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The White Sox made their first big move of the offseason Wednesday when they acquired third baseman Brett Lawrie from the Athletics for minor league pitchers J.B. Wendelken and Zack Erwin. The teamsthe trade at the winter meetings in Nashville, Tenn.Lawrie, 25, was C.C. Sabathia Jersey the main piece for Oakland in the tradethat sent 2015AL MVP Josh Donaldson to the Blue Jays last offseason. Lawrie finished produced a.260/.299/.407 slash line, 16 home runs and 60 RBIs for the A's last season.MORE: Roger Maris Jersey | Chicago was left thin in the infield after third baseman Gordon Beckham signed with the Braves as a Mariano Rivera Jersey free agent and the team declined its option on shortstop Alexei Ramirez.Lawrie adds versatility, too; hehas played 80games atsecond base in the majors.Wendelken, 22, is on his third organization before throwing a major league pitch. He was drafted by the Red Sox in 2012 and traded to the White Sox a year later in the Jake Peavy deal. He split last season betweenDouble-A Birmingham and Triple-A Charlotte, compiling a 6-2 record and a 3.81 Phil Rizzuto Jersey ERA in 59 innings,all in relief.Erwin, 21, was drafted by the White Sox in the fourth round this year out Masahiro Tanaka Jersey of Clemson.He posted a 1.34 ERA and 30 strikeouts in 40 1/3 innings between rookie-level Great Falls and Single-A Kannapolis.Sporting News Media's Tom Gatto contributed to this report.

A's center fielder Ramon Laureano really wanted a piece of the guy who was jawing at him from the opposing dugout. Laureano had just been hit by a pitch for the second time Sunday by the Astros and was hot aboutit.Problem is, it's a really long way from the first base bag to the first base dugout at the Oakland Coliseum, so when Laureano charged toward his nemesis, Houston hitting coach Alex Cintron, after being challenged, other Astros were able to close the hole and make Mitch Wishnowsky Jersey the tackle before Laureano could get to him.Give backup catcher Dustin Garneau credit for the stop.Dustin Garneau just...took Ramn down Shayna Rubin (@ShaynaRubin) Laureano and A's catcher Austin Allen were ejected in Colin Kaepernick Jersey the seventh-inningincident. Allen got to sed after the benches cleared.MORE: Laureano and Cintron were not made available for comment after the game, . A's manager Bob Melvin put the blame on Cintron without referring to him by name."Ramon doesnt go over there unle s something completely offensive came out of the dugout,"Melvin said. "I think the league will know who that is. That person should get suspended. Hopefully, that's the case." Melvin said that having no spectators in the stadium should make it easier for MLB to determine who said what when it reviews the tape and hears what field microphones picked up.There were unconfirmed reports that Cintron said something to Laureano about his mother. Astros manager Dusty Baker, who was ejected in the top of the seventh for argunig balls and strikes, toldreportres that he would check with Weston Richburg Jersey Cintron, although he also said he dobuted anything like that was said, citing Latino culture.Dusty Baker says he doesnt know Jimmie Ward Jersey if Alex Cintron mentioned Ramn Laureanos mother while yelling at him before Laureano charged him. But Baker says he learned the hard way how different it is when you mention a Latinos mother. He vowed to check on the matter. Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) The flaring of tempers is not a surprise. Oakland is not only a division rival of Houston but also a focal point in the Astros' cheating scandal. A's pitcher Mike Fiers last offseason blew the whistle on the Astros' rampant sign-stealing during the team's 2017 World Series championship season. Fiers was a member of the Astros' pitching staff that year.On top of that, the A's were leading big at the time of the fight and were poised to complete a three-game sweep of the 2019 AL champs. They went on to win 7-2 and extend their AL West lead over Houston to 5 1/ Jason Verrett Jersey 2 games.Laureano, meanwhile, has now been hit three times by Astros pitchers this season, although the HBP that sparked the brawl was off a breaking pitch.

