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New York Yankees‘ star Alex Rodriguez said a tearful goodbye to the game of baseball today as the team announced that he will play in his final game next Friday, Aug. 12 before taking on the role as a special adviser and instructor to the team. “This is a tough day. I love this game and I love this team. And today I’m saying goodbye to both,” Rodriguez said before…

Last Updated Aug 7, 2016 11:20 AM EDT NEW YORK – The New York Yankees announced that Alex Rodriguez will play his final baseball game this Friday. The news was delivered at a gathering of reporters at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, on Sunday. Officials said he will transition to becoming a special advisor to the club. A tearful Rodriguez thanked fans at the press conference, saying it…

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For a team having a disappointing season, it was quite a heady week for Brian Cashman and the Yankees, as the raves continued to pour in for the young talent they have now accumulated in their farm system. Even so, let’s hold off on nominating Cashman for executive of the year until at least some of the hotshot prospects he has acquired deliver on their promise in…

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Welcome to Sunday’s daily fantasy post! Remember that you can find our posts on the brand-spanking new DFS home page, as well as the fantasy page. Bookmark those sites now! Let’s get to Saturday’s interesting facts, using DraftKings prices. Five Things to Watch: 1.Here are the three highest projected over/unders, provided by OddsShark… MIA-COL 11.5MIL-ARI 9.5 NYM-DET 9.5 2. Weather: We should be all clear for Saturday’s slate. 3. You down with BvP?…

Caption Close On a July afternoon in 1991, Mike Walsh was sitting at a rest stop somewhere between Stamford and Cape Cod waiting to see which way the weather would turn. Rain to the east and he would head back to Stamford, in the west and he would be off for the Cape. Walsh wasn’t picking just the right time for a vacation, he was commuting back and forth between…

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The mayor of south suburban Monee has been charged by Will County authorities with two counts of felony aggravated battery for allegedly punching an umpire in the face at a youth baseball game in June, a blow the ump said broke his jaw. An arrest warrant was issued Friday for Jay Farquhar, 50, according to Charles Pelkie of the Will County state’s attorney’s office. Pelkie said Friday afternoon that the…

ROBBINSDALE, Minn. (AP) – A few years ago, most of them had never heard of baseball. Now, a dozen boys from Africa are in the Twin Cities getting ready to play in their first tournament. “They’re pioneers,” Wally Langfellow, one of the organizers of the boys’ trip, told KARE-TV (http://kare11.tv/2b5wEeA ). “They are baseball pioneers.” The boys from the West African nation of Benin are play in a wood bat…

Ben Hauser, who will be a senior at Sun Prairie, will further his education and play college baseball while planning to serve his country by attending the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Hauser announced recently via Twitter that he orally committed to be a cadet and play baseball for the Air Force. Hauser, an excellent hitter, pitches and plays other positions, including outfield. He…

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The mayor of south suburban Monee has been charged by Will County authorities with two counts of felony aggravated battery for allegedly punching an umpire in the face at a youth baseball game in June, a blow the ump said broke his jaw. An arrest warrant was issued Friday for Jay Farquhar, 50, according to Charles Pelkie of the Will County state’s attorney’s office. Pelkie said Friday afternoon that the…

Ben Hauser, who will be a senior at Sun Prairie, will further his education and play college baseball while planning to serve his country by attending the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Hauser announced recently via Twitter that he orally committed to be a cadet and play baseball for the Air Force. Hauser, an excellent hitter, pitches and plays other positions, including outfield. He…

Coach Ava Benach congratulates Josephine Kanach after the 9-year-old batted during practice June 19 in Washington. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post) The four baseball players sprinting between first and second base were covered in red dirt and sweat. Even their ponytails were damp and sticky. “Look, girls, it’s important you’re giving 100 percent,” said Coach Ava Benach, who at 6-foot-3 towered over the young athletes. “You don’t turn your head to…

It was Benin, West Africa, vs. Robbinsdale, USA, as the sun set on the baseball diamond and the towering lights flickered on. The Robbinsdale Little League’s 10-year-old All-Star team took the field with the confidence of a squad that’s bested all others their age in the northwest suburb. In the opposite dugout, 12 boys from Benin in forest green jerseys huddled nervously. They wrapped their arms around each other and…

RIO DE JANEIRO – Baseball, in the most half-cocked fashion possible, is returning to the Olympics in 2020. Instead of representing the world, only six nations will be invited. Rather than featuring the game’s best players, its rosters are likely to include American minor leaguers and nobody from the Dominican Republic or Venezuela. A multi-Games commitment would’ve given baseball some comfort, but the International Olympic Committee only guaranteed it on…

Yoenis Cespedes(Photo: Mike Ehrmann, Getty Images) New York — In the morning before Yoenis Cespedes’ quad flared up again and ultimately landed him on the disabled list, the outfielder participated in a round of golf Wednesday. The team had been trying to help Cespedes get as close to full strength by giving him time to rest, yet here was the injured outfielder, an avid golfer, opting for physical activity. Though…

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