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Mercury News:
Last call: A's fans savor team's final game at Oakland Coliseum  —  OAKLAND — After 57 seasons at the Oakland Coliseum, the Athletics' final hours at their East Bay home began under an oppressive pall as baseball fans filtered through the gates on Thursday morning.
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Dieter Kurtenbach / Mercury News:
Billionaire John Fisher stole Oakland's major-league future and blamed A's fans on his way out of The Town
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
White Sox fall to Tigers for MLB-record 121st loss of season  —  DETROIT — They could only avoid it for so long.  —  After a mini winning streak staved off history for a few days, the Chicago White Sox finally succumbed to their 121st loss of the year, the most by a team in a season in modern MLB history.
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CNN:
In pictures: Hurricane Helene unleashes its fury  —  Helene is now a tropical storm after making landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane.  Multiple states have recorded more than a foot of rain, with multiple flash flood emergencies issued in the Southeast, including Atlanta.
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MLB.com:
MLB Gameday: Padres 2, Dodgers 7 Final Score (09/26/2024)  —  Follow MLB results with FREE box scores, pitch-by-pitch strikezone info, and Statcast data for Padres vs. Dodgers at Dodger Stadium
Rick Farlow / Associated Press:
Braves win 3-0 behind Max Fried and Sean Murphy, but Royals still get to celebrate  —  Max Fried pitched three-hit ball over 8 2/3 innings to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 3-0 victory over Kansas City on Friday night, but the Royals still got a chance to pop the corks on their first postseason berth since 2015.
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: Marlins' Skip Schumaker won't return as manager in '25  —  Miami Marlins manager Skip Schumaker will not return to the team in 2025, sources told ESPN, ending his tenure after two seasons and making him among the most coveted free agents this winter.
Katie Woo / New York Times:
The St. Louis Cardinals have lost their way.  Now they must fix their failure  —  Off the bat, Jordan Walker seemed to have a read on the sinking liner hit to right field.  His first step was quick and his route was direct as he sprinted at the ball.  But as he closed in …
ESPN:
Xavier Edwards has MLB's first three-triple game since 2014 as Marlins rout Blue Jays 15-5  —  TORONTO — Xavier Edwards had the first three-triple game in the majors since 2014, Jonah Bride homered twice and the Miami Marlins set a season high in runs by routing the Toronto Blue Jays 15-5 on Friday night.
USA Today:
Salvador Perez's inspiring Royals career gets MLB postseason return: ‘Kids want to be like him’ … Gannett may earn revenue from sports betting operators for audience referrals to betting services.  Sports betting operators have no influence over nor are any such revenues in any way dependent …
Dan Hajducky / ESPN:
Lawsuit filed over ownership of Shohei Ohtani 50/50 ball  —  A fan who says he is the rightful owner of the Shohei Ohtani 50/50 home run ball has filed a civil lawsuit seeking to stop the scheduled auction of the ball, according to court records.  —  Max Matus, 18, filed suit Thursday …
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Juan Arturo Recio / ESPN:
Wander Franco ordered to stand trial in sexual abuse case  —  Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand trial on charges that he sexually abused a minor following a judge's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.  —  Judge Pascual Valenzuela determined that both the accusation …
Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
Yankees wrap up AL East with 10-1 win over Orioles, with Judge hitting 58th homer  —  Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 58th home run, going deep for the fifth straight game to help the New York Yankees wrap up their second AL East title in three years with a 10-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night.
Annie Costabile / Chicago Sun Times:
Sky fire coach Teresa Weatherspoon after one season  —  Less than three years removed from a WNBA title the Sky are looking for their fourth coach.  —  The Sky have fired coach Teresa Weatherspoon less than a year after her hire, according to multiple league sources.
Doug Smith / Los Angeles Times:
UCLA baseball loses its home field — for now — in a lawsuit over its use of veteran land  —  The UCLA baseball program will be locked out of its stadium on veterans' land west of the campus starting at noon today under an order issued by a federal judge late Wednesday.
Associated Press:
Forecast washes out 2 games of Mets-Braves; doubleheader Mon.  —  ATLANTA — The final two games of a crucial series between the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves were postponed Wednesday by heavy rains ahead of Hurricane Helene.  —  Now, a wild-card race that seemed headed to the final …
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
How Braves' decision for Mets series set up nightmare scenario with Hurricane Helene bearing down
Alex Speier / The Boston Globe:
Craig Breslow takes stock of the state of the Red Sox and the team's path forward  —  TORONTO — How to judge the first year of Craig Breslow's tenure as the Red Sox chief baseball officer?  —  There are different ways of evaluating it: How did the team perform relative to expectations that were set last offseason?
 
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