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Ben Walker / Toronto Sun:
Shear Power! Bryce Harper breaks bat in two on long home run — NEW YORK (AP) This was shear power by Bryce Harper. — In a startling display, the Washington Nationals slugger shattered his bat into two pieces, yet still hit a long home run Monday night in an 8-6 win over the New York Mets.
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Alex Butler / UPI:
Nationals' Bryce Harper hits homer while snapping his bat
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Washington Post, Dallas Morning News and ESPN
Chuck Schilken / Los Angeles Times:
Watch Nationals' Bryce Harper break his bat while smashing a home run against the Mets
Daniel Popper / New York Daily News:
Jacob deGrom looks like his Cy Young-caliber self despite disappointing loss
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Federal Baseball
Todd Milles / Associated Press:
Paxton, Mariners win 2-1, snap six-game skid vs Houston — SEATTLE — James Paxton delivered six strong innings, Nelson Cruz took Dallas Keuchel deep and the Seattle Mariners beat the Houston Astros 2-1 on Monday night to end a six-game skid against the defending World Series champions.
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Lookout Landing
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Steve Habel / UPI:
Tough-luck Astros look to rebound vs. Mariners — Don't expect to see the Houston Astros panic, even though their 2-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Monday at Safeco Field was their fifth defeat in their past six games and their vaunted offensive attack has been stymied for much of the first three weeks of the season.
Ryan Divish / Sacramento Bee:
This time, Mariners do everything right to score a 2-1 victory over Astros — SEATTLE — In seasons past, they would lose this type of game for any number of reasons. — Either they would have not found a way to scratch out the winning run against an opposing pitcher who was dealing.
Associated Press:
Grandal's slam, Kemp's 3-run HR send Dodgers past Pads 10-3 — SAN DIEGO (AP) — Yasmani Grandal hit a grand slam, Matt Kemp had a three-run homer and Hyun-Jin Ryu struck out nine in six strong innings for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who beat the San Diego Padres 10-3 Monday night.
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Gaslamp Ball
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Jon Wertheim / Sports Illustrated:
While Shohei Ohtani Mesmerizes Major League Baseball, His Legend Grows in Japan — Created with Sketch. — Shohei Ohtani is captivating the American public with his two-way play. In Japan, he's become a deity. — In 2002, Hideki Matsui hit 50 home runs for his Japan League baseball team, the Yomiuri Giants.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Shohei Ohtani's biggest challenge yet: Battling the AL-best Red Sox — We haven't seen that before.' USA TODAY Sports — Shohei Ohtani's story, already remarkable enough, will add another fascinating chapter Tuesday night, when he takes on baseball's best team of 2018.
Discussion:
Halos Heaven
Steve Gardner / USA Today:
Kansas City Royals team bus hit by chunk of flying ice, relief pitcher takes wheel
Discussion:
New York Post, Bleacher Report, CBSSports.com and Royals Review
Rotoworld.com:
Daily Dose: Blackmon Bashing — Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @RyanPBoyer on Twitter. — Charlie Blackmon missed four games last week with right quad tightness. He's trying to make up for lost time. — The two-time All-Star has now homered in each of his three contests since returning to action after going deep Monday in Pittsburgh.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Wrigley looms as huge roadblock on Cards' path to contention — CHICAGO • With the rain pouring Sunday morning in Cincinnati, a delay imminent, and a postponement possible, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny sat in his office and juggled interviews. In between radio shows he explained …
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Jeff Arnold / UPI:
Whether or not Cardinals, Cubs play depends on weather
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Baseball notebook: Indians,Twins to open series in Puerto Rico — Cleveland star Francisco Lindor held a baseball in his hand, ready to pitch, and asked the young boy standing at home plate if he knew how to swing a bat. — The kid said no. The kid might have been fibbing.
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USA Today:
MLB in Puerto Rico: How Hiram Bithorn Stadium was salvaged in Hurricane Maria aftermath — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - When Murray Cook visited San Juan on Dec. 1, he encountered an island still reeling from two hurricanes, with 45% of its residents without power, and more than 300,000 lacking tap water.
ESPN:
MLBRank 100-51: Impressive young stars move up the rankings — Who are the best players going to be in Major League Baseball for the 2018 season? To determine this, ESPN formed a panel of MLB writers, analysts, contributors and Insiders to rank the top 100.
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Detroit News and Arizona Sports
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ESPN:
MLBRank roundtable: Answering the biggest questions for Nos. 100-51 — We're starting out 2018 MLBRank with Nos. 100-51. Which young stars will rocket up the rankings? Who deserved a spot in the top 100? We asked our experts to give their thoughts on some of the biggest questions that came out of the bottom 50.
Craig Davis / Orlando Sentinel:
Marlins pounded by Yankees, but keep Stanton in check — Sun Sentinel — As the deficit spiked quickly on a chill night in the Bronx, the Marlins had to grab onto heartwarming thoughts where they could find them. — There were friendly chants of “Donnie Baseball” from the home crowd …
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Fish Stripes
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Brendan Kuty / New Jersey Online:
Yankees legend Don Mattingly questions if Giancarlo Stanton can handle boos
Discussion:
Bleacher Report
Dan Martin / New York Post:
Yankees pounce on Derek Jeter's Marlins from all sides
Discussion:
Fish Stripes, MLB on Yahoo! Sports and Pinstripe Alley
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers … The Diamondbacks encountered two significant injuries before the season was even a week old. Neither has slowed them down. They don't see why the latest injury, this one to right-hander Taijuan Walker, should be any different.
Discussion:
AZ Snake Pit
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Greg Auman / UPI:
Struggling Rays hope for another win over Rangers — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays haven't had much to cheer for early in the 2018 season, but a promising day against a left-handed starter Monday could bring about more of the same on Tuesday. — “It was good to see guys break …
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John Hickey / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox excited to wear throwback uniforms for free game against Athletics on Tuesday — Chicago Tribune — The A's are trying something that is unusual, to say the least, for Tuesday's game against the White Sox. All tickets are free. — Parking also is free, but the concessions aren't.
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South Side Sox, Athletics Nation and Associated Press
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Bob Brookover / Philly.com:
Odubel Herrera's blunders prove costly for Phillies | Extra Innings — Half of the Phillies' six losses this season have come at SunTrust Park, and the latest one was just as disturbing as the previous two during the season-opening series against the Atlanta Braves.
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The Good Phight
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Matt Breen / Philly.com:
Phillies lose to Braves to snap winning streak
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The Good Phight and Talking Chop
Andrew Wagner / UPI:
Brewers play through injuries, focus on Reds — MILWAUKEE — Heading into the season, the Milwaukee Brewers were confident that they had the kind of depth to manage a season's worth of injuries. — Barely a month into the season, though, they've had to tap into that resource way more than they would have liked.
Associated Press:
Longtime Rangers anthem singer John Amirante dies at 83 — NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime New York Rangers anthem singer John Amirante has died. He was 83. — His wife, Annie, told the Rangers he died of natural causes Tuesday in New York after about a week in the hospital.
