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Orange County Register:
Villa Park's Sydney Somerndike voted Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week — Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week — Athlete: Sydney Somerndike School: Villa Park Sport: Softball — Noteworthy: The Arizona commit fired her first perfect game in an 8- victory against JSerra …
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Umpire Joe West is awarded $500,000 in defamation lawsuit against former player Paul Lo Duca — You can scream at him, curse at him, and call him names, but if you attempt to discredit veteran umpire Joe West's credibility, well, be ready to pay a lot bigger price than simply being thrown out of a game.
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Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Los Angeles Angels' Dexter Fowler out for season with torn ACL — Los Angeles Angels starting right fielder Dexter Fowler has a torn left ACL that will require season-ending surgery, the team announced Sunday. — Fowler, 35, injured himself while sprinting into second base on an attempted forceout …
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New York Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman unhappy game started despite rain — NEW YORK — New Mets owner, same old dysfunction. — Pitcher Marcus Stroman criticized New York for starting Sunday's game against the Miami Marlins in a steady rain. Stroman's outing lasted just nine pitches …
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Associated Press:
Struggling Washington Nationals get back Kyle Schwarber, Josh Bell, Josh Harrison — WASHINGTON — Kyle Schwarber, Josh Bell and Josh Harrison were reinstated from the injured list Monday by the Washington Nationals, making the team's roster nearly whole again after a coronavirus outbreak …
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Paranoia, mismanagement and office politics: Inside the Eagles' downfall under Jeffrey Lurie, Howie Roseman — Four weeks into the 2019 season, Doug Pederson sat down for his scheduled inquisition. — The Tuesday tribunals with team owner Jeffrey Lurie and general manager Howie Roseman …
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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Boston Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez on a mission to leave 2020's struggles behind — J.D. Martinez suffered through a miserable 2020 season. He hit .213. He ranked 129th out of 142 qualified hitters in weighted on-base average (wOBA). He finished with more strikeouts than hits.
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Tim Locastro breaks record for most stolen bases to start career without getting caught — PHOENIX — Arizona manager Torey Lovullo has often said that Tim Locastro is the fastest man in the majors. You don't have to take his word for it: The video game MLB The Show agrees.
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Peter Gammons / The Athletic:
Yermín Mercedes, Daniel Bard, Rich Hill and baseball's long, winding road — But he was back in business when they set him free againThe road goes on forever and the party never ends. — Robert Earl Keen, Jr. — Yermín Mercedes had a bit of a misunderstanding when it came …
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