Even now, 35 years later, opening a pack of 1987 Topps feels like home.The wood-grain borders welcome you with open arms, like the memory of wedging yourself into the corner of the comfortable but kinda-scratchy couch in your grandparents wood-paneled basement. The smell of the gum and the powdery residue on your fingers remind you of a time when all that mattered was the instant sugar rush from something youd spit into a trash can two minutes later. Four minutes if you were feeling stubborn.The players names were on the front in a bold, happy, whimsical font as if the cards loved to be read as much as we loved reading them, with backdrops perfectly color-coordinated to that teams colors; the Brewers yellow was different from the Pirates yellow, as if the baseball gods themselves had chosen Topps color palattes. The rush of seeing the color-spectrum in a pack was still is, to be honest better than walking into whatever room had the tree on Christmas morning.Yes, 1987 Topps just might be the most nostalgic baseball card set of all time.MORE: Opening a pack is Dave Cash Jersey plopping down in front of the fireplace, hot cocoa in hand, with your feet as close to the flickering flames as po sible after a sledding adventure with friends from school, or parking yourself next to the window air conditioning unit after a few hours of backyard baseball on a hot summer day, holding a gla s of lemonade thats as much ice as anything. Its home. Its safe.Its happy.The 1987 Topps set is iconic, for its design and eternal adoration from collectors, sure, but also because of what it represents. The 1987 set is a primary line of demarcation in hobby history, the transition from B.C. to A.D., the boundary between what card collecting was and what it would become. From the time Topps set a concrete block on the print button on the pre Carlos Santana Jersey ses and just walked away, nothing about collecting would ever be quite the same.There were a lot of new people, a lot of kids coming into the industry, a lot of card shops were opening up. Our magazine was just doing great, said James Beckett, who founded the that revolutionized the industry. We were really trying to help collectors understand what, in those days, didnt have to be a complicated hobby. There werent parallels and inserts and obscure kinds of things to look up, or ultra-valuable things. With 87 Topps, when you open up those packs youre mainly just looking for a really good player. Maybe some rookies, too, but it was still pretty superstar-oriented in those days.And now, with the release of Series 1 of Topps 2022 flagship set on Feb. 16, the 1987 design will be back in the spotlight again as the primary insert. For the past several years, Topps has been honoring previous releases, on a 35th anniversary basis. Last year, the 1986 Topps design was included, before that 1985 in 2020 and before that 1984 in 2019 and so on.To be able to include 87 in our flagship product this year is definitely a treat for the Topps team and for collectors, said Emily Kle s, the communications manager for Topps. Itll get the full flagship treatment. I think what were all . There are some heavy hitters who will appear Larry Andersen Jersey on the 87 design.One of the goals for this story was to trace the origins of the iconic 1987 design. Thats proven tougher than you would think.We dont have any knowledge of how they came up with it, said Rich Klein, a longtime collector who had his first card-show table in 1979 and owned a card store when the 1987 sets were released. But it touched a nerve in those days, and its such a nice design that collectors just stayed with it for 35 years now.Klein would know. Few people have a better grasp of the industry than he does; he worked for Beckett for 19 years starting in 1990, in what many collectors would consider a dream job he was in the technical services division, and his job was to collect the information that determined the prices published each month. Yep, he helped control the arrows.I asked Topps for background info on the 1987 design proce s, but Kle s said there arent any people with the company now who were there in 1987, and the brand team didnt have information available. Kle s did confirm one nugget we were hoping to get, the font name for player names on front. Its Dom Casual STD Bold.Heres one other thing we know: The wood-grain border look of the 1987 set was modeled after the 1962 offering. It was e sentially an homage to that set, on the 25-year anniversary of that set, said Susan Lulgjuraj, who is well-known in the hobby as Sooz; she has worked for Topps and Beckett and now is head of editorial for Goldin Auctions. They gave it this updated look. Of course, its updated for the 1980s, which for us now doesnt feel so updated. (Ryan Fagan/TSN) MORE: The other homage set is the 1983 Topps design, modeled after the 1963 set.They really dont do it that often; that is what is so interesting, Klein said. All through the 90s, they dont go back and do sets from the 70s because otherwise they would have done the 75 set at some point. Steve Carlton Jersey Now they use the designs in the archives, but they havent gone back to the well for the base sets in a long time, which is fascinating.Whats also fascinating is the seemingly eternal fascination with the 1987 set.As it was for so many collectors, the 1987 Topps set was my original entry into the hobby. Ive written about my love for the set easily my No. 1 of all time often, both on my Twitter feed and at SportingNews.com. So many of my childhood memories revolved around opening packs or going to card shops and shows. I had stepped away from the hobby for a long time, but . Then, a few months before the pandemic hit, I jumped back into the old-school cards I will live my whole life and refuse to call 1987 Topps vintage" with both feet. I am not alone.Starting in February 2020, Ive opened packs from the junk wax era and posted them on Twitter pretty much every day (first , then I started a new account just for the cards for 2022, ). The response is always good, but the love for 1987 Topps is unmistakable. , more engagement, more impre sions. Every single time.And more than any other packs I post, the , and not the players on the cards: Its what we traded in the halls of middle school. And If this wasnt your first set you werent a true collector. And 87 Topps Chuck Klein Jersey was my first ever hobby box. And Cant you just still smell the gum?Ah, the smell. If you know, you know.But if you didnt collect Topps cards in 1987, you might ask, Um whats the big deal?Why does this set have such a hold on so many collectors? The design is great, but its not mind-blowing. There are so many of them out there that they

