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J.P. Hoornstra / Orange County Register:
Rookie journeyman Jhonathan Diaz debuts in Angels' loss to A's — The left-hander allows two runs in 1⅔ innings; Servite grad Cole Irvin earns the win for Oakland — ANAHEIM ― On Aug. 9, 2013, the Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with four prospects from Latin America.
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Whittier Daily News and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Marisa Kendall / Mercury News:
Gov. Newsom abolishes most single-family zoning in California — SB 9 allows up to four units on many single-family lots — In one of his first actions after surviving an election seeking to oust him from office, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday essentially abolished single-family zoning in California …
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Associated Press
Associated Press:
Tatis slugs 39th homer, Padres beat Giants to gain on Cards — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. hit his NL-leading 39th homer, and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 7-4 on Thursday to earn a series split. — The Padres moved within half a game of the idle Cardinals for the second NL wild card at 76-70.
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MLB Baseball News …
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The Athletic:
MLB will require personnel to get COVID-19 vaccine for postseason: Sources — MLB will require managers, coaches, athletic trainers and other non-playing personnel to get the COVID-19 vaccine in order to gain access to the field and other restricted areas in the postseason, sources told The Athletic on Friday.
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MLB Baseball News …, MLB Daily Dish, NBCSports.com, MLB Trade Rumors, Bleacher Nation and Sports Illustrated
J.P. Hoornstra / Orange County Register:
Dodgers sweep Diamondbacks to finish perfect homestand — LOS ANGELES ― Trea Turner hit an unremarkable ground ball to the right side of second base in the sixth inning Wednesday night. The Arizona Diamondbacks' second baseman, Andrew Young, fielded the ball and threw it to first base in a fluid motion.
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Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and Los Angeles Times
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J.P. Hoornstra / Orange County Register:
Dodgers' Max Scherzer-Trea Turner trade already ranks among best ever
Dodgers' Max Scherzer-Trea Turner trade already ranks among best ever
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Whittier Daily News and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Mets losing streak reaches to four games after series opening loss to Phillies — Remember all that drama nearly a week ago, when Francisco Lindor and Giancarlo Stanton exchanged pimped out home runs, jawed at each other, the benches cleared, and the Mets won the series against the Yankees?
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NorthJersey.com and Newsday
Marcia Dunn / Associated Press:
Hawthorne-based SpaceX launches 4 amateurs on private Earth-circling trip — The Dragon capsule's two men and two women are looking to spend three days circling the world from an unusually high orbit — 100 miles higher than the International Space Station — before splashing down off the Florida coast this weekend.
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Daily Breeze
Matt Breen / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Phillies' Didi Gregorius blames COVID-19 vaccine for elbow issues; experts say he's wrong — Phillies shortstop Didi Gregorius blames the worst season of his career on an elbow condition he says developed after he was vaccinated for COVID-19. He claims the shots caused him to develop pseudogout …
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FanSided, New York Post, MLB Trade Rumors and The Good Phight
Alex Speier / The Boston Globe:
Inside the COVID-19 outbreak sweeping through the Red Sox — Through 189 games over two seasons, the Red Sox walked through fire without getting burned. They got through the entire 2020 campaign and nearly five months this season without a single player testing positive for COVID-19 while with the team.
Discussion:
FanGraphs Baseball, NBCSports.com and Boston.com
Ryan Herrera / MLB.com:
Ohtani's arm sore; next start up in air — CHICAGO — The baseball world will have to wait a little longer — or perhaps a lot longer — to see Shohei Ohtani take the mound for the Angels again. — Manager Joe Maddon had stated prior to Tuesday's series opener at Guaranteed Rate Field …
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MLB Baseball News …, NBCSports.com, Halos Heaven, Associated Press and MLB Trade Rumors
ESPN:
Kansas City Royals' Salvador Perez ties Johnny Bench's HR record for catchers — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Royals slugger Salvador Perez tied Johnny Bench's record for homers in a season by a catcher with his 45th in a 7-2 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Thursday.
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
In an Era of Throwers, a Pitcher Remains — Still an ace at 40, Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals is having his best season in years. His secret? “It starts with a game of catch.” — Adam Wainwright is having fun, as expected from a 40-year-old pitcher in a renaissance season.
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Amazin' Avenue and Viva El Birdos
USA Today:
Tarp or tossed? Ump says he didn't ‘eject’ O's grounds crew — Even for baseball fans who've seen everything, this was a bizarre sight: The entire Baltimore Orioles' grounds crew, perched behind the tarp and poised to spring into action as a storm approached, suddenly got told by an umpire to scram.
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MLB Baseball News … and New York Post
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Mets swept by Cardinals as postseason contention all but dead — Pete Alonso strolled to the plate in the seventh inning with runners on the corners. The Mets trailed the Cardinals by four runs, but Alonso could change the story with one swing. He certainly tried, sending a 377-foot fly ball to right field.
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Newsday and NorthJersey.com