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Kat O'Brien / New York Times:
I Am Breaking My Silence About the Baseball Player Who Raped Me  —  Kat O'Brien is a former journalist and baseball writer for The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Newsday.  —  I was 22 years old and working as a sports reporter when I was raped by a Major League Baseball player.
Joe McDonald / Worcester Telegram & Gazette:
Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale looks sharp after latest bullpen session at Polar Park  —  WORCESTER — Atmosphere is everything for Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale and he's enjoying his time with the Worcester Red Sox this week at Polar Park.  —  The veteran left-hander is rehabbing from Tommy John surgery …
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Joon Lee / ESPN:
Ranking MLB's City Connect uniforms  —  Major League Baseball and Nike introduced the City Connect series this season to shake up uniform design across the sport in the most dramatic fashion since the league introduced the Turn Ahead the Clock alternates in the late 1990s.
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks escape being no-hit, but lose Carson Kelly to injury in loss to Dodgers  —  Simply losing was not quite brutal enough for the Diamondbacks on Saturday night — nor was losing while flirting with a being no-hit.  Their 9-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers also included a crushing injury.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
‘We are at a little bit of a stress point right now’: Mozeliak believes coaches, players can weather Cardinals current woes  —  ATLANTA — The word executive John Mozeliak used twice in a short answer to describe the fraught, weathered condition of the Cardinals has the benefit of being both noun and verb …
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
Adam Berry / MLB.com:
No. 1 prospect Wander getting called up  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Baseball's best prospect is about to be a big leaguer.  —  Wander Franco, the consensus No. 1 prospect in baseball the past two years, is expected to be called up this week, the club announced on Sunday night.
Charlie Goldsmith / Cincinnati.com:
Joey Votto, David Bell ejected in wild Cincinnati Reds loss in San Diego  —  SAN DIEGO - In a tie game in the bottom of the eighth inning, Cincinnati Reds reliever Heath Hembree thought he was going to silence the crowd.  —  With San Diego Padres shortstop Ha-Seong Kim at the plate with two outs …
Johnny Diaz / New York Times:
College Baseball Player in Virginia Dies After Joint Surgery  —  Sang Ho Baek, 20, “had been battling injuries throughout the season,” a teammate said, and underwent Tommy John surgery, a relatively common procedure for pitchers.  —  A college baseball player died from complications …
University of Oregon Athletics:
Coaches give Zavala fifth All-America honor  —  EUGENE - Aaron Zavala added his fifth All-America honor when the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) named him a first-team selection on Saturday.  —  Zavala is Oregon's third ABCA first-team All-America pick, joining David Peterson (2017) and Jimmie Sherfy (2012).
Discussion: NBCSports.com
Jared Weiss / The Athletic:
An inside look at the factors that led to the inevitable break up between Kemba Walker and the Celtics  —  A behind-the-scenes look at the events leading to the Celtics trading Kemba Walker for Al Horford in Brad Stevens' first move as GM.  —  Jared Weiss 142  —  U.S. Open live updates: Round 3 leaderboard, tee times, and more
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Mets loosen leash on Joey Lucchesi, Edwin Diaz tumbles in walk-off loss to Nationals  —  After spending the past month making his plea to go deeper into games, Joey Lucchesi finally got a longer leash from the Mets.  —  On Friday night, Lucchesi for the first time this season faced an opposing lineup the third time through the order.
Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
Kiley McDaniel's 2021 MLB Mock Draft 2.0 - A new No. 1?  Who gets Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker?  —  We're now about three weeks from the 2021 MLB draft, which begins on Sunday, July 11, and while there's more buzz about specific team preferences, sources think information on this front …
Associated Press:
MLB relaxes COVID protocol restrictions for all vaccinated players and staff  —  NEW YORK — All fully vaccinated players and staff can stop wearing masks in dugouts, bullpens and clubhouses under the latest change to Major League Baseball's coronavirus protocols.
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