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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
It's official: Oakland Athletics' move to Las Vegas unanimously approved by MLB owners — ARLINGTON, Texas − The Oakland Athletics still don't exactly know where they'll be playing the next few years, but in 2028, they will be become Las Vegas' first Major League Baseball team.
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB owners approve Athletics' planned move to Las Vegas, sources say — ARLINGTON, Texas — Major League Baseball owners voted Thursday to allow the Oakland Athletics to move to Las Vegas, paving the way for the second relocation of a baseball team in the past half-century, sources told ESPN.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Protesting Oakland Athletics fans meet with owner John Fisher ahead of Las Vegas vote
Protesting Oakland Athletics fans meet with owner John Fisher ahead of Las Vegas vote
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Jeff Fletcher / BBWAA:
Yankees' Gerrit Cole wins Cy Young unanimously — Yankees' right-hander Gerrit Cole unanimously won the American League MVP Award, marking the 11th time an AL pitcher has swept the voting. — The others were Justin Verlander in 2011 and 2022, Johan Santana in 2004 and 2006 …
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Jeff Fletcher / BBWAA:
Padres' Blake Snell adds an NL Cy Young Award to his AL honor from 2018 — Padres' left-hander Blake Snell, a previous winner in the American League with the Rays in 2018, won the National League Cy Young Award. He joined the company of Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez …
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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
Why the NL Cy Young ballot was a trap, plus a potential sleeper in Ohtani's free agency — As a National League Cy Young voter, my biggest challenge wasn't which pitcher to select as my top choice. I didn't love Blake Snell's league-high walk rate or relatively low innings total.
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: MLB considers reducing pitch clock with runners on — Major League Baseball's competition committee is weighing a proposal that would reduce the pitch clock with runners on base from 20 seconds to 18 next season, aiming to reverse a late-season trend that saw the average …
Jeff Fletcher / Orange County Register:
New manager Ron Washington promises Angels' focus will be to ‘run the West down’ — Washington, 71, recalled that the Angels were ‘the top dog’ in the division when he began managing the Rangers in 2007, and they overtook them to reach the World Series in back-to-back seasons
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Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Mark Jackson loses MSG job after Knicks ban him from plane — Mark Jackson will not be calling games on MSG Network after the Knicks objected to him being on the team's chartered plane, The Post has learned. — MSG Network planned on having Jackson occasionally fill in for Clyde Frazier this season …
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Cubs eyeing second chance to sign Shohei Ohtani — CHICAGO — If only the designated hitter rule had come to the National League prior to 2022. It could have changed the course of Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani's career — as well as the trajectory of the Chicago Cubs.
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Jayson Stark / The Athletic:
Phillies' offseason taking shape — What I'm hearing about their roster revamp — “We'll be back.” — Bryce Harper, after the Phillies' National League Championship Series loss to Arizona — Memo to Bryce Harper: It's hard to get back. It's not impossible. It's not unprecedented.
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Khobi Price / Orange County Register:
Lakers | Lakers' comeback falls short as Kings hand them their 1st home loss — LeBron James (28 points) gets his first triple-double of the season and helps lead a fourth-quarter surge, but Domantas Sabonis (29 points, 26 rebounds) and Sacramento hand the hosts a 125-110 defeat
Anthony Franco / MLB Trade Rumors:
A's Acquire Abraham Toro — The A's have acquired infielder Abraham Toro in a trade with the Brewers. Minor league pitcher Chad Patrick is headed back to Milwaukee. Oakland already had four vacancies on the 40-man roster, so no further move was necessary. — Toro, 27 next month, has now been traded three times in his career.
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