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AP Baseball WriterSeeking relief, A's to start Hendriks in wild-card gameBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Fittingly, Liam Hendriks wore his cap backward. A reliever is going to start a team's postseason opener.A pitcher with no wins in the regular season.A pitcher cut from the 40-man roster in June...

AP Sports WriterMLB blasts 'unwritten rules' in official postseason adBy JAKE SEINERNEW YORK (AP) Major League Baseball is opening October by blasting the game's so-called ''unwritten rules.''MLB released an advertisement ahead of Tuesday's postseason opener denouncing the anti-bat flip attitudes of many baseball traditionalists.''Don't stop and stare. Don't...

AP Sports WriterReady for redemption, Indians eyeing title this OctoberBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) There was new postseason gear awaiting the Indians when they arrived at Progressive Field for an intra-squad scrimmage, one of their last workouts before things get very real.The fresh swag included blue-and-red T-shirts emblazoned with...

Team by team look at attendance changes around baseballBy The Associated PressDropsMore than 500,000(equals)-Toronto 878,605 to 2.33 million, lowest since 2012-Miami 840,893 to 811,104, team record low-Kansas City 565,263 to 1.67 million, lowest since 2010250,000 to 500,000-Baltimore 490,252 to 1.54 million (in 78 dates), lowest in a non-shortened season...

AP Baseball WriterMLB attendance down 4 percent as 6 ballparks set lowsBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Cincinnati catcher Tucker Barnhart could hear the difference at Great American Ball Park, one of six major league stadiums that set record lows for attendance this year.''It's pretty hard to not notice...

Cubs leave Edwards off wild-card roster; Strop activeCHICAGO (AP) The Chicago Cubs have left struggling reliever Carl Edwards Jr. off their roster for their NL wild-card game against the Colorado Rockies.Edwards had a 5.14 ERA in 11 September appearances. He walked 12 in seven innings.The Rockies had three...

AP Baseball WriterMLB attendance down 4 percent as 6 ballparks set lowsBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Major League Baseball's average attendance dropped 4 percent to 28,830, its lowest since 2003 after 14 consecutive seasons topping 30,000, and six stadiums set record lows.Baltimore's Camden Yards, Chicago's Guaranteed Rate Field,...

AP Sports WriterDansby Swanson may be longshot for Braves' NLDS rosterBy CHARLES ODUMATLANTA (AP) Shortstop Dansby Swanson did not participate in the Atlanta Braves' light workout Tuesday and appears to be a longshot to make the team's roster for its NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.Swanson...

AP Sports WriterRangers GM likely to interview 5-8 manager candidatesBy STEPHEN HAWKINSARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels says he expects to interview five to eight candidates in his search for the team's new manager.Daniels wasn't ready Tuesday to talk about a list of potential candidates...

AP Sports WriterHosmer, Padres stumble as rebuilding project drags onBy BERNIE WILSONSAN DIEGO (AP) Eric Hosmer, San Diego's $144 million man, acknowledges he simply wasn't as good as he needed to be in what was supposed to be a steppingstone season for the rebuilding Padres.The burst of energy...

AP Sports WriterAs Mauer mulls retirement, Twins bound for big roster changeBy DAVE CAMPBELLMINNEAPOLIS (AP) The final afternoon of the regular season for the Minnesota Twins was filled with cheers, chills and even a few tears as a lively crowd at Target Field was treated to a meaningful...

AP Baseball WriterTigers still waiting on top prospects after 98 more lossesBy NOAH TRISTERDETROIT (AP) The Detroit Tigers avoided some of their worst-case scenarios this season. They didn't finish last, or all that close to it.In the end, however, they had the same record as in 2017, and...