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Ranking the 12 Greatest MLB Managers of All Time

Baseball lost a legend last month with the death of Bobby Cox. Now seems like a good time to remember the sport's best skippers, dating back over a century.

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MLB doubles down on gambling with new Polymarket deal

MLB’s past few seasons have been plagued by a spate of gambling scandals.

The Conversation

Max Fried’s Slump Comes Down to Three Main Issues

The Yankees ace overhauled his approach ahead of this season, and it worked wonders for a while. But he needs to make some changes again.

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Shohei Ohtani Returns to Mound As Unique As Ever With Room to Improve

The two-way star pitched in a game Monday against the Padres for the first time in 22 months, showing off a number of changes to his technique and approach.

Sports Illustrated

Ranking All 11 Yankees-Dodgers World Series Matchups in MLB History

Baseball’s most common World Series opponents haven’t clashed in the Fall Classic since 1981, but they’ve produced plenty of familiar, iconic moments.

Sports Illustrated

Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at age 83

Banished baseball great Pete Rose has died

The Independent UK

Willie Mays Brought Unrivaled Style to America’s Stuffy Pastime

Mays, 93, passed away Tuesday. The Say Hey Kid ushered in a new era for baseball with a mixture of talent and flair that made him the most well-rounded player to walk the Earth.

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Willie Mays Appreciation: The 'Say Hey Kid' inspired generations until his death

Long after his iconic “Catch” and his 660 home runs, and the daring runs around the bases with his hat falling off, Willie Mays could command a room like no other

The Independent UK

Look Away Willie Mays—There’s a Crisis at Center Field

Center field is the worst position in MLB in a bevy of categories right now, a far cry from the days of Mays.

Sports Illustrated

Dodgers’ Dave Roberts Is About to Face His Toughest Managerial Test Yet

Roberts is used to pulling starting pitchers early during the postseason, but that strategy will be stretched to its limits given the state of Los Angeles’s rotation.

Sports Illustrated

Aaron Rodgers' season-ending Achilles tear resurfaces questions about player safety on artificial turf

In the first quarter of his first game as a New York Jet, quarterback Aaron Rodgers dropped back to pass. Buffalo Bills defensive end Leonard Floyd blew past the offensive line and wrapped up Rodgers, dragging him awkwardly to the ground. Rodgers got up, before falling back to the turf,…

The Conversation

Aaron Boone’s Embarrassing Rate of Ejection Is Historically Significant

The Yankees manager says he’s “not going to change” his behavior, which has gotten him thrown out more often than anybody else in the past 62 years.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | The Panthers’ Dramatic Clincher

Matthew Tkachuk sent Florida to its first Stanley Cup Final in nearly 30 years.

Sports Illustrated

How will you manage this baseball trivia quiz?

Try not to get thrown out of the game while taking this quiz about big-league skippers past and present.

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How Rangers’ Bubba Thompson, Travis Jankowski changed the game, and minds, with speed

CHICAGO – The sport is beautiful. The business can be cruel.

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Mike Pompeo, on national book tour, returns to Kansas. Is there a road to the presidency?

WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been a Baskin Robbins manager, the top of his class at West Point, an Army officer, a lawyer, an entrepreneur and a Kansas congressman. He’s directed the nation’s spies and sat down with dictators like Kim Jong-Un.

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Baseball quiz: And now for something completely different ...

Let’s put statistics and trivia aside and see if you can name the author of these baseball quotes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Here’s some baseball trivia with some help from readers

In a tribute to David Letterman, we take the time this week to focus on reader suggestions

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Tony La Russa and the Chicago White Sox: How the manager fared in two managing stints with the franchise

Tony La Russa is one of the most accomplished managers in major-league history.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: Fergie Jenkins soaks up the adoration as Cubs unveil his statue outside Wrigley Field

CHICAGO — When Fergie Jenkins attended the statue dedication ceremonies for his former Chicago Cubs teammates at Wrigley Field, the thought had to cross his mind.

Chicago Tribune

Fergie Jenkins’ statue will be unveiled Friday at Wrigley Field. His former teammates reflect on Cubs Hall of Famer’s career.

CHICAGO — Fergie Jenkins already has his 10-minute speech prepared well ahead of his monumental recognition.

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