PHOENIX – The first act of Madison Bumgarner’s baseball career consisted of 11 hugely successful seasons that included three World Series titles with the San Francisco Giants. The 30-year-old left-handed pitcher believes his second act in Arizona can be just as memorable. The Diamondbacks finalized their $85 million, five-year contract […]
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Rakuten seeks to add magic touch to Taiwan’s Monkeys
TAIPEI – The Japanese owner of Taiwan’s first foreign-owned pro baseball club unveiled the new name and uniform of the team on Tuesday, hoping to apply his experience in Japan to attract more fans to the team’s home stadium in Taiwan. Hiroshi Mikitani, founder of e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc., told […]
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Tsutsugo eager to get started with Rays in MLB
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA – Yoshitomo Tsutsugo quickly felt right at home inside Tropicana Field. One day after the Rays announced the completion of a $12 million, two-year contract with Tsutsugo, the former Yokohama BayStars captain began his opening statement at his introductory news conference Tuesday in English. “Thank you so […]
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Rays announce signing of Yoshitomo Tsutsugo
TAMPA, FLORIDA – The Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to a two-year, $12 million deal with Yoshitomo Tsutsugo who was made available to major league teams through the posting system by the DeNA Baystars. The Rays, who will pay a 20 percent release fee of approximately $2.4 million to Tsutsugo’s […]
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Rays announce signing of Tsutsugo
TAMPA, FLORIDA – The Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to a two-year, $12 million deal with Yoshitomo Tsutsugo who was made available to major league teams through the posting system by the DeNA Baystars. The Rays, who will pay a 20 percent release fee of approximately $2.4 million to Tsutsugo’s […]
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Bernie Sanders steps up to plate for minor leaguers
BURLINGTON, IOWA – Take Bernie out to the ball game? Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate, is aggressively opposing a Major League Baseball plan to cut 42 minor league teams across the country after 2020. Among the targeted are the Vermont Lake Monsters, the Single-A affiliate of […]
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Two-time Cy Young winner Corey Kluber traded to Rangers
CLEVELAND – Corey Kluber led by example and excellence in Cleveland. The Texas Rangers are hoping he can do the same for them. The Indians traded the two-time Cy Young Award winner — and their unquestioned ace — over the past six seasons to the Rangers on Sunday, a blockbuster […]
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Out of the park: Babe Ruth’s 500th home run bat fetches more than $1 million
SALVO, NORTH CAROLINA – Babe Ruth may have died more than 70 years ago, but the baseball slugger is still turning out big numbers. The bat he used to hit his 500th home run in 1929 has sold for $1,000,800, officials for SCP Auctions announced on Sunday. The bat, a […]
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Anthony Rendon eager to team up with Mike Trout in Angels’ lineup
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – Anthony Rendon and agent Scott Boras had just wrapped up the third baseman’s $245 million deal to join the Los Angeles Angels last Wednesday when Mike Trout began blowing up his phone. “Based on his exclamation points in his texts, he seemed really excited,” Rendon said with […]
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Yoshitomo Tsutsugo OKs two-year deal with Rays: report
LOS ANGELES – Yokohama BayStars slugger Yoshitomo Tsutsugo has agreed to a two-year contract with the Tampa Bay Rays, according to a Friday report on MLB.com. The deal, not yet announced by the American League club, will reportedly be worth around $12 million once finalized, and will also involve a […]