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MLB bringing back in-game video for players
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Monday, 01 March 2021 16:22
For Chris Owings' first seven years in the majors, he could pop into the video room to take a look at his at-bats during a game.Then last season, the utility infielder for the Colorado Rockies had to make due with a printout."You'd come back in the dugout and you'd say, 'Hey where was that pitch at?'" Owings said Monday. "It…
Alderson: Mets' vetting of Callaway 'shortsighted'
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Monday, 01 March 2021 09:13
New York Mets president Sandy Alderson says his organization was shortsighted in its hiring process while vetting former manager Mickey Callaway, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by five women in a recent report by The Athletic."When we hired Mickey, Mickey was the hot commodity," Alderson said Monday. "There were a number of teams that were anxious to talk…
The most interesting non-roster invitee for all 30 MLB teams
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Monday, 01 March 2021 04:46
My least favorite thing of late February: Shoveling snow for the seventh time in the month. My favorite thing: My annual scroll through all the non-roster invitees to spring training. While every team brings many of its top prospects to major league camp, it's the veterans who make these lists interesting. You have those coming off injuries, those hoping for…
Mancini gets ovation, hit in return from cancer
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Sunday, 28 February 2021 16:41
Trey Mancini received a standing ovation and applause from both dugouts Sunday during his first live at-bat after missing the 2020 season while recovering from Stage 3 colon cancer.When the Baltimore Orioles' first baseman came up in the first inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates, he drew a nice round of applause as he approached the batter's box and waved to…
Vi Ripken, matriarch of famed O's family, dies
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Sunday, 28 February 2021 19:11
ABERDEEN, Md. -- Vi Ripken, matriarch of the famed Orioles family that includes Hall of Fame son Cal Ripken Jr., has died. She was 82.Family spokesman John Maroon said Sunday that she died on Friday, a day before her birthday, in Aberdeen, where a youth stadium carries the Ripken name.Violet and Cal Ripken Sr. married in 1957, and he spent…
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