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is one of several mini-seasons within the greater MLB season. It's what gets everything started ahead ofOpening Week,the first half, the All-Star break, the second half, the stretch run, and, finally,the postseason.Baseball fans tend to have a love-hate relationship with these six weeks in Florida and Arizona. That's because there are good things and bad things about spring training. The good: Baseball is back! The bad: It seems to last as long as fouroffseasons.Then again, some of the bad things are actuallyentertaining in a way that makes them good good enough to love, even. So I've compiled a list of both.30 TEAMS, 30 GRADESFor Valentine's Day, here are10 things Matt Moore Jersey I loveabout spring training, in random order.10. I love the new team-i sued clothing from Nike and Under Armour. I enjoy seeing the new designs that may or may not lead me to purchase my 5,000th workout shirt. You cant have too many workout shirts.9. I love that even if I cant be there in person, the photos and video from Florida and Arizona make me warm. Seeing players throwing, running and stretching in shorts and T-shirts creates a near-physical sensation in my body that allows me to temporarily forget that its cold where I am.8. I love that fans expre s unreasonable optimism. Many fans harbor fantasies that everything will click just write this year for their team that last years rookie will arrive this year, that the always injured good player will stay healthy, that this will finally be Player Xs breakout season, that some sort of worst-to-first or otherwise unexpected glory season will unfold Jeimer Candelario Jersey . Even though it defies logic, and even though most would never admit it Victor Martinez Jersey , every fan of every team has this thought at least once during spring training. Related to that 7. I love the way everyone jumps to conclusions. This guy is a stud! This guy is terrible! The season is over! World Series, here we come! Such definitive Twitter declarations are always fun. Its even more fun when they continue into April.6.I love that obvious fibs are everywhere. Hes in the best shape of his life. I really think we have a shot this year. I like our team. Were committed to winning. Were not manipulating service time. Everywhere, fibs. Its just typical Spring Training Speak, and you wouldnt expect anything else. But also, were not idiots.RIVERA: 5. I love the gra s berms. Most spring training stadiums have some sort of gra s berm just beyond the outfield fence. Fans love to gather there. Its so laid back that only about 14 percent of the people are paying attention to the game. Its also much easier to chase and catch foul balls and home runs, so its best to pay attention. Yes, everyone loves a good berm until your butt hurts, which happens about six pitches into the game.4. I love how itreminds me of the time I caught a spring training foul ball on national TV. What? Youve never heard that story. Well, 3.I love the weird injuries. It seems every year theres a player who gets hurt in a really weird way: trying to rip a phone book in half, walking through a gla s door, tripping over a dog, etc. I went Matthew Boyd Jersey into more detail about these . Not to make light of anyones injury, but these are always amusing.2.I love that baseball writers are itching to write cool stories, to find ways to be creative Nick Castellanos Jersey and stand out. This is always good. But it sometimes leads to questionable content. Like the list youre reading right now.1.I love just how quickly we all get bored with spring training. Pitchers and catchers reporting is celebrated like a national holiday. Baseball is back! Then nothing happens for a week to 10 days. Then we get the first exhibition games. Yes! Live baseball! All is right with the world! By the bottom of the first, the reality hits that these games are meaningle s and that Opening Day is still more than a monthaway. The slog is deemed unacceptable by 98.887 percent of baseball fans. Yet we cant look away.Yes, baseball is back. Sort of. And I love it.

Clayton Kershaw understands an out-of-this-world performance. The Dodgers pitcher, just 27, already has four ERA titles, three Cy Randy Jones Jersey Young awards and a 2015 strikeout total that would make Randy "The Big Unit" Johnson blush for reasons other than being nicknamed The Big Unit.But he's only the second member of his own family to transcend the boundaries of earthen accomplishment.MORE: | | Over the past week,the scientific community and Pluto-apologists everywhere went Manny Machado Jersey nuts over , when a nine year, three billion mile ody sey of NASA's New Horizons spaceship reached its destination. Never before had we been so close to space's Joe Flacco (Elite or not elite? Planet or not a planet?). The were stunning.It seems to have geologic regions. Its not just a uniform ice ball - on : Anderson Cooper 360 (@AC360) It's an incredible moment of scientific discovery that started with the discovery of a small planet. And Kershaw knows the man whofound it first. It's his great uncle Clyde Tombaugh. Seriously.Kershaw talked about the family connection on an San Diego Padres Jersey episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in 2013, when the wound of Pluto's new cla sification as a dwarf planet still stung, fresh. The folks at Yahoo! Sports' Big League Stew of a Kershaw scorned by space experts:"It's been David Bednar Jersey a huge problem in the Kershaw-Tombaugh side of the family for years," Kershaw told Kimmel. "They took it away from us."But now, perhaps, Kershaw can rest easy. Now, we can all see, up close, aplanet his great uncle oncesaw from a great distance at Flagstaff, Arizona's Lowell Observatory. We can appreciate the beauty of Tombaugh's find.And as this totally not-edited photo below illustrates, the connection between astronomer and pitcher, between great uncle and nephew, seems stronger than Freddy Galvis Jersey ever.

