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Baker Wins in Debut, Nationals Beat Rays' Top Young Pitcher — PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Dusty Baker wound up a winner in his debut as Washington's manager when the Nationals roughed up top Tampa Bay Rays pitching prospect Blake Snell for a 6-2 victory Wednesday. — Baker last managed with Cincinnati in 2013.
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Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays trip to Cuba for March 22 exhibition finally set
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Bill Chastain / MLB.com:
Exhibition game scheduled vs. Cuban National Team in Havana in first MLB club visit to nation since 1999
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Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays' Stuart Sternberg: Corporate support key for new stadium
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Daniel Trotta / Reuters:
Tampa Bay Rays to Play in Havana During Obama Visit
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Aroldis Chapman suspension delivers right message — Thirty games is the right fit for all parties. — This is a win. — A win for commissioner Rob Manfred, who issued a 30-game suspension to Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman in his first act under baseball's new joint domestic-violence policy.
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Meg Rowley / Baseball Prospectus:
Players Prefer Presentation — The Chapman Precedent — Aroldis Chapman received a 30-game suspension from Major League Baseball on Tuesday. In some ways, his case is a lot like many other domestic violence cases: Witnesses gave conflicting statements; the details were alarming, but hard to parse.
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Associated Press:
Teixeira Plays for First Time Since Injury, Yanks Top Tigers — TAMPA, Fla. — Mark Teixeira went 0 for 1 and walked in his first game since missing the final month last season with a right shin injury and the New York Yankees beat a Detroit Tigers split squad 10-9 Wednesday.
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Allison Yang / New York's PIX11:
Family mourns transgender woman who died after eating seeds from ‘suicide tree’ — CALUMET CITY, Ill. — A mother of a 22-year-old transgender woman is warning other parents to beware of a deadly seed from an Asian plant called the “suicide tree.” — Two weeks ago, Natosha Anderson found …
Howard Sheppard / WPMT FOX43:
86-year-old woman accidentally hangs herself with medical alert necklace — CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. - An 86-year-old Cumberland County woman is dead after she trips and is accidentally hanged by her medical alert necklace. It happened on February 15. — County Coroner Charles Hall …
Rustin Dodd / Kansas City Star:
Royals, catcher Salvador Perez agree to new five-year, $52.5 million contract — He'll become a free agent after the 2021 season Royals had held three club options on Perez after this season — “He's out-performed that contract. He's an underpaid player in the game.” — rdodd@kcstar.com
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Cardinals Extend Kolten Wong — The Cardinals have announced an extension with 25-year-old second baseman Kolten Wong. Wong, a client of PSI Sports Management, will reportedly be guaranteed $25.5MM over five years, beginning in 2016. The contract also includes a $12.5MM option …
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Kurt Badenhausen / Forbes:
The World's Richest Sports Team Owners 2016 — Sports teams have long been toys of the rich and famous. But with franchise valuations soaring thanks to sky-high TV contracts, the entry price for the exclusive owners club has risen dramatically. Most owners made their fortunes before joining …
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Associated Press:
Byung Ho Park Struggles in Debut; Twins Beat Red Sox 7-4 — FORT MYERS, Fla. — South Korean slugger Byung Ho Park struck out three times in his exhibition debut, Phil Hughes breezed through two scoreless innings and the Minnesota Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4 on Wednesday in the teams' Grapefruit League opener.
Greg Johns / MLB.com:
Moyer arrives at camp to work with pitchers — PEORIA, Ariz. — The Mariners will open Cactus League play on Wednesday against the Padres with one notable absence, as designated hitter and right fielder Nelson Cruz will be sidelined temporarily due to a sore left knee.
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Robert Klemko / SI.com:
New revelations in Peyton Manning/Jamie Naughright saga — The MMQB staff writer Robert Klemko discusses the latest developments in the Peyton Manning, Jamie Naughright story. — LAKELAND, Fla. — In the case of Peyton Manning and Dr. Jamie Naughright and what happened in a University …
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