball's 'Field of Dreams' game
The Chicago side beat the New York Yankees in the first-ever MLB game played in Iowa.
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Aug 13th 2021, 10:56 AM
# Baseball
Cleveland to drop 'Indians' from their name after 105 years due to criticism
Native American groups have branded the moniker as racist, but Donald Trump opposes the move.
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Dec 14th 2020, 1:34 PM
# LA Nights
Dodgers end long wait for World Series with 3-1 victory over Rays
The Dodgers’ Justin Turner was pulled in the eighth inning after testing positive for coronavirus, but later appeared in the on-field celebrations.
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Oct 28th 2020, 8:08 AM
# game 4
Rays rally with walkoff stunner to level World Series against Dodgers
Rays come from 7-6 down in the bottom of the ninth.
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Oct 25th 2020, 9:18 AM
# Let's play ball
Dodgers strike first as Kershaw steers them to World Series Game One win
The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-3 as the World Series got underway.
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Oct 21st 2020, 8:15 AM
# correa threatening
Sign-stealing tensions simmer again as Astros have to dodge Kelly's pitches
It was the first meeting between the sides since the Astros were sanctioned for sign-stealing.
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Jul 29th 2020, 1:42 PM
# Shutdown
Start of new Major League Baseball season pushed back by at least eight weeks
The 2020 season will not start until mid-May at the earliest.
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Mar 16th 2020, 7:08 PM
# Going to San Francisco
Giants hire first full-time female coach in Major League Baseball history
Alyssa Nakken will hope to help the Giants to bounce back from a disappointing 2019 season.
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Jan 17th 2020, 10:13 AM
# MLB
Astros manager and GM banned and sacked in scandal rocking baseball
The duo were deemed to have ignored a warning about illegal ‘sign-stealing’, observing the signals of opposing teams.
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Jan 14th 2020, 11:01 AM
# World Series
Nationals force winner-takes-all World Series decider in explosive Game 6
Nationals boss Dave Martinez became the first manager ejected in the World Series since 1996.
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Oct 30th 2019, 8:38 AM
# MLB
Astros alive in World Series after Game 3 win in Washington
The Astros are back in contention for a second World Series in three seasons after a 4-1 win.
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Oct 26th 2019, 10:46 PM
# Baseball
Nationals rout Astros to take command of World Series
The Washington Nationals used a six-run seventh inning to pull away from the Houston Astros and take a 2-0 lead in the series.
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Oct 24th 2019, 11:06 AM
# Fracas
Six players and two managers suspended by MLB over Pirates-Reds brawl
The league has cracked down on both the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds.
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Aug 1st 2019, 9:46 PM
# RIP
Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs dies aged 27
Major League Baseball player was found dead in a Texas hotel room on Monday.
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Jul 2nd 2019, 8:31 AM
# Field of Dreams
Baseball Ireland hoping to join the big leagues
It’s been a year to remember for the sport in this country.
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Mar 23rd 2019, 7:45 AM
# Mike Trout
US baseball star set to sign €379m deal - the most lucrative sports contract ever
Mike Trout, 27, has agreed an eye-watering 12-year extension with the LA Angels.
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Mar 20th 2019, 11:07 AM
# Late Late Show
Muncy's walk-off homer sees Dodgers win longest game in World Series history
The Dodgers finally got the better of the Boston Red Sox after a record-breaking seven hours and 20 minutes.
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Oct 27th 2018, 10:42 AM
# Baseball
Strong outing from David Price sees Red Sox take 2-0 lead over Dodgers in World Series
Price fired six innings of two-run ball on Wednesday night at Fenway Park as the Red Sox secured a 4-2 win.
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Oct 25th 2018, 11:33 AM
# bean town
Red Sox top Dodgers in World Series opener
How’d you like them apples?
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Oct 24th 2018, 8:10 AM
# Inclusive
Orioles become first pro team to wear braille jerseys
The baseball team were celebrating the 40th anniversary of the NFB’s move to Baltimore.
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Sep 19th 2018, 10:33 AM
# the mets suck
Even The Mets had to laugh a little after a humiliating record defeat last night
A 25-4 loss in Washington keeps the Mets firmly on course for a 90-loss season.
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Aug 1st 2018, 3:40 PM
# Fire
'I can remember the faces in the dugout when I told him to go f**k himself': the remarkable tale of Joe Cleary
Before PJ Conlon, the Cork native had his moment to shine in Major League Baseball but it didn’t go very well.
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May 13th 2018, 8:30 AM
# playing games
Star pitcher denies video game caused him to miss Yankees game
David Price was scratched from a scheduled start for the Red Sox this week.
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May 11th 2018, 7:29 AM
# pitching to victory
'It's something you dream about' - Ireland's first Major League Baseball player in 73 years
A thumb injury didn’t overshadow the occasion as the New York Mets won in Cincinnati.
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May 8th 2018, 5:12 PM
# pitching up
Rivals Red Sox and Yankees to meet in London double-header next year
The 2019 games, set for June 29-30 at London’s Olympic Stadium, will be the first regular-season MLB games played in Europe.
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May 8th 2018, 3:23 PM
# representing
Belfast-born Conlon set to become Ireland's first Major League Baseball player in 73 years
Ireland’s last representative in MLB was Joe Cleary of Cork, who played briefly during the Second World War.
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May 7th 2018, 4:07 PM
# duel
Baseball player faces record 21 pitches in unprecedented 13 minutes at bat
“I wasn’t going to give it up, and the pitcher wasn’t either,” Brandon Belt said.
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Apr 23rd 2018, 5:29 PM
# The Bryce is Right
Bryce Harper breaks his bat, still hits a 400 foot home run
The Nationals star wasn’t about to let some broken lumber stop him from hitting it out of the park.
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Apr 17th 2018, 10:19 AM
# down to the brawl game
Yankees and Red Sox clear benches in brawl that renewed baseball's biggest rivalry
Just when we thought they were friends…
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Apr 12th 2018, 4:37 PM
# Potential
After comparisons to Babe Ruth, Japanese baseball prodigy wins major league pitching debut
Shohei Ohtani didn’t hit on Sunday as Albert Pujols was the designated hitter, going zero-for-five.
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Apr 2nd 2018, 1:30 PM
# Opening Day
The Cubs hit the very first pitch of the new baseball season for a home run
Ian Happ, come on down…
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Mar 29th 2018, 6:42 PM
# Trouble Brewing
New York Yankees warned that beer foam art of players could be against the rules
According to a Yankees representative, the organisation never had intentions of selling the alcohol with player images to the public.
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Mar 28th 2018, 5:31 PM
# Let's play ball
Two of baseball's biggest rivals, the Yankees and Red Sox, could meet in London next summer
MLB set to follow the NFL and NBA with London experiment.
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Mar 20th 2018, 6:51 PM
# the Bull Perez
Baseball player kills and eats bull that broke his elbow
Texas pitcher Martin Perez is not the forgiving kind.
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Mar 20th 2018, 7:51 AM
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