It's no secret that Yasiel Puig isn't the most even-keeled player in MLB. Even after an offseason trade to the Reds from the Dodgers, the love-him-or-hate-him outfielder has engaged in the type of on-field shenanigans that make Puig, well, Puig.While many fans have Cheslor Cuthbert Jersey embraced his saying "Puig your friend," some of his fellow major leaguers won't be calling him a friend based on things that have happened this season.His incident Saturday with Cubs reliever Pedro Strop, which was punctuated by Strop calling Puig "stupid as f,"was the latest in a series of conflicts in which Puig has been at the center:MORE: April 7: Ejected after benches-clearing brawlIt didn't take long for Puig to start defending his Reds teammates. Pirates pitcher Chris Archer threw behind Derek Dietrich, who had homered earlier Danny Duffy Jersey in the game, sparking an emptying of the benches.Puig quickly got in the middle of the argument, confronting Archer and other Pirates before being restrained. His fearle sne s led to what may be the photo of the MLB season.Puig was not backing down today in the Pirates-Reds altercation... FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) Puig also tried to put Pirates bench coach Tom Prince in a head lock during the brawl. The outfielder was later suspended two gamesfor his role in the incident.May 12: Rivalry with Madison Bumgarner resumesPuig's relationship with the Giants' ace has never been the best. The two have been involved in multiple incidents with each other dating to Puig's time with the Dodgers, Chris Owings Jersey and Puig's uniform change didn't end the beef.The outfielder took the pitcher deep in May in San Francisco, complete with a bat flip.Blondes have more fun! Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) Puig had his moment against Bumgarner on the field, but the pitcher delivered a comeback of his own after the game about Puig's struggles against his fastball."He's a quick study. It only took him seven years to learn how to hit that pitch," Bumgarner said.June 25: Unhappine s with the umpireIt's common for an MLB player to not be happy with an umpire's strike zone, but Puig might have taken his displeasure too far when he took exception to two of umpire Kerwin Danley' Burch Smith Jersey s strike calls during his at-bat. After being rung up on strikes, he argued and was subsequently ejected.Puig then to sed his helmet and bat near the plate before walking off. Hedenied saying anything worthy of an ejection or making contact with Danley.Was Puig right to be upset? You be the judge.The pitches in question (1 and 3 were called). Sarah Wexler (@SarahWexler32) Yasiel Puig and David Bell have both been ejected. | FOX Sports Ohio (@FOXSportsOH) June 29: 'He's stupid as f'Puig's most recent fracas took place Saturday against the Cubs and reliever Pedro Strop, who hit the outfielder on the leg with a 3-0 pitch.Hitting Yasiel Puig in the batter's box? Not a great idea. FOX Sports Ohio (@FOXSportsOH) Puig started to charge the mound before being restrained by Cubs and Reds players.After the game, Strop didn't mince his words when offering reporters his thoughts on Puig.Pedro Strop didn't hide his feelings about Yasiel Puig. Sporting News MLB (@sn_mlb) Puig took George Brett Jersey the high road, ultimately deciding to shift his focus to Sunday's rubber match against a division rival.Following a war of words with Pedro Strop after being hit by a pitch, Yasiel Puig reacts to the situation and says his focus is on the winning the series tomorrow. FOX Sports Ohio (@FOXSportsOH)

Pitch clocks are a good idea to aid enforcement of a rule that already exists but is never enforced to make pitchers throw the ball. Rob Manfred is right to continue pushing for them to be used at the major league level after succe sful trials in the Arizona Fall League and the minors. Its an idea that addre ses an actual i sue with pace of play, with no change in the fundamental aspects of the way the game works.That is a lot more than can be said for the ideas of cracking down on infield shifts and the number of Rafael Devers Jersey relievers that can be used in a game.If you accept the premise that infield shifts are stifling non-home run offense, the idea of legislating against them would help in that area, but would be counterproductive to addre sing the time i sue that is so peculiarly the commi sioners obse sion. The game never slows down more than when there are runners on base, and if youre putting in rules to generate more singles, youre putting in rules that encourage more pickoff throws, stepping off the rubber and catchers cycling through more Blank Jersey signs.MORE: Even if you can get past the contradictory nature of seeking shorter games with more baserunners, there is a philosophical i sue at hand, which is that a team has nine players on the field, with all but the pitcher and catcher free to position themselves wherever they choose. Stripping that liberty would be a ma sive change, and would be made without the recognition that if batters were so stymied by shifts, they could adapt their approach and work the open field, forcing teams to play them straight-up.The nature of the game is sorting this out. Teams employ shifts, gambling that hitters wont bunt or intentionally slap balls the other way. Hitters generally take their chances with their normal approach. There are some fluke hits on soft contact against the shift, but mostly, hitters dont concern themselves with infielders because they are looking to hit line drives and