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MLB's first full-time female coach to join Cleveland Guardians

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Bob Costas signing off: Iconic baseball play-by-play caller to retire

Costas won't be returning for the MLB's next season, and has been planning his retirement for over a year.
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Shohei Ohtani and the LA Dodgers win franchise's 8th World Series title

New York held a 5-0 lead in Game 5, but a series of errors helped Los Angeles overcome that deficit for the win.
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2 fans ejected from World Series game for trying to pry ball from a player's glove

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Dodgers rookie pitcher Ben Casparius. “It was obviously very early in the game so I think it kind of set the tone."
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Freddie Freeman homers again for Dodgers early in Game 4 to set a pair of World Series records

He's the first player to hit a home run in the first four games of a World Series, and the lone player to homer in six straight World Series game.
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The Dodgers and Yankees are ready for the starriest World Series in decades

The Dodgers-Yankees rivalry dates to 1941, when the Dodgers were in Brooklyn and Joe DiMaggio's Yankees were seeking their fifth title in six years.
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Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican-born pitcher whose feats for Dodgers fueled 'Fernandomania,' dies at 63

Valenzuela was one of the most dominant players of his era and a wildly popular figure in the 1980s
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Pohlads to 'explore' potential sale of Minnesota Twins

A statement released Thursday said the longtime owners made the decision to examine a possible sale of the franchise after "months of thoughtful consideration."
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Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at age 83

Rose won three World Series titles and was the 1973 N.L. MVP, and earned 17 All-Star Game nods.
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Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at age 83

Rose won three World Series titles and was the 1973 N.L. MVP, and earned 17 All-Star Game nods.
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Chicago White Sox break modern MLB losing record

The White Sox surpassed the 120-loss record set by the New York Mets in 1962.
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Shohei Ohtani surpasses 50-50 milestone in spectacular fashion with a 3-homer, 2-steal game

Ohtani hit is 49th homer in the sixth inning, his 50th in the seventh and his 51st in the ninth.