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Bill Shaikin: Rob Manfred says MLB antitrust exemption has one 'meaningful' use. Here's what it is.

NEW YORK — To baseball fans across America, the time-honored cry of summer is this: Kill the ump!

Los Angeles Times

Q&A: Rob Manfred on Trevor Bauer, payroll disparity, rule changes and TV blackouts

NEW YORK — On July 8, 1980, the day of the last All-Star Game played at Dodger Stadium, the No. 1 song in America was Paul McCartney’s “Coming Up.”

Los Angeles Times

Mookie Betts, Trea Turner, Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout are MLB All-Star Game starters

LOS ANGELES — It’s official. Mookie Betts and Trea Turner of the Dodgers and Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels are headed to this year’s MLB All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium as starters.

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Tigers' Miguel Cabrera, at age 39, selected to his 12th All-Star team

CHICAGO — Looks who's going back to the All-Star Game for the first time since 2016.

Tribune News Service

The wife of ailing Orioles owner Peter Angelos met with MLB commissioner after her son’s lawsuit questioned her leadership

BALTIMORE — A week after one son’s lawsuit described her as isolated and indecisive, the wife of ailing Orioles owner Peter Angelos and her other son met with Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, who was reassured about her oversight of the team as part of her control over her…

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Cubs players, manager react to Rob Manfred’s MLB robo-ump plans

Cubs catcher Yan Gomes, who is opposed to an automated strike zone, says the “best thing in baseball” is the human element.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB thinks ‘robo-umps’ could automate pitch counts by 2024

It's part of a broader shift to speed up the pace of the game and draw in more viewers for a league that's been in steep decline.

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Yooooo, Rob Manfred: Hurry the heck up with the robot umps!

The MLB boss has some good news about robot umps.

USA Today Sports Media Group

MLB may introduce robot umpires with an automated ball-strike zone by 2024

Baseball fans will have to wait a little bit longer to see robot umps.

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St. Pete mayor reopens talks on future of Rays stadium site

The mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, is reopening talks about the future of the Tropicana Field site where baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays play their home games

The Independent UK

Manfred Said It’s ‘Ridiculous’ People Think He Hates Baseball

He touched on some of the criticisms and hate he has gotten recently.

Sports Illustrated

Padres farmhands getting at look at robo umps, pitch clocks in El Paso

The confidence Trent Grisham has in his strike-zone judgment is likely why his career on-base percentage is nearly 100 points above his batting average ... and also why he's been among the league leaders in called strike threes since becoming a regular with the Padres.

Tribune News Service

Theo Epstein is leaving Chicago 2 years after leaving the Cubs. Here’s how he spent his final weekend in the city.

He gone.

Chicago Tribune

Blackburn burnishes All-Star credentials as A’s end dismal trip on positive note

Oakland A’s right-hander Paul Blackburn might not have been quite as efficient Thursday as he was in his previous start, which was arguably the best of his Major League career.

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Commissioner Rob Manfred says ‘time has come’ for Rays stadium solution

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred didn’t quite start the clock on resolution of the Rays’ ongoing pursuit of a new stadium in the Tampa Bay area before considering relocation options, but he appears to be at least checking the batteries.

Sports Illustrated

Rob Manfred Addresses Automated Strike Zone for 2023 Season

With more scrutiny than ever on balls and strikes calls, the commissioner addressed on how likely we are to see an automated zone in the near future.

Tribune News Service

MLB: Galarraga call stands, commish says in response to Monmouth law students

DETROIT — Time may heal most things, but it rarely changes the circumstances.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: For the sake of the game — and our sanity — Mike Trout needs to resign as fantasy football commissioner

CHICAGO — There should be no question Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout needs to resign as commissioner of his fantasy football league.

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Rob Manfred is apparently content with letting the horrific umps ruin MLB, which stinks for all of us

Yooooo MLB, your umps stink!

AFP

MLB returning to London next year: official

New York (AFP) - Major League Baseball will bring regular season games back to London from 2023 as part of a long-term partnership aimed at boosting the sport's global appeal, a statement said Monday.

Sports Illustrated

A-Rod Reveals Five Things He’d Change About MLB

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if the baseball legend was commissioner?

Los Angeles Times

Bill Plaschke: MLB is right to suspend Trevor Bauer. Now the Dodgers need to banish him from team

LOS ANGELES — Thank you, Major League Baseball.

Los Angeles Times

Trevor Bauer to appeal 324-game suspension handed down by Major League Baseball

LOS ANGELES — Trevor Bauer was suspended for two years by Major League Baseball on Friday, triggering a new front in Bauer's efforts to fight sexual assault allegations that could keep him off the field until well into the 2024 season.

Los Angeles Times

Q&A: What comes next for Trevor Bauer in his suspension fight against MLB?

LOS ANGELES — Fourteen months ago, the Dodgers signed Trevor Bauer, fortifying their roster for a World Series championship defense with the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, a hometown star who played at UCLA.

AFP

MLB suspends Dodgers pitcher Bauer for two seasons after assault allegations

New York (AFP) - Major League Baseball suspended Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer for two seasons on Friday over sexual assault allegations for which he was never criminally charged.

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