fly balls that infielders dont deal with. If they lose a few singles on balls that they didnt hit well anyway, so be it.MORE: And remember that premise? Its bunk. If shifts were having a major impact on offense, we would see a decrease on leaguewide batting average on balls in play, better known as BABIP, which takes strikeouts and home runs out of the Nomar Garciaparra Jersey equation. In 2000, at the peak of offense in MLB, the leaguewide BABIP was .300. In 2016, the leaguewide BABIP is .300. In the intervening years, it has been as low as .293 in 2002 and as high as .303 in 2007.If there has been a change since 2000, its that there are more ground balls. At the turn of the century, there were 0.68 ground balls for every fly ball, whereas today the major league ground ball/fly ball ratio is 0.84. This says more about Steve Pearce Jersey 2000, though, than it does about 2016. Baseball References numbers for GB/FB go back to 1988, and in 29 seasons of data, there are only three years where the figure came in outside the range of 0.78-0.86. Those years are 2000 (0.68), 2001 (0.70) and 2002 (0.69), with the rate going back up to 0.82 in 2003, coincidentally or not, the year that survey testing for steroids began.So, if there has been an increase in shifts, but with no real measurable change to the game, why do anything about them at all?The use of relief pitchers has risen, indisputably, but making up new rules about that is rife with unintended consequences, the easiest of which to see would be managers pushing pitchers further than is healthy in an effort to save their pitching changes. Philosophically, the idea is garbage anyway: if you have 25 players on your roster, you should be able to use them as you please. If that means an extra six Steven Wright Jersey minutes of game time because there are two mid-inning pitching changes, so be it.A big part of baseballs problem with time has been conflating pace of game i sues with length of game i sues. The former is worth addre sing. The latter is, for lack of better words, a waste of time. Football games are longer and have le s action, and its not hurting that sports popularity in the least. If it was really so important to baseball to have shorter games, some thought would be given to cutting out a bit of the time between innings, except that time generates revenue from commercials.Bring on the pitch clocks, but dont start me sing with fundamental aspects of strategic freedom in baseball for reasons that are dubious at best.

If MLB wants even morechange after instituting for the 2017 season,perhaps it's time for Manfred & Co. to give the sport a more complete makeover.Despite baseball's greatne s and, yes, it's still pretty great there are still areas in which tweaks could bring benefits, whether to players or to fans. So while we're still talking change, I have a few thoughts.Here are five rule changes I would support if MLB chose to make them.Settle down, purists, it won't be that bad.1. Allow players to re-enter games after they come out, just like most other sports.This isn't as drastic as it sounds, I promise. Baseball is the only sport of the four major American teamsports in which a player is unable to return to the field if he's removed from the game. But if a guy gets hit by a pitch in the first inning or takes a hard dive Devin Mesoraco Jersey on a catch and needs a short time to recover, why not let him sit out for a couple Adam Duvall Jersey of innings and re-enter later if hes able? Yes, this would be a truly radical change to the game, but one that probably wouldnt be as bad as fans might think. There could be limits, such as requiring re-entry within two innings, limiting use of the re-entry rule to no more than twice per game, forbidding re-entry as a pinch-hitter, and/or not allowing re-entry after the seventh inning.2. Change the definition of "balk."The balk is one of the most vague and subjective things in all of baseball.Truth is, its kind of baseballs version of what is a catch? with the added confusion of imaginary 45-degree lines. MLB went decades without regularly enforcing the must come to a complete stop rule for pitchers coming set before renewing enforcement during the 1988 season, presumably to be more fair to base runners who might attempt to steal. But strangely enough, there hasnt been a runner to steal 100 or more bases since the renewed enforcement went into effect (Vince Coleman was the last in 1987). That version of balk aside, the other seemingly mysterious and sometimes confusing balk rules about not deceiving the runner dont add much to the game or preserve any real sense of integrity. Deception in some form has always been part of the game. So Johnny Bench Jersey , yeah, fake pickoff throws to any base should be OK. It should also be OK to accidentally drop the ball while on the mound. Perhaps the only actions that should be considered balks are fake pitches and stoppingthe delivery midway through.MORE: 3. Put the DH in the National League. I made for this a while back, but heres the gist: Its past time for this to happen. A DH-to-the-NL move would almost certainly boost offense and keep MLB from having to play by two sets of rules. Baseball should stop trying to unnece sarily speed things up, and pull the trigger on the one changethat could actually make games more entertaining. OK, purists, maybe I fibbed a bit about these proposals not being so bad.4. Amend the sacrifice fly rule to include fly balls that advance runners to second or third. I suppose the argument is that sac flies