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Former Texas Ranger Josh Hamilton Arrested On Allegation Of Injury To A Child — NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Former Texas Ranger Josh Hamilton turned himself in this afternoon in Fort Worth on an allegation of injury to a child, a 3rd degree felony. — CBS 11's Jason Allen …
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Tom Steele / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Rangers Hall-of-Famer Josh Hamilton accused of hitting, throwing chair at daughter — Hamilton, 38, was arrested Wednesday on a felony charge of injury to a child. — Former Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton was arrested Wednesday on a felony charge after being accused of hitting one of his daughters last month.
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Associated Press:
Josh Hamilton, Former M.L.B. Star, Charged With Injuring His Daughter
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Alaa Abdeldaiem / Sports Illustrated:
Report: Former Texas Ranger Josh Hamilton Arrested for Injury to a Child
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Jenna West / Sports Illustrated:
Juan Soto Had His First Beer With Nationals Teammates After Winning World Series — Juan Soto turned 21 just in time to celebrate winning the World Series with his Nationals teammates. — While the Nationals celebrated winning their first World Series in franchise history on Wednesday night …
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Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
World Series Game 7 ticket prices falling: ‘The whole city is depressed’
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The Boston Globe:
It's up to Stephen Strasburg to extend the Nationals' season
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Craig Edwards / FanGraphs Baseball:
Stephen Strasburg is a Postseason God
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Lynn Worthy / Kansas City Star:
Matheny hired as Royals' manager, says something ‘very special about to happen’ in KC — The Royals hired Mike Matheny as their 17th manager in franchise history Thursday. — Matheny, 49, a former major league manager with the St. Louis Cardinals, takes over for Ned Yost, who retired after the 2019 season.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Royals Name Mike Matheny Manager — The Royals announced Thursday that they've hired Mike Matheny as the 17th manager in club history. It's not exactly a surprise, given that Matheny has been rumored to be the likely successor to Ned Yost since joining the Royals organization as a special advisor to GM Dayton Moore last offseason.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks to name Matt Herges as pitching coach — The Diamondbacks will hire Matt Herges to be their new pitching coach, a source said Wednesday night. — Herges, 49, a longtime major league reliever, spent the previous two years as the bullpen coach for the San Francisco Giants.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yankees Decline 2020 Option On Edwin Encarnacion — The Yankees announced Thursday that they've declined their $20MM option on first baseman/designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion. He'll instead be paid a hefty $5MM buyout and enter the free-agent market. — This has long been viewed …
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Mark Polishuk / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rangers Acquire Welington Castillo — The Rangers have acquired catcher Welington Castillo and international draft bonus pool money from the White Sox in exchange for minor league outfielder and corner infielder Jonah McReynolds, as per Rangers executive VP of communications John Blake (Twitter link).
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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Rendon Boom — Anthony Rendon puts the Nationals on the board with a solo home run in the top of the seventh inning. He continues to rake in Houston, his home town. That's the sixth home run Zack Greinke allowed in this post-season. — The Astros lead the Nationals 2-1.
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Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Joe Maddon doing charity work, talking Rays, Cubs and more baseball — Wearing the bright red of his new/old Angels squad, Maddon shared thoughts on his former teams, the Trop and more. — Updated — Earlier today — TAMPA - The red T-shirt was a little bright, but Joe Maddon thought the color looked good on him.
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ESPN:
Longtime broadcaster and former MLB player Ron Fairly dies at 81 — MLB, Seattle Mariners, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels, Toronto Blue Jays — Ron Fairly, whose career as a player and broadcaster spanned nearly 50 years, has died at the age of 81, the Seattle Mariners announced Wednesday.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yu Darvish Won't Exercise Opt-Out Clause — In a decision that won't surprise anyone, right-hander Yu Darvish will not opt out of the remaining four years and $81MM on his contract, MLB Network's Jon Heyman tweets. The 33-year-old had the right to re-enter the open market but will now remain …
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