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![]() | In a recent sit-down with MLB.com at Citi Field, Mets outfielder Jay Bruce answered 20 questions on subjects ranging from new Mets manager Mickey Callaway to the club's fast start.
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![]() | Sunday is Jackie Robinson Day all across baseball and for good reason: On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. What a player he was. Robinson's grace on and off the field made him one of the greatest sports figures in history.
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![]() | In a recent sit-down with MLB.com, Orioles center fielder Adam Jones was at Yankee Stadium recently and answered a wide range of topics from agency to his love for Baltimore.
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![]() | Yankees first baseman/outfielder Tyler Austin wants to give back and, in this case, he wants to raise awareness for testicular cancer. It comes down to self-examination, to try to catch the cancer in its early stages.
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![]() | Imagine how proud Bob Boone must have felt after seeing his son, Aaron, manage the Yankees during the team's home opener against the Rays on Tuesday evening.
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![]() | It's 7:30 a.m. on Easter Sunday and Cardinals coach Willie McGee already is at Citi Field.
McGee, 59, is in the video room preparing scouting reports for the Cardinals outfielders. He reviews his charts and designs a game plan based on where the ball is likely to be hit in the outfield by each of the Mets' hitters. When his work is done, McGee has a smile on his face.
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![]() | A few hours before Opening Day against the Mets, MLB.com caught up with Tommy Pham to discuss both last season and what the future holds for the Cardinals' rising star.
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![]() | After more than 50 years in professional baseball, Yankees broadcaster Ken Singleton announced on Monday that 2018 will be his last year behind the microphone.
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![]() | What a night for the 25 scholarship students connected to the Jackie Robinson Foundation. A few hours after getting advice from employees of Major League Baseball, there was at gala thrown in the students' honor at Marriott Marquis on Monday night.
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![]() | Major League Baseball hosted a luncheon for approximately 25 scholarship students connected to the Jackie Robinson Foundation on Monday.
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![]() | On the last day of Black History Month, it's worth noting that Al Bumbry was a hero, both on and off the field.
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![]() | MLB.com caught up with Dodgers president and CEO Stan Kasten to talk about his club and the quest to return to the World Series after falling to the Astros in Game 7 last year.
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![]() | Free-agent first baseman Mark Reynolds, who hit .267 with 30 home runs and 97 RBIs for the Rockies in 2017, spoke to MLB.com about his free agent status from his home in Virginia on Friday.
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![]() | Hall of Famer Andre Dawson predicts that Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton will be one of the greatest sluggers of all time as long as he stays healthy. Dawson has a right to look into Stanton's future.
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![]() | It's been almost seven years since Ron Washington managed the Texas Rangers to the cusp of a World Series title. Washington, now the third-base coach in Atlanta, still ponders how things might have turned out differently in Game 6 of the 2011 Fall Classic.
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![]() | Hall of Famer Andre Dawson wants to end his baseball career as a member of the Cubs, a possibility that exists now that he's back in the organization as an ambassador.
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![]() | From getting to manage Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge to once again putting on the Pinstripes, Aaron Boone has a lot to be excited about in his first year as manager.
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![]() | As Black History Month commences, it's worth noting that the Astros' Robert Ford became only the second African-American broadcaster to call play-by-play during a World Series-clinching game.
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![]() | A baseball lifer, Davey Lopes has played, managed and coached for 45 consecutive years. Now, the former Dodgers speedster is ready to relax.
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![]() | Jeff Kent continues to wait on a call from the Baseball Hall of Fame. The all-time leader in home runs among second basemen recently joined MLB.com's Newsmakers podcast to talk about his career and why he hasn't been elected to the Hall of Fame.
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