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HAVANA, Cuba (AP) - Yasiel Puig, Jose Abreu and other Cuban baseball players arriving in the major leagues in recent years all come from the same pipeline: state-run academies that produce hundreds of players in the baseball-mad island.While major league teams have academies where they groom their own prospects...

NEW YORK (AP) - Which outfielder sprints the fastest and runs the longest to snag line drives into the gap? Which shortstop is best at throwing from the grass to nip the runner at first? Which catcher gets the ball to second base the quickest?A new era in analytics...

NEW YORK (AP) - One week of winning baseball from Matt Harvey and the Mets has created something new at Citi Field this season: noise.Now they'll try to sustain that early success without several critical players.New York wrapped up a wildly eventful stretch of home games Sunday by holding...

NEW YORK (AP) - One week of winning baseball from Matt Harvey and the Mets has created something new at Citi Field this season: noise.Now they'll try to sustain that early success without several critical players.New York wrapped up a wildly eventful stretch of home games Sunday by holding...

NEW YORK (AP) - Matt Harvey won his third straight start to begin his comeback season and the banged-up New York Mets, despite losing two important players to injuries, held off the Miami Marlins 7-6 Sunday for their eighth consecutive victory.Ruben Tejada had a three-run double and catcher Travis...

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NEW YORK (AP) - Pete Rose is getting back in baseball while he awaits a ruling on his reinstatement request - as a television analyst.The career hits leader, who agreed to a lifetime ban from the sport 26 years ago, has been hired by Fox as a guest studio...

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CHICAGO (AP) - Joe Maddon was ejected for the first time as the Chicago Cubs manager. Maddon was tossed by plate umpire Sam Holbrook in the seventh inning of Friday's game against San Diego. Reliever Brian Schlitter had just given up a three-run homer to Wil Myers that put the Padres...

A winning streak will be on the line for the San Diego Padres on Friday when they battle the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Padres at Cubs GAME: San Diego Padres (6-4) at Chicago Cubs (5-3) DATE/TIME: Friday, April 17 - 2:20 PM EST WHERE: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois LINE: 106, -115 TOTAL: 7.5...

A winning streak will be on the line for the Detroit Tigers on Friday when they battle the Chicago White Sox at Comerica Park. White Sox at Tigers GAME: Chicago White Sox (3-5) at Detroit Tigers (8-1) DATE/TIME: Friday, April 17 - 1:08 PM EST WHERE: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan LINE: 152, -165 TOTAL:...

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