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Cincinnati Reds Aroldis Chapman hit in face by line drive
SURPRISE, Ariz. – Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman broke bones above his left eye and nose when he was hit by a line drive Wednesday night, the latest frightening injury to a pitcher struck in...
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Photos April 27: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. Pro-Russian activists break through the gate in front of TRK...
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Joey Votto activated from DL, returns to Reds’ starting lineup
CINCINNATI, Ohio — Nobody in baseball likes to use injuries as an excuse, including Bryan Price. That being said (one of Price’s favourite phrases), the first-year Cincinnati Reds manager almost can’t...
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Josh Willingham homers as Minnesota Twins spank Toronto Blue Jays
TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays want to put a couple of series losses behind them as they head out for a 10-game road trip that should give them a good idea of whether they’re actually ready to be a...
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Pete Rose returns to dugout for a day to manage minor-league team
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Pete Rose stood behind the batting cage Monday, joking as former major leaguer Joe Mather hit ball after ball to centre field during batting practice for the Bridgeport Bluefish. “I...
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Toronto Blue Jays hand Liam Hendriks the ball for opener against Cincinnati Reds
CINCINNATI — The Toronto Blue Jays are hoping a shuffle to the rotation might be the answer to what has been ailing them as they open a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds. Right-hander Liam...
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Blue Jays rally from eight-run deficit, beat Reds 14-9 for second-biggest...
CINCINNATI, Ohio — Edwin Encarnacion started Toronto’s big comeback with a three-run homer. Many hours and momentum shifts later, he finished it with yet another. With those two bookend swings, he...
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No comeback today: Jay Bruce homers, Reds pound Blue Jays 11-1
CINCINNATI, Ohio — Jay Bruce’s homer helped the Reds get ahead 8-0 for the second day in a row, and Mike Leake made this big lead stand up, pitching eight innings on Saturday for an 11-1 victory over...
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Johnny Cueto pitches the Cincinnati Reds past Toronto Blue Jays 4-3
CINCINNATI, Ohio — The Toronto Blue Jays went limping home from their long, losing road trip. [pm_mlb_perform_player]i6rxw7tvled21hvi3sp07j80w[/pm_mlb_perform_player] The struggling AL East leaders...
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Struggling Toronto Blue Jays return home for another date with New York Yankees
TORONTO — The New York Yankees will try to maintain their dominance of the American League East-rival Toronto Blue Jays when the two clubs open a three-game series Monday at Rogers Centre. The Yankees...
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Reds put Joey Votto back on DL with leg injury
CINCINNATI, Ohio — The Reds place first baseman Joey Votto back on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a nagging thigh injury that is expected to limit him for the rest of the season. Catcher Brayan...
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Selig says banned Pete Rose could play role at all-star game in Cincinnati...
MINNEAPOLIS — Pete Rose may have a role to play in next year’s all-star game in Cincinnati despite his lifetime ban from baseball. The career hits leader generally is not allowed in any areas of major...
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Marcus Stroman delivers Blue Jays ‘desperate’ win
TORONTO – On the day the Toronto Blue Jays reached the apex of their season to date, Marcus Stroman pitched six splendid innings against the St. Louis Cardinals. That was back on June 6. Since then,...
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St. Louis Cardinals clinch playoff spot, then lose 7-2 to Cincinnati Reds
ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals clinched a playoff spot on Sunday, then lost 7-2 to Jay Bruce and the Cincinnati Reds. St. Louis secured its fourth consecutive post-season appearance when Milwaukee...
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Giants clinch postseason spot as Reds eliminate Brewers
CINCINNATI, Ohio — The Milwaukee Brewers went into their game against Cincinnati on Thursday with their post-season hopes hanging by a thread. They cut it themselves, committing three errors and...
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Canada’s Justin Morneau wins NL batting title, matches feat of Larry Walker
Canadian Justin Morneau won the National League batting title, though he wasn’t included in the Colorado Rockies’ lineup for the last two games of the season. Morneau, from New Westminster, B.C.,...
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Are Tampa Bay Rays moving to Montreal?
Major-league baseball fans north of the border no doubt had a tough time seeing the Washington Nationals make the playoffs this post-season, considering this is the team that abandoned Montreal 10...