arent intentional the way sac bunts are, so a batter only gets credit for a sac fly when he advances a runner to home, which is at least somewhat seen as an intentional act or at least on the batters mind in a Jose Iglesias Jersey more urgent way than it would be with runners on first and/or second. But any fly ball that advances a runner should count as a sacrifice fly. Sure, theres always the question of whether the fly ball was an intentional act, but we already give official scorers the flexibility to decide this on sac bunts, so the logic should be extended to fly balls.5. Speaking of sac flies, dont let this affect on-base percentage. My SN colleague Ryan Spaeder on why this rule needs to change. Butif you dont feel like clicking and reading, heres his basic argument: Unlike sac bunts, which dont affect a players batting average or on-base percentage, sac flies hurt on-base percentage while leaving average unaffected. This is silly and should change. Current and former players Chris Sabo Jersey , including Hall of Famer Wade Boggs, agree.None of these changes is needed, of course, but I'd argue that each one would be good for the game. If they all happened, great. If not, that's fine, too. The point is that MLB, and all sports, should always be in a state of review to make sure the game is in its optimal state. There's always room for improvement, whether through a tweak or a more drastic approach.Change isn't always nece sary, but sometimes it's justified.

The Jackie Robinson West team took the nation by storm during the Little League World Series, and now the Chicago Cubs are honoring their hometown team with a special Evan Longoria Jersey uniform on Monday.A couple more shots of the ' warmups. They'll be auctioned to benefit Jackie Robinson West Little League. Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) Our guests of honor have arrived! Rick Renteria welcomes Jackie Robinson West to Wrigley Daniel Robertson Jersey Field. Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) Pretty cool for the boys of to see wearing their Charlie Morton Jersey jersey and hear he's a fan of theirs. Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) Welcome to the clubhouse, fellas. Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) Chicago put these photos up Brent Honeywell Jersey on their Twitter account showing the team wearing jerseys that pay homage to the U.S. represntative in the 2014 LLWS. The team was also in attendance, getting to sit in the dugout and meet players before the game.The youngsters will also get to throw out the first pitch Denard Span Jersey on Monday and sing "Take me out to the ball game" during the seventh-inning stretch.

Throughout the offseason, we'll be taking a look at the top news and rumors from the Hot Stove League.RUMOR:The Royals are interested in acquiring one of the Rockies' talented outfieldersREPORTED BY: THE DETAILS: Kansas City may lose two of its starting outfielders (Alex Joey Gallo Jersey Gordon and Alex Rios) to free agency in the coming weeks, so the champs are actively searching for quality replacements and the Rockies have plenty of talent for teams in need. After failing to reach .500 for the fifth straight season, Colorado seems destined to sell this Kolby Allard Jersey offseason. Carlos Gonzalez has seemingly been on the chopping block ever since he signed hisseven-year contract in 2011, and young stars such as Charlie Blackmon and Corey Dickerson could also become targets.LAST SEASON: Gonzalez had a.271/.325/.540 slash line with 40 home runs and 97 Drew Robinson Jersey RBIs despite struggling the first half of the season. Dickerson hit .304/.333/.536 with 10 home runs and 31 RBIs in just 65 games and Blackmon .287/.347/.450 with 17 home runs, 58 RBIs and 43 stolen bases.OUR TAKE: Gonzalez Ryan Rua Jersey is the biggest name and would likely make Kansas City fans the happiest, but Blackmon may be the best fit for the team. Simply put, Ned Yost and the Royals like to run. They like to advance runners, steal bases and turn C.D. Pelham Jersey singles into doubles. Blackmon is the only one out of the three with speed on the base paths. The lefty hitter brings a power-speed combination that would complement Lorenzo Cain perfectly atop the batting order and would give them another versatile defender.MORE:

Giants right-hander Mike Leake, who was scheduled to come off the disabled list and start Tuesday against the Cardinals, instead will stay on the DL with a nagging left hamstring problem, .Acquired at the trade deadline to Jon Berti Jersey bolster the Giants' rotation, Leake made only one start Aug. 2 before landing on the disabled list.Ryan Vogelsong will start Tuesday's game at St. Louis.Leake said he can Lewis Brinson Jersey pitch and swing the bat, but running is a concern, and he can only get it up to about 60 percent."Each day it gets better," he said. "It's just not ready. You can only go as fast as Starlin Castro Jersey your body lets you."The plan, according to CSN Bay Area, is to have Leake back in Kyle Barraclough Jersey the rotation this weekend in Pittsburgh, although he said he couldn't project afirm return date yet.The Giants (64-54) are in a crucial stretch in their schedule, facing playoff contenders the Cardinals, Cubs, Pirates and Dodgers in their next four series through Bryan Holaday Jersey Sept. 2.They enter Tuesday's play three games back of the first-place Dodgers in the NL West and four games back of the Cubs for the second wild-card spot and six games back of the wild-card leading Pirates.

