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Torpedo-shaped bats draw attention after Yankees hit team-record 9 homers in rout of Brewers

New torpedo bats drew attention when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695 feet

Torpedo-shaped bats draw attention after Yankees hit team-record 9 homers in rout of Brewers
Sports

Blue Jays put 3-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer on IL because of right thumb inflammation

The Toronto Blue Jays put right-hander Max Scherzer on the 15-day injured list Sunday because of inflammation in his right thumb

Blue Jays put 3-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer on IL because of right thumb inflammation
Sports

Red Sox DH Rafael Devers is 1st big leaguer with 10 strikeouts in 3 games to open a season

Boston Red Sox designated hitter Rafael Devers has become the first major league player to strike out 10 times in the first three games of a season

Red Sox DH Rafael Devers is 1st big leaguer with 10 strikeouts in 3 games to open a season
Sports

Shohei Ohtani ramps up throwing program, but Roberts says MVP isn't close to mound debut for Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani has thrown his first bullpen session since late February, but the reigning NL MVP still has plenty of work to do before he takes the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani ramps up throwing program, but Roberts says MVP isn't close to mound debut for Dodgers
Sports

Judge homers 3 times as Yanks go deep on Cortes' first 3 pitches and hit 9 HRs vs. Brewers

Aaron Judge combined with Paul Goldschmidt and Cody Bellinger to go deep on the first three pitches from Nestor Cortes, then hit two more homers as the New York Yankees set a team record with nine home runs against the Milwaukee Brewers

Judge homers 3 times as Yanks go deep on Cortes' first 3 pitches and hit 9 HRs vs. Brewers
Celebrity|Health|Sports

No longer sick, Dodgers' Mookie Betts hits a pair of '160-pound homers' as he works to gain weight

Mookie Betts is no longer ailing, finally able to keep food down and eating up a storm to pack on the weight that he dropped while battling a stomach virus during the first two weeks of the season

No longer sick, Dodgers' Mookie Betts hits a pair of '160-pound homers' as he works to gain weight
Sports

Juan Soto slugs first homer for Mets in win against Astros

Juan Soto hit his first home run with the New York Mets when he connected in the third inning against the Houston Astros

Juan Soto slugs first homer for Mets in win against Astros
Sports|US

Tyler O’Neill hits record-extending sixth straight Opening Day home run

Tyler O’Neill hits record-extending sixth straight Opening Day home run

Tyler O’Neill hits record-extending sixth straight Opening Day home run
Sports|US

Bryce Harper hears boos again at Nationals Park and homers again on opening day for the Phillies

Bryce Harper has hit his sixth opening-day homer and first as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies

Bryce Harper hears boos again at Nationals Park and homers again on opening day for the Phillies
Sports|US

Devin Williams saves first game with New York Yankees by a whisker

Devin Williams saved his first game with the New York Yankees by a whisker

Devin Williams saves first game with New York Yankees by a whisker
Sports

Juan Soto strikes out with 2 on to end Mets debut and 3-1 loss to Astros

With a chance to make a late splash in his New York Mets debut, Juan Soto came up empty

Juan Soto strikes out with 2 on to end Mets debut and 3-1 loss to Astros
Sports|Technology

A spring training’s worth of the automated ball-strike challenge system: Are robot umps coming to MLB?

A spring training’s worth of the automated ball-strike challenge system: Are robot umps coming to MLB?

A spring training’s worth of the automated ball-strike challenge system: Are robot umps coming to MLB?
Americas|Sports|US

Opening day is here: Juan Soto debuts, Paul Skenes vs Sandy Alcántara, and more

Juan Soto, Blake Snell and Clay Holmes debut for new teams

Opening day is here: Juan Soto debuts, Paul Skenes vs Sandy Alcántara, and more
Sports

Teams successful on 52.2% of ball/strike challenges during spring training robot umpire test

Teams won 52.2% of their ball/strike challenges during the spring training test of robot umpires, and catchers had a markedly better success rate than pitchers

Teams successful on 52.2% of ball/strike challenges during spring training robot umpire test
Sports|Local|News|WrittenByLAPost

Angels release former first-overall pick Mickey Moniak after arbitration

The L.A. Angels have elected to release outfielder Mickey Moniak from his contract after the outfielder won $2 million in arbitration.

Angels release former first-overall pick Mickey Moniak after arbitration
Sports

In the era of big velocities, some pitchers are still finding other ways to succeed

Texas Rangers left-hander Cody Bradford says he realized early in his development that he probably wouldn’t ever possess the type of fastball that causes scouts to take a second look at their radar guns

In the era of big velocities, some pitchers are still finding other ways to succeed
Health|Sports

There's no easy answers for slowing down rising level of pitching injuries at all levels of baseball

Figuring out a cause for the skyrocketing number of arm injuries among pitchers is easy

There's no easy answers for slowing down rising level of pitching injuries at all levels of baseball
Sports

Orioles SS Gunnar Henderson will miss the start of the season because of an intercostal strain

Baltimore Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson will begin the season on the injured list because of a mild right intercostal strain

Orioles SS Gunnar Henderson will miss the start of the season because of an intercostal strain
Crime|Sports|US

Pitcher Julio Urías suspended through the All-Star break by MLB under domestic violence policy

Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías has been suspended through the All-Star break by Major League Baseball under its domestic violence policy with the players’ association

Pitcher Julio Urías suspended through the All-Star break by MLB under domestic violence policy
Asia|Sports

Shohei Ohtani came home as a national hero, and he didn't let Japan down at the Tokyo Series

Shohei Ohtani hit a towering solo homer in his return to Japan, taking Chicago Cubs pitcher Nate Pearson deep with a ball that barely cleared the fence in right-center field and helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 to sweep the two-game series in Tokyo

Shohei Ohtani came home as a national hero, and he didn't let Japan down at the Tokyo Series
Asia|Sports

A 10-year-old boy in Tokyo ended up with Shohei Ohtani's first home run of the season

Sota Fujimori is the luckiest 10-year-old in Japan

A 10-year-old boy in Tokyo ended up with Shohei Ohtani's first home run of the season
Asia|Sports

Shohei Ohtani, Japan's other baseball stars shook their nerves and delivered in MLB's Tokyo opener

Yoshinobu Yamamoto had a little extra zip on his fastball

Shohei Ohtani, Japan's other baseball stars shook their nerves and delivered in MLB's Tokyo opener
Asia|Entertainment|Food|Sports|World

Baseball in Japan looks about the same, but the food and the vibe are different

The jammed sellout at the Tokyo Dome as the Dodgers and Cubs opened their regular season had a different vibe than the usual MLB game

Baseball in Japan looks about the same, but the food and the vibe are different
Asia|Business|Sports|World

‘This is baseball country’: MLB season gets underway in Japan as national hero Shohei Ohtani inspires Dodgers’ win over Cubs

‘This is baseball country’: MLB season gets underway in Japan as national hero Shohei Ohtani inspires Dodgers’ win over Cubs

‘This is baseball country’: MLB season gets underway in Japan as national hero Shohei Ohtani inspires Dodgers’ win over Cubs

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