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Cardinals' Albert Pujols hits 700th home run, becoming 4th player to reach the mark

Playing the final days of his last big league season, the 42-year-old Pujols joined Barry Bonds (762 homers), Hank Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714) in one of baseball's most exclusive clubs.

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St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols 'chases' baseball history: 700 home runs

The 42-year-old is in his final Major League season and is hoping to join three baseball legends in reaching 700 home runs. Only Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds have done it. Pujols has 698.

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Gene Collier: Boy, will Albert Pujols miss PNC Park

PITTSBURGH — By next Sunday, if it hasn't already, the looming launch of the NFL season will have fully swallowed what remains of our baseball consciousness around here.

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Venus and Serena Williams became great through unity. A shared farewell was perfect

Serena is still alive in the singles draw but the siblings’ appearance in the doubles was a reminder of what they achieved together as a team

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Benjamin Hochman: Joe Medwick's family shares feelings on Paul Goldschmidt's Triple Crown quest for Cardinals

With September warming up in the bullpen, the surreal will soon flirt with reality. Paul Goldschmidt could accomplish something that hasn’t been done since the Great Depression.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Dodgers make it a day to remember with Negro Leagues museum visit and 12th consecutive win

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A day brimming with an appreciation for the past eventually had the Dodgers cherishing the present and peering excitedly into a future that gets more promising with every game. Call it a win, win, win.

Los Angeles Times

Iconic broadcaster Vin Scully was baseball’s merry poet laureate and so much more

Vin Scully, the LA Dodgers broadcaster who died on Tuesday at 94, leaves behind a towering legacy: gone is a paragon of joy in a world of anger and calm in a time of chaos

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Nick Canepa: Vin Scully brought vocal hospitality and flawless delivery to baseball fans

SAN DIEGO — Vin Scully was baseball's Sinatra, a man who sang the song of the game with great timing and phrasing, without blowing a lyric, or dangling a participle. But unlike Frank, when Vinny approached the final innings, his pipes, his chops, his instrument, never failed him.

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Vin Scully, forever the voice of the Dodgers, dies at 94

LOS ANGELES — The way Vin Scully called a baseball game, it felt like bumping into an old friend. There were stories to tell and memories to share, his soothing banter as familiar as green grass and warm breezes on a sunny afternoon.

Los Angeles Times

Vin Scully's top calls from a Hall of Fame career

Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully called thousands of games involving the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers during his 67 years in the booth

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Vin Scully, the famed Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster, dies at 94

The longtime Dodgers broadcaster was known for his quick wit, keen insight and deep baseball knowledge. His distinct voice was a joy to listen to and for a half-century he was Dodgers baseball.

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Austin Riley’s new 10-year deal most lucrative in Braves’ history

Years ago, Brian Bridges, then the Braves’ scouting director, went to a field to watch high school senior Austin Riley. At the time, most of the industry viewed Riley as a pitcher, but the Braves found themselves intrigued with his raw power.

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Austin Riley walks it off as Braves sweep D-Backs

ATLANTA — Max Fried and Merrill Kelly were at the forefront of the Braves and Diamondbacks’ Sunday matinee. Both starters pitched seven scoreless innings, resulting in a low-scoring affair that ended with a walk-off from a player who’s the hottest in baseball right now.

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Sports Saturday baseball quiz: Please, don’t trade me

Imagine if we could be dealt just like major-leaguers. Actually, I’d rather not.

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Rickey Henderson’s quest for respect and the dawn of MLB’s big money era

In an extract from his new book on the Hall of Famer, Howard Bryant explores how fans and athletes reacted as serious money entered baseball

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Man-ly milestone for Pujols, homer from Dickerson back Mikolas to oust Phils

ST. LOUIS — If there is to be a fifth player plucked from the Cardinals’ roster and added to next week’s All-Star Game, the sage choice would be starter Miles Mikolas.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Benjamin Hochman: Humble and hungry Pujols ties Musial for extra-base hits, leads Cardinals to needed win

In St. Louis, as sports fans do, you can weigh the Albert Pujols experiment (having him take a roster spot the entire 2022 season) vs. the Albert Pujols experience (getting to partake in standing ovations and take in the moment when he thwacks a fastball).

Chicago Sun-Times

Summertime, and the singing is easy. But is this quiz?

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Social media spreads rumours about COVID vaccine harms, but it doesn't always start them

For decades, anti-vaccine movements have generated and spread rumours that vaccines cause serious health problems. The rollout of COVID vaccines has provided new opportunities to spread misinformation.

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Miguel Cabrera got welcomed to the 3,000 hit club by some of sport’s biggest legends

What a party for one of the best of all time.

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The Cleveland Indians changed their team name – what's holding back the Atlanta Braves?

In October 1995, as the Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves prepared to face off in the World Series, a group of Native Americans rallied outside Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium to protest what they called both teams’ racist names and mascots. Some protesters carried signs, including one that said, “Human beings as…

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Bob Wojnowski: We’ll never see anyone like Cabrera again, an authentic, artistic original

DETROIT — The bat met the ball, as it has so many times, with a sharp crack. And the man met the moment, decades in the making, then hours in the making, the legend officially bronzed on a brilliant day, in a perfect way.

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Tigers' Miguel Cabrera delivers 3,000th hit — and cements his place among MLB's greats

DETROIT — Commission the statue, clear space on the Comerica Park bricks and alert the Hall of Fame.

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Braves receive their 2021 World Series rings in pregame ceremony

ATLANTA — The wait ended Saturday: The Braves received their 2021 World Series rings in a pregame ceremony at Truist Park. The event began 20 minutes before the Braves hosted the Reds in the third contest of a four-game opening weekend series.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ben Frederickson: Games 2-162 will be ripe for debating Pujols' playing time. Sit back and enjoy opening day.

JUPITER, Fla. — A short list of historic names and one circled number found on Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol’s notes hinted at the news he was prepared to announce Monday morning.

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