Something special isbrewing in Cleveland.The Cavaliers have been one of the NBA's most pleasant surprises this season, looking the part of a legitimate playoff contender mere months after making thethird overall selection in the 2021 NBA Draft that has become one of the biggest factorsin Cleveland's revival.MORE: Coming into the 2021 NBA Draft, it was no secret that USC's Evan Mobley wasacan't-mi s prospect. A 7-footer skilled enough to do it all on both ends of the floor would be the perfect selection for a team in need of help at the center position. As 6-foot-11 center Jarrett Allen was set to enter free agency, the Cavs'decision to chooseMobley seemingly signified the end Jason Martin Jersey of Allen's run in Cleveland.Only it didn't.Days after selecting Mobley with the No. 3 pick in the draft, reports surfaced that the Cavs and Allen had reached an agreement on a five-year deal worth $100 million.Adding to the confusion was the Cavs' four-year $67 million commitment made Roberto Clemente Jersey to 7-footer Lauri Markkanen one month after the draft.Sure, Mobley and Markkanen are far from traditional 7-footers, but in today's game, that type of commitment to multiple frontcourt players was confounding at best, especially with Kevin Love still on the roster.Looking back, Cleveland wouldn't be where it is now if it weren't for the decisions made by head coach J.B. Bickerstaff.MORE: In sliding Love to the bench and Markkanen to the small forward position, Bickerstaff committed to starting Allen and Mobley side-by-side in the frontcourt, creating the quinte sential twin tower duo for the modern-day game.Allen checks all the boxes of what you would want in a typical big man, and he does it all at a high level. As a result of his athleticism and finishing ability, Allen is averaging a career-high 16.8 points per game while shooting over 70.0 percent from the field.In addition to his carer-high average of 10.8 Erik Gonzalez Jersey rebounds per game, Allen is also displaying his rim protectingability with 1.4 blocks per contest. What more could you ask for?To perfectly complementAllen's traditional offering as a big, Mobley is anything but. As impre sive as the rookie's averages of 14.3 points, 8.1 rebounds, 2.4 a sists and 1.8 blocks per game are, they only begin to tell the story of the versatility that he already brings to the NBA game.He's got a face up gameWelcome back, ! | Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) A smooth jumperAn Evan Mobley three... It's a beautiful thing. Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) And displays his cerebral read of the game with Bryan Reynolds Jersey his pa singJust a gorgeous bounce pa s from Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) This might be from the preseason, but how many 7-foot bigs can lead the break like this? Fittingly, it's Allen that finishes things off.Some nice transition handling and playmaking from Evan Mobley Ricky O'Donnell (@SBN_Ricky) Defensively, it was impo sible to find just one block to use as an example of Mobley's rim protection, so how about a stat? As of this writing, Mobley is third in the league in contested shots per game behind only Jakob Poeltl and three-time Defensive Player of the Year, Rudy Gobert ().Not bad for a 20-year-old rookie. Oh, in addition to the youthful Mobley, did I mention thatAllen is just23 and Markkanen just24?Good as Mobley is already, there is so much room for him to improve and blo som into Elias Diaz Jersey an even better version of what he is already. With time, the chemistry between Mobley and Allen in the frontcourt will only get greater.Factor in Cleveland's young backcourt duo of Darius Garland and Collin Sexton, and you've got a team that iswayahead of schedule.The decision to take Mobley third overall is looking better and better by the dayand we could very wellsee him cap off his rookie season bydisplaying his skillset on the NBA postseasonstage.

