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Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Most, but not all, Rays show their LGBTQ+ support — With rainbow-colored logos added to their jerseys and caps for Pride Night, players had to make a choice about opting in. — ST. PETERSBURG — The Rays' organizational philosophy toward equality and inclusiveness extends toward the LGBTQ+ community …
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LaMond Pope / Chicago Tribune:
‘It was a special one’: Jake Burger's pinch-hit homer in the 8th lifts the Chicago White Sox to a 3-2 win at Tampa Bay — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jake Burger told himself to be smooth and calm when he hit for Reese McGuire in the eighth inning Saturday against the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Orange County Register and Pinstripe Alley
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Josh Donaldson's walkoff sac fly beats Tigers in 10th; Joey Gallo homers as Yanks extend win streak — The Yankees needed Josh Donaldson's 10th-inning walk-off sacrifice fly to pull it out, but Sunday's 5-4 win over the Tigers might be something the Bombers can really build on.
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MLB.com, USA Today, New York Post, Mercury News, Yankees News and New Jersey Online
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Aaron Judge blasts another, Luis Severino delivers a gem as Yankees beat Tigers, 3-0 — Aaron Judge wasted no time on Saturday. The Yankees slugger took the first pitch he saw from Tigers rookie Beau Brieske and drove it deep into the right-center field seats.
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Mercury News
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Gerrit Cole flirts with perfection, Aaron Judge crushes another homer as Bombers blast the Tigers
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Pinstripe Alley and Mercury News
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Pete Alonso enters top 10 on Mets' all-time home run list with two-dinger night against Dodgers — LOS ANGELES — Pete Alonso gave Dodger fans a sneak peek of what he'll be doing here in just over a month, when he'll enter Chavez Ravine as the two-time defending Home Run Derby champion.
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Amazin' Avenue, Orange County Register and Daily News
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Mike Lupica / New York Daily News:
Buck Showalter is the perfect man for this moment with the Mets — At the beginning with the Mets the manager, Casey Stengel, was the headliner because the Mets were so historically bad. All this time later Buck Showalter is one of the headliners for this Mets season because the Mets are good again.
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Mercury News
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Mets bats manage just 5 hits against Dodgers in second-straight loss
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New York Post
Jeff Howe / The Athletic:
Patriots minicamp: Matt Patricia or Joe Judge calling plays? Sorting out offensive tackle — With the Patriots set to conduct their three-day minicamp this week at Gillette Stadium, let's run through some key topics about the team. — Offensive changes
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Sports Illustrated, Union-News, ProFootballTalk, Patriots Wire, Boston Herald and New York Post
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Nightengale's Notebook: Atlanta knows it can rally through World Series hangover, but ‘last year is last year’ — The reigning champions have fallen way behind in the NL East, but see the parallels to their comeback season last year. — PHOENIX — Atlanta manager Brian Snitker laid down in his hotel bed …
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MLB Baseball News …, New Jersey Online, Phillies Nation, Cubs Insider and Bleacher Nation
Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
Heat's Pat Riley addresses offseason plans, Herro as starter, Lowry conditioning, Adebayo improvement — MIAMI — Miami Heat President Pat Riley held his annual State of the Heat postseason media session Monday at FTX Arena. — Among the topics he addressed eights days after his team …
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Mercury News and Boston Herald
Tommy Birch / Des Moines Register:
Robel Garcia, a standout in Triple-A Iowa, leaving Chicago Cubs organization to play overseas — As Robel Garcia turned in a dominant May performance at the plate, Chicago Cubs fans started calling for the infielder to get promoted for Triple-A Iowa and get a second shot in the big leagues with the organization.
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On Tap Sports Net, MLB Trade Rumors and Bleacher Nation
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Meghan Montemurro / Chicago Tribune:
Brennen Davis — the top prospect in the Chicago Cubs organization — has back surgery
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MLB Trade Rumors, Bleed Cubbie Blue and Bleacher Nation
Sahadev Sharma / The Athletic:
Cubs top prospect Brennen Davis undergoes back surgery: Sources
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Cubs Insider
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Caleb Kilian impresses in his 1st big-league start — bringing to mind previous Chicago Cubs debuts — Caleb Kilian's much-anticipated start Saturday night at Wrigley Field rekindled memories of similar Chicago Cubs debuts, from Jeff Pico to Kyle Hendricks.
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Cubs Insider, Bleacher Nation, Orange County Register, Bleed Cubbie Blue, The Athletic, NBCSports.com and Chicago Sun-Times
José M. Romero / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks' Nick Ahmed shut down indefinitely due to continuing shoulder problem — PITTSBURGH —On top of COVID-19 symptoms, Diamondbacks infielder Nick Ahmed was also working his way back from a recurring right shoulder injury. With his stamina and energy starting to come around …
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MLB Trade Rumors
ESPN:
Philadelphia Phillies fire manager Joe Girardi after 22-29 start — MLB, Philadelphia Phillies — The Philadelphia Phillies have fired manager Joe Girardi, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski announced Friday. — The move was made with the Phillies at 22-29 …
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Bless You Boys and baseballmusings.com
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