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Ryan Glasspiegel / New York Post:
Dave Sims nearing deal to replace John Sterling on Yankees radio — The Yankees are closing in on their man to replace the legendary John Sterling. — Mariners TV announcer Dave Sims is nearing a deal to become WFAN's new play-by-play broadcaster on Yankees games, sources told The Post.
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Associated Press:
Sims replacing Sterling as Yankees radio play-by-play voice — Open Extended Reactions — NEW YORK — Dave Sims is replacing John Sterling as Suzyn Waldman's play-by-play partner on New York Yankees radio broadcasts. — WFAN made the announcement Thursday.
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Lookout Landing, Pinstripe Alley and baseballmusings.com
Associated Press:
Orioles set to again move left-field wall at Camden Yards — Open Extended Reactions — BALTIMORE — The Orioles are ready to adjust their wall in left field again. — The team moved the wall at Camden Yards back and made it significantly taller before the 2022 season.
Andrew Marchand / New York Times:
Dave Sims, 71, getting Yankees' radio job, succeeding John Sterling — Youth movement! — WFAN and the Yankees are set to hire Dave Sims, 71, to be their new radio play-by-player succeeding the retired John Sterling, according to sources briefed on the agreement.
Discussion:
New York Daily News and Awful Announcing
Colleen Wright / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays plan to play 2025 season at Tampa's Steinbrenner Field — In need of an interim home following hurricane damage to Tropicana Field, the team has a deal in place with its American League East rival. — The Rays are planning to play the 2025 season at Tampa's Steinbrenner Field, spring training home of the rival New York Yankees.
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John Romano / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays say county's stalling has likely killed the new stadium deal — ST. PETERSBURG — At the time, the moment seemed unremarkable. A ground ball to Taylor Walls. An underhand flip to Jose Caballero to force Toronto's Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at second base.
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Los Angeles Times, Sportsnet.ca, DRaysBay, Bleed Cubbie Blue and Field of Schemes
Sean McAdam / masslive.com:
Juan Soto, Red Sox get acquainted in ‘productive’ 3-hour SoCal meeting — The Red Sox met with free agent outfielder Juan Soto in southern California Thursday night, according to a source with knowledge of the get-together, in what was termed a “productive” first session.
Andy Kostka / The Baltimore Banner:
Orioles promote Sherman Johnson to major league hitting staff — The Orioles are rounding out their hitting staff by promoting Sherman Johnson, the upper-level minor league hitting coordinator, to Baltimore's major league outfit, a source with direct knowledge said.
Discussion:
MASNsports.com, Camden Chat, BaltimoreBaseball.com, MLB Trade Rumors, Baltimore Sun and Battery Power
Matt Schneidman / New York Times:
Why Xavier McKinney took aim at DJ Moore, spicing up Sunday's Bears-Packers clash — GREEN BAY, Wis. — It's safe to say Xavier McKinney doesn't like DJ Moore. — Moore, the Bears receiver, appeared on the “Up & Adams Show with Kay Adams” back in May. Adams mentioned to Moore …
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Marquee Sports Network, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Chicago Sun Times and Bleacher Nation
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Diamond Sports Group reaches agreement with Amazon — Diamond Sports Group, the bankrupt operator of regional sports networks, has announced a commercial agreement with streaming giant Amazon that will allow in-market fans to watch their teams through Prime Video.
Jake Mailhot / FanGraphs Baseball:
FanGraphs Power Rankings: Offseason 2025 — The hot stove is currently set to simmer, as teams have completed their annual roster housekeeping, but any big moves are still on the horizon. That means it's the perfect time to see how all 30 teams stack up. The rankings below present each team …
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Covering the Corner, Redleg Nation, The Good Phight and Bleacher Nation
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
At age 44, Rich Hill's baseball odyssey continues - now with Team USA — PHOENIX − Rich Hill reached into his pocket, grabbed his cell phone, looked at the text message from an old acquaintance and started laughing. — “Rich, is that really you?” he asked. “Are you playing?”
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MLB Trade Rumors and New Jersey Online