The Pirates' chances of catching the Cardinals in the NL Central took a big hit in the 10th inning of Saturday's game against the Jeremy Hellickson Jersey Reds.With the game tied and two outs, veteraninfielder Ramon Santiago blasted a grand slam to give the Reds a 10-6 win. Pittsburgh Renato Nunez Jersey started the day a game behind first-place St. Louis, which lost at Arizona 5-2 later in the day. The Pirates have already clinched at least a wild card and would host that game on Wednesday.Your browser does not support iframes.Yes, this is the same guy who had only one home run this season in 209 plate appearances.First career grand slam for Cal Ripken Jersey Ramon Santiago is a walkoff spoiler. It's also 11 years into his career. Jason Beck (@beckjason) Ramon Santiago's walk-off grand slam was the 1st for the Reds in J.J. Hardy Jersey extra innings since Frank Robinson vs the Dodgers on August 20, 1962. ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) That means the Cardinals, who play tonight at Arizona, have Ubaldo Jimenez Jersey a magic number of one. So any Cardinals win or Pirates lo s means St. Louis gets the division and Pittsburgh winds up as the wild card.

OAKLAND, Calif. Ted Lilly would have loved to keep pitching if his body would allow him to start every fifth day, and if he could stay off the disabled list.Instead, the 37-year-old left-hander is retiring Blank Jersey after 15 seasons because of further problems with his shoulder and back.He went to winter ball in Venezuela this month with the hope his body would cooperate and he could find a major league job. But Lilly didn't feel right, and he made just one three-inning appearance during a 20-day stint in Valencia. He would have pitched again except he got food poisoning."It came to a point that, unfortunately, the reality set in where I was in terms of health and effectivene s," Lilly said by phone Friday. "Those combinations are what forced me to retire. If I felt I could still be productive and healthy, I would be playing, for sure. As of today, I don't think it's reasonable. I didn't believe I would be able to go out there and be productive and effective for a major league team and stay healthy to make 30 starts."He returned home Chris Iannetta Jersey to California on Wednesday night, and looks forward to spending time with his wife and two young children.A two-time All-Star, Lilly was 130-113 with a 4.14 ERA in parts of 15 major league seasons. He pitched for Montreal, Oakland, Toronto, the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs and Dodgers.He has struggled with the idea of retirement for months, even though Nolan Arenado Jersey his shoulder didn't recover well. Designated for a signment by the Dodgers the team that selected him in the 23rd round of the 1996 amateur draft on July 25, Lily first tried rest.Late in the season, he saw a spine specialist in Los Angeles and underwent surgery to cauterize the nerve endings in the right side of his neck. He was limited to 13 starts the past two seasons for Los Angeles because of Trevor Story Jersey injury problems, going 0-2 with a 5.09 ERA in five 2013 starts."As I sit here right now I'm OK but it's been difficult for weeks because I've had to deal with those thoughts and avoid those thoughts for a long time, and continue to talk myself into it that I could find a way to do it," he said."I really do not want to spend more time on the disabled list. I've spent so much time on that dreaded list. It really came down to a matter of being effective. If I believed could produce, I would still pitch. So, it was a decision that was forced on me at where I was physically in my career."He expects to do coach down the line, probably at the youth baseball level initially.Lilly is left to cherish the relationships and friendships he made with both teammates and opponents."I was so lucky, the game of baseball really changed my life," he said. "I know a lot of ex-players say that or people who are playing the game, and it's true. Baseball has been my life for so many years in some facet or the other I hope to continue to stay close to the game. It's a game that Jake McGee Jersey I love."

Ken Griffey Jr. is in the Hall of Fame after a record-setting vote Kyle Barraclough Jersey , so the next step is figuring out what his plaque will look like.There's been a lot of talk amongbaseball fans, and many want his plaque to feature his signature backward-cap look. Many thought the main hurdle would be the Hall of Fame not accepting it, but Hall president Kyle McGowin Jersey Jeff Idelson said he's open to the backward-hat plaque.MORE: How cool would it be if Junior's Hall of Fame plaque had him wearing his hat backwards Trea Turner Jersey ? Jose Rivera (@whoisjoserivera) While Idelson is open to the idea, it appears the backward-hat plaque won't be happening. Ultimately, the Hall of Fame has final say as to what hat players wear on their plaques, but with the player's input.According to longtime Reds reporterC. Trent Rosecrans, Griffey told him the Kurt Suzuki Jersey backward-hat plaque isn't happening.would be cool. not gonna happen. I asked Jr C. Trent Rosecrans (@ctrent) An official announcement as to what Griffey Tanner Roark Jersey 's plaque will be hasn't been made, but it's expected he'll go in wearing a Mariners cap.