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Dave Kaval, A’s fan-friendly president, tweets amazement at Las Vegas playoff game, irking base

Since his 2016 hiring as Oakland Athletics president, Dave Kaval relied on a social-media charm offensive and the perception of fan-friendly accessibility to build goodwill with a neglected base and put a smiling face on the occasionally contentious efforts to build a new ballpark within city limits. From his emoji use that has all the trappings of early 2010s Twitter […]

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Bauer eggs on booing SF fans: ‘It just feeds me’

Joined ESPN in 2016 to cover the Los Angeles Rams Previously covered the Angels for MLB.com The boos rained down on Los Angeles Dodgers starter Trevor Bauer as he made his way toward the first-base dugout in the seventh inning from San Francisco, and Bauer figured he might as well embrace it. He cupped his right hand around his right […]

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Braves’ 7-HR game with 2 slams makes history

ATLANTA — Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a grand slam in the second inning off Tyler Anderson, pinch-hitter Ehire Adrianza added another slam in the eighth against position player Wilmer Difo and the Atlanta Braves homered seven times in a 20-1 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Austin Riley homered twice for his first multihomer game, and Ozzie Albies, […]

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New York Yankees turn triple play in top of the ninth then get walk-off win

NEW YORK — After the strikeout-filled pitching duel, after the taught late-inning drama and a Yankees triple play – turned two nights after Corey Kluber’s no-hitter – Aaron Boone’s club completed an electric victory. Gleyber Torres’ ninth-inning single scored Aaron Judge from second base, giving the Yankees a wild, 2-1 win against the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox. And it […]

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Rockies’ Brendan Rodgers comes off IL, to start vs. Diamondbacks – The Denver Post

It’s been a long road for Rockies infielder Brendan Rodgers, but he’s finally back with the big-league club. The club announced Friday that Rodgers has been reinstated from the 10-day injured list where he’s been since straining his right hamstring during spring training. Rodgers is in the starting lineup, batting sixth, for Friday night’s game against Arizona at Coors Field. […]

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AL East race shaping up as a four-way frenzy

Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association Here we are, three weeks into May, 11 days from a traditional measuring stick day in baseball — Memorial Day. While it might be more trope than policy, the truism has always been that it […]

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