NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is introducing some of its most radical rules next season, adopting a pitch clock and limiting defensive shifts after concluding modern analytics created a slower, less entertaining sport. The decisions were made Friday by the sport’s 11-man competition committee over the unanimous opposition of the panel’s four players. …
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CHICAGO — As Yadier Molina explained his decision to leave the Cardinals in the middle of a road trip to attend to what he and the team called “business” concerns in Puerto Rico, it became increasingly clear how much of that choice was personal. Molina left the Cardinals for two days to be present Saturday …
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CHICAGO — The importance of the home run to history was obvious when even a bleacher creature at Wrigley Field didn’t dare follow tradition and toss that baseball back on the field. The importance of the homer to the moment was clear on the scoreboard. Albert Pujols led off the seventh inning with a solo …
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It’s AJ Preller’s world, and the rest of the baseball industry is just living in it. OK, maybe that’s an overstatement. But true to form, Preller is pursuing a dizzying number of deals and seems virtually certain to make at least one major move before Tuesday’s trade deadline at 6 pm ET. Will it be …
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