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Paul Skenes and Luis Gil win Baseball Digest rookie of the year awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates and fellow pitcher Luis Gil from the New York Yankees were chosen rookies of the year by Baseball Digest. The top pick in the 2023 amateur draft, Skenes dazzled during his first major league season. After making his debut on May...
Rob Manfred wants to have Tampa Bay Rays' 2025 plans set by Christmas
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Major League Baseball wants to find a 2025 home for the Tampa Bay Rays by Christmas. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said both the major and minor league schedules could be altered to create room for the Rays, whose Tropicana Field was damaged by Hurricane...
Today in History: October 13, Chilean miners rescued after 69 days underground
Today is Sunday, Oct. 13, the 287th day of 2024. There are 79 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 13, 2010, rescuers in Chile using a missile-like escape capsule pulled 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom, 69 days after they were trapped in a...
MLB spring training facilities spared extensive damage from Hurricane Milton
Major League Baseball spring training facilities on Florida’s west coast appear to have been mostly spared major damage during Hurricane Milton. Unlike two years ago when Hurricane Ian caused extensive damage that shut down the Tampa Bay Rays’ spring home in Port Charlotte, no...
Pirates GM Cherington says the Pirates need to get better faster following another last-place finish
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Cherington believes the Pittsburgh Pirates are getting better, they're just not doing it fast enough. The general manager hopes a coaching shakeup can help speed up the process. While manager Derek Shelton will return in 2025, hitting coach Andy Haines and...
Today in History: October 1, Las Vegas music festival shooting
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 1, the 275th day of 2024. There are 91 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 1, 2017, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a gunman opened fire from a room at the Mandalay Bay casino hotel in Las Vegas on a crowd of...
Brewers' Chourio and Padres' Merrill head impressive list of rookies in postseason
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers rookie Jackson Chourio is looking forward to more champagne-soaked clubhouse celebrations, even if he still isn’t old enough to partake fully. When the Brewers sealed the NL Central title, the 20-year-old Chourio found a collection of...
Today in History: September 30, Berlin Airlift concludes
Today is Monday, Sept. 30, the 274th day of 2024. There are 92 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 30, 1949, the Berlin Airlift came to an end after delivering more than 2.3 million tons of cargo to blockaded residents of West Berlin over the prior 15...
Verdugo hits go-ahead single as Yankees end regular season with 6-4 win over Pirates
NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Verdugo hit a go-ahead, two-run single with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth inning and the New York Yankees ended the regular season with a 6-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. Struggling for most of the second half, Verdugo snapped a...
Skenes 2 perfect innings in Bronx debut, Yankees clinch AL home field despite 9-4 loss to Pirates
NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Skenes pitched two perfect innings in his Yankee Stadium debut and the Pittsburgh Pirates hit five homers, including four off rookie Luis Gil, in a 9-4 win Saturday, New York (93-68) later clinched home-field advantage throughout the American League playoffs...
