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Actor Jim Caviezel stands in for Royals coach Dale Sveum in photo — SURPRISE, Ariz. — Actor Jim Caviezel has played Jesus and golfer Bobby Jones on the big screen. On Wednesday, he portrayed Kansas City Royals bench coach Dale Sveum. — Sveum had a medical appointment for his stiff neck …
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Steve Greenberg / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs' Kris Bryant wants to walk more, whiff less; says, ‘I want to be great’ — Sign-Up for our Newsletter … SURPRISE, Ariz. — It's been a while since Kris Bryant cried about being called out on strikes. Let's call it a little more than half a lifetime ago, in his native Las Vegas.
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Maria Torres / Kansas City Star:
Royals 7, Cubs 6: Frank Schwindel's big day helps KC complete rally — SURPRISE, ARIZ. — With late help from non-roster invitees, the Royals scored twice in the seventh inning and overcame an early deficit to beat the Chicago Cubs 7-6 in front of an announced crowd of 10,213 fans at Surprise Stadium.
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Fran Spielman / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs and Tunney at odds again - this time over tent shielding player parking lot — Sign-Up for our Newsletter — The Cubs and local Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) are at odds, yet again, and the home opener at Wrigley Field is still more than three weeks away.
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Chris Kuc / Chicago Tribune:
Carson Fulmer chalks up dismal performance to ‘just a bad outing’ — Chicago Tribune — After each of his first three Cactus League starts — all losses — White Sox starter Carson Fulmer was able to find some positives. — Though nothing positive was evident in Fulmer's fourth effort …
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Rotoworld.com:
ST Daily: He's Braun Fire — Follow @Crawford_MILB and @Rotoworld_BB on Twitter. — The Brewers made two of the biggest moves of the offseason to improve their lineup in 2018; signing Lorenzo Cain to a five-year deal and trading for former Marlin Christian Yelich to give Milwaukee …
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers power their way past the Rockies in Cactus League play — DODGERS 11, COLORADO 6 — AT THE PLATE: Enrique Hernandez hit a three-run home run and a two-run double off right-hander Jon Gray, the Rockies' ace. Hernandez, a utility man who usually does not start against right-handed pitchers …
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals' bullpen dominates Houston — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. • Starter Adam Wainwright was impressive enough for the Cardinals on Wednesday. The four pitchers who succeeded him virtually were unhittable. — Piggy-backing five scoreless innings by five relievers on Tuesday …
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Waino dazzling in five innings against Astros — Yes, it was only for five innings and, yes, it was an exhibition game. But the step by step progression of the 36-year-old Wainwright this spring has been palpable after critics and even supporters had wondered in the off-season what might …
Ben Frederickson / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards' Wainwright is offline but on target — • Adam Wainwright will not read this story, at least not on the handy STLtoday app. — The Cardinals starter is in the midst of a self-imposed internet ban. — Well, sort of. — If he's not updating his Twitter followers on his attempts …
ESPN:
Former Red Sox manager John Farrell joins Reds as scout — The Cincinnati Reds have added John Farrell as a scout. — It will be Farrell's first job since the Red Sox dismissed him as their manager last October with one year left on his contract. He posted a 432-378 record over five seasons …
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Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:
Reds hire Farrell, ex-Red Sox manager, as scout
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Anthony Rieber / Newsday:
Yankees' Aaron Judge tells O's Manny Machado: 'You'd look good in pinstripes' — The Yankees' slugger makes a pregame pitch to the Orioles' All-Star, who will be a free agent following this season. — SARASOTA, Fla. — Aaron Judge played recruiter on Wednesday, making a pitch for free-agent …
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Dan Martin / New York Post:
Here's how little Yankees are paying the Baby Bombers
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Coley HarveyESPN / ESPN:
Aaron Judge to Manny Machado: 'You'd look pretty good in pinstripes, too'
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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers renew contracts of Corey Seager and Cody Bellinger … The Dodgers renewed the contracts of Corey Seager and Cody Bellinger on Wednesday, assigning the two young stars a salary after the players declined to agree to the team's offer. — The Dodgers renewed Seager at $605,000 and Bellinger at $585,000.
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Corpus Christi Caller-Times:
Minor League Baseball announces rules changes to go into effect in 2018 — Minor League Baseball announced three rules changes Wednesday that will go into effect for the 2018 season. — The most drastic change will come in extra innings, where a runner will be placed on second every inning beginning in the 10th.
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Cubs no longer have to worry about World Series hangover — Chicago Tribune — The Cubs don't feel the need to apologize to their fans for not winning the World Series again in 2017. — When it takes 108 years to win just one, Cubs' fans shouldn't be too greedy.
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks' Shelby Miller encouraged by mound session — Diamondbacks right-hander Shelby Miller went into his bullpen session on Tuesday with low expectations. He came away surprised by how good he felt. — “I thought I'd maybe be a little shaky with my command,” …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Tim Lincecum on legacy, loss and identity: ‘I realized I care about baseball so much’ — SURPRISE, Ariz. — Tim Lincecum climbs into his black Porsche Turbo 911 this early afternoon, pulls out of the Texas Rangers' parking lot, drives past the security checkpoint, and there they are, waiting for him.
Neil Best / Newsday:
Ratings for Yankees spring training games on YES up 89 percent — The March 4 Rays-Yankees game averaged 145,000 viewers, the network's most-viewed spring training game in five years. — Even for television executives and ratings nerds, spring training baseball usually is a nonevent.
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Ryan Divish / The Seattle Times:
Guillermo Heredia, Taylor Motter rally the Mariners to a 5-4 win over the Giants — Mariners 5, Giants 4 at Peoria Stadium — Notable — Trailing 4-3 going into the bottom of the eighth, the Mariners scored a pair of runs to take the lead for good. Guillermo Heredia's RBI double to left field tied the game.
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Willson Contreras getting his batting eye back after missing time to illness — Chicago Tribune — After missing a week because of a fever, Willson Contreras is making up for lost time. — So after a sluggish round of batting practice Tuesday, Contreras asked Jesus Feliciano …
