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PHOENIX — The Los Angeles Dodgers will open the defense of their National League championship with the leader of their offense on the disabled list. Justin Turner suffered a broken left wrist when he was hit by a pitch in Monday's Cactus League game against the Oakland Athletics. The Dodgers said they did not expect to…
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — So much of Barry Bonds' career was about distance. How far his home runs traveled. How much of it he kept from teammates. When his career with the Giants ended, he needed to get further away. So he hopped on a bike and blurred a few million of those broken yellow lines. He…
Barry Bonds is headed back to McCovey Cove. MLB's all-time home runs leader is re-joining the San Francisco Giants as a special advisor to CEO Larry Bear and will join the team at spring training on Wednesday. "We are delighted to welcome Barry back home to the Giants," Baer said in a statement. "As one of…
As spring training begins to wind down, teams are starting to make the tough roster decisions. Many clubs are attempting to fill the back end of the rotation or determine which reserves deserve a bench job. For the few fortunate teams, such as the defending champion Chicago Cubs, the key remaining issue might be deciding the…
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SURPRISE, Ariz. — Third baseman Adrian Beltre said on Monday morning that he will play for the Dominican Republic in the first round of the World Baseball Classic after clearing all the hurdles in his recovery from a Grade 1 strain of his left calf. Beltre said that his plan is to fly to Miami to…
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Masahiro Tanaka fired three scoreless innings Sunday, and the New York Yankees beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 in a Grapefruit League game in Sarasota, Fla. Tanaka struck out four while allowing three hits and no walks. Matt Holliday hit two doubles and scored a run for the Yankees. Jameson Taillon and Clay Holmes each threw two…
