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MLB, a syndicate close to the Common Ground Lottery Project

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Jupiter, Florida – If you have tickets for spring training from March 5 to March 7, cancel your plans and go for a refund. If you have tickets for opening day? Don’t get excited yet. Still, take solace in the fact that baseball players and owners took a step forward on Friday. With three days left before the announced deadline for the MLB’s opening match scheduled for March 31, the two sides spent their longest day to date at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. Multiple sources said Commissioner Rob Manfred and…

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How the Yankees are trying to get bowlers to shoot more forcefully

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TAMPA – Pickway, a 22-year-old right-winger who finished last season with High-A Hudson Valley, casually mentioned this week while speaking to reporters at Steinbrenner Field that he hit 100 mph with a radar gun in 2021. About a year ago around this time, left-handed member Ken Waldichuk, who might find his way into the Yankees’ staff at some point this season, mentioned his notable speed increase. Throughout the Yankees’ minor league system, which is filled with triple-speed arms, there has been an increasing focus on a simple strategy: throwing harder.…

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Where Freddy Freeman and Carlos Correa could land

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We are closer to Major League Baseball. This sentence does not contain much insight. The League and Players Association will negotiate a settlement in the coming days and the season will start on time on March 31, or the opening day will not be pushed back to mid-April or early May, or… Unless the league is dissolved, every second brings us closer to the return of the sport. And I may not have much faith in the negotiators, but I doubt this will lead to a breakup. Well, I’m sure…

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Old Mets remember New York memories

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Three players from different eras in Mets history have joined the roster of Old-Timers Day, scheduled for August 27 at Citi Field. The team held a Zoom call Thursday with Billy Wagner, Howard Johnson and Ken McKenzie, all of whom committed to the event. It was last held on the Feast of Ancient Times in 1994. Wagner, the Mets closest from 2006-09, received 51 percent of the vote in the most recent Hall of Fame poll and has three chances left in honors. A player needs 75 percent of the…

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The pain of the fans who saw it firsthand

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Buyer, Florida – Want to see fanatics? Are you looking for the best offer ever for unconditional love? Come to the unflatteringly named Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, where the future of Major League Baseball is currently being discussed and decided upon. As about 15 members of the media stand outside the gates of the stadium – we are also confined – and we find ourselves joined by about 20 people here who are not out of profession, but out of passion. “Ah yes. I love baseball,” said Richie Nestro, 75,…

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Tampa head coach Rachel Balkovich ready for Yankees lights

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Tampa – The Low-A Tampa Tarpons are scheduled to open the regular season on April 8 in Lakeland, Florida, against the Tigers branch. It will be the first managerial appearance for Rachel Balkovich, the first woman to manage a minor league team. But Balkovich, who was named to the position last month, is not focused on that date. There is a lot of work to be done first. “I am grateful this time to train with the guys that are here,” the 34-year-old said Wednesday during the Yankees’ mini camp…

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Paul O’Neill is stunned that the Yankees are retiring with his number

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Paul O’Neill dropped his phone. His wife, Nevali, cried. Both were stunned by the news that the Yankees decided to retire with their number 21 jersey. “Just a day I will never forget,” O’Neill said on Wednesday. O’Neill, now a YES Network game analyst who has spent nine seasons in striped streaks, will become the 23rd Yankee to receive this honor on August 21 in the Bronx. This group includes former teammates who have won four championships with: Derek Jeter, Andy Pettit, Mariano Rivera, Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada. “It’s…

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The Yankees were impressed by Jason Dominguez’s growth as a captain

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Tampa – If it were up to Jason Dominguez, he’d be playing for the Yankees when he was 20 or 21. The high potential Yankees, who turned 19 earlier this month, will have to move quickly for that to happen. He played only 56 professional games, all last season, which were split between the Florida Complex and Low-A Tampa. It looks like Dominguez is ready to start the upcoming minor league season in Tampa again, with a lot of attention going to be paid to new quarterback and manager Rachel…

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Surprising prospect Carlos Cortes hopes to stay with Mets

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Port St. Lucy – Carlos Cortes still occasionally broke his right hand glove during pre-game practice to take the floor at second base. The cute Mets prospect wants to be ready, just in case. Curtis, who was selected in the third round by the Mets in the 2018 draft, stopped playing the field (right-handed throw) last season, leaving him for the time being as a left-handed leader on the field. It is his natural hand, which he trusts the most. “I was raised left-handed, but my motor skills are good,”…

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