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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
MLB power rankings: Losers of 20 in a row, White Sox push for worst record ever — Forget the 1962 Mets and last year's Athletics and the 2003 Tigers and any number of potential WOATs (Worst Of All Time) that Major League Baseball has produced in the past half-century.
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New York Times, Yahoo Sports and Bucs Dugout
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Associated Press:
White Sox lose 20th game in row, one shy of AL record — MINNEAPOLIS — Winless for almost a month, the Chicago White Sox are making the worst kind of history. — The woeful White Sox lost their 20th consecutive game Sunday, the majors' longest skid in 36 years and one short of the American League record …
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Pinstripe Alley, New York Times, Awful Announcing and Bleacher Nation
ESPN:
Ben Joyce throws MLB's fastest pitch in Angels' victory — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Los Angeles Angels pitcher Ben Joyce retired all four hitters he faced in 1⅓ innings for his first big league save, and concluded the effort with a 104.7 mile per hour fastball, the fastest pitch in the majors this season …
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New York Post, New York Daily News, Newsday, Yahoo Sports, Orange County Register and baseballmusings.com
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ESPN:
Pete Alonso homers and newcomer Paul Blackburn strikes out 6 for Mets in 5-1 victory over Angels — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Pete Alonso homered for the third time in five games and Paul Blackburn allowed only one run in his Mets debut as New York beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-1 on Friday night.
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New York Post, New York Daily News, Newsday, Amazin' Avenue, NorthJersey.com, Faith and Fear in Flushing and Yahoo Sports
ESPN:
Giants' Blake Snell throws 1st career no-hitter in 3-0 win over the Reds — CINCINNATI — Blake Snell was one out away from pitching the first no-hit game in his illustrious career and had to get power-hitting Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz one more time.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
11 MLB hot takes with baseball entering dog days of summer — The Major League Baseball trade deadline has come and gone, the pennant races don't shift into high gear for another month, and while the clock is ticking on Chicago's South Side, there hasn't been a managerial or GM firing this season.
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Chicago Tribune
Jorge Castillo / ESPN:
Blue Jays intentionally walk Yankees' Judge with no one on in 2nd — NEW YORK — Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider had seen enough by the time Aaron Judge stepped to the plate in the second inning Saturday. — The New York Yankees' otherworldly slugger, fewer than 24 hours …
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New York Times, New Jersey Online, New York Daily News, Associated Press, New York Post, Newsday, MLB.com and baseballmusings.com
