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All the MLB History Yoshinobu Yamamoto Made With Complete Game in Dodgers’ Game 2 Win

The ace is having a postseason to remember.

Sports Illustrated

The Mets Are Officially Comeback Kings

With yet another late rally during Saturday’s NLDS Game 1 win over the Phillies, New York showed the formula that’s made them baseball’s most dangerous magicians.

Sports Illustrated

Tim Wakefield's Widow Stacy Dies Months After His Passing

Stacy Wakefield, widow of former Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield, passes away at 53, leaving behind a legacy of philanthropy and kindness.

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Red Sox say Tim Wakefield is in treatment for unidentified disease

Wakefield’s illness was outed without his consent by ex-teammate Curt Schilling.

Chicago Sun-Times

Curt Schilling Facing Backlash for Revealing Tim Wakefield Has Cancer

Schilling revealed the personal health news of his former teammate on his podcast on Wednesday.

Sports Illustrated

Anger as Fox News guest says it’s time for someone to ‘pull a trigger’ over drag queens, Trump and ‘the left’

Retired baseball player and conservative commentator Curt Schilling made the statement to Fox News host Jesse Watters

The Independent UK

Bill Madden: With weak Hall of Fame ballot, MLB looking at another shutout

NEW YORK — One year after having washed their hands of Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling, the Baseball Writers Association is faced with one of the weakest Hall of Fame ballots in recent memory — and when it’s all said and done come Jan. 24 there may well…

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Marcus Hayes: Steroid user Alex Rodridguez tops Hall of Fame ballot because Barry Bonds is out

So this is how it goes, I guess. Every year, the Thrill of Christmas will be followed by the Agony of the Vote.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Mets Had No Choice but to Sign Justin Verlander

The three-time Cy Young winner, who turns 40 in February, still has plenty of elite baseball left in him.

Sports Illustrated

McGriff’s Validation Contrasted by Condemnation of Bonds, Clemens

A Hall of Fame committee comprised mostly of baseball executives and players made clear the type of player they do and do not want in Cooperstown.

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Don Mattingly falls short of Hall of Fame as Fred McGriff only player inducted by Contemporary Committee

The Crime Dog is headed to Cooperstown, but Donnie Baseball is not.

Tribune News Service

Fred McGriff Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame by Veterans Committee

A five-time All-Star, McGriff finally gets enshrinement as Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling are denied again by the Contemporary Era committee.

Sports Illustrated

Bonds, Clemens left out of Hall again; McGriff elected

Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling were passed over by a Baseball Hall of Fame committee that elected former big league slugger Fred McGriff to Cooperstown on Sunday

The Independent UK

Former Cub Fred McGriff elected to Hall of Fame; Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens again passed over

Bonds and Clemens have been accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, and support for Curt Schilling dropped after he made hateful remarks toward Muslims, transgender people, reporters and others.

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Bill Madden: Veterans committee can take a stand for character in Hall of Fame vote

NEW YORK — Just when we thought we’d said goodbye to Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens for a while thanks to the Baseball Writers Association last January, they’re coming around again as two of the eight candidates on the Contemporary Era Hall of Fame ballot which will be voted on…

Sports Illustrated

Who We’d Vote for the HOF If We Were on the Veterans Committee

Let’s pretend we’re one of the 16 members voting in Sunday’s Contemporary Baseball Era election.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: MLB’s version of the Supreme Court may have the final word on the ‘Steroids Era’

CHICAGO — After years of debate over the Hall of Fame worthiness of players linked to performance-enhancing drugs, baseball’s Steroids Era stands trial this weekend in San Diego at the 2022 winter meetings.

Sports Illustrated

Bonds, Clemens Headline Baseball Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Era Candidates

Eight candidates no longer eligible for the BBWAA ballot have another opportunity for enshrinement in Cooperstown.

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Hall of Fame committee will consider Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Rafael Palmeiro

Former White Sox slugger Albert Belle is also on the ballot for the Hall of Fame’s contemporary baseball era committee.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | The CFP Race Got a Lot More Interesting

Alabama and Clemson look like they’re done.

Sports Illustrated

How the New MLB Postseason Format Impacts Pitching

Here are the trends and oddities in store for pitchers over the rest of the playoffs.

Reason

Brett Favre Goes on Welfare

How the former NFL quarterback convinced Mississippi to spend its public assistance money on a volleyball facility.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

NBC Sports Philadelphia edits out Pete Rose from Phillies game

PHILADELPHIA — Pete Rose’s profane appearance in the Phillies broadcast booth has been erased by NBC Sports Philadelphia.

The Guardian - US

Gabe Kapler: MLB’s liberal jock in America’s most conservative league

The Giants manager boycotted the national anthem after recent mass shootings. He is somewhat of a rarity in baseball, a sport not noted for its progressive values

Sports Illustrated

WAR Is Not the Solution for Baseball’s Labor Woes

The good news is that Major League Baseball and the MLB Players’ Association met twice this week on consecutive days. And that’s pretty much all the good news from the bargaining table we can cover at this time. There were a handful of interesting developments, some of which were more…

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