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Cubs postpone game due to snow while White Sox play — The Chicago Cubs caught some grief from Chicago White Sox fans for postponing Monday's home opener due to snow while their cross-town rivals played, but a South Side groundskeeper said that the North Side team made the right call.
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Chicago Sun-Times, CBS Chicago and USA Today
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Smith ties career high with 4 hits, Rays beat White Sox 5-4 — CHICAGO (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays finally pulled out a close game to win for the first time since their opener. And they were more than a little relieved to stop the slide. — “You probably can't overstate it,” manager Kevin Cash said.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Photos: Cardinals lose to Brewers in 10 innings — The air was cold, the crowd was small, and Milwaukee broke a 4-4 tie in the 10th inning to post a 5-4 win, handing the Cardinals their third loss in four games on this home stand. — St. Louis Cardinals v Milwaukee Brewers St. Louis Cardinals v Milwaukee Brewers
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Bucky Dent / UPI:
Cardinals, Holland take aim at Brewers — As first impressions go, Greg Holland's debut with the St. Louis Cardinals Monday night wasn't the one for which he hoped. — The team's new closer made his debut in a tie game in the 10th inning against the Milwaukee Brewers and walked four …
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals notebook: Holland assumes late-game duties — Cardinals manager Mike Matheny, explaining before the season how he planned to deploy his bullpen, said any number of his pitchers could turn up as closers. “We didn't have an idea of who was going to close out games,” admitted Matheny on Monday night.
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Brewers beat Holland, Cardinals 5-4 in 10th
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Associated Press, MLB Baseball News … and Brew Crew Ball
Associated Press:
LEADING OFF: Yankees-Red Sox ramp up, Ohtani could return — A look at what's happening all around the majors today: — BEST OF 19 — Giancarlo Stanton and J.D. Martinez get their first swings in the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry when aces Luis Severino and Chris Sale start at Fenway Park …
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Over the Monster
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Boone, Cora scout each other's rosters as Yanks, Sox battle in Boston — BOSTON — Fans here don't think much anymore about the home run Aaron Boone tucked just inside Yankee Stadium's left-field foul pole in October 2003. — The Boston Red Sox, after all, have won three World Series since then …
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The Atlantic, FiveThirtyEight and MLB Baseball News …
Associated Press:
Baseball roundup: Scherzer steals base, throws 5th shutout — Scherzer steals base, throws 5th shutout — Max Scherzer stole the first base of his professional career and allowed only two singles in his fifth big league shutout, and the Nationals ended a five-game losing skid while getting …
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Howard Fendrich / Associated Press:
Max Scherzer steals base, tosses shutout against Braves — WASHINGTON - Max Scherzer's fifth big-league shutout was all well and good, of course. His 10 strikeouts and zero walks Monday were terrific, too. — The most memorable part of the night for the two-time reigning NL Cy Young Award winner …
UPI:
Rockies hope to end rocky start at home vs. Padres — DENVER — The path to the postseason for the Colorado Rockies is fairly straightforward. They must dominate at Coors Field and stay around .500 or a tad better on the road. — Indeed, the two times the Rockies had a winning record …
Kerry Crowley / Mercury News:
Giants' offense struggles again, wastes solid outing from Holland in loss — SAN FRANCISCO-During the first weekend of the season, the Giants could point to Joe Panik as their catalyst as he single-handedly willed the offense in a pair of 1-0 victories over the Dodgers.
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MLB Baseball News … and McCovey Chronicles
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. San Francisco Giants
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AZ Snake Pit
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. San Francisco Giants
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MLB Baseball News …
Associated Press:
Verlander dominates over 7 innings, Astros beat Twins 2-0 — MINNEAPOLIS — Facing Joe Mauer with runners at the corners and no outs, Justin Verlander reached back for a fastball that broke in to strike out the lefty-hitting Mauer. — Verlander said he yanked the four-seam fastball and was fortunate Mauer swung over it.
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The Crawfish Boxes
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Andrew Wagner / UPI:
Twins try to cool off hot Astros — Not even a late winter has been able to cool off the defending World Series champs. — At 11-2 following a 2-0 victory at the Minnesota Twins on Monday, the Houston Astros are off to their best start through 11 games since 1972.
Jim Ingraham / UPI:
Indians have Tigers by the tail — The Cleveland Indians have dominated the Detroit Tigers in recent years, and they will attempt to continue that domination Tuesday night in the second game of a four-game series between the American League Central rivals. — Cleveland has won eight games …
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Let's Go Tribe
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers podcast: Talkin' Tigers with catcher James McCann — Are you subscribed to our “Talkin' Tigers” podcast? If not, you should be: Subscribe via iTunes or Google Play now. — It's time for the third episode of the 2018 season of the Talkin' Tigers podcast.
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Jeff Arnold / UPI:
Snow pushes back Cubs' home opener against Pirates — When Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon woke up Monday morning to snow-covered streets and sidewalks, he knew the April blast of winter wasn't ideal for a home opener at Wrigley Field. — After Monday's scheduled game against the Pittsburgh Pirates …
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
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Matt Ehalt / Daily Record:
Mets match best start in franchise history even while Noah Syndergaard has yet to dominate — Mets manager Mickey Callaway previews Noah Syndergaard's start — MIAMI — Through three starts, the Mets have yet to see Thor. — Noah Syndergaard has pitched well to start the year …
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NorthJersey.com, MLB Baseball News … and Amazin' Avenue
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Jeff Miller / Baltimore Sun:
Angels off to best start since 1987 after 8-3 win over Rangers — Shohei Ohtani didn't play Monday, but the rest of the Angels did, and beat Texas 8-3 anyway. — Right now, it appears that this franchise revolves around its prized rookie pitcher/designated hitter, and why wouldn't it?
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Associated Press:
MLB says percentage of black players highest since 2012 — NEW YORK — The percentage of black players from the United States and Canada on opening-day active rosters rose to 8.4 percent, its highest level since at least 2012. — Major League Baseball attributed the increase at least partly …
Rotoworld.com:
Daily Dose: My Name is Junis — Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @RyanPBoyer on Twitter. — The Royals seemingly won't have a whole lot to offer fantasy owners this season, but we might be seeing an under-the-radar hurler emerge. — Jake Junis carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning …
Houston Mitchell / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers Dugout: What's wrong with the Dodgers? — Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell. The Dodgers won every game while I was off, right? — What's wrong with the Dodgers? — That's a good question. There are many problems at the moment.
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Athletics Nation
