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USA Today:
All-Latino baseball team: The best all-time lineup of players born in Latin America at large — As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, USA TODAY Sports put together All-Latino baseball lineups from throughout Latin America. — While it can be fairly easy to assemble a team of major leaguers …
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All-Latino baseball team: The best all-time lineup of players born in Dominican Republic — As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, USA TODAY Sports put together All-Latino baseball lineups from throughout Latin America. — The Dominican Republic has produced some of the greatest players …
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ESPN:
Arizona Diamondbacks give manager Torey Lovullo one-year extension despite 104-loss season — PHOENIX — With a little over a week left in the season and his team with the worst record in the National League at 49-104, Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo was given a one-year contract extension through 2022.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
D-Backs to reassess positional versatility after brutal defensive year — Third baseman Josh VanMeter took a step back and reached up for Jorge Soler's hard grounder in the first inning on Tuesday night. It glanced off his glove and rolled into left field. VanMeter hung his head. It was ruled an error.
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Karen Guregian / Boston Herald:
Alex Guerrero: Bill Belichick didn't evolve with Tom Brady in New England — Tom Brady Sr. shot from the hip Tuesday, and he may have been a little off-target. — On The Patriots Talk podcast, Brady's father spoke about his son being and feeling vindicated for leaving New England …
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Tim Healey / Newsday:
An early look at the Mets' 2022 rotation picture — BOSTON — As the Red Sox turned Fenway Park into a driving range Wednesday, the newest low point in Taijuan Walker's extreme disparities between his early-season and late-season performance, the forward-looking question became relevant again …
Eric-Paul Johnson / San Bernardino Sun:
Inland girls athlete of the week: Marissa Nihei, Santiago — Nihei earned match medalist honors and helped the Sharks win their first two Big VIII League matches of the season — The Inland girls athlete of the week: — Name: Marissa Nihei School: Santiago Sport: Golf — Year: Sophomore
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Associated Press:
St. Louis Cardinals rally from five runs down to sweep Milwaukee Brewers, win 12th in a row — MILWAUKEE — Paul Goldschmidt homered twice, and the St. Louis Cardinals overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-5 on Thursday and extend their longest winning streak in 39 years to 12 games.
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Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
MLB playoff race has brought ‘the joy back’ for the Los Angeles Dodgers' Albert Pujols — LOS ANGELES — A couple of months ago, with the season quickly advancing and clarity lagging behind it, Albert Pujols put it to a vote. He gathered his wife and his five children and went around the room asking each of them the same question:
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Curt Anderson / Daily News:
Day 4 of search in Florida park for Gabby Petito's boyfriend — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Search teams fanned out Wednesday at a Florida wilderness park to look for the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, the young woman who authorities say was killed while on a cross-country trip with him.
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Dan Connolly / The Athletic:
Source: Brandon Hyde will return as Orioles manager in 2022; agreed previously to extension — Manager Brandon Hyde will be back for a fourth season in charge of the Baltimore Orioles, The Athletic has learned. — According to an industry source, Hyde's original contract was amended …
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MLB Trade Rumors, Camden Chat and Orioles News
Tim Keown / ESPN:
The San Francisco Giants just keep surprising us — The San Francisco Giants have been the best team in baseball for nearly six months now, through 151 games, 227 home runs, and at least a million roster moves. And every day of those nearly six months, and each one of the 137 days …
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