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Lagrange's heat impressed -- but was it the Yankees' biggest 'wow' pitch? Yankees
Lagrange's heat impressed -- but was it the Yankees' biggest 'wow' pitch?
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Dodgers Overcome Slow Start, Win First Game of the Season Dodgers
Dodgers Overcome Slow Start, Win First Game of the Season
A middle-inning rally lifted the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 8-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in their season opener Thursday.
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It was a good (Opening) Day Mets
It was a good (Opening) Day
The Mets are the winningest team in baseball history on Opening Day. That trend continued today at Citi Field, as the Mets defeated the Pittsbirgh Pirates by a
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Amazin' Avenue 18h ago
Sánchez deals, Schwarber, Bohm mash in Phillies' Opening Day triumph Phillies
Sánchez deals, Schwarber, Bohm mash in Phillies' Opening Day triumph
PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies opened their latest season of World Series championship expectations on Thursday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park with one of their
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Nationals 10, Cubs 4: That’s not the way I’ve always heard it should be Cubs
Nationals 10, Cubs 4: That’s not the way I’ve always heard it should be
They might as well have stayed in Arizona. The Cubs got blasted 10-4 by the Nationals on Opening Day, and the weather, well, it was what you would expect for la
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Bleed Cubbie Blue 16h ago
It wasn't easy for Red Sox fans to see Rafael Devers run out onto the field on Opening Night Red Sox
It wasn't easy for Red Sox fans to see Rafael Devers run out onto the field on Opening Night
Boston Red Sox fans saw Rafael Devers' first Opening Day as a San Francisco Giant, and it brought back memories of all kinds.
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