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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
MLB early overreactions: Astros, Nationals unstoppable, Boone and Kapler questionable — Spring training produces unbridled hope, and Opening Day blooms with pageantry, but there's nothing pretty about what we'll call Major League Baseball's extrapolation season.
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New York Post and Deadspin
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Associated Press:
MLB stands behind replay reversal from Tigers-Pirates game — DETROIT (AP) — Major League Baseball is standing behind the replay reversal that took the winning run away from the Detroit Tigers in a game last week against the Pittsburgh Pirates. — Detroit's Nicholas Castellanos …
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
4 takeaways after Detroit Tigers swept on opening weekend — Detroit Tigers bench coach Steve Liddle talks about overturned call in the 10th inning on Opening Day against the Pittsburgh Pirates. They lost in the 13th, 13-10. George Sipple, Detroit Free Press — CONNECT
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Royals Review and Bless You Boys
Detroit Free Press:
Next Slide — What happened: The Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals, 6-1. ... It was their first win of the season. ... Francisco Liriano had an outstanding Tigers debut, allowing one run over 6 2/3 innings, to earn the win. ... The Tigers scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning …
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Waino goes through his paces in bid for home opener — MILWAUKE • Veteran Cardinals righhander Adam Wainwright, residing on the 10-day disabled list against his wishes, went through a plethora of drills Monday morning before the start of the Cardinals' game against the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Mikolas allows three homers but bangs one himself as Cardinals beat Brewers — MILWAUKEE • In his return to stateside baseball, Cardinals righthander Miles Mikolas allowed three home runs Monday to the Milwaukee Brewers, good for all four of their runs.
Steve Gardner / USA Today:
Pitcher Miles Mikolas homers in first game with Cardinals — Major League Baseball fans anxiously awaited this season's arrival of a pitcher coming over from Japan who can also hit homers. — And on Monday, he delivered with his first major league round-tripper.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Rookie Hicks speeds toward prominent role in Cards' retooled bullpen
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Viva El Birdos
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Preview: Cardinals at Milwaukee
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Brew Crew Ball and Viva El Birdos
Daniel Popper / New York Daily News:
Mets' series opener vs. Phillies postponed, rescheduled as single-admission doubleheader on July 9 — The Mets' series opener against the Phillies Monday at Citi Field was postponed because of the snow storm that hit the New York area. — The game has been rescheduled as part …
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Matt Ehalt / Daily Record:
First weekend showed Mets trail Washington in rotation depth — The first weekend of the season showcased one of the noticeable differences between the Mets and the Nationals as they prepare for their first series later this week. — With Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard …
Washington Post:
Pedro Severino joining Nationals in Atlanta as Matt Wieters deals with possible injury
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Talking Chop and Federal Baseball
Christian Red / New York Daily News:
Giancarlo Stanton, forced to delay pinstriped debut, not worried about swing at Yankee Stadium: ‘Think it fits nice’ — During his Marlins playing days in South Beach, Giancarlo Stanton and his teammates rarely had to worry about home openers being postponed unless the Florida rain created a lake in the Marlins Park outfield.
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Dan Arritt / UPI:
Los Angeles Angels hope to end 11-game skid vs. Cleveland Indians — The Los Angeles Angels are 3-1 to start the season for the first time in 10 years and they'll try to snap an 11-game losing streak against the Cleveland Indians when they open a three-game series Monday night at Angel Stadium.
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Halos Heaven
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Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Shohei Ohtani wins pitching debut, leads Angels over A's 7-4
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Baseball Prospectus
Dylan Hernandez / Baltimore Sun:
Angels' Shohei Ohtani has his flaws, but he also has the look of a future superstar
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MLB Baseball News …
Jerry McDonald The Mercury / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Ohtani shines in debut as Angels top A's
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Associated Press
Rotoworld.com:
Daily Dose: Getting his Wings — Getting his Wings — To say that Shohei Ohtani had a tumultuous spring training would be a massive understatement. The 23-year-old came over from Japan with a tremendous amount of fanfare and sky-high expectations. Prior to the start of spring training …
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Tyler Chatwood makes Cubs debut today vs. Reds — Chicago Tribune — Game time temperatures are expected to hover in the high 40s Monday — elements that Tyler Chatwood coped with during his tenure with the Rockies. — After witnessing his first four games with the Cubs …
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Red Reporter
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Alex Butler / UPI:
Bryce Harper hits homer after fan yells ‘overrated’
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Federal Baseball, MLB Baseball News … and Washington Post
Alex Butler / UPI:
Pirates' Moran hits grand slam in first at-bat at PNC Park — Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Colin Moran hit a grand slam Monday in his first at-bat at PNC Park. — Moran, 25, joined the Pirates in January, coming over in a trade from the Houston Astros.
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MLB Baseball News … and Bucs Dugout
Jack Magruder / UPI:
Los Angeles Dodgers, Arizona Diamondbacks open three-game series — PHOENIX — Because of late spring training injuries, Arizona and the Dodgers are working through lineup challenges. — It has been a bit easier on the Diamondbacks than the five-time NL West champion Dodgers …
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True Blue LA
Peter King / Sports Illustrated:
Created with Sketch. — Rumors, factoids, league-meetings leftovers and draft niblets 24 days before the start of the NFL draft: — I know the first question I'd ask Josh Rosen in Cleveland this week. The UCLA quarterback travels to Cleveland to meet with Browns brass this week.
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ProFootballTalk, USA Today, NESN.com, Arizona Sports, Deadspin, The Comeback and TMZ.com
John Fay / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price likes what Cliff Pennington and Phil Gosselin add as bench players — Reds right-hander Sal Romano battled back from a two-run first inning and threw well in six innings against the Washington Nationals on Sunday, April 1, 2018 The Enquirer/Adam Baum
