The New York Times – Sports:
A deadline looms on an international draft, but players from Latin America, who would be affected more than anyone, are largely absent from union leadership.
Category: Major League Baseball
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Yankees’ Update on Aaron Judge: There Will Be No Updates
The New York Times – Sports:
Hal Steinbrenner, the team’s managing general partner, said that he did not want any contract-related distractions while the team pursued a championship (but that he wouldn’t mind more pitching).
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Dansby Swanson Has Atlanta Braves Surging in NL East
The New York Times – Sports:
Dansby Swanson is leading the way for a team that started slowly but is now hot on the Mets’ heels. If it feels familiar, it should.
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Angels and Mariners Brawl Results in 47 Games of Suspensions
The New York Times – Sports:
Manager Phil Nevin’s 10-game ban was among 47 games of suspensions the league handed out after Sunday’s brawl between Los Angeles and Seattle.
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DOJ Asks Court to Limit Scope of MLB’s Antitrust Exemption
The New York Times – Sports:
In a statement of interest related to an ongoing lawsuit, the government called the exemption an aberration.
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Former Cuban Stars Want to Play in World Baseball Classic
The New York Times – Sports:
Banned from representing their former country, a breakaway group of Cuban major leaguers is pushing to form its own team. Meet the Cubanos.
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Rays Players Undercut Pride Night by Not Wearing Rainbow Logos
The New York Times – Sports:
A day after the Dodgers finally embraced the memory of Glenn Burke — Major League Baseball’s first gay player — a group of Rays players undercut their team’s Pride Night.
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Yankees Beat Tigers in Peacock’s Sunday Morning Game
The New York Times – Sports:
Thanks to an 11:35 a.m. start against Detroit, Yankees players had the rarest of treats: a Sunday afternoon in June with nothing to do but relax.
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Mike Trout Discusses the Angels, and the Fantasy Football Slap
The New York Times – Sports:
Suddenly famous for being the commissioner of a fabulously dysfunctional fantasy football league, Trout also has Los Angeles on track for its first playoff appearance since 2014.