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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers fire manager Chris Woodward in midst of fourth straight losing season — The Rangers are on pace for another 90-loss season. — ARLINGTON — From the time the Rangers finally got to spring training, Chris Woodward was direct. There would be no excuses.
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NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, MLB Trade Rumors, Lone Star Ball, MLB Baseball News … and Bleacher Nation
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Texas Rangers fire manager Chris Woodward amid season of dissatisfactory progress — The Texas Rangers fired manager Chris Woodward on Monday amid a season of dissatisfactory progress despite the investment of more than a half-billion guaranteed dollars in the free agent market over the winter, the team announced.
Discussion:
Sports Illustrated and baseballmusings.com
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: Texas Rangers fire manager Chris Woodward amid season of dissatisfactory progress — The Texas Rangers fired manager Chris Woodward on Monday amid a season of dissatisfactory progress despite the investment of more than half a billion guaranteed dollars in the free agent market over the winter …
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New York Post
Associated Press:
Rangers fire manager Chris Woodward after four seasons at the helm — ARLINGTON, Texas - The Texas Rangers fired manager Chris Woodward on Monday, with the team on pace for its sixth consecutive losing season and fourth since he took over the team. — The move came with Woodward …
Discussion:
MLB | NBC Sports, MLB Baseball News … and Athletics Nation
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Fernando Tatis Sr. says ‘all of baseball’ loses with son suspended 80 games for ‘something so insignificant’ — Fernando Tatis Jr.'s father backed up his son's claim that he violated Major League Baseball's drug policy because of a steroid that was contained within a ringworm medication and called it …
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Associated Press:
San Diego Padres manager Bob Melvin says Fernando Tatis Jr. ‘remorseful’ about PED ban — WASHINGTON — San Diego Padres manager Bob Melvin reached out to suspended All-Star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. in a phone call Saturday and said the player “feels remorseful.”
Discussion:
Yardbarker, NBCSports.com and MLB Baseball News …
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. suspended 80 games after testing positive for PED
Discussion:
The Good Phight, Lookout Landing and Purple Row
Buster Olney / ESPN:
‘What the hell are they doing up there?’ Making sense of the Boston Red Sox in 2022 and beyond — On the eve of the trade deadline, a Red Sox player sat on a table inside the visitors clubhouse in Houston, glancing at his phone and scrolling for news, waiting for some indication of the team's plans.
Discussion:
audacy.com and NBCSports.com
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Joon Lee / ESPN:
BooBenny? Hardly. Andrew Benintendi gets rare ovation for a Yankee at Fenway Park — The questions about how Red Sox Nation would receive Andrew Benintendi upon his return to Fenway Park as a member of the New York Yankees were in full force Friday, the day the latest rivalry series was due to begin.
Discussion:
Pinstripe Alley
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Clay Holmes blows save as Yankees woes continue with 3-2 loss to Red Sox in 10
Discussion:
Pinstripe Alley
Andy Kostka / Baltimore Sun:
Jorge Mateo's leadoff double in 9th spoils Rays pitcher Drew Rasmussen's bid for perfect game in Orioles' 4-1 loss — ExpandAutoplay — 1 of 6 — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The anticipation of the moment grew around Tropicana Field. As Drew Rasmussen trotted to the mound for the ninth inning …
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Tampa Bay Times, MLB.com, Orange County Register and Sports Illustrated
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David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Tua Tagovailoa, Tyreek Hill among 20-plus Dolphins sitting out preseason opener at Buccaneers — TAMPA — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa indeed is not playing the team's preseason opener on Saturday night against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. — The Dolphins listed Tagovailoa among …
Discussion:
Orange County Register
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LaMond Pope / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago White Sox move 3 games over .500 for the 1st time since April 17 after sweeping the Detroit Tigers — The Chicago White Sox were in third place in the American League Central when they began a stretch of 19 straight games against sub-.500 teams July 26 in Colorado.
Discussion:
Orange County Register and South Side Sox
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James Wagner / New York Times:
Precious Leather — Major leaguers form deep relationships with their gloves. You can look, you can touch, but don't even think about trying it on. — LOS ANGELES — When Seattle Mariners third baseman Eugenio Suárez misses a ground ball, he shoves his face into his glove …
Discussion:
True Blue LA and Lookout Landing
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Adam Wainwright was convinced he would throw a no-hitter for Cardinals, who lose in 10th — As hitter after hitter for the Milwaukee Brewers retreated to the bench unsatisfied Saturday night, the Busch Stadium crowd was feeling it. Would it be the first no-hitter pitched here by the Cardinals …
Discussion:
baseballmusings.com
