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Batting average sinks to 46-year low, strikeouts top hits

By admin | October 2, 2018

NEW YORK (AP) — The big league batting average dropped to its lowest level since 1972, strikeouts topped hits for the first time and defensive shifts increased by another 30…

MLB attendance down 4 percent as 6 ballparks set lows

By admin | October 2, 2018

NEW YORK (AP) — Cincinnati catcher Tucker Barnhart could hear the difference at Great American Ball Park, one of six major league stadiums that set record lows for attendance this…

Twins fire Molitor, eye new manager to ‘grow a young team’

By admin | October 2, 2018

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two years ago, the Minnesota Twins made Derek Falvey their chief baseball officer with the precondition that Paul Molitor remain as manager. Molitor presided over a playoff…

LEADING OFF: Rockies head to Wrigley for wild-card one-off

By admin | October 2, 2018

A look at what’s happening around the majors today: WILD TIMES The Rockies head to Wrigley Field for a wild-card showdown with the Cubs after both teams lost tiebreaking games…

Before things get wild, the MLB postseason from A to Z

By admin | October 2, 2018

NEW YORK (AP) — Last year’s World Series between the Astros and Dodgers was a thriller, ending in Houston’s Game 7 victory for its first championship. Might they have an…

Committee to vote on scrapping chronic wasting disease rules

By admin | October 2, 2018

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans on the Legislature’s rules committee debated whether to break with Gov. Scott Walker and scrap his new emergency chronic wasting disease regulations for deer, calling…

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