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Dwight Garner / New York Times:
Roger Angell, Who Wrote About Baseball With Passion, Dies at 101 — In elegantly winding articles for The New Yorker loaded with inventive imagery, he wrote more like a fan than a sports journalist. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Roger Angell, the elegant and thoughtful baseball writer …
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Brian Niemietz / New York Daily News:
Iconic New Yorker baseball writer Roger Angell dead at 101 — Colorful New Yorker baseball writer Roger Angell, who covered balls and strikes with elegance and panache for more than seven decades, is dead at 101. — The New Yorker reported that the veteran wordsmith died Friday after a lifetime of covering America's pastime.
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Remembering Roger Angell, Hall of Famer — In the course of a well-lived century, he established himself as the most exacting of editors, the most agile of stylists, a mentor to generations of writers, and baseball's finest, fondest chronicler. — In recent years, as his odometer headed …
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yankees still waiting on injury update on righty reliever Chad Green: 'It's definitely a concern right now' — After years of having their pitching depth tested by injuries, the Yankees came into this season feeling they were fully stocked for the rotation and the bullpen. That stockpile will likely be tested.
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Chad Green leaves Yankees game with right forearm discomfort — BALTIMORE — Yankees right-handed reliever Chad Green left Thursday afternoon's game with what the team called right forearm “discomfort.” Green left in the middle of an at-bat against Austin Hays in the sixth inning …
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yankees lose to Orioles, still have best record in baseball
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Joon Lee / ESPN:
New York Mets' Max Scherzer out 6-8 weeks with oblique strain — New York Mets right-hander Max Scherzer is expected to miss six to eight weeks after suffering a “moderate to high grade” oblique strain during Wednesday night's start against the St. Louis Cardinals, the team announced Thursday.
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Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Max Scherzer diagnosed with oblique strain; Buck Showalter reveals pitcher also dealing with blister
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Nathan Ruiz / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles promote top prospect Adley Rutschman to majors in most significant move of rebuild thus far — From the moment he was selected with the first pick of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, Adley Rutschman was the face of the Orioles' rebuild. Starting Saturday, he'll finally be the face of their major league roster.
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Dave Hyde / Sun-Sentinel:
After being put in a deep, dark hole, how will humbled Heat respond in Boston? — Erik Spoelstra said the following about how his Miami Heat should react to their looking outmatched and overcome in their staggering playoff loss: — “Don't listen to the noise,” he said. “There's no excuses, no blame, inside our room.
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Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
Celtics load up, tie East finals 1-1 with 127-102 pounding of Heat — MIAMI — So what do the Boston Celtics look like when mostly whole? Like a whole lot of trouble for the Miami Heat. — With Marcus Smart and Al Horford back in their mix after missing Tuesday night's series-opening loss …
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Jon Heyman / New York Post:
Chris Paddack's medical red flag killed Mets-Padres deal — MORE FROM: — The Post's Jon Heyman delivers news and notes from around MLB. — Now it can be told. The Mets-Padres deal was canceled after Mets doctors raised a red flag over right-hander Chris Paddack's medicals.
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Keith Law / The Athletic:
2022 MLB mock draft: Orioles take Jacob Berry over Druw Jones in Keith Law's first look — The MLB draft is just about two months away — which still seems ridiculous to say when we're about to see the college conference tournaments begin, yet here we are. There are at least some indications …
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Frank Pingue / Reuters:
Exclusive: Former NFL quarterback Vick coming out of retirement — Michael Vick, the once-dynamic NFL quarterback whose involvement in a dogfighting ring halted a breathtaking career in its prime, has agreed to come out of retirement to join startup league Fan Controlled Football, a source told Reuters on Friday.
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