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Bill Shaikin: Here’s the competitive balance reform MLB barely talks about

LOS ANGELES — Of all the non-competitive nonsense of the last few years, the blatant tanking was not the most odious. Teams such as the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates did not hide their strategy. They were not trying to win, and they were so good at being bad that…

Los Angeles Times

Bill Madden: Yankees haven’t been able to buy themselves a championship

NEW YORK — On Nov. 20, 2008, Hal Steinbrenner was officially named Yankees general partner and the following year the team went to the World Series for the first time in six years, winning it for the first time in nine years. They did so with a major league-leading payroll…

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Nats’ Dreary Opener a Reminder of How Quickly The 2019 Title-Winning Team Vanished

The 2019 World Series win now well in the past, Washington has begun what will inevitably be another rebuilding season.

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Charlie Morton shines as Braves pick up first win of season

ATLANTA — Behind Charlie Morton and a potent offense, the Braves won their first game of the season as they defeated the Reds, 7-6, on Friday at Truist Park.

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Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts Guarantees World Series Win: Here's How Much A Bet Pays Out

Most head coaches or managers of professional sports teams will say their team is the best or shy away from saying other teams are better than them. One Major League Baseball manager guaranteed his team will win the 2022 World Series.

Benzinga

The Atlanta Braves Won the World Series. Their Stadium Is Still a Taxpayer Boondoggle.

The economic benefits are a home run that never came, and never should have been expected.

Reason

John Romano: These MLB predictions are guaranteed to be correct — until the games begin

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When spring training began last season, the computer models at Baseball Prospectus put Atlanta’s odds of winning the National League East at 20-to-1. Eight months later, the Braves were World Series champions. That’s not a knock on analytics, it’s a nod to unpredictability.

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Why I’m riding with the White Sox all the way to the World Series

2005 will be an even more distant memory come October.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Mark Bradley: The Braves should win more trophies. We’ve said that before.

The Braves enter the slightly delayed 2022 season as reigning World Series champs. Last fall’s triumph bore a bolt-from-the-blue-element – postseason heroics were wrought by many players who weren’t Braves at the All-Star break – but we can’t say we hadn’t seen this team coming. The Braves made the playoffs…

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Stone knows what La Russa wants: Win 2nd World Series for close friend Reinsdorf

There’s still room in baseball for 70-something baseball guys like Tony La Russa and Steve Stone.

Chicago Sun-Times

2022 MLB preseason predictions: World Series, MVP and Cy Young bets we’re counting on this year

FTW staffers explain who will win each award and how we can get rich along the way.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Braves Introduce Burger That Comes With World Series Ring—For a Hefty Price Tag

There are two different pay options, one coming with a limited edition 2021 World Series ring or one with a replica.

Sports Illustrated

Michael Cunningham: Braves won’t repeat if more young pitchers don’t pan out

The new-era Braves had long planned to win a World Series with pitching as the foundation, just as they did during their 1990s heyday. The Braves won the championship in 2021, but it didn’t go according to that plan. Instead of thriving with a deep group of arms, the Braves…

Tribune News Service

MLB Regular-Season, Playoff and World Series Predictions

The Dodgers and Blue Jays are the favorites to win it all, but they aren’t the only teams with a shot at a ring.

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Bill Plaschke: Remember the 90s Braves? Dodgers must win World Series to avoid comparison.

LOS ANGELES — This is getting silly. This is getting old.

Sports Illustrated

Report: Joe Davis to Become Fox’s New Voice of World Series, Replacing Joe Buck

The 34-year-old will take over for Joe Buck, who left the network for ESPN last month.

Tribune News Service

10 storylines for Braves' 2022 season

The Braves are entering a title-defense campaign for the second time since moving to Atlanta in 1966. Much has changed since the last time they played a meaningful contest. That was Game 6 of the World Series, when Max Fried tossed a gem, Jorge Soler put a pitch into orbit…

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Carlos Beltran opens up about Astros cheating scandal: ‘Looking back today, we were wrong’

It’s been more than two years since the Astros’ cheating scandal became public. It’s been even longer since that 2017 World Series winning team employed their system of electronically (and illegally) stealing opposing teams’ signs and relaying them in real time to their batters.

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Aaron Judge: Yankees ‘can’t take credit’ for not making it to World Series in 2017

DUNEDIN, Fla. — There are no asterisks in the clubhouse or on the field. After Brian Cashman said there should be an asterisk on the Bombers’ 12-year World Series drought because the 2017 Astros cheated, the face of the franchise disagreed.

Los Angeles Times

Bill Shaikin: Is this the end of the National League as we know it?

LOS ANGELES — Joe Maddon selected an adjective usually applied to a gallon of milk. Then again, for all the romance that surrounds the sport, baseball is a consumer product too.

Sports Illustrated

Yankees GM Blames World Series Drought on 2017 Astros’ ‘Illegal and Horrific’ Actions

New York’s general manager still isn’t over the 2017 ALCS.

Sports Illustrated

One Big Question for Every National League Team

Has Philadelphia finally fixed its bullpen? Is Christian Yelich’s MVP form a thing of the past? See what each NL team must confront this season.

Tribune News Service

Braves name Max Fried their opening-day starter

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Braves pondered two names to be their opening-day starter: Max Fried and Charlie Morton.

Chicago Sun-Times

Forget last year. This is the year the White Sox have to win a World Series. Right? RIGHT?

Coming up short this time around won’t be acceptable for a team still loaded with talent.

Chicago Sun-Times

Albert Pujols returning to Cardinals with 1-year deal

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