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Forbes:
The Business Of Baseball — Rank TeamValue of team based on current stadium deal (unless new stadium is pending), without deduction for debt (other than stadium debt). Current Value 1-Yr Value ChangeIncludes stadium debt Debt/Value RevenueEarnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
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Tampa Bay Times, McCovey Chronicles and Lone Star Ball
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Mike Ozanian / Forbes:
Baseball Team Values 2017 — I have long believed that the vast majority of polls aren't worth the paper their results are printed on (Hillary Clinton, I am sure, would agree). — For years polls have said baseball is the most problematic of the major U.S. sports and that the game is declining in popularity.
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NBCSports.com, Bless You Boys, Pirates Breakdown, Orange County Register, Halos Heaven, Royals Review and Purple Row
Darren Rovell / ESPN:
Yankees again top Forbes' rankings at $3.7 billion — The New York Yankees are now worth $3.7 billion. — So says Forbes, which has been publishing the list of most valuable Major League Baseball franchises for 20 years. In each year, the Yankees have been worth the most money …
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Bleed Cubbie Blue, Union-News, Forbes, The Good Phight and FanRag Sports
Matt Gelb / Philly.com:
Clay Buchholz leaves Phillies game with right arm injury — Clay Buchholz flung a 70-mph pitch. It bounced before it reached home plate. The veteran starter shook his right arm. And that was it. — The Phillies, in their eighth game, lost one of their starting pitchers.
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The Good Phight, MLB Trade Rumors, Phillies Nation and Yahoo Sports
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Matt Breen / Philly.com:
Phillies option Adam Morgan to triple A — Adam Morgan was so emotional two weeks ago that he almost cried after learning he made the Phillies. The lefthander worked throughout spring training to remold himself as a reliever and secure one of the final sports on the Opening Day roster.
ESPN:
Giants place Buster Posey on 7-day DL after taking fastball to head — The San Francisco Giants have placed catcher Buster Posey on the seven-day concussion DL, one day after he was hit in the helmet by a fastball during an at-bat. — Posey was hit by a 94 mph fastball …
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Yahoo Sports, Purple Row and baseballmusings.com
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Michael Wagaman / Yahoo Sports:
Ray effectively wild in D-backs win over Giants — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Robbie Ray pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning despite some control issues, Jake Lamb hit a bases-loaded triple and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Tuesday night.
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McCovey Chronicles, MLB Daily Dish and Associated Press
Peter King / SI.com:
Jarvis Landry is Full of Fire — Plus reader questions on Peyton Manning as a broadcaster, the NFL in London and much more — Inside the search for Tom Brady's stolen Super Bowl jersey — The MMQB's Jenny Vrentas and Robert Klemko provide the definitive account of Tom Brady's stolen Super Bowl jersey …
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Patriots Wire, The Daily Dolphin, ProFootballTalk, CBS Boston, It Is What It Is, FanRag Sports and Deadspin
Yahoo Sports:
Cat takes cover as Ozuna's 2 HRs help Miami beat Braves, 8-4 — MIAMI (AP) — A gray cat went scrambling for cover in the Marlins Park outfield midway through Tuesday night's game, and no wonder, given the barrage off Marcell Ozuna's bat. — Ozuna homered twice and had a career-high six RBIs …
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Baseball Prospectus, Fish Stripes and Talking Chop
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mariners Designate Paul Fry, Select Mike Freeman, Place Jean Segura On DL — 5:28pm: Mariners manager Scott Servais tells reporters that Segura's hamstring strain is mild, and the team expects him to return in the minimum 10 days (Twitter link via MLB.com's Greg Johns).
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Yahoo Sports and MLB Daily Dish
David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Trey Cespedes — Yoenis Cespedes hit three home runs so far in the Mets game at Philadelphia. That gives him seven hits on the season, and five of those went for extra bases. He drove in five of the Mets runs as they lead the Phillies 9-2 in the bottom of the fifth.
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Yahoo Sports
David Hosansky / The Hardball Times:
Why Did a Historic Home Run Lead to a Smashed Bat? — The first black man to hit a home run in the American League might have expected to be congratulated. — Pinch-hitting for the last-place St. Louis Browns on Aug. 13, 1947, Willard Brown blasted a fly ball against the fence in the deepest part of Sportsman's Park.
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FanGraphs Baseball and Seamheads.com
Tampa Bay Times:
Rays journal: Alex Cobb adjusting to life without his changeup — NEW YORK — Rays RHP Alex Cobb can be a tad stubborn, so it's no surprise that when he was told that the changeup is the last pitch to come back after recovery from Tommy John surgery, he thought it would be different for him.
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Erik Boland / Newsday:
Michael Pineda's bid for perfect game ends in 7th inning as Yankees win big in home opener
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