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Mark Whicker / Orange County Register:
Marvin Miller's Cooperstown journey began with the 1981 players' strike — Marvin Miller, the late baseball union boss who changed the sport, finally gets his induction into the Hall of Fame — Marvin Miller goes into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday, over his dead body.
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Press Enterprise and Daily News
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William Ricks / ESPN:
Larry Walker's love of SpongeBob immortalized at the Baseball Hall of Fame — Larry Walker, the former Colorado Rockies and Montreal Expos star, is going into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday. He was one of baseball's best hitters in that era, and the 54-year-old set the internet ablaze …
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Denver Post and baseballmusings.com
Emma Baccellieri / Sports Illustrated:
Marvin Miller: The Late, Reluctant Hall of Fame Inductee
Marvin Miller: The Late, Reluctant Hall of Fame Inductee
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The Good Phight, Cardinals News and Royals Review
Jay Jaffe / FanGraphs Baseball:
The Hall of Fame's Class of 2020 Nears the End of a Long Road to Cooperstown
The Hall of Fame's Class of 2020 Nears the End of a Long Road to Cooperstown
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Washington Post and baseballmusings.com
Scott French / Press Telegram:
Press-Telegram boys athlete of the week: Damian Henderson, Jordan — The Jordan junior scored three touchdowns, two on special teams, in a victory over Fairfax — Press-Telegram boys athlete of the week: — Name: Damian Henderson — School: Jordan — Grade: Junior — Sport: Football
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Orange County Register, Daily News, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Breeze and SGV Tribune
Tim Kurkjian / ESPN:
Derek Jeter enters the Hall of Fame - Oral history of the Yankees shortstop's greatest play, The Flip — It is the most iconic, most brilliant play in the career of New York Yankees Hall of Fame shortstop Derek Jeter, the play that personifies his remarkable combination of athleticism, agility and, most important, awareness.
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NBCSports.com and Pinstripe Alley
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Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Wander Franco moves past Mickey Mantle in extending on-base streak — Published Earlier today Updated Earlier today — BOSTON — Wander Franco has earned an impressive place in baseball history, extending his on-base streak Tuesday to 37 games. — That moved him past Yankees legend Mickey Mantle …
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Orange County Register, ESPN, DRaysBay and USA Today
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Associated Press:
Meadows, Rays rally from 6 runs down, beat Bosox 11-10 in 10
Meadows, Rays rally from 6 runs down, beat Bosox 11-10 in 10
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Pinstripe Alley
Adam Berry / MLB.com:
Franco's on-base streak ties Mantle
Franco's on-base streak ties Mantle
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Rays News, CBS Denver and Giants News
Tarek Fattal / Daily News:
Daily News Girls Athlete of the Week: Danica Rach, Sierra Canyon — Rach had a stellar week as she led Sierra Canyon to two league wins — Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. — Daily News Girls Athlete of the Week
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Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Press Telegram and SGV Tribune
ESPN:
New York Yankees' Jameson Taillon placed on injured list; Zack Britton undergoes Tommy John surgery — The New York Yankees have placed right-hander Jameson Taillon on the 10-day injured list because of a partial tendon tear in his right ankle, while reliever Zack Britton is unlikely …
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The Athletic
Jonathan Lansner / Orange County Register:
California exodus? Rents jump inland, flat by the coast — If rent hikes are a popularity measure, well, Eastward Ho! — The “Looking Glass” ponders economic and real estate trends through two distinct lenses: the optimist's “glass half-full” and the pessimist's “glass half-empty.”
ESPN:
MLB Power Rankings Week 22: Where all 30 teams stand as the wild-card races heat up — We're a week into September and there's plenty of question marks in MLB's playoff races. — Which teams battling it out for the two American League wild-card slots will hang tough?
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NBCSports.com and MLB Baseball News …
Shaddi Abusaid / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Braves' Ozuna agrees to diversion program in domestic violence case — Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna on Thursday entered into a negotiated resolution that could result in his domestic violence charges being dismissed.The 30-year-old was arrested in May after Sandy Springs officers reported seeing …
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MLB Trade Rumors and Talking Chop
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Biden faces hard truths of the pandemic ahead of major speech — (CNN)The thing Americans want most from Joe Biden is beyond his power to deliver: an end to the pandemic. — But the President will make a new attempt on Thursday to chart a path out of a national nightmare that is beginning …
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
The second wild card is still within reach, but the San Diego Padres' playoff hopes took a crushing blow — For six innings on Tuesday night, Blake Snell had San Diego Padres fans cheering every first-pitch fastball and standing on their feet for every two-strike wipeout slider.