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• ESPN: Shohei Ohtani to make first start as pitcher Sunday versus Athletics...
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• MLBTR: Tigers Sign Jairo Labourt...
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• Minor League Ball: Cardinals jump Jordan Hicks from A-ball to MLB...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Yahoo: One-of-a-kind Indians pitcher marries charity and trolling with his 69 Days of Giving...
• Yahoo: MLB shuts down Yankees’ plan to put Giancarlo Stanton’s face in your beer...
• THT: What strike zone trends emerged in 2017?
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• Murray: MLB teams pushing for more long-term extensions...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1884 - During an exhibition game between the National League Philadelphia Quakers and American Association Philadelphia Athletics, umpire William McLean, reacting to fans’ taunts, hurls a bat into the stands, hitting but not injuring a spectator. McLean is arrested after the game, but the charges are soon dropped.
• 1978 - The Oakland Athletics release veteran first baseman Dick Allen, ending his 15-year career. Allen finishes with 351 home runs, 1119 RBI and a lifetime batting average of .292. The highlight of Allen’s career occurred in 1972, when he earned the American League MVP Award while playing for the Chicago White Sox.

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