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fda.gov:
Snyder's-Lance Announces Voluntary Recall of a Limited Number of Emerald® Cashew Roasted & Salted Halves & Pieces Due to Potential Presence of Glass … For Immediate Release — Consumers — Snyder's-Lance, Inc. is initiating a voluntary recall for a limited amount …
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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Games of the Day — The 2016 MLB season gets underway at 1 PM EDT as the Cardinals visit the Pirates. The Cardinals won the NL Central in 2015, with the Pirates just two games behind. Both lost the third place Cubs (three back of the Cardinals) in the NL playoffs.
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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Opening Night draws curtain for World Series rematch
Opening Night draws curtain for World Series rematch
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Paul Lukas / ESPN:
Fan buys Edinson Volquez's ‘wrong’ cap from Royals' opener
Fan buys Edinson Volquez's ‘wrong’ cap from Royals' opener
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Associated Press:
Royals hold off Mets in opening rematch of World Series
Royals hold off Mets in opening rematch of World Series
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Andrew Both / Reuters:
Hard-Luck Cubs Open Season as World Series Favorites
Hard-Luck Cubs Open Season as World Series Favorites
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Anthony Rieber / Newsday:
Yankees face nemesis Dallas Keuchel in opener against Astros … Meet the 2016 Yankees … Yankees — Scouting the 2016 Yankees … Yankees — Yankees Opening Day fun facts
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Opening Day postponed to Tuesday for Astros-Yankees, Red Sox-Indians — Opening Day has to wait for fans of four Major League Baseball teams, as unexpected wintry weather led to a pair of postponements Monday. — The Houston Astros' opener at Yankee Stadium against the New York Yankees …
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Elyssa Kirkham / GOBankingRates:
Ranked: Most and Least Expensive Stadiums for MLB Fans to Watch a Baseball Game — The 2016 Major League Baseball season opened April 3 with exciting matchups including a 2015 World Series rematch between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Mets and some not-so-exciting costs for fans.
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Yahoo Sports:
Source: Gregory Polanco, Pirates agree to five-year extension — Gregory Polanco and the Pittsburgh Pirates agreed on a five-year contract extension with two club options that locks in the prime years of the young outfielder, something with which the Pirates have found significant success in recent years …
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Texas Rangers turn to big-game starter Cole Hamels for 2016 opener — Teammates say they will have true ace on mound Hamels' big-game legacy started in 2007 playoffs Left-hander finished spring with his best outing — ARLINGTON — With all due respect to the Texas Rangers pitchers …
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NBC Bay Area:
California Highway Patrol Officer Rescues Wayward Chihuahua After Chasing It Across Bay Bridge — Highway patrol officers noticed the small dog on the bridge's north side catwalk heading toward San Francisco — California Highway Patrol officers gave chase to an unlikely suspect early Sunday — a Chihuahua.
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Julia Greenberg / Wired:
Yahoo Is Now Streaming Live MLB Games, for Free — It's opening day for most Major League Baseball teams today, and you're ready to eat some Cracker Jacks and catch America's favorite pastime. Sure, you could buy a ticket and head to a stadium. You could turn on your TV and flip through the channels.
Associated Press:
Nick Markakis called out via Utley Rule after wide slide into 2nd — ATLANTA — Major League Baseball's new “Chase Utley Rule” has cost the Atlanta Braves a baserunner in their opening game against the Washington Nationals. — Max Scherzer walked Nick Markakis to lead off the seventh inning Monday.
ESPN:
Marlins' Mike Dunn to start season on DL — Miami Marlins left-handed reliever Mike Dunn will begin the season on the disabled list with a forearm strain, the team announced Sunday. — It is the first time Dunn has been placed on the disabled list in his career. — The move Sunday was retroactive to March 25.
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Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Cuban Second Baseman Jose Miguel Fernandez Cleared To Sign — Jose Miguel Fernandez took another step closer to starting his major league career today, with Major League Baseball declaring the Cuban second baseman a free agent. — Fernandez, 27, ranked as the No. 3 player …
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Fox Sports:
Pollock emerges from ‘nightmare,’ Diamondbacks move on — PHOENIX (AP) A.J. Pollock emerged as one of baseball's best players a year ago. Now the Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star center fielder is out for the foreseeable future after fracturing his right elbow in a head-first slide at home plate in an exhibition game Friday night.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
A.J. Pollock To Undergo Surgery For Fractured Right Elbow
A.J. Pollock To Undergo Surgery For Fractured Right Elbow
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