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Torii Hunter returns to Twins; Kris Medlen, Brandon Beachy and Everth Cabrera...
NEW YORK — Torii Hunter is returning to the Minnesota Twins, and injured Atlanta pitchers Kris Medlen and Brandon Beachy were among 32 players tossed into the free-agent market Tuesday along with San...
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Detroit Tigers land pitcher Alfredo Simon from Cincinnati Reds for pair of...
SAN DIEGO — The Detroit Tigers have obtained pitcher Alfredo Simon from the Cincinnati Reds for a pair of young players. Cincinnati got right-hander Johnathon Crawford and infielder Eugenio Suarez as...
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Phillies send outfielder Marlon Byrd, cash to Reds for minor-league pitcher
CINCINNATI — The Reds acquired outfielder Marlon Byrd and cash from the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday for a minor league pitcher, filling the biggest hole in their lineup. The Reds tried to get a...
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Reds sign pitcher Jonathan Broxton to 3-year, $21 million deal
By Joe Kay CINCINNATI, Ohio — The Reds signed Jonathan Broxton to a three-year, $21 million contract on Wednesday, giving the NL Central champions a potential closer and a chance to reconfigure their...
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MLB preview: National League Central
Reds Cincinnati didn’t lose any of their major pieces this off-season, and even added the very talented Shin-Soo Choo. Once again, there was much talk of moving Aroldis Chapman into a starter’s role,...
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MLB Power Rankings: April Edition 1 of 2
No Change in Rank Team Moved up in Rank Team Moved down in Rank AMERICAN LEAGUE 1 Didn’t lose any major pieces, and added Hunter. Martinez back for the whole season. Tigers are loaded for 2013. 2 As...
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MLB Power Rankings: May Edition 2 of 2
No Change in Rank Team Moved up in Rank Team Moved down in Rank AMERICAN LEAGUE 1 The Tigers’ 1.7 run differential is easily the best in the league, and they’re also 1.4 RPG better than the league...
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Cincinnati Reds’ Homer Bailey tosses second no-hitter in 10 months
Joe Kay CINCINNATI, Ohio — The Ryan Express has an honoured passenger, a hard-throwin’ fellow Texan who wears the same number and has a nickname derived from a movie. Homer “Batman” Bailey? Come...
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Votto leads the way in Canadian content
The all-star game has come and gone for Major League Baseball players and it’s time for the boys of summer to return to work. Among Canadians, former National League MVP Joey Votto — the Cincinnati...
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Seattle Mariners rally for victory over Toronto Blue Jays in J.A. Happ’s...
SEATTLE — Humberto Quintero‘s two-run homer highlighted a six-run fifth inning, and the Seattle Mariners rallied for a 9-7 victory over Toronto on Wednesday to spoil the return of Blue Jays left-hander...
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Pittsburgh Pirates clinch first playoff berth in 21 years
CHICAGO — The Pittsburgh Pirates are headed to the playoffs for the first time in 21 years, clinching at least a National League wild card Monday night when they beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 and the...
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Pittsburgh Pirates beat Cincinnati Reds 6-2 to win National League wild card
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates went 21 years between playoff games. The wait will be significantly shorter this time around. Russell Martin homered twice, Francisco Liriano was dominant for seven...
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Pirates ride ’Cole train,’ beat Cardinals to even NL division series
ST. LOUIS — Gerrit Cole and the Pittsburgh Pirates played like veterans. Cole gave up two hits in six dominant innings and had an RBI in his post-season debut, Pedro Alvarez homered for the second...
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World Series to free agency: Baseball quickly changes gears and looks ahead
The stains from the champagne – or, perhaps, the chicken and beer – in the Boston Red Sox locker room weren’t even dry when thoughts of free agency and the 2014 season intruded on the celebration....
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All-star catchers switching positions commonplace in baseball history
The announcement that longtime Minnesota Twins’ catcher Joe Mauer will now become a full-time first baseman next season is not without precedence in the history of major league baseball. In fact, some...
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Toronto’s back-sliding Blue Jays go from big buzz to big zzzz
The Toronto Blue Jays are a year removed from creating a big buzz in baseball circles with a pair of blockbuster trades that labelled them as certified contenders for 2013. Pity they forgot about the...
