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Coronavirus has delayed Opening Day baseball, but one league is still playing: Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League. Here's how to watch games live in English for free
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On the Astros' opening day of springing training, the team delivered an empty apology
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Jessica Mendoza, the glass-shattering baseball broadcaster who is the first woman, in any major American men's team sport, to serve as top color commentator for a national network, never envisioned this: walking through Fenway Park,...
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Baseball player Blake Bivens has spoken out after his wife, son and mother-in-law were found killed at a home in Virginia. Bivens's wife, Emily Bernard Bivens, 25; son, Cullen Bivens, 14 months; and mother-in-law Joan...
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A pitcher's job is to prevent the other team from scoring runs, and he excels at it
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September 28, 2018
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August 2, 2018
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"Halloween is cancelled"
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The unpopular governor can be seen calling the fan a "big shot" in a video recorded by a reporter.
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Chris Christie Is Even Getting Booed at Baseball Games
"Nice to see him get from the beach here to the ballpark"
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New York Mets Apologize After Mr. Met Gives Fan the Finger
“We apologize for the inappropriate action of this employee"
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Baltimore Oriole Adam Jones said he was "called the N-word a handful of times"
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Fans shouted slurs and threw peanuts at Jones
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