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5:45 PM ET, April 8, 2020

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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: MLB, union focused on plan that could allow season to start as early as May in Arizona  —  Major League Baseball and its players are increasingly focused on a plan that could allow them to start the season as early as May and has the support of high-ranking federal public health officials …
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Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
AP sources: MLB, union discuss playing all games in Arizona  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Putting all 30 teams in the Phoenix area this season and playing in empty ballparks was among the ideas discussed Monday by Major League Baseball and the players' association.  —  The sides held a telephone call …
John Lowe / Detroit Free Press:
Al Kaline, Detroit Tigers legend, dies at age 85  —  Al Kaline, who in a long and unique Detroit Tigers lifetime grew from youthful batting champion to Hall of Famer to distinguished elder statesman, died Monday afternoon at his home in Bloomfield Hills.  He was 85.  —  A cause of death was not immediately available.
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ESPN:
Hall of Fame outfielder and Detroit Tigers legend Al Kaline dies at 85  —  Al Kaline, a Hall of Famer who played all 22 years of his career in Detroit, earning the nickname “Mr. Tiger,”  died Monday, a team official confirmed to ESPN.  Kaline was 85.  —  Kaline, an All-Star in 15 seasons …
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Virtual Detroit Tigers throttled by Indians; who will start at third base?
Discussion: Bless You Boys
ESPN:
Former Colorado Rockies All-Star Todd Helton sentenced to two days in jail following DUI arrest  —  Former Colorado Rockies All-Star Todd Helton was sentenced to two days in jail stemming from a DUI arrest last year, Knoxville (Tennessee) assistant district attorney Sean McDermott told USA Today Sports on Monday.
Discussion: Purple Row and Associated Press
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Scott Gleeson / USA Today:
Former Colorado Rockies star Todd Helton sentenced to 2 days in jail over 2019 DUI arrest  —  Former Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton was sentenced to two days in jail over a 2019 DUI arrest in Tennessee, Knoxville assistant district attorney Sean McDermott confirmed to USA TODAY Sports on Monday.
Tim Brown / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
When Hammerin' Hank broke the Babe's record  —  Going on half a lifetime ago, from Henry Aaron's bat to the night sky over Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, that baseball asked a nation what it thought of itself.  Not what it thought of baseball.  Not what it thought of baseball players or records or history.
Discussion: Talking Chop and Fox Sports
WFAA-TV:
Former Texas Rangers player Josh Hamilton indicted on felony injury to a child charge  —  The former baseball player is accused of assaulting one of his children in September 2019.  —  Author: Jozelyn Escobedo (WFAA)  —  A Tarrant County grand jury has indicted former Texas Rangers player Josh Hamilton …
Discussion: Lone Star Ball
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Offseason In Review: Arizona Diamondbacks  —  The D-Backs spent significant sums in free agency for the first time since GM Mike Hazen came aboard and pulled off an interesting trade for a key veteran.  But is it enough to mount a real challenge to the dominant division force?  —  Major League Signings
Discussion: Fox Sports
Associated Press:
South Korea's baseball league targeting early May return  —  MLB, Olympic Sports, Baseball  —  SEOUL, South Korea — With new cases of the coronavirus falling in South Korea, the country's baseball league is targeting an early May restart, with teams ready to play preseason exhibition games as early as April 21.
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
The Padres' Interesting Rotation  —  We've heard an awful lot of chatter over the years about the Padres trying to acquire premium MLB rotation pieces — Noah Syndergaard, etc.  They've yet to swing such a deal, but nevertheless have managed to compile rather an interesting slate of starters.
Discussion: Gaslamp Ball
Andy McCullough / The Athletic:
‘Hard to pull off’: Players want baseball back, but some question Arizona idea  —  The lease on their rental property expired in late March, so Alex Wood and his wife, Suzanna, moved into a house in Phoenix owned by Dodgers teammate Clayton Kershaw.  The left-handed landlord returned to Texas last month …
Discussion: Phillies Nation and True Blue LA
 
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