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AP Sports WriterSeager dropped from Dodgers' NLCS roster with back injuryBy GREG BEACHAMLOS ANGELES (AP) All-Star shortstop Corey Seager was left off the Los Angeles Dodgers' roster for the NL Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs due to a back injury.The Dodgers announced Seager's surprise omission several hours...

AP Baseball WriterBaseball's best: long nights, strikeouts & pitching changesBy RONALD BLUMBOSTON (AP) Games have averaged 3 hours, 35+ minutes, up six minutes from the 2017 postseason and more than a half-hour over the regular season.Strikeouts have topped hits in seven of eight postseason matchups. Starting pitchers usually...

AP Sports WriterMLB All-Stars visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial ParkBy JIM ARMSTRONGHIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda were among the members of Major League Baseball's All-Star tour of Japan who visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Monday.Mattingly laid a...

AP Sports WriterEd Farmer, White Sox broadcaster, former pitcher, dies at 70By ANDREW SELIGMANCHICAGO (AP) Ed Farmer, an All-Star reliever who spent nearly three decades as a radio broadcaster for the Chicago White Sox, has died. He was 70.The White Sox said he died Wednesday night in Los...

AP Sports WriterAP sources: Owners approve sale of Marlins to Jeter groupBy STEVEN WINEMIAMI (AP) The woebegone Miami Marlins are Derek Jeter's problem now.Major league owners on Wednesday approved the sale of the team by Jeffrey Loria to an investment group led by Jeter and Bruce Sherman, two...

AP National WriterA baseball branding bonanza, and 2 guys helping it happenBy TED ANTHONYALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) On a spring evening in eastern Pennsylvania, upon a bluff overlooking the Lehigh Valley, a carnival of baseball and pork products is at hand.From loudspeakers, swine-like sounds reverberate. Vendors roam the stands...

Associated PressDonaldson, Blue Jays stop Red Sox winning streak at 6By KEN POWTAKBOSTON (AP) The Boston Red Sox would like to get the AL East wrapped up quickly so they can start resting some banged-up players.Josh Donaldson homered and drove in three runs, powering the Toronto Blue Jays...

AP Baseball WriterAP source: MLB spring training sites close amid virus worryBy BEN WALKEREvery team in Major League Baseball will shut its spring training camp over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, a move that came in the wake of the Philadelphia Phillies announcing Friday five players had tested positive...

Reds put Senzel on IL, reinstate Moustakas to face RoyalsKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Cincinnati Reds put outfielder Nick Senzel on the injured list and reinstated third baseman Mike Moustakas to face his former team before a doubleheader Wednesday against the Kansas City Royals.The Reds also chose infielder...

Associated PressRamirez looks for big return after embracing TB12 methodBy KEN POWTAKFORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) Coming off a career-worst batting average and sizeable drop in production, Red Sox DH Hanley Ramirez turned to a new offseason workout routine - he's following Patriots star quarterback Tom Brady's TB12 method.The...

Collision sends Pirates' Gonzalez, Marte to injured listPITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed center fielder Starling Marte on the 10-day injured list and shortstop Erik Gonzalez on the 60-day injured list a day after the two collided in the outfield in the eighth inning of a 4-1...

Pederson loses in salary arbitrations, owners now lead 3-0PHOENIX (AP) The Los Angeles Dodgers beat outfielder Joc Pederson in salary arbitration, giving teams a 3-0 record in hearings this year.Pederson will be paid $7.75 million, while he had sought a raise from $5 million to $9.5 million. The...