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Major League Baseball can and should move quickly to extend netting to protect fans — (Photo: Erik Williams / USA TODAY Sports) — Back in the early 2000s, I took my middle child to a Diamondbacks game and watched from our usual seats, about 30 rows up from third base, on the aisle.
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Cubs player Albert Almora Jr. was visibly shaken after hitting a child with a foul ball — Almora Jr.'s line drive down the third base line hit a young child in the stands. The fan was taken to the hospital. — HOUSTON (AP) — A young fan was taken to the hospital after getting struck …
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‘What will it take? Someone dying?’ | Some say the MLB should require full netting 'before it's too late' — Major League Baseball issued a statement on Thursday calling the events at Minute Maid Park “extremely upsetting.” — HOUSTON — It was a foul ball that caused Minute Maid Park to go silent.
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5 takeaways from the Cubs-Astros series, including Kyle Hendricks' May mastery and life without Ben Zobrist — Here are five takeaways from the Cubs-Astros series: — 1. Kyle Hendricks has been masterful in May. — Hendricks saved his best start of May for last, as he stopped …
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MLB parks need full protective netting before it's too late — HOUSTON — Look at her face. Look at the little girl, orange bow in her hair, fear in her eyes, pain and suffering evident. Look at her. Really look at her, no matter how difficult it may be.
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Cubs' Albert Almora overcome with emotion after foul ball hits child in stands
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Chandler Rome / Houston Chronicle:
Young fan struck by foul ball during Astros-Cubs game
Young fan struck by foul ball during Astros-Cubs game
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Foul ball injures a young fan at the Cubs-Astros game and leaves a distraught baseball player in tears
Foul ball injures a young fan at the Cubs-Astros game and leaves a distraught baseball player in tears
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Young girl hit by line-drive foul ball at Houston Astros game
Young girl hit by line-drive foul ball at Houston Astros game
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Rays vs. Twins lineups for Thursday, with Rocco Baldelli back at the Trop — Longtime Rays player, exec and coach returns with majors-best Twins, and brings some other familiar faces. — The series between the surprising Twins, who have the majors best record at 37-17, and Rays …
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As Rocco Baldelli returns leading Twins, why he is ‘a pretty big deal’ with Rays
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Red Sox Roster Moves: Hector Velazquez To IL; Mike Shawaryn Recalled From Minors — The Boston Red Sox roster shuffle continued Thursday ahead of a pivotal four-game series in the Bronx. — The Sox placed right-handed pitcher Hector Velazquez on the 10-day injured list with back tightness, the team announced.
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What Yankees are saying about upcoming 4-game series against the Red Sox — NEW YORK — When the Yankees and Boston Red Sox open a four-game series at Yankee Stadium on Thursday, it will have a completely different look than the first meeting between the rivals. — A two-game set in April saw both teams enter under .500.
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Unlikely heroes, injuries and a World Series hangover: What you need to know about Red Sox-Yankees — NEW YORK — What a difference a year can make. — Not only has the Yankees' exhaustive, unenviable list of injuries been a change from last season, but the Red Sox overall haven't been the same team …
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Edwin Diaz, Mets better hope that's their most painful loss of the year — LOS ANGELES — Edwin Diaz, in 19 pitches, wiped out the Mets' big lead and allowed the Dodgers to walk off on what will go down as one of the ugliest blown saves of the closer's young career.
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Edwin Diaz implodes in ninth as Mets suffer brutal loss to Dodgers
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Dodgers get four in bottom of the 9th to beat Mets, 9-8
Dodgers get four in bottom of the 9th to beat Mets, 9-8
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Kevin Kernan / New York Post:
Mets suspect Dodgers' sluggers 'know what's coming'
Mets suspect Dodgers' sluggers 'know what's coming'
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Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Dominic Smith makes first start of year in left field
Dominic Smith makes first start of year in left field
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Shildt shifts to Wong-DeJong-Goldschmidt at top of Cardinals batting order — PHILADELPHIA — Let there be change. — Again. — In a first that responds to the Cardinals' tumble toward last in the division, manager Mike Shildt has moved Paul Goldschmidt out of the No. 2 spot in the order …
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Cratering Cardinals can't play much worse than they do in brutal loss to Phillies
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Wacha's route back to rotation is through relief
Wacha's route back to rotation is through relief
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Alfaro has career-high 4 hits as Marlins beat Giants 4-2 — Marlins hand San Francisco seventh consecutive loss … MIAMI - Jorge Alfaro has put an 0-for-20 skid behind him and been a catalyst for the Marlins in their recent surge. — Alfaro had a career-high four hits and the Miami Marlins handed …
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Marlins closer Romo's latest save had a little more emotion behind it, considering the opponent — Sergio Romo trotted to the mound in the ninth inning Wednesday night in familiar territory against a familiar opponent. — The mission was the same: Get three outs, record another save …
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White Sox announcers, MLB Network analysts sharply disagree on Glenn Sparkman ejection — Glenn Sparkman said the pitch got away from him. Ned Yost let it be known the Royals had no animosity toward White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson. — Nevertheless, Sparkman was ejected Wednesday night …
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Johan Camargo's transition has been anything but smooth — Pin it on sporadic playing time, his decision not to play winter ball, the Josh Donaldson signing or whatever means of finger-pointing you so choose, but the numbers tell the story: Johan Camargo is off to a disappointing start in the role of Braves utility-man extraordinaire.
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Pittsburgh Pirates broadcaster John Wehner rips Derek Dietrich for home run celebrations — Derek Dietrich has done a lot of damage against the Pittsburgh Pirates this season, hitting seven home runs in nine games against them. He drilled three homers to right field during the Reds' 11-6 victory …
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R. Kelly hit with more serious sex crime charges in new court case — Court records show prosecutors filed a new case with 11 felony counts, and the charges are more serious than those in the four cases that were filed against the singer in February. — Cook County prosecutors on Thursday filed …
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