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HISTORICAL FACTS: 3 | History Defined

Cubs pick Mason McGwire, son of ex-Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire, in draft

Mason is a right-handed pitcher out of Capistrano Valley High School in California. The 18-year-old is committed to the University of Oklahoma.

Chicago Sun-Times

SI:AM | The WNBA’s Triple-Double Explosion

Stuffing the stat sheet is becoming increasingly common in the W.

Sports Illustrated

Paul Sullivan: MLB’s ruling on the Josh Donaldson-Tim Anderson incident could have an effect on what’s acceptable trash talk

Modern baseball is boring.

Chicago Tribune

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Marathon Dan: Roan, who’s retiring next week, has done it all in 38 years at WGN

WGN will celebrate Roan all next week on its 9 p.m. newscasts and especially on its “GN Sports” shows at 10:30.

Chicago Sun-Times

Baseball quiz: April showers bring May flowers

They also bring rainouts, which we saw a lot of this month. We also saw too many injuries. But we never see too many questions.

Chicago Sun-Times

Paul Sullivan: Marcus Stroman quickly bonds with the Wrigley Field fans, but his strong Chicago Cubs debut is wasted

CHICAGO — When Marcus Stroman strolled out to the Chicago Cubs bullpen 40 minutes before Sunday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers, he raised his arms over his head and exhorted fans to start cheering early.

Chicago Tribune

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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On Sammy Sosa, the Hall of Fame, and steroids

Sosa’s alleged steroid use kept him from getting into the Hall of Fame. But who is voted in and who is kept out is glaringly inconsistent.

Chicago Sun-Times

Paul Sullivan: Sammy Sosa is off the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. The former Cubs slugger never had a chance.

CHICAGO — Former Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz was the only player on the 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot to be elected by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

Chicago Tribune

Bill Madden: With help from Rob Manfred, David Ortiz gets free pass into Hall of Fame, while others are held to a higher standard

NEW YORK — After wading through the muck of steroids cheats, drug dealer associations, lurid sexual harassment charges, and an alt-right extremist who once called for their lynching, the Baseball Writers Association Tuesday bid good riddance to Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Curt Schilling on their ballot, dealt…

Tribune News Service

David Ortiz elected to Hall; ex-Cub Sammy Sosa misses for 10th and final time on ballot

On Tuesday, Sosa, a seven-time All-Star, received 18.5% of the vote — miles beneath the 75% threshold required for induction.

Chicago Sun-Times

Integrity Still Matters for the Hall of Fame

Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa are about to fall off the ballot, but the judgment of steroid users continues.

Sports Illustrated

Remembering Les Grobstein — and the Lee Elia rant

The radio icon’s death brings back memories of the former Cubs manager’s tirade in 1983 and a column-that-wasn’t two decades later.

Chicago Sun-Times

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