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Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Mets honor Roberto Clemente before Thursday's matchup against his former team — Thursday was Roberto Clemente Day across Major League Baseball. — With the Pittsburgh Pirates — Clemente's old team — in town for a nationally televised game, the Mets and Pirates were the only teams …
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Anthony McCarron / New York Daily News:
Carlos Delgado on Roberto Clemente's legacy: ‘He was bigger off the field than on’ — Every so often, Carlos Delgado will go on YouTube to watch highlights from a remarkable career and life that ended abruptly, tragically, 50 years ago. There, in old video, is Roberto Clemente darting …
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Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
David Peterson records one out in start, Mets suffer series sweep after losing 6-3 to Cubs — If that was David Peterson's last start of the season, it's one that he'll be stewing over all winter. — Peterson, who was making his 19th start of the year and will drop out of the rotation …
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Adam Berry / MLB.com:
Rays field MLB's first all-Latino lineup on Clemente Day — TORONTO — Manager Kevin Cash didn't realize until about halfway through the Rays' 11-0 win over the Blue Jays that he'd made history with the lineup he wrote out Thursday afternoon. Third baseman Yandy Díaz didn't think anything …
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David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Terron Armstead returns to Dolphins' Thursday practice, but Austin Jackson still missing — Sun Sentinel columnist Chris Perkins and reporter David Furones discuss Dolphins' O-line injuries, QB Tua Tagovailoa's performance and give their Week 2 pick. (, /South Florida Sun Sentinel)
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David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa 'hasn't been satisfied at all' after Week 1 as he prepares for Ravens — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is working on cleaning up the offense during practice this week after watching the film from their Week 1 victory. (South Florida Sun Sentinel)
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Chris Perkins / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins' run game struggled vs. Patriots, but Miami isn't worried — Sun Sentinel columnist Chris Perkins and reporter David Furones discuss Dolphins' O-line injuries, QB Tua Tagovailoa's performance and give their Week 2 pick. (, /South Florida Sun Sentinel)
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Edgar Thompson / Orlando Sentinel:
Questions, reality check for No. 18 Gators with USF on tap — GAINESVILLE — Florida's 26-16 loss to Kentucky was a setback and reality check for coach Billy Napier's squad. — How the Gators and quarterback Anthony Richardson respond Saturday against USF could set the tone for what's ahead on Year 1 under Napier.
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MLB - The Athletic:
The Royals' rebuild was supposed to be built on pitching. What has gone wrong? — Ten years ago this month, the Kansas City Royals approached a crossroads. The club had entered the 2012 season with big hopes, the result of a promising minor-league system and a talented young core which had debuted in the majors the year before.
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Royals Review, Bleacher Nation, Sports Illustrated and The Royals Reporter
Jordan McPherson / Miami Herald:
‘I thought I would have been back’: Marlins' Jazz Chisholm Jr. reflects on season-ending injury — Jazz Chisholm Jr. didn't think the injury would amount to this. Even at his worst in the days after initially being sidelined by a back injury, the days in late June and early July when any sort …
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Fish Stripes
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Jeff Passan's early 2022-23 MLB free agency tiers — Less than a month remains in baseball's regular season, and with October bound to breeze by as it always does, free agency is nearly upon Major League Baseball. — The 2022-23 class is solid, headlined by a mix of MVP-caliber hitters and elite, wizened pitchers.
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Bleacher Nation, Cubs Insider, Elite Sports NY and True Blue LA
Fiifi Frimpong / New York Daily News:
Aaron Judge hits home runs 56 and 57 in Yankees' 7-6 win over Red Sox, moves closer to Roger Maris' all-time team mark — Opposing teams still choose to pitch to Aaron Judge and he keeps hitting bombs. — The Yankees' All-Star slugger moved closer to breaking Roger Maris' team record …
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Marly Rivera / ESPN:
New York Yankees' Aaron Judge blasts 56th, 57th home runs of season
New York Yankees' Aaron Judge blasts 56th, 57th home runs of season
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
Why rival evaluators believe Willson Contreras might stay with Chicago Cubs — CHICAGO — Before the Aug. 2 trade deadline, the goodbyes and tributes for Willson Contreras seemed to occur almost daily. The cheers and tears were heartfelt and voluminous, curtain calls for one of the last Cubs remaining from the 2016 championship team.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
White Sox winning under interim manager Miguel Cairo. What's that mean for Tony La Russa's future? — OAKLAND - Tony La Russa is sitting in a suite, filled with his former Oakland A's players, front office executives and friends, watching his Chicago White Sox team play.
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