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Ranking MLB’s craziest and shrewdest free-agent deals and some stars still...
At Nintendo, they’re not just playing games. Well, that’s not really true. For what they’re playing now is a serious high-stakes game by pitching $240 million to Robinson Cano to become the face — the...
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Cobb pitches 3 shutout innings as Rays beat Blue Jays
DUNEDIN, Fla. — Alex Cobb tossed three scoreless innings as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 on Friday. Cobb, who did not allow any runs over 1 2-3 innings in his first start...
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Toronto Blue Jays sign veteran infielder Ramon Santiago to minor-league deal
TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays signed veteran infielder Ramon Santiago to a minor-league contract Friday with an invite to major-league spring training. Santiago, 35, played in 75 games for the...
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Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati Reds avoid arbitration, agree on $8.05M contract
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Closer Aroldis Chapman and the Cincinnati Reds agreed to an $8.05 million, one-year contract, just before the scheduled start of their salary arbitration hearing. The...
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Major League Baseball’s Big Shift: Infields spin in response to data explosion
By Ronald Blum COPLAY, Pa. — Twentysomethings sit in rows inside a two-story, red brick building in an Allentown suburb that Norman Rockwell could have painted. Using a keyboard and a pair of...
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MLB commissioner: Montreal needs firm plan for stadium
MONTREAL — Major League Baseball’s new commissioner Rob Manfred is clear on what Montreal needs to bring baseball back: the city needs a new stadium. “The key thing in Montreal would be to have a plan...
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All-star 3B Harrison, Pirates agree to extension
CINCINNATI — All-star third baseman Josh Harrison and the Pittsburgh Pirates have agreed to a $27.3 million, four-year contract, a deal that would be $48.3 million US over six seasons if a pair of team...
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College basketball player Lauren Hill remembered at arena where she made her...
CINCINNATI — Lauren Hill was remembered with her own music and words on Monday in the basketball arena where she had one of her greatest moments. Only this time, the crowd celebrated not a layup, but a...
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Reds manager Bryan Price sorry for profane rant, but stands by message
MILWAUKEE — Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price apologized on Tuesday for using profanity during a pregame meeting with reporters, but says he stands by his message that media shouldn’t report...
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Manfred says Rose will be allowed to participate in all-star game
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says Pete Rose will be allowed to participate in activities surrounding this summer’s all-star Game in his hometown of Cincinnati. Rose,...
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Survey shows fan support for Pete Rose’s induction into Cooperstown
Three out of four people with an opinion on Pete Rose’s Hall of Fame worthiness believe he should be enshrined, according to a Seton Hall University sports poll. Rose, Major League Baseball’s hits...
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Milwaukee Brewers fire manager Ron Roenicke after 7-18 start
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ron Roenicke on Sunday night, hours after their 5-3 victory over the Cubs in Chicago. The Brewers are a major league-worst 7-18...
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More than a decade after Expos departed, Montreal shows it’s worthy of MLB...
For many baseball fans, the lasting image of the Montreal Expos is a cash-strapped team that played before mostly empty seats in a sterile stadium known as the Big Owe. Steve Rogers prefers to remember...
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Mark Buehrle tosses complete game shutout, Blue Jays thump Nationals 8-0
By Benjamin Standig WASHINGTON — Toronto Blue Jays veteran left-hander Mark Buehrle’s quick pace and pitching artistry made short work of the Washington Nationals. Buehrle threw a six-hitter – his 11th...
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ESPN says it obtained notebook documenting Pete Rose’s 1986 bets
BRISTOL, Conn. — ESPN says it obtained a notebook that shows Pete Rose bet on Cincinnati Reds games during his last season as an active player in 1986. The career hits leader agreed to a lifetime ban...
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Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson to compete in all-star home run derby
Josh Donaldson will compete in the MLB home run derby, the Toronto Blue Jays announced Wednesday. The derby takes place on Monday in Cincinnati. The Blue Jays third baseman was voted into the all-star...
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Pete Rose among four Reds honoured before All-Star Game during rare on-field...
CINCINNATI — Pete Rose came home for the All-Star Game and made a rare on-field appearance in the place where he’s still treated like a king. The hits king was voted one of Cincinnati’s Franchise Four...
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