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11:45 AM ET, April 14, 2016

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Chris Creamer / Chris Creamer's SportsLogos.Net News …:
MLB Unveils 300 New Looks as 2016 Specialty Uniforms Released  —  Hey, are you ready for this?  We've got 302 new MLB caps and jerseys to show you today.  No I'm serious, strap in.  —  As has been the case for the past decade, every team in Major League Baseball will once again …
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Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:
MLB reveals special event uniforms
Discussion: Bless You Boys and Fish Tank
ESPN:
Adam LaRoche goes deep on his decision to walk  —  ADAM LaROCHE SPEAKS with the kind of certainty that makes doubt seem like a disease.  He can make his argument, and he can make yours too, talking his way through every side of a story like a guy working a piece of furniture down a tight stairwell …
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Aaron Torres / Fox Sports:
Adam LaRoche went undercover in Asia to rescue underage sex slaves
Discussion: Halos Heaven
Jeff Goldberg / WJLA-TV:
Source: Atlanta Braves player arrested for dispute with woman at Ritz Carlton in Arlington  —  Atlanta Braves player Hector Olivera has been arrested for a dispute with a woman at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Arlington, police sources have told ABC7's Jeff Goldberg.
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ESPN:
Braves OF Hector Olivera arrested, accused of assault  —  ARLINGTON, Va. — Police have arrested Atlanta Braves outfielder Hector Olivera after a woman accused him of assault at a hotel outside Washington.  —  Police in Arlington, Virginia, said a woman at the Ritz-Carlton in Pentagon City called them at 6:51 a.m. ET.
Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Twins Place Glen Perkins On DL With Shoulder Strain  —  The Twins have announced that they've placed closer Glen Perkins on the disabled list with a left shoulder strain, and promoted lefty Taylor Rogers to take his place on the active roster.  MLB.com's Rhett Bollinger was first to tweet the news.
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Associated Press:
Twins closer Glen Perkins put on 15-day DL with shoulder strain  —  MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins have placed closer Glen Perkins on the 15-day disabled list with a shoulder injury.  —  The move was made Wednesday before the Twins hosted Chicago, retroactive to Monday.
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Phillies Reliever Daniel Stumpf Receives 80-Game PED Suspension  —  Phillies left-hander Daniel Stumpf, a Rule 5 pick out of the Royals organization, has been suspended for 80 games after testing positive for a banned substance (dehydrochlormethyltestosterone), Major League Baseball announced today.
Discussion: Yahoo Sports and The Good Phight
Brent Lang / Variety:
AMC Entertainment CEO Open to Allowing Texting in Some Theaters  —  Adam Aron has been head of AMC Entertainment for less than four months, but in that short time he's already orchestrated one of the most significant deals in the country's history.  In February, AMC announced that it has an agreement …
Rob Arthur / FiveThirtyEight:
The New Science Of Hitting  —  Statcast is already giving us clues on the best way to hit a baseball.  —  In broadcast booths, on scoreboards and on Twitter, there's a wave of new information sweeping across Major League Baseball.  It tells us that Carter Capps's leaping delivery increases …
Discussion: Tangotiger Blog and Amazin' Avenue
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Cardinals' Marco Gonzales To Undergo Tommy John Surgery  —  Cardinals left-hander Marco Gonzales will undergo Tommy John surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow, Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak confirmed to reporters, including Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Twitter link).
Discussion: NBCSports.com and Viva El Birdos
Justin Tasch / New York Daily News:
Jacob deGrom leaves Mets to be with wife in Florida for birth of couple's first child  —  De Baby is on de way... and so, too, may be some pitching reinforcements from Las Vegas.  —  Jacob deGrom left the Mets Monday for Florida around 3 p.m. when he got the call that his wife is getting ready …
Discussion: Fish Stripes
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August Fagerstrom / FanGraphs Baseball:
This Cubs Lineup Might Be the Most Disciplined Lineup Ever  —  We all know by now about velocity being up league-wide and strikeouts having been on the rise for more than a decade.  If you didn't: welcome to baseball in 2016!  Everyone throws 95 and there's darn near 20 strikeouts a game now.
MLB.com:
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED  —  Bad blood simmering: After Justin Turner was hit by a pitch for the second time in the game, jawing between both dugouts led plate umpire Brian Gorman to talk to both managers.  Turner has been hit by pitches three times in the last week.
Discussion: Dodger Insider
 
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